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3.0 Surface ~Nater Information <br />The data collected. from Oxbow Mining, LLC (OMLLC) surface water monitoring sites along <br />with the results of'laboratory analyses are presented in Exhibit 1- Surface Water Information. <br />The following situ discussions are presented from west to east through the OMLLC property. <br />H-1 -Lower Hubbard Creek <br />Surface water monitoring point H-1 is located on Hubbard Creek, where this perennial stream <br />flows through the western edge of the OMLLC permit area associated with the abandoned but <br />reclaimed Somerset Mine facility area and Blue Ribbon Mine Facility. Until 1996, the most <br />recent surface activity in the area was the reclamation of the lower Hubbard Creek site. In 2005 <br />the Hubbard Bleeder Fansite was permitted and constructed. The H-1 site is utilized as a down <br />gradient site to detect potential changes in stream quality or quantity as a result of mining <br />activities. Minim; activities include both the OMLLC Hubbard Creek facilities and the reseeded <br />and reclaimed Bhze Ribbon Mine facility. During 2007, Bowies Resources, Ltd also started <br />construction of a ventilation fanshaft facility on lands managed by the USFS. The Bowie site is <br />located adjacent to Hubbard Creek and up gradient of the Hubbard Creek facilities. <br />Hubbard Creek point H-1 was monitored in accordance with the permit requirements. Hubbard <br />Creek is a stream that also serves as a trans-basin diversion from the Terror Creek reservoir <br />during the summer irrigation season. The Hubbard Creek drainage and the Delta County two <br />track road is also used extensively by USFS and BLM recreationists and Bowie Resources <br />mining related activities. Hubbard Creek continues to exhibit summer flow volumes in response <br />to the management of upstream diversions. No significant difference in the 2007 monitoring <br />results from baseline or historical measurements was noted. <br />B-l, B-2 and B-3 -Bear Creek <br />The Bear Creek <;anyon light use road is used extensively to access the upper reaches of Bear <br />Creek for cattle and sheep grazing, logging, hunting, mine exploration and methane ventilation <br />activities, natural. gas operating support companies, etc. <br />BB=1 -- Surface water monitoring point B-1 -Lower Bear Creek, an ephemeral drainage, is <br />monitored to verify that the Elk Creek mine does not have an adverse affect on the quality of <br />runoff in the drainage. During 2007 there was, again, typically only minimal to no flow at B-1 <br />after the conclusiion of spring snowmelt. <br />Retreat mining of D seam occurred under the Bear Creek drainage during 2007. The status of <br />the Bear Creek road is assessed as part of ongoing subsidence monitoring. No adverse effects as <br />a result of mining activities were observed to have occurred to the Bear Creek road in 2007. <br />From a historicall perspective it is important to remember that the Bear Creek drainage was also <br />undermined by extensive historic mine workings in the B and C seam of the Somerset Mine. <br />B-2 and B-3 -- :[n accordance with the Elk Creek Federal coal lease COC-61357 "Water <br />Replacement Plan" stipulation, surface water monitoring points B-2 and B-3 are monitored for <br />6 <br />