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Application of Grand Junction Concrete Pipe Co.et al. Case No.03CW75 Ruling of Referee and Decree Page 3 The estimated total maximum depth of the Pit will be twenty-five feet, with the water table generally being located at a depth of approximately 10 feet below the ground surface. 7. Appropriation Information: The appropriation was initiated on February 18, 1993, by the Company's filing of a Succession of Operator Application with the Division ofMinerals and Geology of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources for Permit No. M-80-080, together with the planning of mining activities and the physical inspection of the property upon which the mining activities are to occur and the formation of the intent to appropriate water as described herein. 8. Amount claimed:Applicants claim 24.3 acre feet per year for evaporation losses(estimated at 36.47 inches, or 3.04 acre feet per acre), 2.8 acre feet per year for dust control purposes (15,000 gallons per day),and 2.8 acre feet per year for uses at the batch plant(15,000 gallons per day). In addition, Applicants claim 2.2 acre feet per year for product moisture loss . Product moisture losses were calculated at the rate of 4%of the material that will be mined es below the water table, with Applicants estimating that approximately 75% of the 100,000 tons projected to be mined, or 75,000 tons, will be located below the water table. All of these uses are considered to be 100%consumptive for a total of 32.1 acre feet on an annual basis. The allocation of these uses in any given year may change, so long as the total consumptive use for that year does not exceed a total of 32.1 acre feet. Finally, water will be pumped from the Pit at the maximum rate of 800 water not used for dust control and batch plant uses being Pumped dirp crposes tlly back with he Colorado River. The water pumped back to the Colorado River for dewatering purposes will be non-consumptive. All amounts are claimed conditional. 9. Pro osed Uses: Industrial uses, including but not limited to evaporation during mining activities and after completion of mining activities from the pond referred to in Paragraph 11,below,dust suppression,batch plant uses,and product moisture losses through aggregate removal and processing, all in connection with the mining of sand, gravel, and related products from the land on which the Pit is to be located(the"Pit Property"). These uses will be made in accordance with the Plan for Augmentation,described below,when required to satisfy a valid call, 10. Name and Address of Owner of Land on Which Structures are Located: The Pit Property is owned by Co-Applicants, Ronald Tipping, Marie Tipping,Bill Patterson, and Rod Power (the"Owners'). The location of the Pit Property,including portions thereof that will not be involved in the proposed mining operations, is shown in the attached Figure 1.