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<br />The spring in Section 22, is fed by Upland and Terrace Deposits. Kerr <br />Coal Company will mine through the deposits which are connected to this spring in <br />Pit No. 3. Kerr Coal Company expects no change in the quantity and quality of the <br />flow from this spring. However, in order to alleviate the SLM and Mined Land <br />Reclamation concerns Kerr Coal Company has agreed to monitor the ouantity and <br />quality of water in the spring on page 780-109bbbb, and to replace the supply of <br />water if impacted on page 30, of Exhibit 51. <br />6. The quantity and quality of ground water of wells in the area will not <br />be impacted by mining. <br />The only adjudicated water well in the Johnny Moore Syncline area is the <br />well owned by Kerr Coal Company in Section 35, T9N, R78W, Permit No. 020253-F. <br />This well is in the Upper Coalmont Formation and the stratum will not be effected <br />by rtu:ning. <br />7. Kerr Coal will not effect the quantity and quality of ground water in <br />the alluvium of the Illinois River in the Tipple area. <br />The Kerr Tipple is located in a ground water discharge area and Kerr Coal <br />Company is not with drawing water from the Illinois River alluvium. Therefore <br />Kerr Coal Company will not effect the quantity of water in the Illinois River <br />alluvium. <br />The effects to ground water quality in the Illinois alluvium is minimized <br />by surface diversions which will decrease the contact time of water with the ccal <br />stockpiles. The structure at the Tipple site are found on manmade fill and are <br />not in direct contact with the alluvium. Minor local increases in total dissolved <br />solid may be expected at the Tipple area, however there will not 6e a significant <br />impact to the Illinois River alluvium. <br />The Tipple area has a ground water monitoring network sufficient to <br />monitor changes in the quantity and quality of ground water of the Illinois River <br />alluvium. <br />D. Accumulative Effects of Mining on Cround Water <br />1. The mining of the east and west limbs of the Johnny Ffoore Syncline by <br />Kerr Coal Company will not cause significant disruption of the hydrogeologic <br />balance of the Canadian River, if the infiltration rate of the reclaimed area is <br />most significantly changed. <br />The Sudduth coal seam neither recharges or discharges to the streams from <br />the west or east Zimbs of the Johnny Moore Syncline either Williams or Bush Draws. <br />This is substantiated by water Ievels on Map 15a and Table 8a. The effect to <br />Sudduth Draw may be mitigated by decz•easinq infiltration over the subcrop of the <br />effected stratum of the surface mining activities (see stipulations). <br />2. Mining conducted by Kerr Coal on the west and eventually the east Limb of <br />the Johnny Moore Syncline will not effect the quality of the ground water in <br />the alluvial valleys of Sudduth Draw, Bolton Draw or the Canadian River. <br />There is only one discharging spring from the stratum to be <br />affected by mining and this spring will be destroyed by mining. The <br />destruction of this spring will be beneficial to the water quality of the <br />area. There are no other springs that are present in this particular area <br />-I3- <br />