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1 <br /> <br />' EXHIBIT G <br />WATER INFORMATION <br />The Bailey Pit straddles St. Vrain Creek at a point about <br />' eight miles east of Longmont, Colorado. There will be no mining <br />in the creek. There are no creeks or St. Vrain tributaries crossing <br />' the affected land. <br />' There is one irrigation ditch which appears to be a lateral <br />of the Rural Ditch. The ditch runs north along the far west <br />' side of the property from the south line a distance of approximately <br />1550 feet to the north where it emptied into St. Vrain Creek. <br />' This lateral will not be affected by the mining operation. <br />Currently, about 30 percent of the land is irrigated from <br />1 concrete and dirt ditches. It appears that a much larger area <br />was cultivated in the past. <br />The operator plans to dewater the pit during mining by <br />t pumping settled water to St. Vrain Creek under an NPDES permit <br />to be obtained from the Colorado Department of Health. There <br />' is some possibility that dewatering will not be feasible, in <br />t which case materials will be mined by dragline from a wet pit. <br />There will be some consumption of water for dust suppression <br />' on haul roads and on the plant site, even though the mining area <br />is expected to be relatively dust-free even if the pit is dewatered. <br />' The operator owns water rights of quite early dates. Even when <br />' these water rights are partially converted to industrial use, <br />they will be adequate to meet the consumptive water use of this <br />' operation. The operator is aware of at least some of the requirements <br />'Z <br />