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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 Goodspning 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 mining <br />activity. The Taylor Creek site is utilized to characterize conditions found downstream of the West Pit muting <br />and the Loadout. <br />Goo~s~pring Creek <br />Field monitoring and laboratory analysis at both the New Upper and the Lower Goodspring <br />Creek sites did not show anry resrdts or trends that are problematic from a quality or quantity aspect. The <br />data indicates normal anticipated seasonal variations. <br />Tavlor Creek <br />Reflecting mane normal weather conditions as opposed to the neaz drought conditions we have <br />experienced during the recent past, Taylor Creek exhibited some limited flow in 1996. 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 potential <br />groundwater impacts due to mining activities, Colowyo currently utilizes one down gadient monitoring <br />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 Goodsprine Well <br />The analyses do not indicate arty changes or problems with groundwater quality associated with <br />mining activities. <br />A6 Well <br />The analyses do not indicate any changes or problems associated with groundwater quality in <br />• the undisturbed, updip wnditions. <br />