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<br />r~- <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES <br />~J t ~ ~~ <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br /> Harris D. Sherman <br />Executive Director <br />January 9, 2008 Dick Wolfe, P.E. <br />Director <br />Lisa C. Ledet <br />Vranesh and Raisch, LLP~ <br />P.O. Box 871. <br />Boulder, CO 80306-0871 <br />RE: 2008 Cripple Creek ~ Victor Gold Mining Company-AMENDED <br />Substitute Water Supply Plan <br />Township 15 South, Range 69 West <br />Water Division 2, Water District 12 ~~~%~IVE® <br />EXPIRATION DATE: December 31, 2008 <br />Dear Ms. Ledet: <br />~-dAN 11 2000 <br />UIVI5~Oi i ur K2Clamatlon, <br />(1S-inin~ and Safety <br />We have received your submittal dated October 5, 2007 and your re-submittal dated <br />December 4, 2007 requesting renewal of Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company's <br />(CC&V) substitute water supply plan. We have also received your January, 8, 2008 letter <br />requesting correction of the underdrain and spring collection system description. The current <br />request is submitted pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-308(4), referencing the plan for augmentation <br />applied for in case no. 02CW122. <br />Notice has been provided to the objectors in case no. 02CW122 on October 5, 2007, <br />and no comments have been received. The required fee of $300 has been received <br />(transaction number 36220562). <br />PLAN OPERATION <br />CC&V operates a surface mine in the vicinity of the towns of Cripple Creek and Victor <br />that depletes stream flows. The plan's purpose is to provide replacement water to the streams <br />so as to prevent injury to senior vested water rights. <br />DEPLETIONS <br />Stream depletions occur to Fourmile Creek and Beaver Creek from various mining <br />operations. First, CC&V's gold mining operations contain areas (such as leaching pads, fuel <br />farms, etc.) permitted by the Division of Reclamation Mining 8 Safety to be zero-discharge, <br />which capture all precipitation and result in a reduction of runoff from precipitation. You have <br />calculated maximum monthly depletions, shown in the table below, to each of the Fourmile <br />Creek and Beaver Creek drainages based on the maximum number of acres of zero-discharge <br />area that will occur in each drainage. Zero-discharge areas within the Fourmile Creek drainage <br />are further subdivided into those overlying the volcanic diatreme (a more porous geological area <br />containing the mined deposits) and those outside the boundary of the diatreme. Capture of <br />Office of the State Engineer' <br />1313 Sherman Street, Suite 818 • Denver, CO 80203 • Phone: 303-866-3581 • Fax: 303-866-3589 <br />www. water.state. co. us <br />