2012-07-03_HYDROLOGY - M1977023

• Permit No: M1977023
• IBM Index Class Name: HYDROLOGY
• Doc Date: 7/3/2012
• Doc Name: SUBSTITUTE WATER SUPPLY PLAN
• From: DWR
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: GRM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Mr. Peter Foster, P.E. Page 4
June 28, 2012
must be submitted to this office with the statutory fee (currently $257) by November 15,
2013.
2. The Applicant must provide the name, address and phone number of the person
who will be responsible for the operation of the plan to this office, Division Engineer
Bob Hurford (P.O. Box 456, Montrose, CO, 81401, telephone 970 - 249 -6622) and
Water Commissioner Bonnie Irby (telephone, 970 - 641 -0834) within 20 days of the
receipt of this approval, and must be provided on the accounting forms submitted
to the Division Engineer and Water Commissioner.
3. A well permit must be issued for the gravel pit in accordance with § 37 -90- 137(2) and (11),
C.R.S. Until a gravel pit well permit is approved, consumptive use and exposure of
groundwater on this site is prohibited. The provisions of § 37 -90- 137(2), C.R.S., prohibit
the issuance of a permit for a well to be located within 600 feet of any existing well, unless
the State Engineer finds that circumstances so warrant after a hearing held in accordance
with the procedural rules in 2CCR402 -5. This hearing may be waived if you are able to
obtain statements from the owners of all wells within 600 feet, verifying that they have no
objection to your use of the proposed well. Should a new well permit be denied for reasons
of 600 foot spacing, or any other legitimate reason, approval of this SWSP will be
cancelled.
4. The water consumption and depletions associated with this mining operation must
not exceed those amounts listed on the attached Table 3A. The total area of
exposed groundwater shall not exceed 17.2 acres. Documentation of pond size
may be required by the Division Engineer in the form of an aerial photo evaluation
or survey by a Professional Land Surveyor during the plan year or in subsequent
years covered by renewals of this plan. Any increases in depletions must be
submitted to this office as an amendment to this plan.
5. Approval of this plan is for the purposes as stated herein. Any additional uses of
this water must first be approved by this office. If it is anticipated that the total
surface area exposed will exceed those amounts, an amendment will need to be
filed with this office prior to such expansion.
6. 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. This SWSP does not allow for offsite water deliveries.
7. The Applicant shall maintain daily records of all diversions, replacement, and the amount
of water used for each particular purpose. The Applicant shall provide a report of these
records to the Division Engineer Bob Hurford (P.O. Box 456, Montrose, CO, 81401,
telephone 970 - 249 -6622) and Water Commissioner Bonnie Irby (telephone, 970 -641-
0834). The accounting must be submitted within five (5) calendar days of the end of the
month for which the accounting is being made. The Applicant shall also provide an
annual report to the Division Engineer and the Water Commissioner by November 15th,
which summarizes diversions and replacements made pursuant to this plan. Accounting
forms are subject to modification and approval by the Division Engineer (a proposed
accounting form is attached). Flow rates shall be reported in cfs, volumes shall be
reported in acre -feet.