HYDRO31018

• Permit No: M2003091
• IBM Index Class Name: Hydrology
• Doc Date: 7/25/2005
• Doc Name: water supply plan
• From: office of the state engineer
• To: dmg
• Media Type: D
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Mr. Richard Raines
July 20, 2005
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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 1 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 shall continue until there is no longer an effect on
stream flow.
13. This substitute water supply plan may be revoked or modified at any time should it be
determined that injury to other water rights has or will occur as a result of this plan.
14. Should this substitute water supply plan expire without renewal or be revoked prior to
adjudication of a permanent plan for augmentation, all excavation of product from below
the water table, and all other use of water at the pit, must cease immediately.
15. In accordance with amendments to Section §25-8-202-(7), C.R.S. and Senate Bill 89-
181 Rules and Regulations adopted on February 4, 1992, the State Engineer shall
determine if this substitute water supply plan is of a quality to meet requirements of use
to which the senior appropriation receiving the substitute supply has normally been put.
As such, water quality data or analyses may be requested at any time to detennine if the
requirement of use of the senior appropriator is met.
16. The decision of the State Engineer shall have no precedential or evidentiary force,
shall not create any presumptions, shift the burden of proof, or serve as a defense in
any water court case or any other legal action that may be initiated concerning the
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a similar manner in any other applications involving other plans or in any proposed
renewal of this plan, and shall not imply concurrence with any findings of fact or
conclusions of law contained herein, or with the engineering methodologies used by
the Applicant.
Please contact Joanna Williams in Denver at [phone], or Dave Nettles in
Greeley at [phone], if you have any questions concerning this approval.
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State Engineer
Attachment: Table No. 3
cc: Dave Nettles, Assistant Division 1 Engineer
Robert Carlson, Water Commissioner, Water District 6
Scott Edgar, Water Commissioner, Water District 5
Gary Witt, Wright Water Engineers, Inc.
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