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�NR <br />COLORADO} <br />Division of Water Resources <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 821 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Response to Reclamation Permit Partial Acreage Release Request Consideration <br />DATE: April 16, 2014 <br />TO: Elliott R. Russell, Environmental Protection Specialist <br />CC: Division 1 Office, District 64 Water Commissioner <br />FROM: Sarah Brucker, P.E. <br />RE: Riverside Pit, File No. M- 1976 -056 <br />Operator: McAtee Construction Company <br />Contact: Darren Gebhart, (970) 521 -0651 <br />Sections 28 St 33, Twp 8 North, Rng 52 West, 6th P.M., Logan County <br />COMMENTS: The applicant has requested a partial acreage release for the Riverside Pit (WDID 6403005). <br />The release concerns 22.72 acres located east of the Lowline Ditch in Section 28. The area remaining in <br />the permit boundary will be 63.63 acres. <br />The Riverside Pit is included in the Logan Well User's plan for augmentation, decreed in Division 1 Water <br />Court case no. 07CW0300. A gravel pit well permit (permit no. 66811 -F) has been obtained for the site. <br />On September 16, 2013 the South Platte River breached an unlined gravel pit pond within the subject <br />22.72 acres known as Lake Robert. According to the Applicant, the South Platte River has abandoned its <br />former river channel and now flows through what was formerly Lake Robert. The Applicant does not <br />intend to attempt to return the South Platte River to its original channel due to the expense and <br />complexity of such an undertaking. Since the 22.72 acres are now a river channel and its banks, the <br />Applicant is unable to complete reclamation of the site as proposed in their Reclamation Plan and <br />therefore requests that the area be released. <br />Based on the above, this office has no objection to the request for partial acreage release for the subject <br />22.72 acres being granted. <br />REMNIF.P <br />APP 1 7 2014 <br />Division :t' V Iamatipr, <br />Mining 8: Safety <br />i OFIepC `\ <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 821, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3581 F 555.555.5555 www.water.state.co.us <br />