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SURFACE WATER MONITORING <br />There are four (4) active surface monitoring points within Bear Coal's permitted <br />area. Pond 004, Outfall 001, Upstream North Fork (U/S NFG), Downstream North Fork <br />(D/S NFG). No monitoring is currently required at Springs G26A, G-2613, G-26C and <br />CR- 12. Location of Pond 004 and NFG's can be found on map "Figure 11" located in <br />Appendix A. <br />The French Drains were not monitored during the year because they were <br />removed during the 1997 reclamation project. <br />The results of groundwater data collected during 2009 and pertinent water quality <br />parameters are found below. <br />North Fork of the Gunnison River <br />The North Fork of the Gunnison River (USGS Station 09132500) is to be <br />monitored during June and December for field parameters and laboratory analysis for <br />conductivity, total dissolved solids, total suspended solids, iron and Manganese. Actual <br />stream flows are obtained from the web (http:// waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis) or by <br />contacting the Department of Water Resources, Colorado River Talk at 303-831-7135. <br />Results of the monitoring follows: <br />Field Analysis 6/08/09 Field Analysis 12/16/09 <br /> U/S NFG D/S NFG U/S NFG D/S NFG <br />pH - su 8.5 8.3 pH - su 8.1 8.0 <br />Temp °C 11.8 11.8 Temp °C 1.4 1.8 <br />Cond umhos/cm 70 80 Cond umhos/cm 160 280 <br />Flow - cfs 1120 Flow - cfs Gage Iced Over <br />Laboratory Analysis Laboratory Analysis <br />Cond umhos/cm 126.02 124.96 Cond umhos/cm 143 216 <br />TSS - mg/I 9 16 TSS - mg/I <0.5 <0.5 <br />TDS - mg/I 62 64 TDS - mg/I 110 185 <br />Iron - mg/I 0.18 0.12 Iron - mg/I 0.07 0.07 <br />Manganese mg/1 0.02 0.01 Manganese mg/I 0.029 0.04 <br />Iron and Manganese are both analyzed for total. In reviewing field as well as laboratory <br />analysis, the Bear No. 3 Mine had no significant deleterious effect on the North Fork of <br />the Gunnison River during the 2009 reporting period. <br />-3-