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fl~ $ a$ 9 ~ Pa9~ <br />FINDINGS OF THE STATE ENGINEER <br />IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT A WELL IN <br />WATER DIVISION NO. 1, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO <br />APPLICANT: COORS ENERGY COMPANY <br />AQUIFER: LARAMIE-FOX HILLS <br />PERMIT NO.: 4~ <br />In compliance with C.R.S. 37-90-137(1) and the Statewide Nontributary Ground Water <br />Rules, Coors Energy Company, P.O. Box 467, Golden, Colorado 80402, (hereinafter <br />"applicant") submitted an application for a permit to construct a well. Based on information <br />provided by the applicant and records of the Division of Water Resources, the State Engineer <br />finds as follows: - <br />1. The application was received complete by the State Engineer on April 25, 1997 <br />2. The applicant proposes to construct the well in the NE 1!4 of the SE 1!4 of Section 25, <br />Township 3 North, Range 64 West, 6th Principal Meridian. <br />3. The proposed well is located outside the boundaries of a designated ground water <br />basin. <br />• 4. Tha applicant proposes to apply the water withdrawn from the well to the following <br />beneficial uses: Commercial, Industrial, Irrigation ,Domestic and livestock Watering. <br />5. The proposed maximum pumping rate of the well is 120 gallons per minute, and the <br />requested average annual amount of ground water to be withdrawn is 185 acre-feet. <br />6. The applicant is the owner of the land on which the well will be constructed. <br />7. The proposed well would withdraw ground water from the Laramie-Fax Hills Aquifer <br />(hereinafter "aquifer"), which, according to the Denver Basin Rules, is located at a <br />depth of approximately 290 feet below land surface to a depth of approximately 610 <br />feet below land surface at the location of the proposed well. <br />8. The location of the proposed well is more than 600 feet from any existing well <br />completed in the aquifer not owned by the applicant. <br />9. According to a sworn statement, the applicant owns, or has consent to withdraw ground <br />water underlying 788.54 acres of land as further described in said statement, which is <br />attached hereto as Exhibit A. <br />10. Withdrawal of ground water from the aquifer underlying the land claimed by the <br />applicant will not, within one hundred years, deplete the flow of a natural stream at an <br />annual rate greater than one-tenth of one percent of the annual rate of withdrawal and <br />therefore the ground water is nontributary ground water as defined in C.R.S. <br />• 37-90-103(10.5): <br />~ -. <br />