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--, ~ <br />structures described herein, including the two ponds used in Applicant's gravel operation, <br />known as Gosney Pit #1 ("Pit #1), with 18.34 surface acres, and Gosney Pit #2 ("Pit #2"), <br />with 10.05 surface acres, and a location for a batch plant. The G&S Property is <br />immediately inside the downstream boundary of the Pine River water critical area. The <br />consumptive use of water resulting from evaporation from the surface of Pit #1 and Pit <br />#2, and from the commercial gravel plant operations including the removal of gravel <br />products, gravel wash plant operations, the occasional sale of water for construction <br />activities, dust control and the operation of a concrete batch plant must be augmented or <br />replaced. <br />Applicant presently utilizes water from Pit #1 (Well Permit #043784 F) to replace <br />evaporation from the water surface of Pit #1 and Pit #2 and water used for commercial <br />gravel plant operations. Water from Pit #1 is either: (1) used for augmentation of <br />consumptive losses through conveyance to the Pine River Canal by a ditch, shown on <br />Exhibit "A", or directly to the Pine River by a pipe, also shown on Exhibit "A", at a point <br />above the diversion point of the Pine River Canal, as determined by DWR; or (2) pumped <br />from Pit #1 for use in the gravel plant operations. The water in Pit #1 is a combination of <br />ground water, runoff from irrigation and rainfall, and water pumped into Pit #1 from the <br />Gosney Alternate Pump Station (see Paragraph 4 above). The Gosney Alternate Pump <br />Station diverts water from outside of the Pine River water critical area. <br />Under the Plan for Augmentation, consumptive uses requiring augmentation will be <br />determined by DWR based on weekly information supplied by Gosney or more frequently <br />if requested by D WR on the accounting forms attached hereto and made a part hereof as <br />Exhibit-"B" for--the-followingconsumptive-uses: <br />i. The tons of gravel product removed from the G & S Property each week will be <br />multiplied times 1.28 and divided by 43,560 cubic feet per acre-foot ("AF") to determine <br />the number of AF of water removed with gravel product. <br />ii. The water used in the concrete mix will be estimated by multiplying the total <br />cubic yards of concrete times 30 gallons and dividing by 325,851 gallons per AF to <br />determine the AF used in batch plant operations. <br />iii. Dust control is estimated to be about 2,000 gallons twice a week for 40 weeks, <br />which is 160,000 gallons or 0.49 AF per year. The water needed for dust control will <br />vary based on truck traffic, time of year, and precipitation. The actual number of gallons <br />of water used for dust control will be reported each week and converted to AF. <br />iv. Pond evaporation will be estimated by multiplying the estimated evaporation <br />as shown on the Table in Exhibit B during the months the Pine River is on call times the <br />water surface area as determined by the Elevation Area Capacity Table in Exhibit B. <br />v. Water used in the gravel wash plant will be determined by multiplying the <br />number of hours of wash plant operation as reported on Exhibit B by 30,000 gallons per <br />hour. <br />vi. Water sold, which requires full replacement, shall be reported based on actual <br />metered sales. <br />3 <br />