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Mr. Raul Passerini, P.E. March 19, 2014 Page 8 10. The water attributable to the Applicant's water rights dedicated to this SWSP from the Famine Ditch, South Rock Creek Ditch, the Old Whetstone Sheep Creek Ditch, and the McKay Ditch must continue to be diverted in- priority at the ditch headgates and then measured back to the Blue River. Adequate measuring devices acceptable to the water commissioner or division engineer must be installed. 11. This SWSP does not allow for any offsite water deliveries or sale of water for offsite use. 12. Replacement water is to be supplied via consumptive use credits from dry-up of lands irrigated by the Famine Ditch, South Rock Creek Ditch, the McKay Ditch and the Old Whetstone Sheep Creek Ditch and from storage in Green Mountain Reservoir and /or Dillon Reservoir and will be released /delivered according to the schedule included in this plan (see Tables 9 and 10) subject to modification by the division engineer or water commissioner. Transit losses may be modified, as determined necessary, by the division engineered pursuant to § 37 -80- 102(7), C.R.S, and § 37 -83 -104, C.R.S. 13. For the purposes of this SWSP, and based on water availability as reflected in the 1977- 1994 diversion records and the proposed dry-up of 138 acres of formerly irrigated hay meadows, a total of 111.28 acre -feet of consumptive use credits will be allowed per year under this SWSP (Table 8). 14. Return flows from irrigation must be delivered to the river via a pipe or ditch without further consumptive use. 15. Replacement water shall be made available to cover all out -of- priority depletions in time, place and amount and shall be made available under the direction and /or approval of the water commissioner. The replacement water that is the subject of this plan cannot be sold or leased to any other entity. As a condition of subsequent renewals of this SWSP, the replacement water must be appurtenant to this site until a plan for augmentation is obtained. All replacement water must be concurrent with depletions in quantity, timing, and locations. 16. The Applicant must submit accounting reports electronically to the Division 5 Office (Steve Pope, Augmentation Plan Coordinator, steve.pope @state.co.us, telephone 970- 945 -5665) and water commissioner (Troy Wineland, troy.wineland @state.co.us, telephone 970 - 355 -4516) on a monthly basis or other interval acceptable to both of them. The Applicant shall also provide an annual report to the division engineer and water commissioner by November 15th, which summarizes diversions and replacements made pursuant to this SWSP. Accounting forms are subject to modification and approval by the division engineer. Flow rates shall be reported in cfs, volumes shall be reported in acre -feet. 17. In accordance with the letter dated April 30, 2010 (copy attached) from the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety ( "DRMS "), all sand and gravel mining operators must comply with the requirements of the Colorado Reclamation Act and the Mineral Rules and Regulations for the protection of water resources. The April 30, 2010 letter from DRMS requires that you provide information to DRMS to demonstrate you can replace long term injurious stream depletions that result from mining related exposure of ground water. The DRMS letter identifies four approaches to satisfy this requirement. In accordance with approach no. 1 and 3, Everist obtained a bond for $686,368.00 through DRMS for lining or backfilling of the exposed ground water.