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Bucklen Pit SWSP November 7, 2018 Plan ID 3183 Page 8 of 9 14. Adequate accounting of depletions and replacements must be provided to the division engineer in Greeley (DNR DivlAccounting@state.co.us) and the water commissioner (Mark Simpson at Mark.Simpson®state.co.us) on a monthly basis or other interval acceptable to both of them. Submitted accounting shall conform to the attached Division One Administration Protocol "Augmentation Plan Accounting, Division One - South Platte Basin". In addition, it is the applicant's responsibility to verify that the entities making replacements are identifying this use on their accounting submitted to our office. For the period of this plan, that entity is the Platte River Power Authority. 15. The name, address and phone number of the contact person who will be responsible for the operation and accounting of this plan must be provided on the accounting forms to the division engineer and water commissioner. 16. The approval of this SWSP does not relieve the Applicant and/or landowner of the requirement to obtain a Water Court decree approving a permanent plan for augmentation or mitigation to ensure the permanent replacement of all depletions, including long-term evaporation losses and lagged depletions after gravel mining operations have ceased. If reclamation of the mine site will produce a permanent water surface exposing groundwater to evaporation, an application for a plan for augmentation must be filed with the Division 1 Water Court at least three (3) years prior to the completion of mining to include, but not be limited to, long-term evaporation losses and lagged depletions. If a lined pond results after reclamation, replacement of lagged depletions shall continue until there is no longer an effect on stream flow. 17. Dewatering at this site will produce delayed depletions to the stream system. As long as the pit is continuously dewatered, the water returned to the stream system should be adequate to offset the depletions attributable to the dewatering operation. The operator shall equip the dewatering operations with a totalizing flow meter and report monthly meter readings which will be used to determine the post-pumping depletions when dewatering ceases. Once dewatering at the site ceases, the delayed depletions must be addressed. Accordingly, dewatering is required to continue during the term of this approval. At least three years prior to completion of dewatering, a plan must be submitted that specifies how the post pumping dewatering depletions (including refilling of the pit) will be replaced, in time, place and amount. 18. If dewatering of the site is discontinued, the pit would fill creating additional depletions to the stream system due to increased evaporation. To assure that depletions from ground water evaporation do not occur in the unforeseen event, or events, that would lead to the abandonment of the pit, the Applicant has dedicated five (5) Greeley Irrigation Company shares as replacement water solely to this SWSP for as long as there are depletions at this gravel pit site or until such time as another replacement source is obtained. A copy of the affidavit dated October 4, 2010 is attached to this letter. For the purposes of this SWSP, this affidavit will be accepted for the dedication of the shares; however, if the State Engineer determines that a different affidavit or dedication process is necessary to assure proper dedication of the shares, additional information may be required prior to future SWSP approvals. 19. The State Engineer may revoke this SWSP or add additional restrictions to its operation if at any time the State Engineer determines that injury to other vested water rights has occurred or will occur as a result of the operation of this SWSP. Should this substitute water supply