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fills with water, might water quality and /or quantity change in the future? And if that is the case, let's talk about possible different scenarios. Where has Newlin Creek gone? When the reclamation is completed, will Magpie Creek still be in the same location as it is presently or be redirected to where it previously ran? Will we be indemnified from any future changes in water quality? What concerns we should have from the 2010 Hydrology Report (May 30, 2011) on page 6 regarding Well 23 about elevated values of dissolved Calcium and Magnesium relative to historic values? Also in the same report, there was water in Well 16, but it was not tested. Why not? Drainage question: Drainage structures are discussed in the Minor Revision 41 of the Reclamation Plan, dated December 2001, 2.05.4 -4 last paragraph. Can you clarify what/where these structures are? Are they small pipes (culverts) under the road in several places to handle seasonal water runoff instead of the ditches that are currently across the road which seems to encourage more soil erosion? Refuse pile questions: Could you please explain to us what TR 38 means as far as reporting? Will the Refuse Pile not be noted in the annual report recording erosion, stability, etc. I hope that the plant counts will still be included in the revegetation reports. Could you explain how our refuse pile is now 43 acres? I understand that initially it was to be 30 acres. In 1990 TR expanded it to 33; in 1998, TR 30 expanded it another 2.9 acres and in 2000 with TR 31, it was expanded an additional 2 acres. When I total those changes, I come up with 37.9 acres only, not 43. Could you please explain the process that is used to "solidify" the coal tailings so that they are more stable? As I understand it, chemicals are added but I am not aware of what they might be, how they might interact chemically with the tailings, how fire retardant they might be, any concerns with water runoff draining down such a tall slope, hazards, etc. Stipulation #9 states that there will be an appropriate stability analysis to demonstrate conformation to Rule 4.03.2(7). What can be done to mitigate the gullies on the refuse pile as they become deeper so that they do not cause a drainage problem or cause pollution? In the original Compliance Report dated June 1984, on page 27, it states that three feet of top soil covers the refuse pile. I have not been able to verify it is accurate and where the evaluations were recorded. Could you please site this? Our recollection is that they only used 20,000 cubic feet of stock piled soil but the plan called for 46,000 cubic feet. Revegetation questions: We have a lot of questions about revegetation. Here are a few: 2