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west of MWNW. It is also important that this well is east of the outcrop of the upper coal seam that was <br />worked by multiple mines such as Black Diamond, and that it is below the strata of those mines. <br />PVC cap on exploratory drill hole SF -87 -07 with open slot in the cap at about ground level. <br />However, the greater problem that is not addressed is the change in the flow of Newlin Creek. The <br />Southfield Mine undermined and pillared under Newlin Creek for a distance of over 3000 feet. The only <br />subsidence monitoring point specifically for monitoring Newlin Creek, point NC, is located over a solid <br />pillar where subsidence would not be expected. Other subsidence monitoring points near Newlin Creek <br />such as point Axle and point CV have shown subsidence, and these two points are above the same <br />pillared panels that Newlin Creek also crosses. For the past several years the flow of Newlin Creek has <br />changed with large amounts of flow suddenly disappearing into the ground. This disappearance occurs <br />over a short segment of the flowline, sometimes in as short a distance as ten to fifteen feet. EFCI states <br />that this has always been the case. We state that this a dramatic change. EFCI says that the flow is <br />simply disappearing into a vast gravel alluvium. Based on the thickness of the unconsolidated layer in <br />nearby drill holes and the surface elevation difference between the surrounding areas and the Newlin <br />Creek flowline, the gravel alluvium in the creek bottom may only be a few feet thick. We say that the <br />water is disappearing into the old coal mines and the Southfield Mine (hydrogeologically connected) <br />which has been filled in the past few years far faster than any of BBA computer models. <br />Therefore, the obvious problem is trying to determine the status of the underground water levels. <br />Removal of MWNW even with its compromised obstruction would eliminate the only chance to monitor <br />the Southfield workings. To approve TR40 would have the ultimate effect of closing any further <br />investigation of Newlin Creek and whether it has been permanently diverted to discharge its flow by <br />means of the hydrogeological connections thru the coal mines and then discharge to the surface in <br />Second Alkali Creek. We would assert that MW23 and MW65 will be of no usefulness for the Newlin <br />