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Peter Foster and Jonah Howe, Wright Water Engineers Page 10 of 14 <br /> Re: Gunnison West Gravel Pit SWSP <br /> December 8, 2025 <br /> 10.All pumping for dust control shall be measured in a manner acceptable to the Division <br /> Engineer. <br /> 11.The approval of this SWSP does not relieve the Applicant and/or the landowner of <br /> the requirement to obtain a Water Court decree approving a permanent plan for <br /> augmentation or mitigation to ensure the permanent replacement of all depletions, <br /> including long-term evaporation losses and lagged depletions after gravel mining <br /> operations have ceased. If reclamation of the mine site will produce a permanent <br /> water surface exposing groundwater to evaporation, at least three (3) years prior to <br /> the completion of the mine an application for a plan for augmentation must be <br /> filed with the Division 4 Water Court, to include, but not be limited to, long-term <br /> evaporation losses and lagged depletions. If a lined pond results after reclamation, <br /> replacement of lagged depletions from mining and dewatering shall continue until <br /> there is no longer an effect on stream flow. <br /> 12. Dewatering at this site will produce delayed depletions to the stream system. As long <br /> as the pit is continuously dewatered, the water returned to the stream system should <br /> be adequate to offset the depletions attributable to the dewatering operation. If <br /> dewatering at the site ceases, the depletions (including a first fill or intermittent fill) <br /> must be accounted for and out-of-priority depletions must be replaced. At least <br /> three (3) years prior to completion of dewatering, a plan must be submitted that <br /> specifies how the post pumping dewatering depletions (including refilling of the pits) <br /> will be replaced in time, location, and amount. <br /> 13.The Applicant shall provide written notification to the Water Commissioner and <br /> Division Engineer by May 1, 2026 identifying the lands to be dried up for the 2026 <br /> irrigation season, and by May 1, 2027, identifying the lands to be dried up for the <br /> 2027 irrigation season. The Applicant shall perform inspections and provide <br /> verification that the land associated with the changed water right in this SWSP has <br /> been removed from irrigation during the term of this SWSR Final verification of <br /> dry-up must be in the form of an affidavit signed by an individual with personal <br />