2008-11-20_REVISION - M1999098

• Permit No: M1999098
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 11/20/2008
• Doc Name: Response
• From: OSE
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: AM1
• Email Name: ECS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AAA
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
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Response to Reclamation Permit Application Consideration
DATE: November 20, 2008
TO: Eric C. Scott, Environmental Protection Specialist
CC: Division 1 Office, District 3 Water Commissioner
FROM: loana Comaniciu, P.E.
RE: Riverview Resources Pit, File No. M-1999-098 (a.k.a. W.W. Farms Pit)
Operator: Mike C. Refer, Aggregate Industries-WCR, Inc., (303)-716-5312
Contact: Barbara Brunk, Resource Conservation Partners, LLC, (303)-532-2262
Sections 29, 32 and 33, Township 6 North, Range 66 West, 6th P.M., Weld County
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Dick Wolfe, P.E.
Director

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Mining and Safest
CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL
? The proposed operation does not anticipate exposing groundwater. Therefore, exposure of ground
water must not occur during or after mining operations.
® The purpose of this amendment is to incorporate and modify the existing permit area boundary. The total
acreage of the amended permit area would increase by 156 acres to a total of 470 acres, with mining
activities anticipated to disturb approximately 273 acres of the site. The proposed amendment operation
will still consume ground water by: ® evaporation, ® dust control, ®reclamation, ® water removed in
the mined product, ® processing, ® other: dewatering.
Prior to initiation of these uses of ground water, the applicant will need to obtain either a gravel pit or
other type of well permit, as applicable. However, prior to obtaining a permit, an approved water supply
plan or decreed plan for augmentation is required. Our records show that a well permit application has
not been submitted to the State Engineer's Office. However, a temporary substitute water supply plan for
the expansion site of this pit was approved on September 22, 2008.
® Prior to approving a well permit, the applicant must conduct a field inspection of the site and document
the locations of all wells within 600 feet of the permit area. The applicant must then obtain a waiver of
objection from all well owners with wells within 600 feet of the permit area or request a hearing before
the State Engineer.
? The proposed operation may have potential impact on existing water rights near the project location.
Applicant needs to demonstrate that the proposed project will not alter or impact the historic operation of
existing water rights.
? The applicant has not identified any proposed use of water at the permit site. If water will be used for
any purpose at this site, the applicant will need to document that the water was obtained from a legal
source, or the water was diverted in priority under a water right decreed for such industrial use.
COMMENTS: If stormwater runoff is intercepted by this operation and is not diverted or captured in priority, it
must be released to the stream system within 72 hours. This may require a discharge permit from CDPHE-
WQCD. Otherwise, the operator will need to make replacements for evaporation.
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