2009-05-28_REVISION - M2000115

• Permit No: M2000115
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 5/28/2009
• Doc Name: Response/Comments
• From: OSE
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: AM1
• Email Name: JLE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES V L (d U d l
DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Response to Reclamation Permit Amendment Application Considerati "e toolfe, P.E.
DATE: May 27, 2009
TO: Jared L. Ebert, Environmental Protection Specialist
CC: Division 2 Office; District 18 Water Commissioner
FROM: Sarah Reinsel, E.I.T. 6
RE: Mulletts Excavating Pit #1, File No. M-2000-115 RECEIVED
Operator: Mullett Excavating, LLC MAY 2 8 Zuuy
Contact: Joe Gagliano
Section 19, Twp 29S, Rng 61 W, 6th P.M., Las Animas County oj*jon of Reclamation,
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CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL
® The proposed operation does not anticipate exposing groundwater. Therefore, exposure of ground
water must not occur during or after mining operations. If stormwater is contained on-site, it must
infiltrate into the ground or be released to the natural stream system within 72 hours, or all work
must cease until a substitute water supply plan, or augmentation plan approved by water court, is
obtained. Reclamation plans must ensure water will not be retained onsite for more than 72 hours
unless an augmentation plan approved by water court is obtained.
? The proposed operation will consume ground water by: ? evaporation, ? dust control,
? reclamation, ? water removed in the mined product, ? processing, ? other:.
Prior to initiation of these uses of ground water, the applicant will need to obtain either a gravel pit
or other type of well permit, as applicable. However, prior to obtaining a permit, an approved water
supply plan or decreed plan for augmentation is required.
? Prior to approving a well permit, the applicant must conduct a field inspection of the site and
document the locations of all wells within 600 feet of the permit area. The applicant must then
obtain a waiver of objection from all well owners with wells within 600 feet of the permit area or
request a hearing before the State Engineer.
? Other:
COMMENTS: This application is an amendment to increase the acreage of the permit by 10.31 acres.
Storm water overland flow is proposed to be "captivated" in the pit site, where applicant states the water
will "perk" down within two days (48 hours). A site inspection conducted by the DRMS on April 14, 2009
found standing water in the pit, which the operator identified as surface water. It is unclear whether or not
this water had been retained for more than 72 hours.
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