2001-03-07_HYDROLOGY - M1986015

• Permit No: M1986015
• IBM Index Class Name: HYDROLOGY
• Doc Date: 3/7/2001
• Doc Name: RESPONSE TO FINANCIAL WARRANTY REDUCTION REQUEST CONSIDERATION
• From: DWR
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: TC1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
o) DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
John W.Hickenlooper
18 7 ro Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Dick Wolfe,P.E.
Director/State Engineer
Response to Financial Warranty Reduction Request Consideration
DATE: March 7, 2012
TO: Timothy A. Cazier, Environmental Protection Specialist
CC: Division 2 Office; District 14 Water Commissioner
FROM: Caleb Foy, E.I.T. CRC RECEIVED
RE: Pueblo East Pit, File No. M-1986-015
Operator: Continental Materials Corporation dba Transit Mix of Pueblo MAR 0 7 2012
Contact: Gary Tuttle—[phone]
Section 34,Twp. 20S, Rng. 64W, 6`h P.M., Pueblo County Division of Reclamation,
Mining&Safety
CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL
® 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 which includes said storage.
® The proposed operation will consume ground water by: ® evaporation, ® dust control,
❑ reclamation, ❑ water removed in the mined product, ® processing, ❑ other:.
As stated in Exhibit E, the applicant has submitted a new well permit application and amendment to
the pending substitute water supply plan. The applicant shall wait for approval of the above prior to
exposure and subsequent initiation of uses of ground water in Phase 7.
® The applicant shall continue to hold a financial warranty that will ensure backfilling of the Phase l
and Phase 7 pits to cover the exposed ground water to a depth of two feet above the static ground
water level.
COMMENTS: The applicant has requested release of a portion of their financial warranty in the amount
necessary for construction of a slurry wall around the Phase 2 portion of the operation. According to a
January 9, 2012 letter from this agency, the site within Phase 2 has been lined to the design standard
referenced in the State Engineer Guidelines for Lining Criteria for Gravel Pits; therefore, this agency has no
objection to the requested partial release. This office has received a well permit application on July 19,
2011 and revised substitute water supply plan renewal request on February 29, 2012, which are currently
under review by this agency.
Office of the State Engineer
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