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OF COt <br />X87E. <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES <br />February 11, 2014 <br />Mr Paul Bruss, E.I. <br />Bishop - Brogden Associates, Inc. <br />333 W. Hampden Ave., Ste. 1050 <br />Englewood, CO 80110 <br />RE: Pueblo East Pit <br />DRMS File No. M- 1986 -01.5_ <br />Secs. 34 & 35, Twp. 20S, Rng. 64W, 6th P.M. <br />Water Division 2, Water District 14 <br />SWSP ID 408 <br />Plan Period: February 1, 2014 — January 31, 2016 <br />Dear Mr. Bruss: <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Dick Wolfe, P.E <br />Director /State Engineer <br />Rtc4e_i <br />s ;pn 1 � <br />; <br />Minih9 <br />Safety b® /7, <br />We have reviewed your December 20, 2013 submittal requesting renewal of the above <br />referenced substitute water supply plan on behalf of Transit Mix Concrete Co (Transit Mix). The <br />last substitute water supply plan (SWSP) approval for this operation expired on January 31, 2014 <br />and the required fee of $257 for renewal of a gravel pit SWSP was paid on January 13, 2014 <br />(receipt no. 3663191). <br />PLAN OPERATION <br />The gravel operation is located east of Pueblo between Highway 50 and the Arkansas <br />River. The operation consists of several phases as shown in the attached Figure 1. Currently, <br />mining in Phases 1 has been completed and Transit Mix is in the process of reclaiming the area <br />by backfilling the pit. Mining in Phase 2 has also been completed and has been lined with an <br />approved slurry wall per January 9, 2012 correspondence from the Division 2 Assistant <br />Engineer. Mining is now progressing in Phase 7, which began in December 2012, and is <br />currently the main active mining area on the site. Consumptive use of ground water from the <br />operation includes evaporation from up to 21.7 acres of settling /discharge ponds and <br />dewatering ditches (16.5 acres in Phase 1, 0.2 acres In Phase 2, and 5.0 acres in Phase 7), <br />dust control, and water removed with the mining product <br />Well Permit No. 61509 -F corresponds to Phases 1 and 2 and limits that portion of the <br />operation to evaporation from 12 acres of exposed water, water removed from 900,000 tons of <br />material (26.52 acre -feet annually), and dust control (17.76 acre -feet annually). Well Permit <br />No. 75997 -F corresponds to Phase 7 and limits that portion of the operation to evaporation from <br />5 acres of exposed water and 29.4 acre -feet annually (4% water content by weight of 1,000,000 <br />tons) of water removed from mined material (or the amounts covered under a Water Court <br />Office of the State Engineer <br />1313 Sherman Street, Suite 818 • Denver, CO 80203 • Phone: 303 - 866 -3581 • Fax: 303 - 866 -3589 <br />http://water.state.co.us <br />