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DATE: <br />TO: <br />CC: <br />COLORADO <br />Division of Water Resources <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 821 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />RECEIVED <br />FEB 12 2016 <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION <br />MINING & SAFETY <br />Response to Reclamation Permit Partial Acreage Release Request Consideration <br />February 12, 2016 <br />Peter S. Hays, Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Division 1 Office, District 4 Water Commissioner <br />FROM: Sarah Brucker, P.E. <br />RE: Green/Croissant Pit, File <br />Applicant/Operator: Loved : ' . ix Concrete, Inc. <br />Phone Number: (970) 667-2680 <br />Section 30, Twp 5 North, Rng 67 West, 6th P.M., Weld County <br />RECEIVED <br />FEB 12 2016 <br />DMSINNGAND SAFETY <br />CLAMATION <br />MI <br />COMMENTS: The applicant has requested a partial acreage release for 115.38 acres at the Green/Croissant Pit <br />(WDID 0403010). A total of 93.96 acres will remain within the permit boundary. The Green/Croissant Pit is <br />included in the Loveland Ready Mix Concrete, Inc. plan for augmentation decreed in Division 1 Water Court <br />case no. 2009CW105. <br />According to the Applicant, the subject 115.38 acres to be released are land that has not been mined or has <br />already been reclaimed in accordance with their permit requirements for wetlands mitigation. A total of 6.54 <br />acres of jurisdictional and non -jurisdictional wetlands were anticipated to be impacted by mining operations. <br />The Applicant proposed to mitigate the disturbance by creating 7.05 acres of new wetlands. The new wetlands <br />were proposed to be created prior to the disturbance of the existing wetlands in order to ensure <br />establishment. The Applicant should verify that any wetlands created that exceed a one-to-one ratio to the <br />amount of wetlands disturbed by the mining operation to date are being accounted for and augmented under <br />the plan for augmentation decreed in case no. 2009CW105. <br />Subject to the above verification, this office has no objection to the requested partial acreage release being <br />granted for the Green/Croissant Pit, so long as the augmentation plan is operated in accordance with its <br />decreed terms and conditions. <br />The applicant may contact the State Engineer's Office with any questions. <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 821, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3581 F 303.866.3585 www.water.state.co.us <br />