2010-08-06_PERMIT FILE - M2010048

• Permit No: M2010048
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 8/6/2010
• Doc Name: Response
• From: OSE
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: PSH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Dick Wolfe, P.E.
Director/State Engineer
Response to Reclamation Permit Amendment Request
DATE: August 6, 2010
TO: Peter S. Hays, Environmental Protection Specialist rfi 6 2010
CC: Division 2 Office; District 67 Water Commissioner
FROM: Melissa A. Peterson, P.E` /? / ?a?irs'sr "d ?`
RE: Vick Borrow Pit, File No. M-2010-048
Operator: Castle Rock Construction Company of Colorado, LLC.
Contact: Ralph Bell
Section 33, Twp 11 IS, Rng 53W, 6th.P.M., Lincoln County
CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL
® The proposed operation does not anticipate exposing groundwater. Therefore, exposure of ground
water must not occur during or after mining operations. If stormwater is contained on-site, it must
infiltrate into the ground or be released to the natural stream system within 72 hours, or all work
must cease until a substitute water supply plan, or augmentation plan approved by water court, is
obtained. Reclamation plans must ensure water will not be retained onsite for more than 72 hours
unless an augmentation plan approved by water court is obtained.
? The proposed operation will consume ground water by: E] evaporation, ® dust control,
? reclamation, ? water removed in the mined product, ? processing, ? other:.
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.
? 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.
® Other: Applicant is in the process of obtaining a Substitute Water Supply Plan for 2 acre-feet, via an
offsite well owned by Anthony and Stacy Vick and augmented by the Lower Arkansas Water
Management District.
COMMENTS:
Office of the State Engineer
1313 Sherman Street, Suite 818 • Denver, CO 80203 • Phone: [phone] • Fax: [phone]
www.water.state.co.us