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VI. AUGMENTATION PLAN - STATUS <br /> As a result of a ruling in Division 1 Water Court in 1984 affecting <br /> specific shareholders of the Ground-water Appropriators of the <br /> South Platte River Basin (GASP), Coors Energy Company has submitted <br /> an alternate plan of augmentation for the Keenesburg Mine operation <br /> in Weld County, Colorado. <br /> The plan identified structures to be augmented, existing water <br /> rights (non-tributary appropriations) at the mine location, water <br /> management plans, and water uses related to the operation and <br /> reclamation plan at the Keenesburg Mine. <br /> This augmentation plan also outlines proposed metering procedures <br /> and determinations of consumptive use of the tributary water. <br /> The original augmentation program that was administered by GASP can <br /> be made to meet water replacement requirements at the Keenesburg <br /> operation. However, an alternate plan was presented which closely <br /> monitors actual water uses and augments them at the source of use. <br /> Surface water losses by evaporation during transportation and <br /> reservoir storage as they were related to the former GASP plan can <br /> be eliminated. <br /> Coors Energy Company submitted this plan to Division I Water Court <br /> in February of 1985. When a draft decree is issued by the Division <br /> I Water Court referee, and, upon Coors Energy Company's review and <br /> approval, the decree would then be subject to a 20-day public <br /> protest period, after which the decree would be signed by the judge <br /> if no protest was filed. <br /> Page 9 <br />