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1313 Sherman Street, Room 821, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3581 www.colorado.gov/water <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor | Robert Randall, Executive Director | Kevin G. Rein, State Engineer/Director <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />August 2, 2018 <br /> <br />Arista Shippy <br />DiNatale Water Consultants <br />2919 Valmont Road, Suite 204 <br />Boulder, CO 80301 <br /> <br />Re: S&H Mine Substitute Water Supply Plan (WDID 0202589) <br /> S&H Mine, DRMS Permit No. M-2000-158 (WDID 0203036) <br /> Sections 2, T3N, R 67W and 35, T4N, R67W, 6th P.M. <br /> SWSP Plan ID 3651 <br /> Water Division 1, Water District 2, Weld County <br /> <br />Approval Period: July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2020 <br />Contact Phone Number for Ms. Arista Shippy (arista@dinatalewater.com): 303-709-7044 <br /> <br />Dear Ms. Shippy: <br />We have received your letter of May 14, 2018, requesting approval of the above referenced <br />substitute water supply plan (“SWSP”) to cover depletions caused by an existing gravel <br />mining operation. The required application fee of $257 for a SWSP has been submitted <br />(receipt no. 3686337). The original SWSP applied for by South Platte Sand and Gravel LLC <br />was approved on April 30, 2001 and has been renewed since that time. The prior SWSP was <br />renewed by letter dated June 9, 2016 and that plan expired on June 30, 2018. A new SWSP <br />application was submitted to the State Engineer’s Office on May 15, 2018. <br />Plan Operation <br />This plan seeks to replace depletions resulting from mining at the S&H Mine Gravel Pit <br />(“S&H Pit”) owned by Scout Investments, LLC (“Applicant” or “Scout”). There are no <br />current mining activities occurring at this pit and as such the only depletions covered <br />under this SWSP are those caused by evaporation from a ground water pond that resulted <br />from past mining operations. Should mining activities resume an amendment to this SWSP <br />will be required. <br />The S&H mine permit area covers approximately 750 acres and is divided into different cell <br />mines. The two structures included in this SWSP are Gilcrest Reservoir (aka Sharkey’s <br />Reservoir or Milliken Reservoir- WDID 02033388) and Sharkey’s Pond. The liner of Gilcrest <br />Reservoir has been completed and based on a Division of Water Resource’s liner approval <br />letter dated May 22, 2009, the pit has been lined to the design standard referenced in the <br />August 1999 State Engineer Guideline for Lining Criteria for Gravel Pits. The proposed <br />replacement source is water stored during free river and in-priority within Gilcrest Reservoir. <br />Depletions <br />According to the information submitted, no water surface was exposed within the permit <br />boundary prior to January 1, 1981. Sharkey’s Pond currently exposes 10.8 acres of ground