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• Additional information is also contained in Tab 15, Hydrologic Monitoring Plan, and Tab <br />18, Hydrologic Reclamation Plan, pertaining to ground and surface water sources that have <br />been or will be monitored for potential impacts from the mining operation. Should any <br />proposed or ongoing monitoring show that impacts, particularly pit inflow drawdowns, to <br />the ground water aquifers are precluding its use, Peabody will provide alternative water <br />sources of comparable quantity and quality. <br />Three water rights, one ground water and two surface water rights, have been secured by <br />Peabody for the life of the Seneca II-W Mine (see Table 16-1 and Exhibit 16-1). Pond 006 <br />and Pond Y-1 are surface water righted, whereas Well No. 1 is ground water righted. The <br />water rights have been secured for domestic, industrial, and augmentation purposes. An <br />unsighted water source, the Frank Temple Stock Pond, as well as other unri ghted stock <br />ponds have been identified within or adjacent to the Seneca II-W Mine. <br />Removal of Wells and Ponds by Mining. The three pre-existing water sources with <br />registered water rights located within the Seneca II-W complex have been evaluated. <br />Temple Pond No. 1 is not expected to be affected by mining, however, Peabody will replace <br />• this righted water source with water of at least similar or better quantity and quality if <br />the mining operation impacts the usage for which it is registered. The Temple Pond No. 2 <br />and Temple 4lell 1 will be or have been destroyed by mining-related activities. Peabody <br />has agreed to replace these sources with water of at least similar or better quantity and <br />quality. <br />The Frank Temple Stock Pond is an unsighted water source that will be removed by mi ningl <br />however, Peabody has filed an application for a registered water right for Pond 005 to <br />replace this stock pond. Other unsighted stock ponds within and adjacent to the mine <br />complex have been identified, but the mining operation is not going to disturb or affect <br />these water sources. <br />A water augmentation plan was developed due to the over-appropriation of the water rights <br />in the Dry Creek Basin, and projected depletions to Sage Creek streamflow due to the <br />operation of Seneca II-W Well No. 1 (see Tab 16, Protection of Hydrologic Balance). <br />Exhibit 16-1 contains specific information on the augmentation structures (Pond 006), <br />augmented rater rights, and the statement of plan for augmentation. <br />• Pit Pumpage Drawdown Effects on Adjacent Water Users. Analysis of pit pumpage rates and <br />13 <br />