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The wells had to be sampled twice this year because the first analyses included all the <br />suspended material in reporting total iron and manganese, which distorted the numbers. <br />The analyses labeled Upstream #1 and Downstream #i should only be used for the wet <br />chemistry and all parameters in metals analysis except iron, manganese and zinc. These <br />parameters in addition to other items were run in the Upstream and Downstream #2 <br />samples. <br />The analyses show relatively low dissolved solids (220-340 mg11) and relatively high <br />pH of 8.3-8.4. Iron is shown to increase from 0.09 to 2.39 from upstream to <br />downstream and manganese is also shown to increase from 0.264 to 1.58. I believe that <br />the increase is due to a combination of two causes: I) the fact that much of the Apex <br />#2 Mine yard area consists of coal type material from the outcrop, when the yard was <br />constructed prior to SMCRA. This material is leaching into the shallow alluvial water. <br />1.) the Baumgartel property has remnant coal piles from the old Apex #I Mine which <br />are probably leaching in a similar manner. In any case, the iron levels are well below <br />the 30 day average for the NPDES permit of 3.0 mgl1, and do not present any kind of <br />water quality problem. Manganese levels are also low enough to not present a problem. <br />Also, as shown in the surface water analysis (taken downstream from the mine), the <br />levels of iron and manganese, respectively, are 0.34 mgll and 0.029 mgJl, which do not <br />present a problem. <br />