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- - ' ??c s sue' - <br />Applegate <br />Group, inc. <br />Water Resource Advisors for the West <br />-April 28, 2011 , MAY 0 ? 90 1! <br />artaiion, <br />Mr. Tony Waldron ° Mining and Safety <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 , <br />t? <br />'Re:',' Response to DBMS Letter Pertaining to Minin t erations with Exposed Groundwater, <br />M1977439 (Home Office Mine); M1979097 (East Rigden Pit ; <br />9191 (Three Bells Pit) <br />777 <br />Wfl:980136 Eagle Chambers Pit); M1982'182 (Port. of Entry Pit); .M1999088 (Kyger Pit); <br />,M2001051 - (North Taft I? i11 Expansions Site); M2002081 (Overland Ponds); <br />M2606064 (Shields at Fossil Creek Mine) <br />Dear Tony: <br />Orr behalf of Lafarge West, Inc. (Lafarge), I am writing to respond to the Division of Reelamation,? <br />N fining, 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 Poitdre SWSP <br />o Home Office Mine <br />o North- Taft hill Expansion Site <br />o Overland Ponds <br />• L afarge's Middle Poudce 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 />04CW1.11 (Water Division 1) <br />o Kyger Pit <br />o Shields at Fossil 'Creek Mine <br />• : 'La arge's Eagle Pit S WSP <br />o Eagle Chambers Pit <br />The Upper ?Po'udre 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 aflidavit dedicating <br />Lafarge's K5 Box Elder,Ditch shares to the plan. The Eagle Pit SWSP was requested oil June 9, <br />2009 but has not yet"been approved by the DWR; asimilar signed affidavit dedicating water rights to <br />_ 1499 West 120th Avenue, Suite 200 (303) 452-6611 • Fax (303) 452-2759 <br />Denver, Colorado 80234 www.applegategroup.com