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Poudre Pits Combined SWSP <br />Plan IDs 3218, 3589 Et 4585 <br />Long -Term Augmentation <br />January 16, 2018 <br />Page 7 of 10 <br />In accordance with the letter dated April 30, 2010 (copy attached) from the Colorado <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety ("DRMS"), all sand and gravel mining operators must <br />comply with the requirements of the Colorado Reclamation Act and the Mineral Rules and <br />Regulations for the protection of water resources. The April 30, 2010 letter from DRMS requires <br />that you provide information to DRMS to demonstrate you can replace long term injurious stream <br />depletions that result from mining related exposure of ground water. <br />For any gravel pit whose reclamation includes unlined ponds, a plan of augmentation <br />approved by the water court must be obtained to cover the long term evaporative depletions. Until <br />an augmentation plan is obtained the operator may post a sufficient bond to backfill or line the site <br />thereby eliminating any long term augmentation requirements, or permanently dedicate shares that <br />will be used in an augmentation plan to the pit. For any gravel pit whose reclamation includes <br />lining or backfilling of the pit, bonds must be posted that can be used to complete the reclamation <br />plan should the operator walk away from the site. The North La Poudre and La Poudre pits have <br />been bonded through DRMS and are in compliance with the April 2010 DRMS letter (approach #1 and <br />#3). The Roberts phase within the Firestein/Tigges/Roberts pit is augmented under the plan for <br />augmentation approved in case no. 2002CW331 and is in compliance with the April 2010 DRMS letter <br />(approach #2). An inspection by the DRMS on January 10, 2013 found the bond for the Firestein and <br />Tigges phase within the Firestein/Tigges/Roberts pit to be inadequate. The operator has since <br />obtained a new bond and is in compliance with the April 2010 DRMS letter (approach #1 and #3). A <br />summary of each pit's status regarding their long term augmentation and bonding held through <br />DRMS is shown on the following table: <br />Table F - Final Reclamation Summary <br />Site <br />DRMS <br />Proposed Final <br />Bond <br />Name <br />Permit # <br />Reclamation <br />Amount <br />Comments <br />Firestein <br />Unlined Ponds <br />Operator increased reclamation liability bond on <br />6/17/2014 to comply with DRMS requirements for <br />Tigges <br />M-1996060 <br />Unlined Ponds <br />$1,917,925 <br />exposed groundwater on site. <br />Roberts <br />Unlined Pond <br />Augmented through 02CW331 (Lake Shiloh, WDID <br />0303790) <br />North la <br />Operator increased reclamation liability bond on <br />Poudre <br />M-2000 144 <br />Unlined Ponds <br />$523,200 <br />4/22/2013 to comply with DRMS requirements for <br />exposed groundwater on site. <br />Lined and Unlined <br />Operator increased reclamation liability bond on <br />La Poudre <br />M-1983 090 <br />Ponds <br />$915,820 <br />5/3/2013 to comply with DRMS requirements for <br />exposed groundwater on site. <br />Conditions of Approval <br />hereby approve the proposed substitute water supply plan in accordance with S 37-90- <br />137(11), C.R.S., subject to the following conditions: <br />1. This plan shall be valid for the period of January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018 unless <br />otherwise revoked or modified. If this plan will not be made absolute by a water court <br />action by the plan's expiration date, a renewal request must be submitted to this office <br />Office of the State Engineer <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room B21, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3581 <br />www.water.state.co.us <br />