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C. How appropriation was initiated: Application for well Permit on January 31, 1977, and development of coal mining operations. _ 7. Amount of water claimed in gallons per minute of time: _ 316 gpm (maximum pumping rate from all pits combined) plus evaporative losses for a total claim of 692.5 acre-feet per year. A. Portion Absolute: 25 gpm _ B. Portion Conditional: 291 gpm 8. Use or proposed use of water: Pit dewatering and water r quality treatment, road wetting, dust suppression, stock watering, wildlife, and industrial uses, all in relation to • applicant's coal mining operations at its Trapper Mine near Craig, Colorado. . - 9. Number of well as rebistered in State Eneineer's Office or, _ if a new well, attach copy of the permit or ortler of de- nial: (Copy of permit 1122140-F attached as Exhibit C). 10. In case of an irrigation priority, the number of acres being irrigated: N/A;. the number of acres historically • irrigated: N/A; and the number of acres proposed to be irri ated b the dec ee sou ht: N/A g . y g r 11. Remarks: This underground water right is sought and will be used in conjunction with the plan of augmentation set forth below. PLAN OF AUC:•1ENTATION 1. General Description of Plan. This plan of augmenta- tion is intended to provide a substitute supply to compensate senior appropriators for depletions, if any, resulting from the surface mining operation and associated water use set forth in the application for water right above. The substitute supply will be provided through the surface water rights of the appli- cant known as the Synthetic Products Ditch right, adjudicated in Case No. W-1278, September 1, 1960, 4fater Division No. 6. 2. Detailed description. The water encountered in the open pit mine, a: well as some surfacs water runoff, will be .collected and impounded at one or more points, as described in Paragraph 3 in the application for water right set forth