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John W. Hickenlooper Governor Robert Randall Executive Director Dick Wolfe, P.E. Director/State Engineer Office of the State Engineer 1313 Sherman Street, Room 821, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3581 www.water.state.co.us Response to Partial Acreage Release Request Consideration DATE: February 6, 2017 TO: Jared L. Ebert, Environmental Protection Specialist CC: Division 1 Office, District 2 Water Commissioner FROM: Ioana Comaniciu, P.E. RE: Nyholt Pit (aka Mann Pit), File No. M-1982-147-AR01 Operator: Adams County (303) 637-8006 Sec. 34, Twp. 1 South, Rng. 67 West, 6th P.M., Adams County COMMENTS: Adams County has submitted a request for partial acreage release for 50.45 acres permitted area of the Nyholt Pit (aka Mann Pit), Permit No. M-1982-147. The site consists of 3 lined storage reservoirs (Mann Lakes, WDID 0203911) and one unlined reservoir (Nyholt-Mann Lake Pit, WDID 0210294). A plan for augmentation was decreed for replacement of evaporation in Division 1 Water Court Case no. 2005CW146. According to the decree granted in case no. 2005CW146 the water surface area of the Nyholt-Mann Lake is 65.5 acres of which 14 acres was exposed prior to January 1, 1981. The State Engineer’s Office has no objection to the request for partial acreage release for the Nyholt Pit (aka Mann Pit), provided the pit will continue to be operated in accordance with the terms and conditions of the decree in case no. 2005CW146. In addition, the Applicant must release all out-of-priority storage in the Nyholt-Mann Lake within 72 hours or augment such out-of-priority storage under a SWSP or court approved augmentation plan. In order to assure that water is not being stored out-of-priority the Applicant must install measuring and recording devices as required by the division engineer and water commissioner to measure the amount of water flowing into and out of Nyholt-Mann Lake. The applicant may contact the State Engineer’s Office with any questions.