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RECEIVED I~CECEIVED 14~~4 FEB 012008 FEB 01 2008 Division of Reclamation, Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety Mining and Safety Greg I.cwicki And Associates r~~~ ~ ~ ~~~~~ V l~tsrango ~ieid ~~ ~itl~~ion of RectanlAtf~Fi'~ "~ `A,•Jlntng and .Safe/ 11541. Warrington Court Phone: (303) 346-5196 Far (303)-346-6934 Parker, CO USA 80138 );-Mail: greg@.lewicki.hiz December 14, 2007 olat~e ~ ~~ Wally Erickson nn _ ~ R S 4 _ r~~ Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology I" 1 Minerals Section wet ~~nC~ s 3~n 1313 Sherman Street 2nd Floor Denver, CO 80203-2273 Re :.~~ Western Gravel, Inc. Olathe Pit 110 Operation MLR No. M-84-108 Dear Wally: Enclosed is the Annual Report for the past year for The Olathe Pit of Western Gravel, Inc., including map and report form. Past records show that the annual date for the pit is December 14 of each year. The financial warranty for the permit is $8,167, and the total permit area is 9.9 acres. The following information is provided to comply with Rule 2.4.1: This permit was issued in 1984 and the previous operator, S&W, sold the property to Western Gravel in early 2000. Western Gravel assumed the permit at that time. At that time, the north pond, which was mined in 1985, was completely reclaimed. It is my understanding that since this pond was created before the river was designated to be over-appropriated, it is exempt from the water right law. Western Gravel, Inc. continued mining on the southern side of the permit area (south pond) and asked Greg Lewicki and Associates in 2003 to look at making an Amendment to the permit to add additional mining area since the entire property is over 45 acres. As we looked at doing this, we reviewed the water rights status and found that the water rights that came with the property were 1) not converted to industrial use and 2) they could not be converted