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• <br />Eacden Gales .'ine <br />The Hacden Sulch Mine _s locate, in tirz upland areas o_` tae willia.^s Fork 67ou:~- <br />_ains. 't is a surface opetatior, located near the head:/atars o_° se*.reral epF.em- <br />eral~streams. Fi'~e coal sears of the Uoozrrlilliams Formation are minzc;. As a <br />result of its upland proximay, veru little water is enccuntered ir. the pit. <br />Mine d=orator:ine practices ,,^ay sZic.Stl_v 1o:+er water lerea i,~mec?lately around the <br />:nine. This impact is not expected to affect ang regio_ral agvife.*s. ~PCere`cre, <br />it is not eapectec that the ffauden Gclch Nine will impact ary off-site around <br />water resources. <br />!:'endows 14ire <br />'^h° ,l+eado:.e -d::nz is a sur=aee onetatior. located about 2 .r,i'es scuth o? the -~.^:pa <br />River. The Pinnacle Coal seam of t.':z Iles Fe'~~ration is being miner:. T,he appli- <br />cant states that the mine worY.i.^.gs arz esser.tiallq dry. `io teoional aouifers <br />exist near me .mfr.=. Therefore, it `s : or e.t_oacted t::at the Meade:.~s :._11 i.~pact <br />eny c"-sit= ground water resources. <br />Sensca 22 -tfine <br />The Sa^eca rr !.fine is a !arse surface .o,^.eration located along Grassy Cree?:. de:on- <br /> stream from tte Grass y CrezY ?fine. "he Nadge and t/olf Cree}: Coal seams o` t:'re <br />• F:_dd.e t/illiams For;: Formation are removed at fire mire. :'a ter •JUallt4 1P. the <br /> spoils has be_m found to ce much :worse that. that found ir, undisturbed aqui`ers. <br /> A*_ least same of the degraded ;,rater ~:eill probably move dowr.-d_p and enter the <br /> Grassg Creek a_rluvial aqui.`er. T.he applicant does ,not ar.tici~.ate that th's will <br /> limit the use of the water 'n tha alluvial staffer due to: (i) Decrease in <br /> spoil TDS :.pit; time; (2J Dispersion; (3) attenuation . <br />!line de:/atering practices a*_ the mire wi Il lcwer ;pater levels in the bedroci: <br />strata in the vicinity of t.§e mire. _*t _. not ar.ticinated t.`rat these r,~ater <br />level declines r~~ill siSnificantly affect water use patterns of ang recional <br />aquir"ers. Eowever, orund water monitoring has been ree:v:reci to verifg these <br />conclusions. Zt is anticipate that operations at a9s Seneca II ,-fine may impact <br />of_°-sit° orcu-rd caster resources. <br />'"rout :; tee.': .."~1_ne <br />The Tteut CreeK 'lines. is a proposes underground operation wrrirh wi_'1 axtra•:t =oat <br />from the Bisr..ksmit:~ seam of t;~e Tles Formation. Little is rtesem_ly known spout <br />aotentiai ir.~oacts tc the nro.nd water susten. Tha an,~licant relicts first ang <br />imnacts :•.oc1d i;e insigr,i`icant. The Divisior. has not wet rsv_ewed ,....._ conclusion <br />for accurate;. T!;erefcre, _,. is rot wet r:nown whe~?:er the Tca+Jt Crae': mi-inv o_ner- <br />ations F.ave the potent::a to affect off-site orocnd water res^urces. <br />Tra r. ne^ ,:r; re <br />i • m~e Traper !fine is a Iar~e sur.`ace Wins located nn the slcl;e of t:;a t:':l_ia.~s Fort. <br />rounta_,,^.s cc_n^ t're Ya nga River. ^he mr re area is araired by several epheme.-ai <br />