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Jared Dains South Platte Combined Replacement Plan March 21, 2011 thus Aggregate does not owe any subsurface return flows for 2011. Page 8 City of Greeley Lease The Applicant has leased 37 acre-feet of fully consumable replacement water from the City of Greeley ("Greeley"). As mentioned above, if the Boyd & Freeman augmentation station will not be installed Aggregate will request more water from Greeley. Additionally, pursuant to the mining lease Agreement between Aggregate and Greeley for the East 8t' Street Pit, Greeley will provide augmentation water for this pit. In 2011 the replacement obligation for this pit totals 38.02 acre-feet and you are requesting to make block releases in April and October 2011. A copy of the'Greeley lease was provided to this office with the SWSP request and is attached to this letter. Platte River Power Authority During 2011, a lease of 33.00 acre-feet of fully consumable water will be provided by the Platte River Power Authority("PRPA") to make replacements during the month of January 2011. PRPA has an Agreement dated August 10, 1978 for Reuse of Water for Energy Generation with the City of Fort Collins ("Fort Collins") and Water Supply and Storage Company ("WSSC"). PRPA, Fort Collins, and WSSC also obtain approval of a plan for augmentation including reuse of water in case no. W-9322-78. This water right was decreed in case no. W-9322-78 as developed water, not tributary to the South Platte River. The Court found that 4,200 acre-feet, or more per year will be available from Fort Collins to the PRPA to be used primarily for cooling purposes in connection with its Rawhide Energy Station. Pursuant to the decree in case no. W-9322-78 if PRPA does not require the water for its own purposes, it or Fort Collins or other water users designated by it may utilize the water for any other beneficial purposes including augmentation. In addition, PRPA has entered into an Agreement with the North Poudre Irrigation Company ("North Poudre") dated November 15, 1979 which grants PRPA the right to store surplus water (which is surplus water beyond the needs of the Rawhide Energy Station) in the Fossil Creek Reservoir and lease such water to others who can use such water from Fossil Creek Reservoir through direct delivery. As required by the Agreement, North Poudre and the water commissioner were informed by the PRPA of the lease with Aggregate Industries-WCR, Inc. In addition, according to the Agreement releases .of leased water to others shall be made in the months of September, October, November, February or March. Since the existing lease will also make replacements for months other than the months listed above, PRPA and North Poudre mutually agreed to lease the water for January 2011 and the water commissioner agreed to make the releases during this month. The releases will be made from Fossil Creek Reservoir to the Cache La Poudre River. A 0.25 percent per mile for river transit loss is included in the 33 acre-feet amount leased from the PRPA. A copy of the Platte River Power Authority lease was provided to this office with the SWSP request and is attached to this letter. St. Wain River Replacement Sources Projected 2011 Yields acre-feet Comments Coffin & Davis Ditch 473.30* 88.5% ownership used in this plan** Smith & Emmons Ditch 0.0 1.5 shares total; not to be used in 2011 Leggett Reservoir 0.0 16.5 shares total; not to be used in 2011 Goddin , Dailey & Plumb Ditch 0.0 3 shares total; not to be used in 2011 City of Longmont Lease 0.0 Annual lease if necessary 'Based on the engineering analysis developed for case no. 2009CW271. The 2011 projected yield may vary from