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• SURFACE WATER MONITORING There are four (4) active surface monitoring points within Bear Coal's permitted area. Pond 004, Outfall 001, Upstream North Fork (U/S NFG), Downstream North Fork (D/S NFG). No monitoring is currently required at Springs G26A, G-266, G-26C and CR- 12. Location of Pond 004 and NFG's can be found on map "Figure 11" located in Appendix A. The French Drains were not monitored during the year because they were removed during the 1997 reclamation project. The results of groundwater data collected during 2005 and pertinent water quality parameters are found below. • • North Fork of the Gunnison River The North Fork of the Gunnison River (USGS Station 09132500) is to be monitored during June and December for field parameters and laboratory analysis for conductivity, total dissolved solids, total suspended solids, iron and Manganese. Actual stream flows are obtained from the web (http://nv~is-colo.cr.usgs.gov) or by contacting the Department of Water Resources, Colorado River Talk at 303-831-7135. Results of the monitoring follows: Field Analysis Field Analysis 12/07/05 U/S NFG D/S NFG U/S NFG D/S NFG pH - su pH - su 8.2 8.4 Temp °C Temp °C 0.2 0.2 Cond umhos/cm Cond umhos/cm 140 170 Diss Oxygen Flow -cfs Flow -cfs 111 on 12/05/05 Laboratory Analysis Laboratory Analysis 12/09/2005 Cond umhos/cm Cond umhos/cm 216 262 TSS - mg/I TSS - mg/I 8 6 TDS - mg/I TDS - mg/I 100 140 Iron - mg/I Iron - mg/I 0.21 0.19 Manganese mg/I Manganese mg/I 0.052 0.061 Iron and Manganese are both analyzed for total recoverable. In reviewing field as well as laboratory analysis, the Bear No. 3 Mine had no significant deleterious effect on the North Fork of the Gunnison River during the 2005 reporting period. POND DISCHARGE No monitoring performed on discharge from the treatment pond. Bear ceased monitoring outfall 001 in August 2004 because it is convinced the water from the slide is spring water. The sediment pond (outfall 004) did not discharge during the year. -3-