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SURFACE WATER <br />• To monitor any potential effect of the mining operation on the adjacent surface waters of Goodspring <br />Creek the New Upper Goodspring stream site is utilized to characterize conditions found upstream of mining <br />activity and the Lower Goodspring stream site is utilized to characterize conditions found downstream of <br />mining activity. The Taylor Creek site is utilized to characterize conditions found downstream of the West <br />Pit mining area and the Loadout. <br />Goodspring Creek <br />Field monitoring and laboratory analysis at both the New Upper and the Lower Goodspring <br />Creek sites did not show any results or trends that are problematic from a quality or quantity aspect. <br />The data indicates normal anticipated seasonal variations. <br />Tavlor Creek <br />Reflecting more normal weather conditions as opposed to the near drought conditions we <br />have experienced during the recent past, Taylor Creek exhibited some flow in 1997. No changes in <br />water quality were evident. <br />• GROUNDWATER <br />To monitor any potential groundwater impacts due to the Gossard Coal Loadout facility, <br />Colowyo currently utilizes one down gradient monitoring well (Gossard Well). To monitor any <br />potential groundwater impacts due to mining activities, Colowyo currently utilizes one down gradient <br />monitoring well (North Goodspring Well) and one up gradient monitoring well (A-6 Well). <br />Gossard Well <br />A review of the data does not indicate any changes or problems with groundwater quality <br />associated with the Gossard Coal Loadout Facility. <br />North Goodspring Well <br />The analyses do not indicate any changes or problems with groundwater quality associated <br />with mining activities. <br />A6 Well <br />The analyses do no[ indicate any changes or problems associated with groundwater quality <br />in the undisturbed, updip conditions. <br />• <br />