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-L:'- <br />VI. Hydrologic Balance: Ground Water-Rules 2.04.5, 2.04.7, 2.05.3(4), JJ F <br />2.05.6(3), and 9.05 (cont'd) <br />The zone of saturation identified is recharged at the point were the coal <br />outcrops in the Salt Creek alluvium approximately two miles upstream of <br />mine. <br />The applicant has no monitoring well completed in strata overlying or <br />within the zone of the underground mine workings. This is because of <br />the inaccessibility of the steep terrain to truck mounted drill rigs. <br />Previous holes drilled in the area of the portals have been dry to a depth <br />in excess of 200 feet below the Cameo seam and its associated roof and <br />floor strata are not saturated in the area of the mine and the mine zone <br />is not a recharge area for these strata. <br />The mine workings are situated within a geologic structure identified as <br />a graben. This graben is bounded on both sides by faults. Mining of the <br />coal is not possible beyond the faults because of the displacement of the <br />coal seams. <br />One set of entries has encountered the fault on the south side of the graben. <br />At the time the fault was encountered, water flowed into the mine. The <br />fault was eventually dewatered and all of the water produced was contained <br />within the mine workings. The amount of water experienced did not interfere <br />with the mining operation. <br />The fault will be encountered by the mine at a future time and will probably, <br />produce water again. There is also a slight chance that the predicted <br />ground water zone of saturation will be encountered during this permit term.. <br />In order to monitor the effect of the operation on ground water resources <br />and to assist in the prediction of hydrologic impacts of future permit terms, <br />the following stipulation is required: <br />STIPULATION #3 <br />THE PERMITTEE MUST SUBMIT TO THE DIVISION AN ANNUAL REPORT CHARACTERIZING <br />TXE INFLOWS, DISCHARGES AND THE CONSUMPTION OF WATER WITHIN TXE MINE. <br />THIS REPORT IS TO INCLUDE A MINE WORKINGS MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION <br />AND QUANTITY OF INFLOWS; A TABLE KEYED TO THE MINE MAP WHICH SHALL <br />CONTAIN THE SOURCE (i .e. FAULT, FRACTURES, ETC.), QUANTITY, DURATION, <br />AND QUALITY (i.e. pX, ELECTRO-CONDUCTIVITY AND TEMPERATURE) OF ALL <br />NON-SEEP INFLOWS; A TABLE CONTAINING RECORDS OF WATER DISCHARGED FROM <br />THE MINE, CONSUMED IN THE MINE AND IMPORTED FOR USE WITHIN THE MINE; <br />A DISCUSSION OF THE WATER BALANCE WITHIN THE MINE; AND, A PROJECTION <br />OF HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS OF MINING IN THE UPCOMING YEAR. <br />Examples of the type of inflow report requested are on file at the Division <br />office (see inflow reports for the U.S. Steel Sommerset Mine and Western <br />Slope Carbon's Hawk's Nest.Mine). <br />An alluvial ground water aquifer has been identified along Salt Creek. <br />Monitoring wells established in the alluvium indicate that the alluvium is <br />