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ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONSULTANTS, INC. <br />Inc <br />October 23, 2001 <br />Union Ditch Company <br />C/o President Gary Alle <br />26285 Weld County Road 47 <br />Greeley, Colorado 80631 <br />Premiere 8uilding <br />825 Delaware Ave.. Suite 500 <br />Longmont. CO 80501 <br />(303) 772-5282 <br />Metro (303) 665-6283 <br />FAX (303) 665-6959 <br />(first Inltlal, last name)@long.rmcco.com <br />RE: Aggregate Industries - WCR, Inc., Special Review Permit for Gravel Miuiug near <br />Milliken, USR - 1354, <br />Deaz Mr. Alle: <br />Thank you for commenting on Aggregate Industries - WCR, Inc.'s (Aggregate) Special Review <br />Permit application. Following is a response to your comments in the order you listed them. <br />In August 2000, Aggregate applied for a temporary substitute water supply plan with the <br />Office of the Slate Engineer for the Milliken 1 site (south of Weld County Road 396, east <br />of Highway 60). The plan describes the projected depletions to the South Platte River <br />stream flow caused by the future mining of the property and a method for replacement of <br />those depletions. The proposed replacement uses 4.5 sltazes of Big Thompson and Platte <br />River Ditch (out of 8.75 shares total on the property), plus an annual lease of a small <br />amount (three acre-feet) of reusable return flows from the Ciry of Greeley. <br />2. We do not believe that the mining operations will negatively impact the Union Ditch as it <br />is located on the south side of the South Platte River and all mining will occur on the <br />north side of the River. <br />3. No, we have not filed an augmentation plan before the Office of the State Engineer, <br />Division of Water Resources. <br />4. The proposed gravel operation will increase traffic. Traffic Engineer Eugene Coppola <br />estimates that at full operation, at the highest peak hour the site could generate 24 trips on <br />Highway 60. Aggregate Industries has been working with Union Pacific Railroad to Yind <br />a way to make the railroad an integral part of the transport of materials from this site. <br />This will dramatically reduce the traffic on Highway 60. <br />5. This property is situated within one of the principal aggregate deposits in Weld County. <br />The areas where this nonrenewable resource is found aze becoming more and more <br />CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PLANNING <br />