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eryl Signs, P.E. Cheryl Signs Engineering 109 East Fourth Avenue Denver, CO 80203 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES April 15, 2013 G/ Re: Kurtz Ranch Substitute Water Supply Plan (WDI Kurtz Ranch Resource Recovery Pit, DRMS File Sections 28 and 29, T3N, R67W, 6 P.M. Water Division 1, Water District 5, Weld County, Colorado Approval Period: November 1, 2012 through October 31, 2014 Contact Phone Number for Ms. Cheryl Signs: 303 - 778 -7653 D 0502513) ,/ No. M- 1999 -006 (WDID 0503002) 'OR 16 2013 Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety Office of the State Engineer 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 Dear Ms. Signs: We have reviewed your letters dated November 21, 2012, February 1, 2013, and February 6, 2013 requesting renewal of the Varra Companies, Inc ( "VCI ") Kurtz Ranch Substitute Water Supply Plan ( "SWSP ") to cover depletions caused by an existing gravel mining operation. The required fee of $257 for the renewal of this substitute water supply plan has been submitted (receipt no. 3657848). The original plan was approved on September 28, 1999 and it was most recently renewed on December 13, 2010. Plan Operation This plan seeks to replace depletions resulting from mining operations at the Kurtz Ranch Resource and Recover pit ( "Kurtz "). The depletions that results from the mining operations are evaporation, water lost in mined product, and dust suppression. The mine is located in Weld County in parts of Sections 28 and 29, Township 3 North, Range 67 West of the 6 P.M. This SWSP will cover the replacement of the projected depletions of 44.03 acre -feet per year. The replacement will be made using water stored in Varra's 112 Reservoir (WDID 0504001), Dakolios Reservoir (0504003), and their Von Ohlen Reservoir (WDID 0504002). The storage water will be from the junior storage water rights that were decreed in case no. 2001CW274. The stored water decreed in case no. 2001CW274 is also used in the Durham Pit SWSP (WDID 0302535). 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 stream depletions that result from mining related exposure of ground water. The DRMS letter identifies four approaches to satisfy this requirement. If the information you are providing to DRMS is included under the approaches numbered 1 — 3, a copy of that information needs to also be provided to this office (the Division of Water Resources). In accordance with approach no. 4, you have provided an affidavit dated November 1, 2010 that dedicates five of the Applicant's shares of GIC water and 4 shares of the Rural Ditch water and portions of the water rights decreed in case no. 2001 CW274 as replacement water solely for this SWSP for as long as there are depletions at this gravel pit site or until such time as another replacement source is