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Mr. Andy Rodriguez, P.E. .}ivil Resources, LLC 323 Fifth Street P.O. Box 680 Frederick, CO 80530 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES January 26, 2012 Re: Shores Substitute Water Supply P)an (WDID 0502522) Shores Gravel Pit, DRMS No. M -1998 -013 (WDID 0505500) Sections 1 and 2, T2N, R68W, 6 P.M. Water Division 1, Water District 5, Weld County Approval Period: January 1, 2012 through October 31, 2012 Contact phone number for Mr. Andy Rodriguez: 303 - 833 -1416 ACS � iws Office of the State En g ineer 1313 Sherman Street, Suite 818 • Denver, CO 80203 • Phone: 303 - 866 -3581 • Fax: 303 - 866 -3589 www.water.state.co.us John W. Hickenlooper Governor Mike King Executive Director Dick Wolfe, P.E. Director /State Engineer RECEIVE F E B 0 3 20 Division of Reciarnc .,, Mining & Safet Dear Mr. Rodriguez: We have reviewed your letter dated December 9, 2011, requesting renewal of the above - referenced substitute water supply plan to cover depletions caused by an existing gravel mining operation, operated by Bestway Concrete & Aggregate ( "Applicant "). The required fee of $257.00 for the renewal of this substitute water supply plan has been submitted (receipt no. 3653235). The original plan was approved on May 21, 2001 and was most recently approved on April 21, 2011 for operations through December 31, 2011. Plan Operation This plan seeks to replace depletions resulting from mining operations at the Shores gravel pit for 2012. The site contains four slurry walled areas, designated cells A through D, as shown on the attached Figure 1. Together these four cells are planned to eventually be connected via pipelines, by others, and become Shores Lake (WDID 0503900) as adjudicated in 00CW0083. Cells A, B and C were initially dewatered and dry mined. A slurry wall was constructed around cells A and B and lining for these cells was approved in January 2007. A slurry wall was also constructed around cell C and was approved in December 2009. A slurry wall was constructed around cell D but has not yet been tested or approved. During the period of this plan mining will only occur in cell D. The depletions that result from mining operations at the Shores pit are evaporation, water lost in mined product, concrete batching, dust suppression and dewatering. The proposed replacement sources are 0.5 shares of the Rural Ditch and a lease with the City of Longmont. These accretions are applied to this plan against the evaporation and operational depletions at the site. In accordance with the letter dated April 30, 2010 (copy attached) from the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety ( "DRMS "), all sand and gravel mining operators must comply with the requirements of the Colorado Reclamation Act and the Mineral Rules and Regulations for the protection of water resources. The April 30, 2010 letter from DRMS requires that you provide information to DRMS to demonstrate you can replace long term injurious