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the QR aquifer. The head in well GF -11 is approximately 6 feet above the head in well GF -6. The <br />water levels in the backfill aquifer may be near fully recovered from mining. <br />Figure A-6 also presents the water levels for new wells GLEV-1, GLEV-2 and GLEV-3 <br />which are located in the northeast corner of the permit and these wells are completed in the R coal, <br />alluvium and H coal respectively. A gradual decline was observed in the H coal at this location in <br />2015 with a gradual rise in 2016 while fairly steady water levels were observed in the R coal the last <br />two years. Data from well GLEV-2 shows that the alluvium is dry at this location. <br />Figure A-7 presents water levels for GP -7 and GP -8, which are located very near the <br />eastern boundary of the PA. They are completed in the HI and KLM aquifers and may provide <br />undisturbed baseline data for these intervals but could be influenced by mining for the last few years. <br />Water levels in well GP -7 overall have been steady for the several years. A slight increase was <br />observed in 2010 and 2011 in well GP -8 after 3 years of steady water levels from 2007 through <br />2009. Water levels in well GP -8 gradually declined in 2015 and 2016 after gradually rising in 2014. <br />Both of these water level changes are thought to be showing natural responses but could be <br />influenced by the mining that is greater than 1900 feet away. <br />Well GP -2 (Figure A-8) is located in a previously undisturbed area near the eastern <br />boundary of the PA. Water levels rose in 2008 through 2011 in well GP -2 to a similar level as <br />existed prior to 1999. A large decline in water levels started in 1999. A smaller decline occurred in <br />2012 through 2016, which is likely due to less recharge. <br />Wells GP -3 and GP -4 are less than 1000 feet downgradient from A pit. Both are flowing <br />wells completed in the HI and KLM aquifers, respectively. Water levels in these two wells had <br />shown similar responses in water levels due to changes in precipitation but the 2005 through 2011 <br />water level changes were different (see Figures A-9 and A-10). Water levels in well GP -3 have <br />recovered to above pre -mine levels in this area and show that any depletion of water from upgradient <br />Trapper Mining Company 2-7 <br />2016 Annual Report <br />