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SECTION 2.04.7 <br />HYDROLOGY DESCRIPTION <br />W FC's New Horizon 1 & 2 Mine is the old Peabody Coal Company Nucla & Nucla East Mine which <br />operated under the same permit. Peabody performed detailed hydrologic studies at the New <br />Horizon 1 & 2 mine areas (formerly called the Nucla and Nucla East mine areas respectively). <br />WFC refers the reader to the original Peabody permit application: Volumes D, E, F, and G for <br />hydrology data related to New Horizon 1 Mine. <br />SITE SPECIFIC GROUND WATER INFORMATION AND BASELINE DATA <br />Introduction <br />Regional and site specific geology and physiography pertinent to the discussion of ground water <br />resources at the New Horizon 2 area are discussed in detail in Section 2.04.6. Maps 2.04.6-2 <br />through 2.04.6 (Geologic Cross Sections A -A' through H-H') graphically illustrate the site specific <br />geology at the New Horizon 1 & 2 mining areas. In order to locate the monitoring wells cited in the <br />following discussion, refer to Map 2.04.7-1 (Hydrologic Monitoring Site Location Map). <br />Baseline Ground Water Levels <br />W FC maintained and operated a ground water monitoring network at the New Horizon 1 & 2 mining <br />areas that consisted of 35 monitor wells. Each monitor well was measured for static water level <br />on a monthly basis. Some of these wells are still being monitored under the currently approved <br />hydrological monitoring program. Five wells were added in May 1993. <br />The wells at New Horizon 1 (GW-N1, GW-N1 P1, GW-N3, GW-N4, GW-N5, GW-N6, GW-N8, GW- <br />N9and GW-N11)were monitored since September of 1979. Monitor Well GW-N10 was measured <br />for water levels since January of 1981. Three additional spoil wells (GW-N26, GW-N27 and GW- <br />N28) and one replacement coal well (GW-N4R) were installed in August and September, 1987. <br />Measurements for static water levels began at these wells immediately after they were completed <br />and developed. <br />Revised 25 Jul 2002 2.114.7-1 <br />