GENERAL55426

• Permit No: M1999050
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 4/5/2000
• Doc Name: FAX COVER
• From: RMC
• To: BARNHART AGENCY
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Mr. Mark A McLean
September 22, 1999

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expires nn March 31, 2000, and 10.20 acre feel of the total commitment of 18.05 acre feet will be
used for a substitute water supply plan for the LaFarge Evans No. 2 Gravel Pit, leaving 7.85 acre
feet to ccver Beitramo's replacement water requirements from August t , 199 through March 31,
2000. Accordingly, you have requested that this substitute water supply plan should be approved
only for the 8-month period through March 31, 2000.
As required by Senate Bill 89-120 In Section 8, this substitute water supply plan has been
provided to an outside consultant for review. The consultant has recommended approval of the
plan by way of a draft of this letter. Based upon statutory requirements and the recommendations
of the consultant, I hereby approve the proposed substitute water supply plan in accordance with
Section 37-80-120, C.R.S., subject to the follox•ing conditions:
A well permit must be issued for the gravel pit in accordance with §37.90.137(2) and (11),
C.R.S As noted in your letter of August 3, 1999, the consent of owners of wells located within
600 feet of the gravel pit i.s a requirement for issuance of the well permit. This substitute water
supply plan is approved subject to the condition that the well permit must be issued before
groundwater is exposed in the pit and before any groundwater is pumped for uses associated
with this plan.
2. The depletions to the Arkansas River associated with the gravel mining operations must not
exceed a total of 12.00 acre-feet per year cr 7.85 acre-feet during the first 8-month term of this
plan, August 1, 1999 through March 31, 20G0, inGuding categories of consumptive use due to
evaporation, dust suppression, water used fcr concrete batchiny, and water lost in product.
Should the total consumptive use exceed 7.85 acre-feet prior to the expiration date of this
plan, an amendment will need to be filed with this office.
3. Releases of water by the Board of Water Works of Pueblo pursuant to this plan shall be
coordinated with the Division Engineer znd the Augmentation Coordinator and shall equal Or
exceed the depletions to be replaced on a monthly basis.
4. Adequate accounting of depletions and repla^aments must be provided to the Water
Commissioner and/or Division Engineer on a monthly basis or other interval acceptable to
both of them. The accounting of deplerions maybe in a format similar to the attached form,
which was provided with your letter of August 3, 1999. In any case, the accounting form must
show, at a minimum:
A. The categories of consumption shown in the attached form,
B. Total actual monthly depletions to be replaced (monthly and cumulative year-to-date), and
C. The amounts of replacement water released by the Board of Water Works of Pueblo to
replace the depletions due to the 8elframo Mine Pit (monthly and cumulative year-?o-date).
5. The accounting form(s) shall be sufficient to demcnslrate that the net effective replacement
equaled or exceeded the total depletion on a monthly basis. All replacement water must be
concurrent with depletions in quantity, timing ar~d Iccaiion, except that releases may be
aggregated at the discretion of the Division Engineer or the Augmentation Coordinator.
6. The contact person for this plan is: Mr. Joseph A. Bettramo, Vice-President, Tony J. Beltramo
and Sons, Inc., 1541 Stockyard Road. Pueblo, Colorado 81001, phone: [phone].
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