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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Dick Wolfe, P.E. <br />Director <br />Response to Reclamation Permit Partial Acreage Release Request Consideration <br />DATE: August 7, 2013 <br />TO: Berhan M. Keffelew, Environmental Protection Specialist <br />CC: Division 1 Office, District 8 Water Commissioner <br />FROM: Sarah Brucker, P.E. #"' <br />RE: Winkler Light Aggregate Quarry, File No. M- 1989 -065 <br />Operator: Schmidt Construction Company <br />Contact: Scott Davis, (719) 392 -4207 <br />Section 27, Twp 8 South, Rng 66 West, 6th P.M., Douglas County <br />COMMENTS: The operator has requested a partial acreage release for 17.4 acres of the Winkler Light Aggregate <br />Quarry. The primary commodity mined at the site is rhyolite. At this location, the rhyolite forms flat mesas covered <br />with a thin layer of overburden and topsoil. The 17.2 acres have been reclaimed to grassland. This partial <br />reclamation release is requested to allow the landowner to use the land for grazing. The Operator is not requesting <br />any bond to be released for this land. A field inspection conducted by the DRMS on September 12, 2008 found no <br />concerns with the hydrologic balance at the site. The Operator has a valid permit (permit no. 48573 -F) for a well to <br />withdraw an average annual amount of 100 acre -feet per year of nontributary Lower Dawson aquifer ground water <br />for industrial purposes. There are no livestock or other wells of record with this office located on the subject 17.2 - <br />acre property. Accordingly, the State Engineer's Office is of the opinion that the requested partial reclamation <br />responsibility release for the Winkler Light Aggregate Quarry is acceptable and recommends approval. The <br />applicant may contact the State Engineer's Office with any questions. <br />RECEIVED <br />AUG 0 7 2013 <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION <br />MINING AND SAFETY <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.watenstate.co.us <br />