2008-07-07_HYDROLOGY - M2008006

• Permit No: M2008006
• IBM Index Class Name: Hydrology
• Doc Date: 7/7/2008
• Doc Name: Substitute Water Supply Plan
• From: DNR/DWR/OSE
• To: Applegate Group, Inc.
• Permit Index Doc Type: Hydrology Report
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 4
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
Mr. Richard T. Raines
Applegate Group, Inc. ?
1499 West 120' Avenue, Suite 200
Denver, CO 80234-2728
Re: SerFer Pit, Substitute Water Supply Plan
DRMS File NoM22-008-006
Section 24, T6N, R68W of the 6th.P.M.
Water Division 1, Water District 3
Approval Period: August 1, 2008 through July 31, 2010
Contact Phone Number for Mr. Richard Raines: 303-452-6611
Dear Mr. Raines:
July 2, 2008
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Dick Wolfe, P.E.
Director
RECEIVED
JUL 0 7 2008
Division of Reclamation,
Mining and Safety
This letter is in response to your application of May 6, 2008 on behalf of Connell Resources, Inc.
(Applicant) requesting a substitute water supply plan (SWSP or plan) for a sand and gravel pit owned and
operated by Applicant in accordance with Section 37-90-137(11), C.R.S. The Applicant shall be
responsible for compliance with this plan. The required fee of $1,593 for the substitute water supply plan
has been paid.
Plan Operations
This plan seeks to replace depletions resulting from the mining at the SerFer Pit ("Gravel Pit").
The depletions that result from the proposed dry-mining operation include evaporation, dust control, and
water lost in mined product during the first two years of this new mining operation. The Applicant
proposes to construct dewatering trenches to allow for dry-mining and to reduce the evaporative losses
associated with the operation. The applicant is currently seeking a bond to cover the permanent filling of
the pit should the operator walk away during the dewatering process thus leaving a large exposure of
ground water and associated evaporation liability. No ground water shall be exposed on the subject
property until such time as the Applicant provides proof to this office and the water
commissioner that such a bond is in place. Mining of the SerFer Pit will last for approximately 4
years. Once reclamation is complete, a lined reservoir will be created and will have a total surface area
of approximately 20 acres. The proposed replacement source is excess credits from a recharge project
involving 2.0 shares of the Box Elder Ditch as previously approved for replacement use in conjunction
with the Applicant's Stute Pit (M-81-007) and Timnath-Connell Pit (M-99-050).
Depletions
This plan describes the proposed water uses from August 1, 2008 through July 31, 2010 for this
proposed new pit. The proposed plan anticipates a maximum year depletion of 9.2 acre-feet from an
exposed ground water surface area of 0.49 acres consisting of 0.09 acres in two settling ponds and
approximately 0.4 acres in the dewatering trenches. Water from the dewatering trenches will be
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