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• Bowie Resources, LLC April 26, 2005 <br />Bowie No. 2 Mine <br />2004 Annual Hydrology Report <br />located near the mine entrance along the south side of Old State Highway 133. AW-10 cannot be <br />reliably sampled due to a collapse of the casing, and will be eliminated from the monitoring plan. <br />These wells were installed as a requirement of PR-03 which allows the mine operator to relocate <br />Sediment Pond B to the south side of the highway. Alluvial Wells 1 l through 13 were installed <br />during the fall of 2000 to monitor the alluvium in the area where the new coal loadout (PR-06) <br />was constructed. Alluvial well 13 was eliminated by the construction of the unit train loadout. <br />Alluvial well 14 was installed during 2003 west of Pond K. Alluvial wells 15 through 17 were <br />installed during the fourth quarter of 2003 and are located north of State Highway 133B below <br />the proposed coal mine waste disposal area. <br />The 2004 sampling season provides results consistent with baseline information provided in the <br />permit application, showing no adverse impact to groundwater during the construction of the <br />mine. <br />Surface Water Monitoring Stations: PONDS <br />Stock Ponds P-1 through P-6 and P32-3, P33-3, P33-7, P33-10 and P33-11 aze monitored <br />quarterly for 1.) Inflow; 2.) Outflow; and 3.) Water level below spillway outlet or depth of water <br />in the pond measured from the bottom of the pond. Field data collected during the 2004 <br />• sampling season is consistent with baseline information provided in the permit application. <br />Surface Water Monitoring Stations: SPRINGS <br />Fifty five springs within the permit boundary were monitored during the 2004 monitoring season <br />in accordance with the Hydrologic Monitoring Plan. This plan indicates that identified springs <br />will be inspected quarterly for field pazameters with full suite laboratory pazameters required on <br />springs with flows greater than five (5) gallons per minute. During the construction phase of the <br />mine, four (4) springs (S-6, S-7, S-9 and S-15) were eliminated by road and portal bench <br />construction activities. The 2004 field and laboratory analysis is consistent with baseline data <br />provided in the permit application. There has been a trend in many of the springs that shows the <br />conductivity increases as the flow decreases. This trend is most likely caused by the increased <br />time the water is in contact with the alluvium because of the lower flows. <br />• <br />