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~~ <br />Ho1me Roberts & V YV415.LLC <br />A T T Q A N P_ Y 9 A T L A W Bn,Arkr 1700 Linwln <br />CWUra~fo SPrin~ Sulu'4100 <br />l7r,wr Owrver, l:0 80)0) <br />frgkwwd 303 861.7fa)0 <br />GI, Lake City Fac 303 flfibU200 <br />Cwdan <br />WynenA L 7lbm, d. <br />303 866aJ5) <br />November 21, 1994 <br />VIII YACSIMILE - 277-9955 <br />Hr. Paul Banks <br />AGRA Earth and Environmental <br />17301 West Colfax Avenue, Suite 170 <br />Golden, Colorado 80401 <br />Re: Southwestern Portland cement Company; Dowe <br />Flats Mine; First Amendment to Reclamation <br />Permit; M~97-041, AM-001; Sections 9, lo, <br />15 and 16, Township 3 North, Range 70 West, <br />Range 6 P.M., Boulder County. <br />Dear Paul: <br />our law firm is water rights counsel to Southwestern <br />Portland Cement Company. You have requested that we provide <br />this response on behalf of southwestern to the comments of the <br />Office of the State Engineer {•SEON), dated October 3, 1994, <br />in connection with this reclamation permit amendment. Our <br />response is as follows: <br />1. InagplicabilitX of C R S fi 37-9U-137f111. <br />Tha SEO inoorrectly states that a gravel well permit must be <br />obtained by Southwestern. C.R.s, § 37-90-137(11) pnly requires <br />a well permit °in connection with the extraction oP sa ~ <br />rave by open mining.a (Emphasis supplied.) Soutbwestern's / <br />mining operation is a limestone mina. Consequently, the li <br />requirements of this statute for obtaining a well permit and <br />substitute supply plan are inapplicable to the Dowe Flats mine. <br />2. No Well Permit Rewired. Southwestern's mine <br />does not otherwise constitute a water °well" because it will <br />not be °used for the purpose or with the effect of obtaining <br />ground water for beneficial use from an aquifer.' ee C.R.S. <br />§ 37-90-103(21) and g 37-90-137(1). With the exception oP a <br />small wetlands area discussed below, Southwestern's amended <br />reclamation plan is to backfill the mine pits after mining, <br />so that ground water would not be permanently exposed after <br />reclamation. xoreover, during mining, Southwestern intends <br />to dewater any ground water intercepted in the pits and <br />disotLaxge Ruch water into the St. vrain Aiver or other natural <br />water course. Consequently, no groundwater will be <br />beneficially used, nor will it be exposed to evaporation <br />losses. <br />Z004~ 4BOLN N3AN3Q OiIH OOZO 9988. 09~YT f0/TZ/TT <br />