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TR-61, Backfilling and Grading Schedule and <br />Midterm Permit Review <br />Page 4 <br />2. Map Exhibit 7-1A (Hydrologic Monitoring Map South Area) was apparently never revised to depict the new W-25 series <br />monitoring wells that replaced the failed W-24 series wells, near Pond 016A. Please submit a properly amended <br />map Exhibit 744, depicting the location of the W-25 series monitoring wells. <br />Response: Exhibit 7-1A has been updated and is included in this package. <br />3. Earlier thisyear, Mr. George Fnedench, who owns surface in the South Mine portion of the permit area, brought to our <br />attention a concern he had regarding what he referred to as an `artesian well" that had been located on his property on a <br />tributary of Hubberson Gulch. He recalled that the well had been located in the vicinity of where Pond 016A is now <br />situated, prior to mining in the area, and he had a photo dated 1999, showing a small diameter PVC pipe discharging into <br />a small metal horse tank. Based on the photo and Mr. Friederich's recollection of the site location, it would appear likely <br />that the `artesian well" in question corresponds to Inactive Spring Site "S-49, depicted on permit map Exhibit 7-1A. On <br />permit Table 15-1, S49 is described as a "developed spring flowing out of a 4 inch P VCp0e" The table indicates the <br />spring was monitored beginning in 1997; narrative on permit page 15-3a-2 states that S49 was deleted from the monitoring <br />table, as it was `mined out in 2001 " <br />Table 16-1A `Pertinent Water Bights, Seneca II-W1 South Extension Area "lists a structure labeled `Friederich Spring <br />#1, located in the NW14SW/4 Section 26 T5N R88W. The location of `Friederich Spring # 1 "is depicted on map <br />Exhibit 16-1 "Water Bights" Based on the Table 16-1A legal description and Exhibit 16-1 map location, it would <br />appear that Spring Site S49 and `Friederich Spring # 1 "are different names for the same feature. <br />Narrative on per»sit page 16-11, under "Water Bights Studies and Analyses'; includes the following statemenk <br />For Seneca II- W1 South, the nearest new water rights identified were the Friederzch # 1 and #2 springs located less <br />than two miles east of the pit footprint. <br />This statement appears to be in error; based on the location described in Table 16- IA legal description and delineated on <br />Exhibit 16-1, `Friederich # 1 "appears to have been located within the immediate mine pit area, and if it does correspond to <br />Spring S49 as appears likely, it was in fact `mined out in 2001 Also, the location given for `Friederich Spring #2" on <br />Table 16-1A and map Exhibit 16-1 appears questionable, given that the source of the spring is described on Table 16-1A <br />as Hubberson Gulch. The site location listed for Friederich #2 is actually on a tributary to Sage Creek, not Hubberson <br />Gulch. <br />Please confirm whether or not S-49 and "Friederich Spring #1" are the same feature, revise the <br />apparently inaccurate statement on page 16-11, and confam or amend the site location/drainage <br />source for Friederich Spring #2 on Table I&lA and Exhibit 16-1, as appropriate. Please further <br />address, in appropriate sections of the permit text, how compliance with provisions of4.09.19 <br />"Water Rights and Replacement" has been (or will be) achieved with respect to the adjudicated <br />spring (or springs) impacted by mining on the Fnederich property in the South Mine area. <br />Response: The location of Friederich Spring # 2, as listed on Table 16-1A, and as located on Exhibit 16-2, <br />is incorrect. Both Friederich Springs # 1 and 2 have the same legal location description. Both the table and <br />exhibit have been updated. <br />Seneca Coal Company • P.O. Box 670 • Hayden, Colorado 81639 <br />Telephone (970) 276-5219 • FAX (970) 276-5222