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Dan Hernandez <br />June 3, 2013 <br />Page 14 <br />discussion and considerations, I believe that the current groundwater monitoring program is <br />adequate to determine the effects of mining activities on the quantity and quality of groundwater <br />in the permit area and adjacent areas. Further, a point of compliance well in the coal zones <br />would not serve any real purpose. I think in this case a point of compliance is not needed since <br />there has been no impact to groundwater that could potentially be put to beneficial use. <br />With regard to surface water, there is no evidence that the Southfield Mine has impacted the <br />quality or quantity of water available as streamflow in Newlin Creek. Mining was conducted <br />adjacent to Newlin Creek from about 1900 through the 1970's making quantification of any <br />impacts to Newlin Creek from the Southfield Mining operation difficult to assess. More <br />importantly, water flow in Newlin Creek is in response to precipitation events and only flows <br />when the flow in the creek exceeds that removed upstream by the City of Florence. Furthermore, <br />groundwater discharge from the Southfield Mine workings or coal seams does not intercept <br />Newlin Creek. These coal zones are located well beneath the level of the creek and dip to the <br />northwest away from the creek. <br />C: Janet Binns/DRMS Denver <br />Leigh Simmons /DRMS Denver <br />