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., _ , <br />UPPER BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK <br />GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT <br />520 COLORADO AVENUE, SUTTE C <br />CALHAN, COLORADO 80808 <br />Office (719)347-0704 Faa (719)347-9423 <br />neahleM <br />Dnn Coos <br />24040 Falwn Highwry <br />Caawn. Colored 80608 <br />(]79) 683-4295 <br />January 2, 2006 <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Legal Catmael <br />Kim Lttwtmce <br />Lind, Lawrence & Ottenlw$ Llp <br />7'6e Law Building <br />1011 Eleventh Avenue <br />Greelry, Colorado 80631 <br />(970)3569160 <br />RECEIVED <br />JAN 0 3 2006 <br />Re: Sokol Pit, File No. M-1980-193 <br />To whom it may concern: <br />Division gf Mirierels and Gegingy <br />This office was contacted by several concerned landowner in regards to where the Upper Black <br />Squirrel Creek Ground Water Management District stood on the issue of the Sokol Gravel Pit <br />expansion, to which we had no prior knowledge of. We have since reviewed a copy of the application <br />and your Rational for approval. We respectfully request an explanation as to why the Upper Black <br />Squirrel Creek Ground Water Management District was not notified of the applicants intent to <br />expand the Sokol gravel pit, File No. M-1980-193. <br />The Board of Directors ofthe UBSCGWMD would liked to have been party to this procedure. The <br />Sokol pit is in the UBSCGWMD, and has an alluvium well with the permit No. 115606, which is a <br />Domestic/Livestock permit, with an annual appropriation not to exceed 1 acre-foot per year. Upon <br />reading the Rational, there are some concerns that the Board would have liked to been able to <br />address. According to the Rational the applicant states that they will continue to utilize the existing <br />well that they have been using to wash the sand or apply for a new well permit. If they are indeed <br />utilizing the above mentioned well, they are in direct violation of said well permit. <br />There were numerous water engineering facts stated in the Rational, and the Upper Black Squirrel <br />Board should have been given the opportunity to review those facts, and comment if necessary. This <br />is a closed basin and this particular area is very important to the alluvial flows downstream in our <br />basin. <br />