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not evident at every location probably due to movement of the clay in the swamp or not <br />designated by previous geologists. A tonstein may also be evident in the Allen Seam based on <br />past records in the southern part of the proposed permit area. <br />Many of the seams including the Apache and Allen Seams locally have an immediate <br />roof consisting of carbonaceous mudstone that often contains slickensided fractures and coal <br />laminations. This material is relatively weak and may be added to the run -of -mine product <br />eventually becoming waste after preparation. Some thicker rider coals occur locally. <br />2.04.6 (3a) (iii) (A) <br />Within the confines of the proposed permit boundary there are about 26 core holes and 32 <br />CBM wells. These holes are used as data points in modeling the coal seams within the proposed <br />permit area. Many of the older core holes lack geophysical logs for verification but geologist's <br />logs have been documented. Six core holes were drilled within the confines of the proposed <br />permit area by New Elk Mine in 2010 and these holes consist of a suite of geophysical logs, <br />geologist's core descriptions, geotechnical log, core photographs, coal quality data and <br />geomechanical data. Gas desorption data was generated from coal core at NE -4 -10. Core hole <br />NE -1 -10 was constructed as an Allen Seam monitoring well after extensive packer testing of the <br />coal sequence. Northeast of the proposed permit area, two monitoring wells were completed in <br />the Blue and Apache coal seams by New Elk Mine in 2010. The well numbers are NE -6 -10A <br />and NE -6 -10B for the Apache and Blue seams, respectively. Geophysical logs for NE -1 -10, NE- <br />4-10 and NE -12 -10 are equally spaced within the permit boundary and have been included as <br />part of the permit submission. Information on the 32 CBM wells can be found on the State's oil <br />and gas webpage. <br />2.04.6 (3a) (iii) (B) <br />No significant aquifers were encountered during previous mining at the Allen Mine. In <br />addition, no significant inflows were recorded in the various drilling campaigns including that <br />completed by New Elk Mine in 2010. Historically, some groundwater had been encountered <br />during mining but inflows were minor. As a result of previous mining and drilling, no <br />significant inflows are anticipated within the unmined portion of the proposed permit area. <br />2.04.6 (3a) (iii) (C) <br />Average chemical analyses (raw, full seam, as- received basis) of the Allen, Apache, <br />Maxwell and Blue seams from 2010 core obtained within and around the immediate confines of <br />the proposed permit boundary are provided in Table 4A. Average moisture content ranges from <br />2.9 to 3.5% and thermal content ranges from 10,900 to 12,540 Btu/lb. A sulfur form analysis <br />performed on the Allen Seam by Commercial Testing and Engineering in 1981 indicated a total <br />sulfur content of 0.49 %, which consisted of 0.06% pyritic sulfur and 0.43% organic sulfur. <br />TR56 2.04 -11e Revised 1 /10 /11 <br />