PERMFILE100910

• Permit No: C1981010
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Doc Name: Water Rights
• Section_Exhibit Name: APPENDIX Q SECTION XVIII
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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above. Impountlment will be by means of impoundment dams al-
ready constructed and to be constructed, or in the mining pits
themselves. Such water will be utilized by applicant in its
coal mining operations in the approximate amount of 173.5
acre-feet per year for dust suppression purposes on haul roads
and in the mining operation; and 356 acre-feet per year as the
permanent pool caoacity of the impoundment dams which will he
used for livestock watering and wildlife. In addition, it is
estimated that there will be evaporative loss from the water
impoundments, based upon local climatic conditions, at such
times that surface water is exposed. Based upon the design
capacity of such impoundments and limited amounts of water and
times when water may be present, such evaporative loss will be
less than 163 acre-feet per year. Depletion from the evapora-
tion would be 100%; depletion from the dust suppression will
approach 100%. Therefore, total annual depletion is estimated
to be approximately 692.5 acre-feet.
3. The source of replacement water is the conditional
water right of applicant known as the Synthetic Products Ditch
right, first adjudicated in the District Court for Moffat
County in Case No. 1278, September 1, 1960, with priority date
of September 17, 1951, and priority number 70.
4. The amount consumed by applicant as set forth in para-
graph 2 above, from the underground waters resulting from the
surface coal mining operations will be substituted by surface
waters to which applicant is entitled under the Synthetic Pro-
ducts Ditch right by leaving such waters in the Yampa River for
senior appropriators. Because of the priority date and amounts
of the Synthetic Products Ditch right, no additional storage of
that right for purposes of timed releases is considered neces-
sary at this time for augmentation purposes.
5. Operation and enforcement of plan. Applicant will
monitor and record amounts utilized for dust suppression pur-
poses and livestock watering which amounts will be available
for inspection by the Division Engineer, water Division 6.
Additionally, applicant will determine by appropriate means the