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John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br /> <br />Robert Randall <br />Executive Director <br /> <br />Dick Wolfe, P.E. <br />Director/State Engineer <br /> <br /> <br /> <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 /> <br /> <br />March 21, 2017 <br /> <br />Paul Weiss, P.E. <br />Williams & Weiss Consulting, LLC <br />5255 Ronald Reagan Boulevard, Suite 220 <br />Johnstown, CO 80534 <br /> <br />Re: Journey Ventures Pit, Substitute Water Supply Plan (WDID 0102541) <br /> DRMS File No. M-2008-080(0110849) <br /> Section 7, T5N, R64W of the 6th P.M. <br /> Water Division 1, Water Districts 1 and 3, Weld County <br /> All Plans ID: 5579 <br /> <br />Approval Period: April 1, 2017 through March 31, 2018 <br />Contact Phone Number for Mr. Paul Weiss: 970-221-5159 <br />Contact Email address for Mr. Paul Weiss: pswwater@msn.com <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Weiss: <br /> <br /> This letter is in response to your application of January 30, 2017 requesting a substitute water <br />supply plan (“SWSP”) for a sand and gravel pit operated by J-2 Contracting Company (“J-2” or“ <br />Applicant”) in accordance with § 37-90-137(11), C.R.S. The Applicant shall be responsible for <br />compliance with this SWSP, but the State Engineer’s Office may also pursue the landowner, for <br />eventual compliance. The required fee of $257.00 for the renewal of this substitute supply plan has <br />been submitted (receipt no. 3678203). The original supply plan was approved on May 19, 2015 and was <br />most recently renewed on March 28, 2016. <br />SWSP Operations <br />This SWSP submittal addresses the projected depletions from the Journey Venture expected <br />operations from April 1, 2017 through March 31, 2018. The Journey Ventures Pit is located in the SE <br />1/4, Section 7, Township 5 North, Range 64 West of the 6th P.M. The sand and gravel operation is <br />south of the South Platte River near the town of Kersey as shown on the attached Map 1. This SWSP <br />seeks to replace depletions resulting from the mining at Journey Ventures. The depletions that <br />result from the mining operation over the period of this SWSP include evaporation from exposed <br />ground water, dust suppression, water lost with the mined product and water losses associated with <br />a batch plant. A slurry wall was constructed around the mining area, however the slurry wall has <br />not performed as expected and water seeps inside the pond. The slurry wall is projected to be <br />repaired by March 2017. Therefore dewatering operations at the site are estimated to continue <br />through the end of March 2017 in the same manner as the original dewatering plan that bega n in <br />October 2015. The proposed replacement of depletions for this site will come from a lease of fully <br />consumable water from the City of Greeley. The proposed reclamation of the site is a lined