2016-12-16_REVISION - M1978210 ‎(5)‎

• Permit No: M1978210
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 12/16/2016
• Doc Name: Response to Request Consideration
• From: DNR Water Resources
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: AR4
• Email Name: PSH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

O I. O R A D O RECEIVED
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DIVISION OF RECLAMATION
1313 Sherman Street. Room 821 MINING AND SAFETY
Denver, CO 80203
Response to Reclamation Permit Partial Acreage Release Request Consideration
DATE: December 15, 2016
TO: Peter S. Hays, Environmental Protection Specialist
CC: Division 1 Office, District 3 Water Commissioner
FROM: Sarah Brucker, P.E./0
RE: Geisert Pit, File No. M-1978-210 - AR-04, AR-05, AR-06 8t AR-07
Applicant/Operator: Weld County Public Works
Phone Number: [phone]
Section 31, Twp 6 North, Rng 65 West, 6th P.M., Weld County
COMMENTS: The applicant has requested a partial acreage release for the following portions of the Geisert
Pit: 12.49 acres designated as Cell A; 16.36 acres designated as Cell B; 6.14 acres designated as Cell D; and
8.45 acres designated as Cell E.
Cell A is unmined and currently used as a parking and storage area. It is proposed to be used as a natural gas
facility in the future.
Cell B is a mitigated wetland area. Cell E is currently a ground water pond. The pond is proposed to be
backfilled for a future parking lot and storage areas, with a small pond remaining at the east end of Cell E to
maintain an overflow and outlet structure. The Board of County Commissioners of Weld County filed an
Application for Storage Rights and Plan for Augmentation in Division 1 Water Court under case no. 2012CW304.
The Application for Plan for Augmentation was bifurcated on May 6, 2015 into case no. 2012CW304-B, and a
decree was entered in case no. 2012CW304-B on February 1, 2016. The augmentation plan replaces
evaporative depletions from a surface area of 6.6 acres in Cell 1, with an additional 2.3 acres found to be pre-
81 and not requiring replacement. Cell 1 includes the land areas designated as Cell B and Celt E. The total
surface area of Cell 1 is limited to no more than 8.9 acres.
Cell D will not be reclaimed or reseeded. It is proposed to be used for future storage and stockpiling of
construction materials.
This office has no objection to the subject requests for partial acreage release so long as Weld County operates
according to the terms and conditions of its decreed plan for augmentation, including that the total surface area
of ground water exposed in Cells B and E does not exceed 8.9 acres (including 2.3 pre-81 acres). You or the
applicant may contact the State Engineer's Office with any questions.
1313 Sherman Street, Room 821, Denver, CO 80203 P 303,866.3581 www.water.state.co.us ^i
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