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Mr. Richard Raines North Taft Hill Expansion Site M01-051 June 17. 2004 Page 3 5. The annual water used for dust control at the North Taft Hill Expansion site (replaced under the Home Office Pit substitute water supply plan) shall not exceed 2 acre-feet, and the total product mined at the North Taft Hill Expansion site and processed at the Home Office Pit - - ----~i,= ~s.~~ ~~+ exc€ed-500,000-tons-resulting-in-1.4.7-acre=feet of ~,uaterJost-with-the_product. 6. Total consumption at the pit(s) must not exceed these aforementioned amounts unless an amendment is made to this plan. 7. The six acre-feet of replacement water leased from the Tri-Districts and identified as the replacement source of water in the Overland Ponds substitute water supply plan are to be used instead as the source of replacement water in this substitute water supply plan. Accordingly the issuance of this substitute water supply plan shall cancel the Overland Ponds substitute water supply plan. 8. Acopy ofthe Tri-Districts lease for 2004 was provided to the State Engineer's Office on April 27, 2004. A new lease for water year 2005 must be provided to the State Engineers Office no later than October 31, 2004. 9. Approval of this plan is forthe purposes as stated herein. This office must first approve any additional uses forwhich the water maybe used. Any future additional historic consumptive use credit given (e.g., agricultural water transfer) for this site must consider all previous credits given. 10. All pumping through the dewatering pumps shall be measured in a manneracceptable to the division engineer and water commissioner. 11. The replacement water that is the subject of this plan cannot be sold or leased to any other entity. As a condition of subsequent renewals of this substitute water supply plan, the replacement water must be appurtenant to this site until a plan foraugmentation is obtained. A copy of this approval letter should be recorded with the County Clerk and Recorder. All replacement water must be concurrent with depletions in quantity, timing, and locations. 12. Adequate accounting of depletions and replacement must be provided to the division engineer in Greeley and the water commissioner on a monthly basis or other interval acceptable to both of them. The accounting form provided with your application is subjectlo modification and approval by the division engineer. All amounts shall be in acre-feet. 13. The name, address, and phone number of a contact person who will be responsible for the operation and accounting of this plan must be provided on the accounting forms to the division engineer and water commissioner. 14. 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 1 Water Court at least three 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 shall continue until there is no longeran effect on stream flow.