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L- r.L� <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES <br />Mr. Richard T. Raines, P.H. <br />Water Resource Manager <br />Tri- Districts <br />4424 LaPorte Avenue <br />Fort Collins CO 80521 <br />December 30, 2013 <br />RFrr!7•E ° -'`'' Mr. Leif Lesoing <br />Water Resource Administrator <br />JAN 0920141, City of Greeley <br />1100 10th Street, Suite 300 <br />Greeley CO 80631 <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Dick Wolfe, P.E. <br />Director /State Engineer <br />Mining & Safety <br />Re: i Partners Combined Substitute Water Supply Plan (WDID 0302556) <br />Treiber Lakes, DRMS Permit No._M- 2011 ^049�WDID 0303042) <br />Lamb Lakes portion of the Home Office Pit, DRMS Permit No. M- 1977 -439 (WDID 0303005) <br />Section 33, T8N and Section 3, T7N, R69W, 6th P.M. <br />Water Division 1, Water District 3, Larimer County <br />Approval Period: January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2015 <br />Contact Information for Mr. Raines: (970) 218 -2738; rraines nscwtp.orq <br />Contact Information for Mr. Leisong: (970) 350 -9806; /eif/esoing(o)qree/ey.gov.com <br />Dear Mr. Raines & Mr. Lesoing: <br />We have reviewed your letter dated November 14, 2013, requesting renewal of the above <br />referenced substitute water supply plan ( "SWSP ") in accordance with § 37 -90- 137(11), C.R.S. This <br />SWSP is requested to cover depletions for five previously mined gravel pits (ponds) that are owned and <br />operated by the Tri- Districts and the City of Greeley ( "Partners" or "Applicant ") and located within two <br />permitted sites. The required fee of $514 (2 X $257) has been submitted (receipt no. 3662580). <br />SWSP Operations <br />The two Treiber Lakes and three Lamb Lakes were constructed under DRMS permit no. M- <br />1977 -439 (Home Office Pit). The Home Office Pit is operated by Martin Marietta Materials ( "MMM ") <br />and is included in their Upper Poudre Combined SWSP (WDID 0302517), most recently approved in a <br />letter dated March 12, 2013. The Treiber Lakes have officially been separated from the Home Office <br />Pit mining permit boundaries and are now covered under DRMS permit no. M- 2011 -049. The Lamb <br />Lakes remain within the boundaries of MMM's DRMS mining permit for the Home Office Pit. Depletions <br />from the Lamb Lakes will be replaced under this SWSP; however, final reclamation liability remains with <br />MMM as the Home Office Pit permit holder. <br />The Partners completed construction of a slurry wall around Treiber Lake A on August 7, 2013 <br />and began their 90 -day leak test on August 27, 2013. Due to the heavy rains the region received in <br />September 2013, Treiber Lake A was pumped out and the leak test restarted on September 29, 2013, <br />with an end date of December 29, 2013. A slurry wall is scheduled for construction around Treiber <br />Lake B during 2015. The projected depletions associated with the slurry wall construction are included <br />in this SWSP, along with past and projected evaporative depletions for Treiber Lake B and the Lamb <br />Lakes, and past evaporative depletions for Treiber Lake A. Replacement sources under this SWSP <br />include releases of reusable water from mountain reservoirs, direct replacement from transmountain <br />sources, and reusable municipal return flows from East Larimer County Water District. <br />Office of the State Engineer <br />1313 Sherman Street, Suite 818 • Denver, CO 80203 • Phone: 303 -866 -3581 • Fax: 303 - 866 -3589 <br />www.watenstate.co.us <br />