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-: foot thick impermeable Bowie Shale submember . Since the <br /> aquifer in the mine area is in the transition zone between <br /> unsaturated fluid flow and a confined aquifer , the distur- <br /> bances to the total saturated zone will be negligible . The <br /> aquifer in question becomes saturated and confined downdip <br /> away from Huntsman Ridge as evidenced by drill log data . <br /> (Table III-C-3) <br /> Ground water discharge from the Mesaverde <br /> formation does not occur in the vicinity of the mine permit <br /> area . The water migrates west and northwest towards the <br /> synclinal feature of the Grand Hogback, south and west <br /> towards the Paonia and Somerset areas , and north to the Book <br /> Cliffs . <br /> _.� f . Ground water rights <br /> Mid-Continent holds water rights of 7 .48 <br /> cubic feet per second with points of diversion through seven <br /> pumping stations (priority No . 793) . The company has re- <br /> quested approval to divert all or any portion of the water <br /> right alternatively at the seven points of diversion or at <br /> twenty designated alternative points . (See Appendix III-E- <br /> 3) <br /> g . Mining impacts and control <br /> The impacts on ground water from the Coal <br /> Basin underground mining operations is insignificant . Water <br /> that develops in the underground workings , in excess of that <br /> needed in the mining operation, is pumped to the surface and <br /> into sedimentation ponds . After excessive suspended solids <br /> 13 <br />