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v C1 <br />Mr. Jared Dains <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES <br />Applegate Group, Inc. <br />1499 West 120th Avenue, Suite 200 <br />Denver, CO 80234 -2759 <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />March 21, 2014 Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Dick Wolfe, P.E. <br />Director /State Engineer <br />Re: Steamboat Sand and Gravel Pit, Substitute Water Supply Plate - r <br />DRMS File No. M- 2001 -OM <br />Section 21, T5N, R84W, 6th PM RECEIVED <br />Water Division 6, Water District 58 <br />Approval Period: February 1, 2014 to January 31, 2015 MAR 2 7 2014 <br />Contact Phone Number for Mr. Dains: 303 - 452 -6611 Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining & Safety <br />Dear Mr. Dains: <br />This letter is in response to your application of November 26, 2013 requesting a substitute <br />water supply plan ( "SWSP ") for a sand and gravel pit known as the Steamboat Sand and Gravel <br />Pit (formerly called the River Valley Resource Pit), operated by Alpine Aggregates, LLC ( "Alpine" or <br />"Applicant ") in accordance with § 37 -90- 137(11), C.R.S. The Applicant shall be responsible for <br />compliance with this SWSP, but the State Engineer's Office may also pursue the landowner for <br />eventual compliance. The mine is permitted with the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety <br />under File No. M- 2001 -090. The $257 fee has been accepted with receipt no. 3662675. <br />SWSP Operations <br />The Steamboat Sand and Gravel Pit is located in Section 21, Township 5 North, Range 84 <br />West of the 6th P.M. in Routt County; Alpine is the operator of the site. This SWSP seeks to replace <br />depletions resulting from the mining at the Steamboat Sand and Gravel Pit. The depletions that <br />result from the mining operation over the first two years of existence include evaporation from <br />exposed ground water, dust suppression, dewatering, water lost with the mined product, and <br />irrigation losses. Out -of- priority depletions from the mining operation will be replaced through the <br />use of historical consumptive use credits from dry-up of lands irrigated by the Suttle Ditch and <br />Weiskopf Ditch water rights. <br />Alpine proposes to mine the Steamboat Sand and Gravel Pit site in 15 distinct phases At <br />the completion of mining, a total of 10 unlined ponds with a total exposed surface area of <br />approximately 56.6 acres of ground water will remain at this site. During this SWSP approval <br />period, Alpine anticipates only operating the first phase of the project, which is designated as <br />Phase 1A. Phase 1A includes 14.5 acres of disturbed area as shown on Figure 2 (attached). <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.water.state.co.us <br />