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~Ji=Rv;EW 1i5C:a5StiC,t1 <br />• aunncS the upcom~ng~ permit ~Fr.r-n, <br />it appears that the extension of the mine on the additional <br />permit areas will not significantly affect the hydrologic <br />balance for the following reasons: <br />(1) Written data from state mining records, recent under- <br />ground mine visits and communication with people who <br />worked in the old Starkville Mines show that water <br />inflow was insignificant and that the mines were <br />relatively dry. Pillar removal and caving of strata <br />above the coal did occur in these mines without any <br />. significant inflow. <br />(2) Low permeabilities, porosities and transmissivities <br />and other hydrologic characteristics show the aquifers <br />to be of poor quality and the presence of the mine <br />in the Vermejo formation should produce little effect <br />on the overall hydrologic balance. <br />• (3) If any significant mine inflow were to take place, it <br />would be pumped to the sedimentation pond located at <br />the mine's surface facilities, monitored for quality <br />data and discharged into Raton Creek, thus not upsetting <br />the hydrologic balance. <br />Probable impacts to wells, springs, seeps and surface <br />waters are given in the following sections. Even if <br />unpredicted changes to the hydrologic balance were to <br />occur, there would be little if any damage to users, <br />as shown in following sections. <br />ses <br />