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An important item to mention, is -that the North Dewatering Well will be completely shut by December 31, 1994, with the mine inflow waters diverted down dip into the 2 North Main section. Pipe has been laid into the North 2 Mains and access to the well has been gained. Plumbing the total loop remains to be constructed this month at which time, the North Dewatering Well will be deactivated. Actual numbers for mine discharge will see a dramatic drop as a result, since the water will be rerouted underground and not diverted to the surface and released into the Magpie Creek channel or used by the processing plant as is the current practice. Water taken only from the Corley well will be discharged through the recycling system of Ponds 2 and 3. The permit has been revised with the approval of TR 19 to reflect these changes. III. Surface Water WET testing, creek monitoring, NPDES. A. Total consumptive use of water for the mine was 31.4 acre feet down from 34.4 from the previous year. Permit consumptive use allows for 42 acre feet from the Corley Well, source of the water used. Water consumptive use for the processing plant totaled 17.1 acre feet, same as last year. Water used in raw coal feed decreased from 1992-1993; 38.6 acre feet to 29.6, a difference of 9 acre feet. This was due chiefly to a reduction in coal mined, down from 261,933 tons of clean coal to 239,260 tons. Both belt press reject, and refuse amounts were also subsequently reduced. B. Streamflow sampling EFCI is required to sample stream flow from the following locations: Newlin, Magpie, Oak and Second Alkali Creeks. Data is often difficult to collect due to the ephemeral nature of the creeks. in addition, Second Alkali Creek, under Stipulation 15 requires EFCI to obtain at least one grab sample per year. One sample per creek was obtained in the monitoring period between June 1993 and July 1994. This may be due in part to the extreme drought conditions of the winter and summer months experienced state-wide during this monitoring period. 0.45 cfs were recorded in July 1993 in Second Alkali Creek through extensive effort on EFCI's part therefore, Stipulation 15 has been complied with. 3.34 cfs were recorded in Oak Creek, 4.23 cfs recorded in Magpie Creek and 5.6 cis recorded in Newlin Creek in the period between May and September 1994. The remainder of the year there was no surface water flow. C. Water Quality in Creeks Newlin Creek: TDS, TSS and Ca are all at record lows. Nitrate and bicarbonate levels and SAR are average with other recorded years. Heavy metals are minimal and below material damage criteria. PH is stable. No deterioration of Newlin