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• present knowledge of the coal seams, the south limit of underground <br />coal extraction will be a diagonal line to the northwest which will <br />cross the south one-quarter corner of Section 21. <br />The impact of possible hydrologic imbalance to the ground and <br />surface waters on lands surrounding Applicant's coal lands will be <br />nil for there are no surface waters or ground water users in the <br />vicinity of the property except as mentioned above. The Lightner <br />Creek waters are more remote from the property hydrologically than <br />the distances on Map A would indicate. <br />10) As has been stated in paragraph 9, the impact of the under- <br />ground mining operation of Applicant will be very slight. If new <br />facts derived from testing of aquifers and from engineering studies <br />• demonstrate clearly that the mining operations may have an impact <br />detrimental to vested water rights holders, these remedies might <br />apply to mitigate the impact. <br />Waters in copious amounts if encountered as the coal seam is <br />being mined will have to be removed from the area of coal extrac- <br />tion, regardless of whether a user is affected or not. The water <br />could be pumped to the surface or stored underground. Water pumped <br />to the surface could be channeled or piped by gravity to the affected <br />area which expectedly would be lower than the point the water is <br />dumped. This water could also be stored in surface reservoirs <br />located between the dumping point and the user. <br /> <br />-30- <br />