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�pF CO. 0 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br /> j*Q 6/ DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES <br /> c4 , <br /> John W.1-iickenlooper <br /> 'f ]8 7 G '`/ Governor <br /> June 24, 2015 Mike King <br /> Executive Director <br /> Dick Wolfe,P.E. <br /> Mr. Raul Passerini, P.E. Director/State Engineer <br /> Resource Engineering, Inc. <br /> 909 Colorado Avenue <br /> Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 RECEIVED <br /> Re: Maryland Creek Ranch Substitute Water Supply Plan <br /> Aug o s 2015 <br /> DRMS Permit No. M-1996-049 DNWON OF RE iI9Nt <br /> Sections 15, 22 and 23, T4S, R78W, 6th P.M. MINMIG AND Wes( <br /> Water Division 5, Water District 36, Summit County <br /> Approval Period: January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2016 <br /> Contact Phone Number for Mr. Passerini: 970-945-6777 <br /> Dear Mr. Passerini: <br /> We have reviewed your letter of January 30, 2015, requesting a renewal of the <br /> substitute water supply plan ("SWSP") on behalf of Everist Materials, LLC ("Everist" or <br /> "Applicant") for the Maryland Creek Ranch ("MCR") aggregate operation in accordance with § <br /> 37-90-137(11), C.R.S. The mine is permitted with the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and <br /> Safety ("DRMS") under File No. M-1996-049. The required fee for the substitute water supply <br /> plan was submitted under Receipt No. 3668280. The original plan was approved on April 3, 1997 <br /> and it was most recently renewed on March 19, 2014. <br /> SWSP Operations <br /> The MCR aggregate operation is located on the west bank of the Blue River, <br /> approximately 6 miles downstream of Dillon Reservoir and 20 miles upstream of Green Mountain <br /> Reservoir. Gravel mining operations take place at an elevation of approximately 8,550 feet, <br /> within a distance of 2,200 feet of the Blue River, in Sections 15, 22 and 23, all in Township 4 <br /> South, Range 78 West of the 6th P.M., as shown on the attached Figure A-3. Mining operations at <br /> MCR include gravel mining from wet pits, a crusher and wash plant, an asphalt plant, and a <br /> concrete batch plant. Product below the ground water table will be removed via "wet mining" <br /> techniques, therefore dewatering of the pits will not occur, and is not approved herein. Under <br /> the DRMS permit, Everist received approval to mine a total of 6 mining cells. Mining operations <br /> in cells nos. 1, 2 and 3 were finished. Following mining, Cell No. 1 was utilized as a tailing pond <br /> and has been backfilled. The surface area of ground water exposed in cetl nos. 2 and 3 totals <br /> approximately 25.1 acres. Mining is currently taking place in cell no. 4 where the surface area <br /> of the exposed ground water is approximately 8.0 acres. The total surface area of ground water <br /> exposed in the cells 2 through 4 is estimated to be 33.1 acres. No change in the ground water <br /> exposed surface area is expected to occur during 2015 and 2016. Replacement water is to be <br /> provided using consumptive use credits from dry-up of historically irrigated land and releases of <br /> storage water from Green Mountain Reservoir and Dillon Reservoir. <br /> Office of the State Engineer <br /> 1313 Sherman Street, Suite 818•Denver,CO 80203•Phone:303-866-3581 •Fax:303-866-3589 <br /> www.water.state.co.us <br />