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or <br />COLORADO John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Division of Water Resources <br />Department of Natural Resources Robert Randall <br />Executive Director <br />Dick Wolfe, P.E. <br />RECEIVEtor/ State beer <br />March 1, 2017 <br />Jared Dains, P.E. MAR 0 2 7417 <br />Applegate Group, Inc. <br />1490 West 121" Avenue, Suite 100 DIVISION OF RECLAMATION <br />DMINING & SAFETY <br />Denver, CO 80234 <br />Re: Aggregate Industries South Platte Combined Replacement Plan (WDID 0202565) <br />Water Division 1, Water Districts 2, 3, 5 and 6 <br />Weld and Adams Counties <br />Approval Period: January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017 <br />Contact information for Mr. Jared Dains: 303-452-6611;1areddains@appiegategroup.com <br />Dear Mr. Dains: <br />We have received your letter dated December 22, 2016 requesting renewal of a substitute <br />water supply plan ("SWSP") in accordance with S 37-90-137(11), C.R.S. to cover depletions caused by <br />gravel mining operations at multiple mine sites operated by Aggregate Industries ("Aggregate" or <br />"Applicant") along the South Platte River mainstem, Lower Poudre River (Timnath Reservoir inlet to <br />the confluence with the South Platte River) and St. Vrain River. This plan proposes to replace <br />depletions resulting from current and past mining at ten (10) sites specified in Table A below: <br />Table A - Pit Overview <br />Site Name <br />Stream <br />Reach <br />DRMS <br />Permit No. <br />VVQID <br />Current Well <br />Permit No. <br />New Permit <br />Required <br />Exposed Surface <br />Area (acres) <br />Jeronimus Pit <br />South Platte <br />M-1999-034" <br />0203029 <br />63281-F <br />No <br />5.6 <br />Hazeltine Pit <br />South Platte <br />M-2004-031 <br />0203030 <br />63224-F <br />No <br />15.0 <br />Brighton Pit <br />South Platte <br />M-1977-436 <br />0203031 <br />56993-F <br />No <br />5.0 <br />Tucson South Pit <br />South Platte <br />M-2004-044 <br />0203032 <br />56829-F <br />No <br />2.0 <br />Wattenberg Pit <br />South Platte <br />M-2001-008 <br />0203034 <br />78627-F <br />No <br />5.0 <br />Platte Valley Pit <br />South Platte <br />M-1989-120 <br />0203035 <br />78626-F <br />No <br />75.6 <br />Distel Pit <br />St. Vrain <br />M-1989-029 <br />0503000 <br />67633- F <br />No <br />NIA` <br />Tull Pit <br />St. Wain <br />M-1994-027 <br />0603001 <br />74831-F <br />No <br />1.0 <br />W.W. Farms Pit <br />Lower Poudre <br />M-1999-098 <br />0303014 <br />76207-F <br />No <br />36.0 <br />F -Street Pit <br />Lower Poudre <br />I M-1992-069 <br />10303015 <br />1 67989-F <br />I No 1 <br />26.2 <br />"The Jeronimus Pit, was added to the M-1999-034 permit (historically referred to as the "Fulton Lakes Pit") via an <br />amendment approved by the DBMS on July 8, 2003. Aggregate had completed mining at the Fulton Lakes Pit and <br />reclamation of the site and ownership was transferred to the City of Thornton. The only consumptive use of water under <br />DRMS permit no. M-1999-034 is associated with the Jeronimus Pit. <br />5.6 acres exposed after December 31, 1980 and 14.7 acres exposed prior to January 1, 1981. <br />The City of Longmont has assumed the augmentation responsibilities for lagged and future depletions from evaporation <br />and consumptive use by wetlands vegetation at the site under their plan for augmentation decreed in case no. 09CW271. <br />Office of the State Engineer <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 821, Denver, CO 80203 P 303,866.3581 <br />www.water.state.co.us <br />o.V co, <br />NI <br />1876* <br />