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WFC will use the following alternative water sources to mitigate any ground or surface water <br />right impacts. WFC has available 114.5 acre-feet of surface water, which is a consumptive use <br />credit associated with WFC's ownership of 27 shares of the Colorado Cooperative Company <br />(CCC). WFC has an absolute 4 acre-foot storage right for the 001 reservoir at the New Horizon <br />Mine 1 area and is projected to have 18 acre-feet of pit pumpage during the non-irrigation season <br />available to them for use. WFC also has a 1.5 acre-foot ground water right associated with the <br />mined-out shop well. <br />It is from these alternative sources of water that the surface water augmentation plan has been <br />developed. No ground water impacts requiring mitigation are forecast. However, should a <br />ground water supply be diminished to such an extent that it precludes its use, WFC will replace <br />this supply with surface water available to them (only 62.1 of the 114.5 acre-feet of CCC water <br />is required for the surface water augmentation plan) or WFC will re-drill a new well. <br />The monitoring plan is described in Section B, Item II E, of this Findings Document. The plan is <br />detailed enough to show any impacts on adjacent water rights to the New Horizon Mine sites. <br />WFC has shown that it has adequate water rights to mitigate any discovered impacts and this <br />complies with the requirements of 4.05.15. <br />21