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Water Rights and Replacement <br />Within Bolton Draw lies an adjudicated surface water right. This right, known as the Bolton <br />Ditch, owned by the Noffsinger Ranch, is in NW 1/4 of the NE 1/2 of Section 11, T8N, R78W. <br />Filed under Case No. W-846, this ditch right beazs an appropriation of 15 cfs. Records show the <br />average diversion, however, to be 2-5 cfs. Surface water storage at the mine site detains <br />approximately 3% of the surface water of the Bolton Draw watershed. [f all this water would <br />be lost to the surface water system, it is highly unlikely that any measurable diminution of (low <br />will occur in Bolton Ditch. <br />One registered well is near the Canadian Strip Mine. This well, belonging to Kerr Coal <br />Company, is in the SE 1/4 of Section 35, T9N, R78W. Filed under Permit No. 0X53-F, this <br />well produces water from the lower Coalmont Formation. impacts on the quantity or quality of <br />the water from this well, due to operations at the Canadian Strip Mine, is unlikely. for two <br />reasons. First, the well lies next to the former pit operations of the Kerr Strip Mine, which is <br />a disturbance several times greater in size than that at the Canadian Strip Mine. Any effect <br />would be more likely to be caused by Kerr Coal Company operations. Second, due to very low <br />transmissivities and low hydraulic communication between strata, it is unlikely that any <br />significant recharge occurs within the Canadian Strip Mine affected areas. <br />Water rights information can be found on page 78 of the permit application. <br />Canadian Strip Mine, C-81-026 14 December 5, 1996 <br />