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Applega#e <br />Group, inc. <br />` Water Resource Advisors for the. West <br />RFr,,FIufJD_ <br />April 28; 2011 MAY ? 11 <br />Mining and Safety <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 Miin O erations with Exposed Groundwater <br />4 5977439 (Home Office Mine); M11979097 (East Rigden Pit ; 9.191 (Three Bells Pit); <br />M1980136 (Eagle Chambers-Pit); M1982182 (Port. of Entry Pit); M1999088 (Kyger Pit); <br />M2001051 (North Taft Hill Expansion Site); M2002081 (Overland Ponds); <br />M2006064 (Shields at Fossil Creek Mine) <br />Dear Tony: <br />On behalf of Lafarge West, Inc.. (La-farge), I am :writing to respond to the Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining, and Safety (DBMS) letter sent to Lafarge on April 30, 2010 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 are currently included in a <br />Substitute Water Supply Plan (SWSP) submitted to the Division of Water Resources (DWR) as <br />shown below: <br />• Lafarge's Upper Poudre SWSP <br />o Home Office Mine <br />o North Taft hill Expansion Site <br />o Overland Ponds <br />• Lafarge's Middle Poudre SWSP <br />o East Rigden Pit <br />o Three Bells Pit <br />o Port of Entry Pit <br />¦ Additionally, a decreed plan for augmentation is being sought in Case No. <br />04CW111 (Water Division 1) <br />o Kyger Pit . <br />o Shields at Fossi Creek Mine <br />• Lafarge's Eagle Pit SWSP <br />o Eagle Chambers Pit <br />The. Upper Poudre SWSP (last approved by the DWR on February 24, 2010) includes', a signed <br />affidavit dedicating Lafarge's 5.75- Taylor & Gill Ditch shares to the plan. The Middle Poudre - <br />SWSP (last approved by the ,DWR on April .13; 2010) includes a signed affidavit dedicating <br />Lafarge's 8.5 Box Elder Ditch shares to the plan. The Eagle Pit SWSP was requested on June 9, <br />2009 but has not yet been approved by the DWR; a similar, signed affidavit dedicating water rights to <br />1499 West 120th Avenue, Suite 200 (303) 452-6611 • Fax (303) 45272759 <br />Denver,' Colorado 80234 www.applegategroup.com