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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES <br />May 3, 2010 <br />Ms. Michelle Hatcher <br />Clear Water Solutions <br />8010 S. County Road 5, Suite 105 <br />Windsor. CO 80528, <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />James B. Martin <br />Executive Director <br />Dick Wolfe, P.E. <br />Director/State Engineer <br />6000 ? <br />RE: Hokestra Pit Substitute Water Supply DRMS No. M-80-149 (WDID 0502521) <br />Section 2, T2N, R68W and Section 35, 3N, R68W, 6th P.M. <br />Water Division 1, Water District 5 . <br />Approval Period: April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011 <br />Contact: phone number for Ms. Michelle Hatcher: 970-223-3706 <br />Dear Ms. Hatcher: <br />We have received your letter of January 22, 2010, requesting a substitute water supply plan <br />for the above referenced gravel pit, to cover depletions caused by the existing Hokestra gravel pit <br />(WDID 0503006), operated by Weld County ("County"). The required fee of $257.00 for the renewal <br />of this substitute supply plan has been submitted (receipt no. 3644252). The original supply plan was <br />approved on December 3, 2001 and the most recent renewal was approved on March 25, 2009. <br />Plan Operation <br />. This plan seeks to replace depletions resulting from mining at the Hokestra gravel pit, <br />operated by Weld County ("County"). The depletions that results from the mining operation during <br />this SWSP period are evaporation from the exposed ground water and irrigation at Weld County's <br />Southwest Service Center. Previous SWSP's also included depletions associated with water lost <br />with the mined product and for dust control. The County does not intend to mine Hokestra Pit <br />during this SWSP period, as such there will be no consumptive use of groundwater associated with <br />the water lost with the mined product and dust control. <br />The proposed replacement sources are 3.75 Rural Ditch shares owned by Weld County, <br />storage of excess credits in Varra's 112 Pit, fully consumable water leased from the St. Wain & Left <br />Hand Water Conservancy District ("SVLH"), and water leased from the City of Greeley ("Greeley"). <br />DEPLETIONS <br />The County has completed mining in all pits, except the 9.9-acre and 20.9-acre cells <br />located in the center of the gravel pit site (Figure 1). Mining operations during the 2008 SWSP <br />occurred exclusively in the 9.9-acre cell, but it was not mined during 2009 and it will not be mined <br />further during the period of this plan. Mining operations in the 20.9-acre cell is not anticipated to <br />begin for several years. <br />Office of the State Engineer <br />1313 Sherm4n Street, Suite 818 • Denver, CO 80203 • Phone: 303-866-3581 a Fax: 303-866-3589 RECF-1VFn <br />www.water.state.co.us <br />?Y 0 4 Zl1iU <br />Division of necA&rLariot1, <br />Mining and Safety