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Thomas A. Williamsen, P.E. <br />October 21, 2015 <br />Page 5 <br />expire without renewal or be revoked prior to adjudication of a permanent plan for <br />augmentation, all excavation of product from below the water table, and all other use <br />of water at the pit, must cease immediately. <br />15. In accordance with amendments to Section §25-8-202(7), C.R.S. and "Senate Bill 89-181 <br />Rules and Regulations" adopted on February 4, 1992, the state engineer shall determine <br />whether the SWSP is of a quality to meet requirements of use to senior appropriations. As <br />such, water quality data or analyses may be requested at any time to determine if the <br />water quality is appropriate for downstream water users. <br />16. The decision of the state engineer shall have no precedential or evidentiary force, shall <br />not create any presumptions, shift the burden of proof, or serve as a defense in any <br />water court case or any other legal action that may be initiated concerning the SWSP. <br />This decision shall not bind the state engineer to act in a similar manner in any other <br />applications involving other plans or in any proposed renewal of this plan, and shall not <br />imply concurrence with any findings of fact or conclusions of law contained herein, or <br />with the engineering methodologies used by the Applicant. <br />Should there be any further comments or questions, please contact Dean Santistevan, <br />Assistant Division Engineer in Greeley at 970-352-8712 or Joanna Williams of this office. <br />Sincerely, <br />*t_b_z4,,z, <br />Jeff Deatherage, P.E. <br />Chief of Water Supply <br />Attachments: Figure 1 and Tables 1 <br />Aurora Lease <br />Administration Protocol "Augmentation Plan Accounting, Division One - South <br />Platte River" <br />cc: Dean Santistevan, Assistant Division Engineer, Dean.Santistevan@state.co.us <br />810 9th Street, 2nd Floor, Greeley, Colorado 80631, 970-352-8712 <br />Brent Schantz, River Operations & Compact Coordinator, Brent.Schantz@state.co.us <br />James Swank, Water Commissioner, James.Swank@state.co.us <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety <br />JD/jmw <br />