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LANESTON <br /> CONCRETE INC. <br /> Exhibit G: Water Information <br /> We plan on purchasing water from the Minnequa Canal. <br /> This Canal is on record as being owned by CF&I (Colorado Fuel & Iron Company). To our <br /> knowledge, CF&I sold to Rocky Mountain Steel, and then they sold to Evraz North America. <br /> This is a privately owned water feature. The canal will not be jeopardized in any from the <br /> extraction activities. The canal right-of-way borders the gravel pit on the North/North-East side. <br /> We plan on running a water line from there to the wash plant location. <br /> We have been in communication with the managing engineer(Brad Zerfas) in charge of the <br /> Minnequa Canal and they are receptive to our water needs. We learned there is a similar water <br /> take-up located down river from us for similar gravel pit operations. It is our intention to <br /> "borrow" the ideas at this location to do the same thing at our take-up location. It will be our <br /> burden to install all take-up features in the ditch. Evraz is only going to sell the water. They are <br /> not responsible for any ownership and/or maintenance of the materials once installed. <br /> Dealing with Mr. Zerfas at Evraz has proven to be difficult in the past. He is receptive to what <br /> we are proposing but appears to be extremely pre-occupied with his duties at Evraz and only <br /> provides communications at his discretions. While we do not criticize how the Ezraz Canal is <br /> managed, we have found it difficult to get anything done in a timely manner. Prior dealings have <br /> taught us that patience is a virtue and those virtues are strained when attempting to contact the <br /> management division of the Canal. <br /> In light of this, we have arranged to purchase water from the Florence Municipal water district in <br /> Florence, Co. Please see the attached Exhibit G Florence Water Agreement. The City of Florence <br /> has multiple avenues available for obtaining water. We were planning on pulling water from <br /> their bulk water station and transporting it via water truck to the gravel pit. The station where the <br /> water is obtained keeps count on gallons and generates a fee via the system the City uses for <br /> water billing. We tried this for a while, (while filling the pond) but have since determined that it <br /> is more of a burden to handle than what we are willing to deal with. <br /> If need be, we could have also pulled water from a fire hydrant through a hydrant meter. In this <br /> instance, we obtain a meter from the City Water District and place a deposit down for the meter <br /> until it is returned. The meter is then used and must be checked in once a month for a meter <br /> reading. The reading tracks the water usage and is then transferred to the billing system the City <br /> uses for water billing. We also tried this as a solution. It also turned out to be a wasted effort as <br /> the meter was stolen off the hydrant during the day while we were using it. We had to replace it <br /> and give it back to the City. Managing the meter's location proved to be too difficult for our <br /> personnel to handle. <br /> It was also discovered after a couple billing cycles from the City that they were having a terribly <br /> difficult time billing us correctly for some reason. Meter readings were inconsistent and vague at <br /> 902 South Union Street Florence, Co. 81226 (719) 784-3878 Office (719) 784-1158 Fax <br />