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B. In of • by an 1) regard to the relation of the mine to present use_~s surface and underground water ^rhich may be affected the mining operation, the fcllc:•ring corclusiono i statementis may be surmised: Oak Creek is the only perennial stream vrhich could be affected by the mining operatic r.. Z) The City of Rockvale obta;ns its water supply from the alluvial creek bed through a series of in- filtration yells and tunnels. Ftive of the yells are located upstream from the interception of Le^ris Gulch vrith Oak Creek, with one shallovr well and one deep :•~ell dovrnstream of Levis Gulch. 3) There is one private well one-half mile do:vnstrsam from Levris Gulch, 4) an irrigation water diversion o:•rned by the City of Rockvale is located within 500 feet do:vnstream of the interception of Lewis Gulch and Oak Creek. 5) Runoff doom Letivis Gulch, as it exists today, is subject to sedimentation and pollution from the existing strip-mined area, 6) The Brookside seam strati graphically outcrops above • Oak Creek and any drainage into Oak Creek. 7) underground aquifers would drain to the southvrest as controlled by the Chandler Syncline. 8) The mine plan as designed vrill retain and/or con- trol the water generated by storm runoff across and through the main site. 9) The ground waterSMOnitoring program has not shown a reduction in the.wa[er Eable due pumping water from the mine. In revie:v of the above, it can be concluded that the rights of present users of surface and underground water vri11 not be adversely affected, To further insure the quality of vrater discharged from the mine Site, monitoring program for surface and ground water are being carried out in accorance with Stipulations No. 1 b 2 and the NPEDS Permit.. 'Nater sampling shall be in accordance with the Department of Public Health Water Quality Standards. Quantities of f1 C