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COLORADO clik <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 Conversion Application Consideration <br />DATE: December 2, 2014 <br />TO: Peter S. Hays, Environmental Protection Specialist <br />CC: Division 1 Office, District 64 Water Commissioner <br />FROM: Sarah Brucker, P.E. RECEIVED <br />RE: Harms Pit, file No. M-2013-018 DEC 0 2 2014 <br />Operator: Pine Bluffs Gravel Et Excavating, Inc. <br />Contact: Doug Keller, Project Manager, (307) 245 -3676 RECLAMATION <br />Section 34, Twp 11 North, Rng 58 West, 6th P.M., Weld County AND SAFETY <br />CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL <br />® The proposed operation does not anticipate exposing groundwater. Therefore, exposure of <br />ground water must not occur during or after mining operations. <br />® The applicant has indicated plans to use a very limited amount of water in the mining operation, <br />to be delivered using the operator's water trucks. Applicant will need to document that this <br />water was obtained from a legal source or was diverted in priority under a water right decreed <br />for such industrial use. <br />COMMENTS: The application seeks to convert M- 2013 -018 from a 110(c) Limited Impact Construction <br />Materials Permit to a 112(c) Regular Construction Materials Permit. The application also seeks to <br />increase the permitted area from 9.98 acres to 32.2 acres. <br />The primary commodities to be mined at the site are sand, gravel, rock, and dirt. The site is proposed to <br />be reclaimed to grazing/ rangeland upon completion of mining operations. <br />Mining is proposed to be conducted a minimum of two feet above the groundwater table. <br />A "very limited" amount of water will be required for mining operations. This water is to be delivered <br />using the operator's water trucks. The source of this water was not specified. <br />If stormwater runoff is intercepted by this mining operation and is not diverted or captured in priority, it <br />must be released to the stream system within 72 hours, which may require a discharge permit from <br />CDPHE -WQCD. Otherwise, the operator will need to make replacements for evaporation. <br />Subject to the above conditions, this office has no objection to the proposed mining operation. The <br />applicant may contact the State Engineer's Office with any questions. <br />co <br />HQ , <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 821, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3581 F 555.555.5555 www.water.state.co.us <br />* IR76 , <br />