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David Berry - 3 - April 7, 1998 flow rate of less than one gallon per minute. No other inflows were noted in the mine. 5. DMG -Please provide a description of the faults shown on the mine progress map submitted will; the Bear rnine 1996 Annual Nydrnlogy Report. Did ttrese faults exhibit any offset. Were these fault areas rnoist or did they produce any vrater inflow? Bear -The fault at the end of the 3rd west panel is an indication of lack of coal. No groundwater flow or colluvial inflow was present at this transition area. The fault line at the end of first and third north is an indication that the character of the coal changed. There was no groundwater flow at the end of these panels. There was no conspicuous displacement in any of the faults. 6. DMG -Did Bear personnel observe any water inf/o~a~s or areas of the mine ~a~ith elevated temperatures? Bear -Bear personnel did not observe any water inflows with elevated temperature. The water that emerged from the 3'd west seals in June 1995 did not have an elevated temperature. Bear had two "hot spots" within the Bear Mine. One of the hot spots was in the pillar between the intake and return approximately 140-feet inby the portal. It was approximately four to five feet long. The pillar was cooled by water injection into the hot spot. The second hot spot was in the small triangular shaped pillar in the return near the portal. This pillar was also cooled with water injection. 7. DMG -Please provide a detailed description of the manner in avhich water was handled in ttre Bear tJo. s" 65irre. Where vrere water accurnulations collected artd/or stored. Describe any s:rrnp vol:rrnes and locations. Bear -There is one sump in the B-Seam located east of and at the bottom of the ramps. Water could be pumped to this sump from the outside well. The sump could pump water to the working sections and to the NPDES discharge point at the river. The mine inflow at the 3`d west seals was piped to flow to the sump or by gravity flow directly to the NPDES discharge point at the river. The only place water accumulations were stored was in the above mentioned sump. The volume of the sump is (150 to 200 feet long by 20 feet wide by 8 feet high) approximately 0.5 to 0.7 acre feet. 8. Db?G -Describe airy pipe installations which occurred to handle mine inflows. Did all inflows gravity flow to sumps, pipes or discharge locations? During operations, did al! mine inf'ow collect in sumps, or did some of the t-•rater t7o~v to dovrn gradient locations in the mine beyo»d any possible. collection point? Include a description of the rrectranisms by which water was routed to t11e