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Ms. Michelle L. Hatcher <br />Hokestra SWSP <br />July 30, 2012 <br />Page 5 of 7 <br />Weld County has also obtained a lease from Varra Companies for 8.5 acre -feet. This <br />lease will be used to replace depletions in April 2012. A copy of this lease was provided to our <br />office on July 25, 2012 and is attached to this letter. <br />A monthly breakdown of depletions and replacements is shown on the attached Table <br />17 that was submitted with your report. <br />Conditions of Approval <br />I approve the proposed substitute water supply plan in accordance with Section 37 -90- <br />137(11), C.R.S., subject to the following conditions: <br />1. This plan shall be valid for the period of April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013, unless <br />otherwise revoked, modified, or superseded by decree. If this plan will not be made <br />absolute by a water court action by the plan's expiration date, a renewal request must be <br />submitted to this office with the statutory fee (currently $257) by February 15, 2013. <br />2. Well permit no. 63693 -F was issued in accordance with C.R.S. § 37 -90- 137(2) and (11) <br />and is valid for the current uses. The Applicant is required to maintain a valid well permit <br />for the current uses at this site. <br />3. The total surface area of the groundwater exposed at the Hokestra Pit must not exceed <br />56.4 acres (exposed after December 31, 1980) resulting in a maximum annual evaporative <br />loss of 143.9 acre -feet. <br />4. The reclaimed area irrigated from the lakes shall not exceed 0.15 acres of blue grass <br />and 5.5 acres of native grass with a consumption not to exceed 9.6 acre -feet. <br />5. Total consumption at the Hokestra Pit must not exceed 153.5 acre -feet per year, unless an <br />amendment is made to this plan. <br />6. Approval of this plan is for the purposes as stated herein. Any additional uses for which <br />the water may be used must first be approved by this office. <br />7. The replacement water that is the subject of this plan cannot be sold or leased to any <br />other entity. As a condition of subsequent renewals of this substitute water supply plan, <br />the replacement water must be appurtenant to this site until a plan for augmentation is <br />obtained. All replacement water must be concurrent with depletions in quantity, timing <br />and locations. <br />8. All diversions into and out of the 112 Pit shall be measured in a manner acceptable to <br />the division engineer or water commissioner. The applicant shall install and maintain <br />such measuring devices as required by the division engineer or water commissioner for <br />operation of this plan. <br />9. The replacement water must be returned from the Rural Ditch to the St. Vrain River <br />through a turn -out structure approved by the Water Commissioner, preferably the <br />existing farm diversion point on the ditch used to divert water to the historically irrigated <br />lands. Since a turn -out structure has not been installed on the Rural Ditch, for the <br />purpose of this SWSP the applicant is proposing to run the 3.75 shares of the Rural <br />Ditch through Varra Pit No. 112, use the measuring device already install in the 112 pit, <br />and return the shares back to the river for replacement. This proposal is accepted for <br />this SWSP, however for any subsequent renewal request the applicant must <br />demonstrate to the satisfaction of the water commissioner that a turn -out structure on <br />