2008-11-20_PERMIT FILE - M2008078 (9)

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Table Exhibit G-1 - Permitted and Decreed Wells Within 600 Feet of Mining Limits Map Permit Structure Zip ID No ID Well Name Owner Address City State Code 102 E 1 39472 City of Lamar Parmenter St Lamar CO 81052 5408 Idylwild 2 4231 Contibeef, LLC Trail Boulder CO 80301 Lamar Farms 3 5373 Well No 5 unknown CO At the time of SWSP application/approval, a new gravel pit well permit will be applied for/obtained to include the evaporative and operational losses from the property. If the proposed use of groundwater at the West Farm Pit site results in material injury to surrounding wells, GP Ranches, LLC. will ensure that all necessary measures are taken to address the issues. Water Quality An NPDES permit will be obtained from the Water Quality Control Division at the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment for the West Farm Pit prior to discharging any groundwater that is dewatered from the site. This permit will be kept current and amended as necessary to ensure that any water discharged from the site will meet the current water quality standards. Impacts to Groundwater/Hydrologic Balance GP Ranches, LLC. will monitor the groundwater levels surrounding the site and provide groundwater recharge if necessary via perimeter ditches/ponds. GP Ranches, LLC. will construct these ditches/ponds in the locations where direct discharge to an existing adjacent irrigation lateral or creek is not available to ensure that stabilized groundwater levels are maintained. They will discharge dewatering flows into existing adjacent irrigation laterals or creeks where possible to limit the disturbance to the surrounding land. To summarize the mitigation process, as each phase of mining/dewatering occurs it will draw down the surrounding groundwater level to some extent. GP Ranches, LLC. will monitor the groundwater levels adjacent to mine as each phase progresses. If groundwater levels drop to a level that prevents an adjacent well from performing acceptably, according to that well's owner, GP Ranches will either implement a groundwater recharge ditch/pond near the well in order to raise the groundwater level in the vicinity of the well and hence return it's operation to acceptable standards, or will negotiate an agreement with that well owner to replace the well or provide replacement water via other means until the mining and reclamation activities are concluded. All wells within 600 feet of the mining limits are either owned by GP Ranches, LLC., or are monitoring wells, therefore groundwater impacts to these wells do not need to be addressed. See the attached Monitoring Well Location Map, and Monitoring Well Data Summary, which show the locations of monitoring wells around the perimeter of the site that GP Ranches, LLC. has either installed or has access to, and the groundwater level data that has been collected for each well. J&T Consulting, Inc. GP Ranches, LLC. West Farm Pit DRMS 112 Permit Application 25