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Mr. Rob Laird Page 3 of 5 November 16, 2011 Mining Resources Pit. A 0.5 percent per mile (5.31 percent total) transit loss has been accounted for in the replacement schedule. Conditions of Approval I hereby approve this substitute water supply plan, in accordance with Section 37 -90- 137(11), C.R.S., subject to the following conditions: 1. This plan shall be valid for the period of November 1, 2011 through December 31, 2012, unless otherwise revoked or modified. If this plan will not be made absolute by a water court action by the plan's expiration date, a renewal request must be submitted to this office with the statutory fee of $257 no later than September 30, 2012. 2. A well permit application was submitted for the current use and exposed pond surface area of the gravel pit in accordance with §37 -90- 137(2) and (11), C.R.S., and is currently pending under receipt no. 3650626. Should a new well permit be denied for reasons of 600 foot spacing, or any other legitimate reason, approval of this substitute supply plan may be cancelled. 3. The total surface area of the groundwater exposed at the Speer Pit must not exceed the values shown on Tables AI.1 and AI.2. 4. The annual amount of water used for dust control at the Speer Pit shall not exceed 0.33 acre -feet. All pumping for dust control shall be measured in a manner acceptable to the division engineer. 5. Total consumption at the Speer Pit must not exceed these aforementioned amounts unless an amendment is made to this plan. 6. Approval of this plan is for the purposes as stated herein. This office must first approve any additional uses for which the water may be used. 7. All releases of replacement water must be sufficient to cover all out -of- priority depletions in time, place, and amount and must be made under the direction and /or the approval of the water commissioner. The release of replacement water may be aggregated to maximize beneficial use. The water commissioner and /or the division engineer shall determine the rate and timing of an aggregated release. 8. The replacement water that is the subject of this plan cannot be sold or leased to any other entity. As a condition of subsequent renewals of this substitute water supply plan, the replacement water must be appurtenant to this site until a plan for augmentation is obtained. A copy of this approval letter should be recorded with the County Clerk and Recorder. All replacement water must be concurrent with depletions in quantity, timing, and locations. 9. Adequate accounting of depletions and replacement must be provided to the division engineer in Greeley (Div1Accountingc state.co.us) and the water commissioner (Bill Schneider at William .Schneider(a�state.co.us) on a monthly basis. All amounts shall be in acre -feet. In addition, the applicant shall verify that the entities making replacements are identifying this use on their accounting submitted to our office. For the period of this plan, that entity is the City of Aurora (WDID 0802593 — Aurora Reuse).