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Page four • Letter to Ms. Carol Pahlke and Mr. Tom Pike Re: Kerr North Expansion April 24, 1980 distance of 1,488 feet between transects utilizing those parameters listed in the attached list entitled "Overburden Analysis List". Certain of the overburden samples taken from these drill holes will also be subjected to leaching studies and sampled for the parameters delineated on the attached sheet entitled "Leachate Analysis List". In addi- tion, a single sample of the coal to be mined at the Kerr Mine will be tested for those parameters identified in the attached "Coal Analysis List". E. •Alluvial Valley Floor Analysis: For purposes of this permit application, KCC concedes that the stretch of the Canadian River floodplain proximate to the permit area is an alluvial valley floor. KCC will accordingly conduct a thorough evaluation of impact or effect upon the Canadian River floodplain, consistent with the requirements of the OSM Permanent Program Regulations, with respect to those particular draws which extend from the permit area to the Canadian River floodplain, specifically Sudduth Draw, Williams Draw and Bush Draw. • F. Water Quantity Analysis: KCC does not have exten- sive long term information on water rates and volumes for the permit area. Short term information on runoff and pre- cipitation, together with long term information on precipi- tation is available and KCC will conduct appropriate cor- relations between runoff and precipitation to extrapolate upon existing runoff data. G. Baseline Water Quality Data: KCC again does not have extensive long term water quality data; however, KCC will use short term data which it has gathered, together with appropriate extrapolating methods to obtain the re- quisite baseline data. III. APPLICABLE COMPLIANCE MEASURES FOR KERR TIPPLE SITE A. Alluvial Valley Floor Considerations: Some concern was expressed as to the existence of an alluvial valley floor adjacent to the Kerr tipple area. In this regard the alluvial valley floor question is answered by the grand- fathering provisions of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, due to the fact that KCC operated its tipple and shipped commercial quantitites from that tipple during the year preceding August 3, 1977.