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wetter than those portions of Panels B and C mined during the <br />• previous year. Advance development of the II West Submains and <br />Panel Y typically encountered perched aquifer zones which provided <br />minimal inflows for short periods. As Panels Y and Z were <br />developed, water accumulation at the faces occurred routinely as <br />inflows throughout the western portion of the mine tended to move <br />in this direction. Leakage from belt dust control systems also <br />contributed to this accumulation. <br />Inflow amounts for the next year are projected to remain <br />comparable with those already documented. The continued <br />development of Panels Y and Z is not anticipated to produce <br />significant sustained inflow events. Overall mine inflows are <br />again anticipated to be insignificant, short term events with no <br />lasting hydrologic impacts evident. <br />Conclusions <br />Mine inflow into the Orchard Valley West Mine continues to be <br />low. The present estimated inflow rate remains at less than <br />1,000,000 gallons annually. The importation of water continues to <br />far exceed the occurrence of natural mine inflows. Cyprus Orchard <br />Valley Coal Corporation anticipates that water inflow into the mine <br />will be increasing approximately proportionally to the amount the <br />D seam is developed. Cyprus Orchard Valley Coal Corporation plans <br />• for no mine discharge during the '93 - '94 reporting period. <br />Therefore, the quality and quantity of surface water adjacent to <br />the orchard Valley West Mine will not be affected. <br />Cyprus Orchard Valley Coal Corporation will continue to submit <br />the Annual Subsidence and Hydrology Report which will summarize all <br />subsidence and hydrology data. This study is part of that annual <br />report. <br /> <br />