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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES <br />Response to Financial Warranty Reduction Request Consideration <br />DATE: March 7, 2012 <br />TO: Timothy A. Cazier, Environmental Protection Specialist <br />CC: Division 2 Office; District 14 Water Commissioner <br />FROM: Caleb Foy, E.I.T. CRC <br />RE: Pueblo East Pit, File No. M- 1986 -015 <br />Operator: Continental Materials Corporation dba Transit Mix of Pueblo <br />Contact: Gary Tuttle — (303) 653 -5584 <br />Section 34, Twp. 20S, Rng. 64W, 6 P.M., Pueblo County <br />CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL <br />s cbo <br />• If stormwater is contained on -site, it must infiltrate into the ground or be released to the natural <br />stream system within 72 hours, or all work must cease until a substitute water supply plan, or <br />augmentation plan approved by water court, is obtained which includes said storage. <br />• The proposed operation will consume ground water by: ® evaporation, ® dust control, <br />❑ reclamation, ❑ water removed in the mined product, ® processing, ❑ other:. <br />As stated in Exhibit E, the applicant has submitted a new well permit application and amendment to <br />the pending substitute water supply plan. The applicant shall wait for approval of the above prior to <br />exposure and subsequent initiation of uses of ground water in Phase 7. <br />® The applicant shall continue to hold a financial warranty that will ensure backfilling of the Phase 1 <br />and Phase 7 pits to cover the exposed ground water to a depth of two feet above the static ground <br />water level. <br />COMMENTS: The applicant has requested release of a portion of their financial warranty in the amount <br />necessary for construction of a slurry wall around the Phase 2 portion of the operation. According to a <br />January 9, 2012 letter from this agency, the site within Phase 2 has been lined to the design standard <br />referenced in the State Engineer Guidelines for Lining Criteria for Gravel Pits; therefore, this agency has no <br />objection to the requested partial release. This office has received a well permit application on July 19, <br />2011 and revised substitute water supply plan renewal request on February 29, 2012, which are currently <br />under review by this agency. <br />Office of the State Engineer <br />1313 Sherman Street, Suite 818 • Denver, CO 80203 • Phone: 303 - 866 -3581 • Fax: 303 - 866 -3589 <br />www.water.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Dick Wolfe, P.E. <br />Director/State Engineer <br />