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MOUNTAIN COAL COMPANY <br />WEST ELK MINE <br />2008 <br />U.S. FOREST SERVICE <br />WATER RESOURCES PROJECT <br />INTRODUCTION <br />As part of Mountain Coal Company's West Elk Mine Permit, a requirement <br />to Monitor Reservoirs and Stock Ponds is set forth on page 2.04-70. The <br />requirement, with regard to the U.S. Forest Service water resources states: <br />"In addition, the West Elk Mine, in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service <br />(USFS), Paonia Ranger District in Paonia, Colorado, has agreed to <br />informally monitor the USFS surface water resources (stock ponds), as <br />depicted on Map 37, that are located directly over longwall panels to be <br />mined or within the angle-of-draw per the agreement letter in Exhibit 19C. <br />In addition to the commitments provided in Exhibit 19C, MCC will also <br />photograph on a yearly basis the resources that are located over longwall <br />panels to be mined or within the angle of draw. The results of the monitoring <br />will be included in the Annual Hydrology Report. Table 8 lists the USFS <br />water resources within or adjacent to the West Elk Mine permit area." <br />Each pond has only one number; it was determined to use the "P" number in <br />the Range Resource Improvement Numbers column as delineated in the <br />Infra-Range Data-base. (For example: 803P 10 shows the Range <br />Management Unit {RMU}, 803, and the pond number, P10. The RMU is not <br />shown in the report since all resources inventoried are in the same RMU). <br />Table 8 has been revised to reflect these numbers. <br />(See: ATTACHMENTS: Figure 2: Map 37; Appendix A: Page 2-04-70, <br />Monitoring of Reservoirs and Stockponds; Appendix B: Table 8, Summary <br />of U.S.F.S Water Resources Near the West Elk Mine; and Exhibit 19C: <br />Letter, Re: Monitoring of U.S.F.S. Water Resources).