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J AGREEMENT BETWEEN COOLSY GRAVEL COMPANY AND WELL OWNER WHEREAS Cooley Gravel Company is currently extracting sand and gravel from MLRD Permit #M-89-066, also known as the South Dahlia Pit and, WHEREAS Cooley Gravel Company intends to use a dry mining method of extraction which involves pumping of groundwater from within an impermeable slurry wall barrier and this pumping activity, although being a very remote possibility, can cause a lowering of the groundwater table in the vicinity and, WHEREAS the City of Commerce City has conditionally approved the dry mining amendment to the mining and reclamation plan. Therefore, Cooley Gravel Company agrees to observe the following procedure to protect and mitigate any negative impacts directly attributable to Cooley's dry mining operation to the real owner of the well, This Agreement is based on the following procedures and stipulations: 1. All wells that are protected under this agreement are shallow in nature and divert water from the Valley Fill aquifer. All wells recognized in this Agreement have to be permitted or decreed through Colorado law. 2. Cooley Gravel Company may choose to mitigate damaged wells using any of several alternatives depending on the situation. The methods are described in (3). 3. The methods of replacing water supplies to these wells include 1) recharge of the aquifer either through the existing well or through recharge ponds or trenches; 2) trucking in a replacement water supply and providing distribution facilities; 3) supplying bottled water on a temporary basis; 4 ) drilling a new domestic exempt well to a non-tributary aquifer; or 5) resetting the pump in the existing well to a lower depth. 4. If Cooley Gravel Company chooses to replace a domestic well with anew non-tributary well, it will be drilled to the closest aquifer available. The well will be drilled by a licensed well contractor and all necessary permits will be obtained by Cooley Gravel Company.