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1600 West 12th Ave <br /> DENVER WATER Denver, 80204-3412 <br /> 303 6286000 <br /> denverwater or9 <br /> February 19, 2021 <br /> Mr. Dale Case, Director of Community Permitting and Planning <br /> Boulder County Community Permitting and Planning <br /> 2045 13th Street <br /> Boulder, CO 80302 <br /> Re: Docket SI-20-0003: Gross Reservoir & Dam Expansion — Denver Water's <br /> Response to Referral Agency and Public Comments on 1041 Permit Application <br /> Dear Mr. Case, <br /> Per Article 8-508(C)1.a., Denver Water is submitting its responses to referral <br /> agency and public comments regarding our 1041 Permit Application, Docket SI-20- <br /> 0003: Gross Reservoir and Dam Expansion Project (GRE Project). Denver Water has <br /> been engaged in the permitting process for the GRE Project for close to two decades. <br /> During that time, Denver Water has worked with numerous federal, state and local <br /> governments and responded to many rounds of public comment to develop permit <br /> conditions, mitigation measures, conservation efforts and additional environmental <br /> enhancements for the GRE Project. Throughout the process, Denver Water has <br /> endeavored to respond to Boulder County's questions and identify and proactively <br /> address any concerns the County has raised about the GRE Project. Denver Water's <br /> responses to the referral agency and public comments on its 1041 Permit Application <br /> seek to clarify and build on those extensive past efforts. <br /> You transmitted the comments on our 1041 Permit Application on December 23, <br /> 2020. Given the timing of your transmission of those comments., as well as the volume <br /> of comments received, on January 6, 2021, you extended Denver Water's deadline to <br /> respond to comments to February 19, 2021. We appreciate the time and effort Boulder <br /> County staff, referral agencies and members of the community have dedicated to <br /> reviewing Denver Water's 1041 Permit Application for the GRE Project and providing <br /> their questions and comments. We hope the five meetings we arranged with Boulder <br /> County staff and referral agencies in late January and early February (see Exhibit 23 — <br /> Meeting Record) have helped clarify information about the GRE Project, and we are <br /> grateful for the opportunity to promote dialogue about key issues. <br /> We have attempted to organize and catalog each written submittal by individual <br /> and specific comment and provide a corresponding response. Enclosed herein is a <br /> Referral Agency Comment and Response Table (Exhibit 19) and a Public Organization <br /> and Individual Comment and Response Table (Exhibit 20). We hope that this <br /> organization of comments, which required significant effort by Denver Water, facilitates <br /> Boulder County's review. <br /> In addition, we have included two project schedules: Exhibit 21 is a GRE Project <br /> Schedule that anticipates timeframes to complete the remaining County permitting steps <br /> and other pre-construction activities in order for Denver Water to meet the construction <br />