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RULE 2 - PERMITS <br />Locations for sampling each spring were selected based on proximity to the source of each spring <br />and ease of collecting representative samples while minimizing disturbance. At each spring, GPS <br />• coordinates were collected, instantaneous flow measurements were obtained, and water samples <br />were collected along with field params. Notes were also taken describing the source of each spring. <br />On August 20, 2009, four springs were visited and monitored; CSPG1 (Eilts Spring No. 2), CSPG2 <br />(Boeddeker Spring No.1), CSPG3 (Boeddeker Spring No. 2), and CSPG4A (Grassy Creek Spring <br />No.IA). CSPG1 is a seep or spoil spring below a remnant sediment pond associated with an <br />adjacent pre -law surface mine. Discharge at CSPG1 was measured at 1.93 gallons per minute <br />(gpm). CSPG2 is located in a dry channel adjacent to a stock tank, and was flowing at 0.48 gpm. <br />CSPG3 is an in- channel stock pond with no outflow, and had about one inch of water during the site <br />visit. Due to muddy banks, the lack of flow and minimal water in the pond, no sample could be <br />collected. CSPG4A is a small seep in the first drainage from the Fish Creek Anticline above a <br />nearby oil well. CSPG4A was flowing at 0.19 gpm. Due to low flow, only field conductivity, pH <br />and temperature were measured. <br />On August 25, 2009, two additional springs were visited and monitored: CSPG4 (Grassy Creek <br />Spring No. 1) and CSPG5 (Mike Williams Spring). CSPG4 is an in- channel pond constructed in <br />the second ephemeral drainage above the same oil well near CSPG4A, and was flowing at a rate of <br />0.94 gpm. CSPG5 is an excavated pond located at the entrance to the Grassy Creek Subdivision to <br />the north of the PSCM permit area, and no flow in or out of the pond was found during the site visit. <br />In addition to springs and seeps inventoried during August 2009, three springs monitored previously <br />at Seneca Coal Company's Yoast Mine are situated west of the PSCM permit boundary within the <br />• one -mile buffer. These three springs are Annand Spring No. 1 (YSPG6), Annand Spring No. 2 <br />(YSPG7), and Annad Spring No. 3 (YSPG8), and are shown on Map 2.04.7 M1, Hydrology. The <br />springs were monitored for establishing baseline hydrology data from 1991 through 1993, and <br />limited monitoring was continued at YSPG6 (flow and field params only) through 2004. YSPG6 is <br />a developed spring with a clear well and pipe, YSPG7 is located upstream of YSPG6 in the channel <br />below a stock pond, and YSPG8 is the stock pond located upstream of YSPG7. The flow rate at <br />YSPG6 ranged from 0.38 gpm to 0.93 gpm from 1991 through 1993. Flow from the clear well <br />appeared to cease when limited monitoring was continued in 1997 through 2004, likely due to <br />clogging in the discharge pipe. Flow at YSPG7 was typically absent, as this site was basically a <br />small pool in the channel botton. Flow from the pond at YSPG8 was rare, and too dispersed to <br />measure accurately when discovered during site visits. <br />�J <br />PSCM Permit App. 2.04 -69 Revision 12/17/09 <br />