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Section 2.04.7(3) of the permit application contains a discussion of the water rights in the permit <br />area and adjacent area and a discussion of the alternative water supplies. Map 18, "Water Rights <br />Location ", shows the locations of the water rights referred to in the permit application text. <br />There are a total of 34 water rights listed in the permit application for the permit area and the <br />adjacent area. For one or more reasons, namely, distance from the proposed loadout <br />disturbances, locations that are upgradient of the proposed disturbances, sediment control at the <br />loadout: and the dilution effect of the Colorado River, it is not anticipated that the proposed <br />loadout disturbance will injure any water rights in the permit and adjacent areas. <br />There are three water rights within the permit area. The operator owns two water rights while a <br />third water right is listed as being abandoned by the court. The operator committed. to obtaining <br />the third water right at some time after the application would be approved. <br />Just west of the permit area are three water rights. Two are comprised of six springs but are on <br />the west side of Loma Drain and are hydraulically separated from the planned loadout <br />disturbances. <br />A cluster of five monitoring wells and three industrial wells are located on the east side of the <br />industrial area, north and south of Haul Road # 1. Due to the distance from the proposed loadout <br />operations, these wells are not anticipated to be affected by the Fruita Loadout. Further to the <br />south of this well cluster are five additional water rights associated with pumps, a pond, a canal <br />and one pumping pipeline owned by the operator. <br />There are eight water rights that are located across the state highway and railroad to the northeast <br />of the permit area. These water right sites are listed as diversion points, a spring, one pump and <br />pipeline and one irrigation ditch. All of these sites are at least 3000 feet upgradient of the <br />planned disturbance so no negative effects from loadout operations are expected. <br />Four water rights involving two irrigation wells and a ditch with an associated pump are located <br />at least 6,000 feet downstream of the proposed loadout, alongside the Colorado River. Also, <br />three water rights associated with two ponds and one monitoring well are located about a mile <br />from the east end of the proposed haul road. Because of the distances involved, and the dilution <br />effect of the Colorado River, negative effects are not expected. <br />Should there be injured water rights due to the operations at the proposed loadout, CAM has a <br />water replacement plan in place. Details of the alternate sources of water can be found in Section <br />2.04.7(3) of the permit application. <br />Revisions to the Permit <br />The following is a summary of the revisions to the permit since the issuance of the Fruita <br />Loadout permit dated March 6, 2012. <br />Technical Revisions: <br />G <br />