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Jared Dains November 18, 2013 Page 3 supplemental augmentation water from the City of Fountain, the Security Water District, or the Widefield Water & Sanitation District. Actual water use and depletions during the operation will be submitted to the Division Engineer and Water Commissioner on a monthly basis. CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL This substitute water supply plan is hereby approved pursuant to Section 37 -90- 137(11), C.R.S., subject to the following conditions: 1. This SWSP shall be valid for the period of December 1, 2013 and shall be valid through November 30, 2014, unless otherwise revoked, modified, or superceded by decree. If this plan will not be made absolute by a water court action by the plan's expiration date, a renewal request must be submitted to this office with the statutory fee (currently $257) by October 16, 2014. 2. A well permit must be obtained in accordance with § 37 -90- 137(2) and (11), C.R.S. Well permit application (receipt no. 3661689) was submitted on September 10, 2013 and is pending evaluation. The provisions of § 37 -90- 137(2), C.R.S., prohibit the issuance of a permit for a well to be located within 600 feet of any existing well, unless the State Engineer finds that circumstances so warrant after a hearing held in accordance with the procedural rules in 2 CCR 402 -5. This hearing may be waived if you are able to obtain statements from the owners of all wells within 600 feet, verifying that they have no objection to your use of the proposed well. Should a new well permit be denied for reasons of 600 foot spacing, or any other legitimate reason, approval of this substitute water supply plan will be cancelled. 3. The total surface area of the groundwater exposed at the Fountain Pit site must not exceed 0.2 acre during the approval period of this SWSP resulting in an annual evaporative loss of 0.58 acre -feet. 4. The annual amount of water used at the operation shall not exceed 3.5 acre -feet for dust control and the total product mined shall not exceed 450,000 tons per year (above the water table). 5. Total consumption at the Fountain Pit site must not exceed the aforementioned amounts unless an amendment is made to this plan. 6. Water pumped from well permit no. 59834 -F must be measured in accordance with the "Amended Rules Governing the Measurement of Tributary Ground Water Diversions Located in the Arkansas River Basin ". 7. Pumping from the storage tank during this plan is limited to 3.5 acre -feet for dust suppression purposes. Pumping from well permit no. 59834 -F must not exceed the amount of replacement water available minus transit losses unless an amendment to this plan provides additional replacement supplies. 8. Approval of this plan is for the purposes as stated herein. Any additional uses of this water must first be approved by this office.