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Todd Williams Page 3 December 19, 2011 The monthly depletion and replacement requirements are indicated on the attached Table 4. Conditions of Approval hereby approve the proposed substitute water supply plan in accordance with § 37 -90- 137(11), C.R.S., subject to the following conditions: 1. This plan is approved with the effective date of January 1, 2012 and shall be valid 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 (currently $257) no later than November 15, 2012. 2. Well permit no. 42901 -F was obtained for this gravel pit in accordance with § 37 -90- 137(2) and (11), C.R.S. On April 6, 2010 the location of this permit was amended in accordance with the Policy Memorandum 93 -1 to reflect the actual location of the gravel pit. The permit allows ground water use for dewatering, evaporation, water lost in mined product, gravel washing, and dust control. The permit allows a maximum annual appropriation of 43.38 acre -feet, and a maximum post -81 exposed ground water surface of 24.3 acres. Actual ground water use and amounts shall be limited to that specifically allowed through this SWSP. 3. The total surface area of groundwater exposed at the Kauffman Pit site after December 31, 1980 must not exceed 3.8 acres resulting in 8.95 acre -feet per year of evaporative Toss and the annual amount of water used for dust control at the Kauffman no. 1 gravel pit and Wagner- Kauffman no. 3 gravel pit, under this SWSP, shall not exceed 5.37 acre -feet. Total consumption at the pit(s) must not exceed these aforementioned amounts unless an amendment is made to this plan. 4. Approval of this plan is for the purposes as stated herein. Any additional uses for which the water may be used must first be approved by this office. 5. 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. All replacement water must be concurrent with depletions in quantity, timing and locations. 6. In the event Loveland plans to use C -BT Project water as a replacement source, Loveland shall comply with the Interim Rule issued by the District in May 2005 regarding the use of C- BT Project water in substitute water supply plans. Prior to the use of the C -BT Project water, Loveland shall notify this office, the division engineer and the water commissioner of the amount of C -BT Project water dedicated to this plan and provide a copy of the District's approval letter as required by paragraph I(g) of the District's May, 2005 Interim Rule. 7. The name, address and phone number of the contact person who will be responsible for the operation and accounting of this plan must be provided with the accounting form to the division engineer and water commissioner. 8. Adequate accounting of depletions and replacements must be provided to the division engineer in Greeley (Div1Accountinq anstate.co.us) and the water commissioner (Jason Smith at Jason.Smith2(a�state.co.us) on a monthly basis. The accounting form provided with your application is subject to modification and approval by the division engineer. All amounts shall be in acre -feet. 9. Conveyance Toss for delivery of augmentation water to the location where depletions from the Kauffman Pit affect the Big Thompson River is subject to assessment and modification as determined by the division engineer.