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this well during each of the quarterly samplings for 2004. For the final ,` three quarters of 2004 it was possible to obtain the requisite samples following the standard three well volume purge procedure. While the well bore recharge is still slow, it is finally showing indications that the highly disturbed zone in the reclaimed overburden area is recharging. The timeline for this recharge is not inconsistent with earlier predictions. Copies of the summary analytical laboratory test results are available in the pages following this text. Each ground water monitoring well was sampled in accordance with the "permit procedure". The "B" designation following the well identification indicates that the laboratory sample was obtained after initial field sampling, well purging and a subsequent (second) field sampling. (Again, the lack of available water in well AMW-2 limited the ability to properly purge the well during the first quarterly sampling, only.) The 2004 ground water monitoring test results remain consistent with results from previous analyses in that there have been no confirmed statistical exceedences, with the exception of samples recently drawn from the SMW-2 well. This well is completed in the disturbed spoil material which is being subjected to slow re-saturation by groundwater that appears • to be leaching/dissolving minerals as the water level rises. This has caused the manganese concentrations to slightly exceed the calculated tolerance limit. CEC will address the tolerance limit exceedence during 2005. [See Doty & Associates report dated 2/14/05, Fourth Quarter 2004 Ground- Water Monitoring Data and Statistical Evaluation, Keenesburg Disposal Site.] The ground water flow, to the extent it has been documented in the area of the Keenesburg Mine property, trends down-gradient to the northeast. Recharge of the aquifer in the "spoil area" continues to be limited to a single source, the localized infiltration of precipitation to the subsurface. There is no evidence of any significant ground water recharge to the site from the nearby Ennis Draw fluvial ground water system. Ground water elevations in the sampled Ennis Draw wells close to the Keenesburg Mine site remain significantly higher than in either the spoil monitoring well (SMW-2) or the ash monitoring wells (AMW-1 and AMW-2}. CEC continues to believe that no adverse affect on the overall hydrologic . balance of the Keenesburg Mine site should result from a continuation of the ash disposal operation, from the limited addition of mine waste rock to AHR-2004 -51-