REV04827 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

~ iii ii~~iii~ni~~iii 9v ~~ ,~ E OF COLORADO OFFICE OF THE STATE ENGINEER Division of Water Resources Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman Street Room 818 Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone (303) 866-3581 rnx c3o3) aeh-3sa9 Response to Reclamation Permit Application Consideration DATE: March 19, 1996 T0: Carl B. Mount, Senior Environmental Protection Specialist CC: Division 1 Office; District 23 Water Commissioner FROM: Megan Sullivan, E.I.T. ~5+ RE: Snowstoml Placer Pit, File No. M-83-084 Operator: Zigan Sand & Gravel Inc., Contact: Ted Zigan, of cow Fa ~~ I;~ •!/~. Roy Romer Governor )amen S Lochhead &ecunve DRPCIOr Hal D Simpson Seale Engineer n r- n r ~ ~/ED ~k ~ 9 1996 Zigan Sand & Gravel Inc., 10800 E. 12th St., Brighton, Oi•,•,s,~ CO so6o 1 "01~erals ~ Geology Sections 19,20,29 & 30, Twp 9 S, Rng 77 W, 6th P.M., Park County CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL ^ The proposed operation does not anticipate exposing groundwater. Therefore, exposure of ground water must not occur during or after mining operations. ^ The proposed operation will consume ground water by: ^ evaporation, ^ dust control, ^ reclamation, ^ water removed N the mined product, ^ processing, ^ other: . Prior to initiation of these uses of ground water, the applicant will need to obtain either a gravel pit or other type of well permit, as applicable. However, prior to obtaining a permit, an approved water supply plan or decreed plan for augmentation is required. ^ Prior to approving a well permit, the applicant must conduct a field inspection of the site and document the locations of all wells +vithin 600 fee[ of the permit area. The applicant must then obtain a waiver of objection from all well owners +vith +vells within 600 feet of the permit area or request a hearing before the State Engineer. ® Other: Applicant tnust provide this office with evidence that there has not been any excavation below [he water table an}~vhere +vithin this site. [f there has been excavation below the +vater table, groundwater would be exposed, leading to consumption of groundwater by evaporation and water removed in the mined product, and through processing of the product. If groundwater has been exposed, applicant must amend the current temporary substitute supply plan to take. into effect the consumption of groundwater. Also, if groundwater has been exposed, applicant must obtain a well permit and conduct a field inspection of the site to document the locations of all wells within 600 feet of [he site. COMMENTS: Note that the applicant's current temporary substitute supply plan expires on April 14, 1996.