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<br />PCC is submitting to the state of Colorado an <br />application to revise the permit for the NUCLA MINE to <br />include the proposed NUCLA EAST mining area. Sections of the <br />permit application deal with rights of water required for <br />municipal use (potable water supply) and industrial use (dust <br />suppression, construction compaction make-up water, water <br />losses due to evaporation, water to augment impacted water <br />rights). PCC is required to show that it has the necessary <br />water rights to adequately satisfy mining and augmentation <br />water-supply requirements and also to provide a plan for <br />augmentation of impacted water rights. <br />GeoTrans Engineering and Construction Services, Inc. <br />• 1(GEOTRANS) was retained by GeoTrans, Inc. to provide <br />technical assistance on water-rights issues related to the <br />permit revision for the NUCLA mine. .Work included the <br />following: <br />a. collection and review of available site-specific <br />information from PCC•s files about PCC's land <br />resources in the Nucla area and all associated <br />surface- and ground-water rights; <br />b. collection and review of the Colorado State <br />Engineer's surface- and ground-water rights <br />information relevant to PCC's mining operations. <br />2 <br />• <br />GEO'tRANS. INC. <br />REVISED MARCH 2006 Attachment 2.05.6(3)(b)(v}1-7 <br />