2011-06-14_PERMIT FILE - M2011028

• Permit No: M2011028
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Date: 6/14/2011
• Doc Name: Comments
• From: DWR
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: KAP
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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ARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
IVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Dick Wolfe, P.E.
Director/State Engineer
Response to Reclamation Permit Application Consideration
DATE: June 13, 2011
TO: Kate A. Pickford, Environmental Protection Specialist
CC: Division 7 Office; District 30 Water Commissioner
FROM: Caleb Foy, E.I.T. CR F ? RECER/ED
RE: Animas Glacier Gravel (AGG), File No. M-2011-028
Operator: Weeminuche Construction Authority JUN 14 2011
Contact: Tom Hall, [phone] Dhftion t keel owbon,
Secs. 7U, Twp. 34N, Rng. 9W, N.M.P.M., La Plata County M and gob
CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL
® The proposed operation does not anticipate exposing groundwater. Therefore, exposure of ground
water must not occur during or after mining operations. If stormwater is contained on-site, it must
infiltrate into the ground or be released to the natural stream system within 72 hours, or all work
must cease until a substitute water supply plan, or augmentation plan approved by water court, is
obtained. Reclamation plans must ensure water will not be retained onsite for more than 72 hours
unless an augmentation plan approved by water court is obtained.
® The proposed operation will consume water by: ® evaporation, ® dust control,
? reclamation, ® water removed in the mined product, ® processing, ? other:.
The proposed sources of water include ground water from a well constructed under permit no.
53789-F (limited to 25 gallons per minute, 20 acre-feet annually for drinking and sanitary facilities
in a commercial business, the washing of gravel, concrete production, and dust mitigation) and
surface water from the Animas River (conditional water right pending in Division 7 Water Court
case no. 2011 CW 1).
COMMENTS: Well permit no. 53789-F was issued pursuant to §37-90-137(2), C.R.S., for the construction
of a well to divert ground water at a point where unappropriated water is available for withdrawal.
However, as noted on the permit, this well may be subject to administration in the water priority system in
the future. Without a court approved plan for augmentation or substitute water supply plan, this well may be
subject to curtailment should the area become over-appropriated in the future. To protect against such
curtailment, the well owner or operator should consider seeking legal advice in securing a source of
augmentation water as necessary to cover depletions caused by well pumping and consumption of ground
water, in the event the well should become subject to administration.
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