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La Plata Coal Draft Finings - 4 - May 18, 1987 <br />The Huntington Spring is located on the north side of Hay Gulch west of the <br />La Plata No. 1 permit area. This spring, which may issue from either the <br />lower Menefee Formation or the Hay Gulch alluvium, has been adjudicated for a <br />water right. The applicant has stated that this water right has been <br />abandoned. As this adjudicated spring is located immediately down gradient <br />from the La Plata No. 1 mine site, the applicant has committed to determining <br />if the water right has been abandoned. If this spring is no longer <br />adjudicated, no further investigations or monitoring will be required. If, <br />however, the Huntington Spring water right is still active, the applicant has <br />committed to initiating a quarterly monitoring program, which consists of <br />collecting discharge data and field water quality parameters (temperature, pH, <br />electrical conductivity). The data collected from the spring shall be <br />submitted to the Division on an annual basis. <br />The water supply wells are located within or near the proposed permit area. A <br />third water well, located at an adjacent mine site, has been capped and <br />abandoned. Although no completion data has been submitted, it appears that <br />the abandoned well is completed in the underlying Point Lookout Sandstone. <br />The King Coal Production well is completed in the Hay Gulch alluvial aquifer. <br />Neither well will affect the respective completion zones. <br />