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OVERVIEW OF AMENDMENT <br /> Loveland Ready Mix Concrete, Inc. is applying for an amendment to our mining permit <br /> #M-1974-069 in order to implement an augmentation plan. The revised mining and <br /> reclamation plan will incorporate the lining of two ponds, which will be used for year- <br /> around storage and return for augmentation water. The two fined storage ponds will not <br /> expose groundwater surface that would require augmentation to replace evaporative loss. <br /> In general, the mining plan remains essentially the same. The same area we originally <br /> planned to mine will still be mined. The difference is that mining cells 4 and 5 will be <br /> combined into one cell and mining cells 6 and 7 will be combined into another cell. The <br /> reclamation of these two combined mining cells will be fined with an impervious liner in <br /> accordance with the design by Earth Engineering Consultants. The result will be the <br /> construction of two water storage ponds in the area immediately west of Namaqua Road <br /> (CR 19E). Storage Pond #1 will be constructed from mining cells 4 and 5 and Storage <br /> Pond#2 will be constructed from mining cells 6 and 7. <br /> We have filed an augmentation plan with the water court. This plan outlines storing <br /> water in the newly constructed storage pond and releasing it back to the river each month <br /> as required to meet the augmentation depletion demand. The water supply for the plan <br /> will be a new storage decree for 550 acre-feet and a change of use decree for 120 inches <br /> of Barnes Ditch water that Loveland Ready Mix owns. This stored replacement water <br /> will provide augmentation water for the Larimer Pits and for other existing and future <br /> mining operations. , ` )b <br /> The:revised reclamation plan also includes backfilling some of the existing pond areas to `�reduhe exposed groundwater surface area requiring augmentation. We plan to mine ¢cell fore cell 8 and partially backfill it with excess overburden and inert fill material S? <br /> In general, the overall mining and reclamation plan will follow the original plan with the <br /> exceptions noted above. Details of the proposed amendment are included in the <br /> following exhibits. <br /> (The current status of the site has cells 4 & 5 lined and reclaimed forming Storage Pond <br /> #I. Cells 6 & 7 are 90 to 95 percent mined and the lining is 60 to 70 percent complete <br /> and some reclamation has been completed.f o activity has occurr on mining ce s 8 �. <br /> an . <br /> Our proposed amended mining, reclamation, and augmentation plans together with <br /> supporting documents are described in the following plans and narrative and constitute <br /> the requested amendment. <br />