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Richard T Raines January 6, 2006 Page 3 This plan shall be valid through March 31, 2006 unless otherwise revoked or modified. If this plan will not be made absolute by a water court action by the plan's expiration date, a renewal request must be submitted to this office with the statutory fee (currently $217) by February 15, 2006. The exposed ground water surface areas, consumption of water, and river depletions due to operation of this plan may not exceed those fisted in Tables 1, 2, and 3, unless an amendment is approved in advance by this office. Documentation of pond size may be required by the Division Engineer in the forrn of an aerial photo evaluation or survey by a Professional Land Surveyor during the plan year or in years covered by subsequent renewals of this plan. 3. All releases of replacement water must be sufficient to cover depletions as given on the attached tables and made under the direction andlor approval of the Division Engineer. 4. Monthly accounting of water in this plan, including amount of exposed water, evaporation, stream depletions, and replacement water deliveries must be provided to the Water District 14 Water Commissioner and Division Engineer on forms and at times acceptable to them. Said accounting must be received by the 10'" of the month following the month being reported. The name, mailing address, and phone number of the contact person who is responsible for operation and accounting of this plan must be provided on the accounting forms. 5. The applicant agrees to replace out of priority depletions to senior surface water rights in Colorado occurring after the expiration date of this plan, which are caused by diversion prior to March 31, 2006. To guarantee that sufficient replacement water will be provided to replace such depletions, a financial warranty in the amount of $150.00 per acre-foot must be provided to this office within 30 days of receipt of this letter to be reserved for purchase of 26.4 acre-feet of future replacement water. 6. The approval of this substitute water supply plan does not relieve the applicant and/or the landowner of the requirement to obtain a Water Court decree approving a permanent plan for augmentation or mitigation to ensure the permanent replacement of all depletions, including long-term evaporation losses and lagged depletions after gravel mining operations have ceased. If reclamation of the mine site will produce a permanent water surface exposing groundwater to evaporation, an application for a plan for augmentation must be filed with the Division 2 Water Court at least three (3) years prior to the completion of mining, to include, but not be limited to, long-term evaporation losses and lagged depletions. If a lined pond results after reclamation, replacement of lagged depletions from mining and dewatering shall continue until there is no longer an effect on stream flow. This plan may be revoked or modified at any time should it be determined that injury to other vested water rights has or will occur as a result of the operation of this plan. 8. Should this substitute water supply plan expire without renewal or be revoked prior to adjudication of a permanent plan for augmentation, Lafarge West, Inc, shall obtain and present to this office an alternate source of replacement water.