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2.04.7 <br />Industrial use of water in the permit and adjacent area is restricted to the use <br />by the Terror Creek loadout. The loadout obtains its water from a well and <br />the Fire Mountain Canal. The mine's potential impact on both of these water <br />sources is discussed above. <br />The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) considers any <br />consumptive use of water by the mine to deplete the flow in the Colorado <br />River. Water depletions in the Upper Colorado River Basin have been <br />recognized as a major source of impact to endangered fish species (USFWS <br />2/93). The Operator will agree to implement the conservation measures that <br />the USFWS believe are necessary to offset this impact. <br />Wildlife use of water in the permit and adjacent areas is for subsistence. <br />Wildlife use the perennial streams, springs and ponds. It is possible the <br />mine could impact some of the springs or ponds. If this impact occurs, the <br />Operator will mitigate this water loss by constructing or repairing pond(s) and <br />augmenting the flow with water from the mine or from the Deer Trail Ditch. <br />In the event that contamination, diminution, or interruption in the <br />underground or surface water supplies result from coal mining operations, <br />• the following protective measures would be followed. <br />1) Adequate protection of water rights will be monitored. The Operator has <br />designed and implemented a complete hydrologic monitoring program. <br />2) Adequate protection of water rights is ensured by regular monitoring and <br />quick repair of subsidence induced problems. <br />3) Possible alternative sources of water will be utilized, if required. The <br />Operator controls 3,750 shares of Class I and 960 shares of Class II stock <br />in the Deer Trail Ditch Company and 782 shares of Class II stock in the Fire <br />Mountain Canal. <br />MINE WATER INFLOW <br />It is anticipated that the Bowie #2 Mine will experience mine inflows from <br />faults, fractures (if present) and perched water bearing zones within the coal, <br />the overburden, and the floor rock. Due to the near identical geologic <br />structure, similar hydrologic regime and close proximity of the Bowie #2 Mine <br />and the Bowie #1 Mine, it would be prudent to predict that the inflow <br />characteristics of the majority of the area mined at the Bowie #2 Mine would <br />be similar to that experienced by the Bowie #1 Mine. <br />• During the 1995 - 1996 reporting period, the Bowie #1 Mine experienced a <br />mine inflow of less the 10 gpm. The flow came from 11 different point <br />PR-06 2.04 - 38 - 8/01 <br />Ao~RovEQ <br />1 /I s/o~ <br />