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<br /> <br />EXHIBIT G <br />Water Information <br />The Firestien property is located in the lower Cache La Poudre River Basin. The proposed <br />mining operation will impact the Poudre River in the form of depletions due to evaporation and <br />losses associated with the mining operation. However, these impacts are of minor consequence <br />and can be mitigated without injury to senior vested rights. <br />The proposed mining operation will create of two lakes with a total azea of 56.3 acres. The lakes <br />will have areas of 3.4 and 52.9 acres respectively. The reclamation plan will leave unlined lakes <br />that will be hydraulically connected to the alluvial aquifer. This reclamation will create an <br />evaporative loss to the aquifer which constitutes a consumptive use. The operator will obtain an <br />approved augmentation plan through the Colorado Water Court system after mining is <br />completed. This augmentation plan will mitigate any injury created by the reclamation of the <br />mined areas. During the mining phase the water depletions will be replaced to the stream under a <br />plan approved by the State Engineer's Office. <br />Approximately the southern half of the proposed mining azea is located within the Cache La <br />Poudre River 100 year floodplain as shown by the FEMA map (see attached floodplain map - <br />Exhibit G-2). All work within the floodplain will conform to Weld County Flood Hazard <br />Regulations. Due to the removal of material from the site, the net floodplain cross sectional azea <br />will increase and, therefore, provide more flood storage than what currently exists. <br />Water Use <br />Water use at the site will include evaporation from exposed groundwater, water retained from <br />material removed from the site, dust control of haul roads and stockpiles and water used in the <br />hatching of concrete. <br />Mining in proposed areas will intercept the water table. In order to allow for dry mining of the <br />material, de-watering trenches will be constructed around the perimeter of the pit and the water <br />pumped into the Poudre River. Therefore, the evaporative losses at the site will only consist of <br />the exposed water within the trenches and the exposed water in the settling pond listed on the site <br />map. Approximately 1.7 acres of water are exposed in the wash ponds. The exposed water <br />associated with the de-watering trenches is estimated at 1 acre. <br />The annual gross evaporation for the site is 42 inches at the subject location as taken from <br />NOAA Technical Report NWS 33. The annual precipitation at the site is estimated to be the <br />same as the neazest weather station to the site which is located in Greeley. The annual mean <br />precipitation is 12.68 inches. <br />G-1 <br />