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released or used for surface facilities dust suppression. Due to <br />the small surface area of the pond, the loss of the water due to <br />• evaporation is considered negligible. <br />Subsidence Effect on Springs and Seeps <br />There is one known spring within the subsidence boundary of the <br />Bear No. 3 Mine which is designated G-26. This spring is located <br />along the southern boundary of the permit area. The mine plan <br />anticipates leaving pillars in the southernmost panels which will <br />control the subsidence along the southern permit boundary and <br />therefore minimize the potential affects on the spring. Some <br />seeps do appear on the canyon walls of the North Fork of the <br />Gunnison River, but subsidence affects on these seeps is consid- <br />ered to be negligible since these seeps are not within the area <br />to be mined by the Bear Coal Company nor within the area which <br />may be subject to subsidence. <br />Coal Processing Facilities <br />The Bear Coal Company has no coal processing facilities. There- <br />fore, there is no streamflow depletion associated with coal <br />processing. <br />Bathhouse Facilities <br />Water from the shallow well is utilized at the bathhouse facili- <br />• ties at the Bear No. 3 Mine for employee showers and restroom <br />facilities. It is estimated that about 600,00 gallons per year <br />is utilized at the bathhouse. <br />Grey water from the bathhouse is dispersed through a leach field <br />system at the surface facilities site and re-enters the shallow <br />ground water system adjacent to the North Fork of the Gunnison <br />River. Assuming a 1576 loss, it is calculated that 510,000 gal- <br />lons is recycled back to the iJpper Colorado River system. There- <br />fore the net depletion from the bathhouse facility is estimated <br />to be approximately 90,000 gallons per year. <br />Exhibit 14 - Section 5 - Page 4 <br />-4- <br />Revised Tune 29, 1990 <br />