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,. <br />i ...; r+ <br />l~ <br />~I ti <br />... .. _. _, ...:.~ AiC~p~ <br />` ^ .. .. _ ... .S'.'q':bYM.._ ft' .tY-.-a't'U+'S.=tiivT.K„.:.:... ..:4'n. :.: _ .: <br />:D > <br />No significant mint inflows Gave been encountered at We'Bear No. 1, 2;:and 3 Mmes. ~No <br />. discharges of mine inflow water have taken place. Bear Coal Company uses water firm the <br />North Fork of the Gumison River for dust suppression within the mine. <br />Surface Water - <br />Surface water information for the Bear No. 1, 2 and 3 Mines is presented in Sections 2.04.7 <br />and 2.05.3 of the Bear No. 1 and 2 permit application, and in Section 2.04.7, 2.05.3 and <br />4.05 and Map 10 (Mine Facilities) of the Bear No. 3 permit revision application. <br />Surface runoff from the undisturbed portions of the Bear permit area flows directly into the <br />North Fork of the Gunnison River through four. small intermittent drainages. The North <br />Fork of the Gunnison is the primary stream in the drainage basin (Figure 5). No surface <br />discharge of mine water is expelled from the Bear No. 3 Mine. No, surface discharge from <br />the Bear No. 1 and 2 portals oceurred while they were in operation, and no discharge from <br />the abandoned Edwards portal has been recorded. <br />Surface run-off from the disturbed areas of the Bear Mine is collected by a series of drinage <br />ditches.and directed into sedimentation ponds. Effluent from the sedimentation ponds is <br />controlled to meet NPDES effluent standards. <br />Bear Coal Company has had problems with the North Fork of the Gunnison River flooding <br />the facilities area at the Bear No. 3 Mine. Flooding problems may have been aggravated by <br />relocation of the river associated with relocation of state Highway 133. Bear Coal Company <br />has installed a flood control berm adjacent to the North Fork of the Gunnison .River to <br />control flooding of the facilities area and to mitigate off-site disturbances related to mining. <br />Water Riehts and Replacement -Rules 2.04.7(31. 2.05.6(31(iil. 2.07.6(2)(cl. and 4.05.15 <br />Water rights and replacement information for the Bear No. 1 and 2 Mine is presented in <br />Section 2.04.7 of the Bear No. 1 an 2 permit application. Water rights and replacement <br />information for the Bear No. 3 Mine is presented in Sections 2.04.7 and 4.05.15 of the Bear <br />No. 3 permit revision application. <br />Water used at the Bear No. 3 Mine is derived from two sources. Potable water consumed at <br />the site is provided by the Somerset Domestic Waterworks. Water withdrawn from the <br />North Fork of the Gunnison River is used in the mine for dust suppression and other <br />mine-related uses. The Bear operation annually consumes approximately two acre-feet of <br />water for mine-related activities. <br />Bear Coal has a water right allowing for annual withdrawal of up to seven acre-feet of water <br />from the river. <br />No ground water is taken from aquifers by the Bear Coal Co. mining operation; therefore, <br />the Bear operation will not adversely affect any ground water rights. The small amount of <br />water witlydrawa from We North Fork of the Gunnison River should not affect the water <br />rights of otlrer downstream users. <br />9 <br />