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June 10, 2003 <br />0.25 cfs <br />0.21 cfs <br />June 16, 2003 <br />0.097 cfs <br />0.088 cfs <br />June 15, 2004 <br />0.02 cfs <br />0.041 cfs <br />June 22, 2004 <br />0.0 cfs <br />0.0174 cfs <br />June 15, 2005 <br />1.036 cfs <br />1.085 cfs <br />June 30, 2005 <br />0.39 cfs <br />0.13 cfs <br />June 7, 2006 <br />0.047 cfs <br />0.033 cfs <br />June 13, 2006 <br />Trace flow <br />Trace flow <br />June 15, 2007 <br />0.21 cfs <br />0.34 cfs <br />June 28, 2007 <br />Trace flow <br />Trace flow <br />June 18, 2008 <br />1.29.cfs <br />0.72 cfs <br />June 25, 2008 <br />0.49 cfs <br />0.67 cfs <br />June 17, 2009 <br />0.55 cfs <br />0.46 cfs <br />June 25, 2009 <br />0.65 cfs <br />0.63 cfs <br />June 4, 2010 <br />3.3 cfs <br />1.5 cfs <br />June 11, 2010 <br />0.67 cfs <br />0.67 cfs <br />June 14, 2011 <br />2.3 cfs <br />1.85 cfs <br />June 28, 2011 <br />1.35 cfs <br />1.92 cfs <br />June 8, 2012 <br />0.0 cfs <br />0.0 cfs <br />June 13, 2012 <br />0.0 cfs <br />0.0 cfs <br />Retreat mining of D seam ended under the Bear Creek drainage during 2008. The status of the <br />Bear Creek road is assessed as part of ongoing subsidence monitoring. No adverse effects as a <br />result of mining activities (or the multitude of other uses) were observed to have occurred to the <br />Bear Creek road in 2012. From a historical perspective it is important to remember that, in <br />additions to all of the surface uses of the Bear Creek drainage, the Bear Creek drainage was also <br />undermined by extensive historic mine workings in the B and C seam of the Somerset Mine. <br />B -2 and B -3 -- In accordance with the Elk Creek Federal Coal Lease COC -61357 <br />"Water Replacement Plan" stipulation, surface water monitoring points B -2 and B -3 are <br />monitored for flow twice annually after tributary flow from side channels between the two points <br />has ceased. B -2 corresponds to a mid -Bear creek location roughly corresponding to the south <br />limit of the Elk Creek Federal Coal Lease. B -3 corresponds to an upper Bear Creek location <br />roughly corresponding to the north limit of the Elk Creek Federal Coal Lease. Generally, due to <br />the ephemeral nature of Bear Creek and the propensity for flows to quickly cease by late June, <br />flow measurements are most often obtained in mid -June. <br />Date <br />BEAR CREEK FLOW INFORMATION <br />Site B -2 <br />7 <br />Site B -3 <br />The information is collected in order to aid in analyzing 1) potential water depletions and 2) <br />potential for injury to any Bear Creek water rights. Due to regional drought conditions in 2012, <br />Bear Creek stream flows ceased unusually early. Analysis of the 2012 data, as well as subsidence <br />monitoring and observations in the field, suggests no anomalies or any indication of adverse <br />effects attributable to mining activities. A spike in 2011 total iron levels appeared was tied to <br />