Laserfiche WebLink
Applegate <br />Group, Inc. <br />Water Resource Advisors for the West <br />1f l i <br />01 P <br />April 28, 2011. 'O'MAY <br />4_0 Mining nrid SiktY.' <br />Mr. Tony Waldron <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman St:, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Response to DRMS Letter Pertaining to Mining Operations with Exposed Groundwater <br />M1974004 (Specification Aggregates Quarry); M1 15 (L ons Pit <br />M1977081 (Greeley West Pit); M1977098 (SieversPit),11 y 983013 .Latham Burkett Pst?. <br />M1998014"(Gypsum Ranch Pit); M2000113 (Mamm Creek Sand & Gravel); <br />M2001094 (Shaw Pit); M2006.018 (North Bank Resources) <br />Dear Tony: <br />On.behalf of Lafarge West, Inc: (Lafarge), lam writing to respond to the Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining, and Safety (DRMS) letter sent to, Lafarge onApril, 30,-12010 regarding mining operations <br />with exposed groundwater. The `specific mining operations listed above currently expose <br />groundwater or will expose groundwater in the near future These sites, either currently have: a water <br />court decreed plan for augmentation, _ or a decreed; augmentation plan actively. being sought. " The <br />specific, augmentation plans for each site are listed . below; note that "WD" stands for "Water <br />Division":" " <br />• Spec=Agg Quarry: Case Nos. 90CW215 & 91CW047 (WD 1) <br />• Lyons Pit' Case Nos. 80CW443, 88CW049, 88CW074, 88CW075, and93CW159 (WD 5) <br />•. Greeley West Pit Case No: 99CW231 (WD;1) <br />o Note that Lafarge is not the operator/applicant of this augmentation plan. <br />• Sievers Pit: Case No. 83CW65 (WD 5) <br />o Also, additional exposed groundwater not covered by the augmentation, plan is <br />covered in a gravel pit SWSP originally requested from the DWR on March 30, 2009 <br />K Latham-Burkett Pit: Case No. 02CW123 (WD 5) - <br />• Gypsum Ranch Pit: Case No. 02CW211 (WD 5) <br />.0 Mamm Creek Sand & Gravel: Case No. 01 CW008 (WD 5) <br />Shaw Pit: Case No. 07CW257 (WD 1) <br />o Note that this augmentation plan is not yet decreed, and Lafarge is not the <br />operator/applicant. - <br />• North Bank Resources: Case No. 06CW020 (WD 5) <br />1499 West 120th Avenue, Suite 200 (303) 452-6611 • Fax (303) 452-2759 <br />Denver, Colorado 80234 www.applegategroup.com