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iii iiiiiiiiiiiii iii <br />999 <br />RICHARD D. LAMM <br />y -^uovernor <br />OFFICE OF THE STATE ENGINEER <br />DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES <br />1313 Sherman Street-Room 818 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />(303) 863681 <br />March 1, 1985 <br />JERIS A. DANIEL$ON <br />State Engineer <br />RECEIVED <br />MAR 7 ?:;, <br />MINED LiIND RECUIMATIOtJ DIVISIQ- <br />Colo. Dep!. of Natural Resources <br />MFI+IORAta]iA! <br />TD: Anne C. t3aldrige, Mined Land Reclamation1'Division <br />FRCM: Hal D. Simpson, Assistant State EngineerJQ d p /a'J"~ <br />SUBJ'fX.'P: Peabody Coal Company, Seneca II-W, File No. C-057-82 <br />As requested, we have reviewed the above referenced coal mining operation in <br />Routt County, seven miles south of Hayden. Peabody Coal Company plans to <br />build two sedimentation ponds to collect runoff diverted azound the azeas to <br />be mined. They have applied for conditional water rights for each pond and <br />plan to pump water for dust control, etc. from the ponds. The two sedimenta- <br />tion ponds will become permanent ponds to replace an unregistered stock pond <br />and Temple Pond #2, a decreed stock pond, which will be destroyed by the <br />mining operation. <br />Peabody Coal Company also plans to drill a shop well for drinking, showers, <br />etc. Water from the well will also be used for dust control, etc. as needed. <br />An unregistered well (0.09 gpn) will also be destroyed by the mining operation. <br />A well permit is required to drill the new well. Since Dry Creek and Sage <br />Creek are considered over-appropriated, the well permit will be denied. <br />Before receiving this denial, Peabody Coal Company could submit a plan for <br />augmentation to the water Court. Upon the court's approval of the plan for <br />augmentation, this office can issue the well's permit. The Water Court can <br />only act upon the plan for augmentation after we have denied the original well <br />permit application or if we have not acted upon the well permit application <br />within six months. <br />Although Peabody Coal Company has applied for a water storage right for the <br />sedimentation ponds, plans and specifications prepared by a professional <br />engineer registered in Colorado must be st:tmitted to our office before con- <br />struction begins. The granting of a decree by the Water Court will not <br />relieve this responsibility. It should be noted that the proposed ponds must <br />be capable of making releases in accocdance with the priority system. Any <br />runoff diverted into the sedimentation ponds when out-of-priority should be <br />released back to the basin within 48 hours. <br />