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-1- <br />. KERR MINE AUGMENTATION PLAN <br />NORTH PARK, COLORADO <br />INTRODUCTION <br />This report describes the use and consumptive use of water <br />at the Kerr Coal Mine, located in North Park, Colorado, <br />approximately 8 miles east of Walden, Colorado in Jackson <br />County. The general location of the mine is shown in Figure <br />1. The mines consist of two parts: 1) an existing operation <br />located in parts of Sections 25, 26 and 35 of Township 9 <br />North, Range 78 West, 6th Principal Meridian and parts of <br />Section 2, Township 8 North, Range 78 West, 6th Principal <br />Meridian; and 2) an expansion of the mine into parts of <br />Sections 15, 22, 23, 26 and 27 of Township 9 North, Range <br />78 West, 6th Principal Meridian. <br />• The Kerr Mine is located in the Canadian River Basin. The <br />mine property includes approximately 2,000 acres which <br />cover portions of several small intermittent tributaries <br />including Sudduth, Williams, Bush and Bolton Draws. Water <br />use will occur on the mine property with the exception of a <br />minor amount of dust control usage at the tipple located <br />due south of Walden. The majority of the potential impact <br />of Kerr Coal's mining operations on existing water rights <br />will occur on the intermittent tributaries named above and <br />on the Canadian River downstream from the confluence of <br />these tributaries and the river. <br />A small amount of water use will occur at the mine tipple, <br />located in Walden, Colorado. The tipple is approximately 8 <br />miles to the west of the mine property. Coal will be hauled <br />to the tipple by trucks and stored prior to being loaded on <br />trains. The water use at the mine tipple will he limited <br />• entirely to dust suppression. <br />Leonard Rice Consulting Waler Engineers.lnc <br />