APPCOR10771

• Permit No: C1980003
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 10/6/1981
• Doc Name: MEMO H G COAL CO ROUTT CNTY APPLICATION FOR MINING & RECLAMATION PERMIT
• From: DWR
• To: MLR
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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OFFICE OF THE STATE ENGINEER
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
1313 Sherman Street-Room 818
Denver. Colorado 80203
[phone]
October 6, 1981
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MEMORANDUM iJ!INLU LAPJD RECLAt.•iAilDld
Cc!o. Dept. of S~atur~! Fesr,~rre~
TO; Mined Land Reclamation, Attn; Brian Munson
FROM: Hal D. Simpson, Assistant State Engineer ~~~
SUBJECT: H-G Coal Company - Routt County, Application for Mining
and Reclamation Permit
As requested by your office, we have reviewed the application for a coal
mine operation near Hayden. The applicant, it appears, has adequately
addressed the potential water rights impacts associated with the proposed
mining operation. The applicant also furnished copies of a water right
application for Spring H-G-W and an application for a water storage right
for reservoirs RWD, HG-TH, HG-8, and the Hayden Gulch Mine Active
Pit Area. We have reviewed these applications and have the following
comments:
1 . Spring HG-W is located in the over-appropriated portion of
Dry Creek. In order to divert water from this spring, the r~
applicant will have to develop a plan for augmentation which
has been approved by the Division Water Court.
2 . Reservoir HG-8. must have means of releasing any water that is
stored out of priority whenever a senior downstream right has
exercised his right to place a "call" on the river to obtain
sufficient water to meet his needs. The applicant could avoid
this imposition by developing an augmentation plan which must
then be approved by the Division Water Court.
If the applicant is unsuccessful in obtaining the water rights discussed above
because they have not developed a plan for augmentation, it would appear
that the applicant would not have sufficient water to meet their mining needs.
HDS/RLS:pkr
cc: Wesley Signs, Div. Eng.