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variations in recharge. These changes may lag the actual precipitation events due to the time it takes the head change to move through the aquifer to the monitoring well. Wells GP-1, GP-5 and GP-6 are useful in defining natural variations in the QR aquifer for 2001. Water levels in wells GP-5 and GP-6 show a rising trend from 1995 through 1998 with fairly steady water levels the last three years with some increase in 2001. Water levels in well GP-1 have been declining significantly over the last three years. Well GP-8 has been used as a baseline for precipitation/recharge impacts on the KLM aquifer and showed a significant decline in water levels during 2001. Mining is close enough to this well in 2001 that its water level responses have to be used with caution relative to baseline conditions. Figure A-1 presents water levels versus time for wells GB-1, GB-5, GF5 and P-5. The wells are completed in the KLM, HI, HI backfill and 2nd White Sandstone aquifers, respectively. Fgure A-1 shows steady increases in water levels for GB-1 since air-lift production ceased in 1993. Recovery in this well may still be from the earlier air-lift production. Water levels in wells GB-5 and GF-5 were steady in 2001, while water levels in well P-5 stayed low in this aquifer in 2001. HI well GP-7 (Fgure A-11) should show natural variations in the HI aquifer for 2001 and water levels in this well showed a small decline in 2001. Water levels continue to rise in well GB-2, probably in response to recovery at its location downgradient of a reclaimed pit (see Figure A-2). The last measurement indicates a start of a decline. The GC wells (GC-1, GC-2, GC-3, see Figure A-3) are located near the northeast comer of the permit area (PA) slightly more than 1100 feet from mining activity in 2001. These wells are completed in the HI, 3rd White and alluvial aquifers, respectively. The water-level changes in these wells may not still be good indicators of natural recharge 2-4