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tC <br />Applegate <br />Group, Inc: <br />?Woter Resolute Advisorsfor the West <br />RF("1=VF <br />April 28; 2011 /V, AY Q i M ! <br />Divr?iu: ,. ,sr?ation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Mr. Tony Waldron <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 2,15 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Response to DRMS Letter. Pertaining to Minin O erations with Exposed Groundwater <br />N11,917439 (Home Office Mine); M1979097 (East Rigden Pit ; 9191- (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 />N12006064 (Shields at Fossil Creek.Mine) <br />Dear Tony <br />On behalf, of Lafarge West, Inc, (Lafarge), I am writing to respond to the Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining, and Safety (DRMS) 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 />• 'YLafarge's Middle Poudre SWSP <br />o, East Rigden Pit <br />Three Bells Pit <br />o Port of Entry Pit <br />¦ Additionally, a decreedplan for augmentation is being sought in Case o. - <br />04CW111 (Water Division 1,) ?- <br />o . KY ,er Pit <br />o ,:_Shields at Fossil 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 8c Gill Ditch shares to the plan. The Middle Poudre <br />SWSP (last approyed by the DWR on April _1-3, 2010) includes a signed affidavit dedicating <br />Lafarge's 8:5 Box Elder Ditch shales to the plan. The Eagle Pit SWSP was requested oil 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) 452-6.611 • Fax (303) 452-2759 <br />Denver, Colorado 80234 www.applegategroup.com