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ec <br />Applegate <br />Group, Inc. <br />Water Resource Advisors for the West <br />Apri128,2011 <br />?MYf111 <br />Mr. Tony Waldron Mining and Safety <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 . <br />Re:' Response to DRMS Letter Pertaini>i to Minin O erations with Exposed Groundwater <br />M1977439 (Home Office Mine); ian Prt 9191 (Three Bells Pit); <br />M1980136 (Eagle Chambers Pit); M1982182 (Port, of Entry Pit);. M1999088 (Kyger Pit); <br />M2001051 (North Taft Hill Expansion Site); M2002081 (Overland Ponds); <br />M2006064 (Shields at Fossil Creek Mine) <br />Dear Tony: <br />On behalf, of Lafarge- West, _Inc. (Lafarge), 1 am writing to respond to the Division of Reclamation, - <br />Mining, and Safety. (DRMS) letter sent to. Lafarge''on April 30, 2010 regarding mining operations <br />with exposed groundwater. The specific mining operations listed, `above currentlyexpose <br />groundwater or will expose, groundwater in the near future. These sites are currently included in a <br />Substitute Water Supply Plan (SWSP) submitted to the Division of Water Resources (DWR) as <br />shown -below:: <br />• Lafarge's Upper POUdre SWSP <br />o Home Office Mine <br />o " North Taft hill Expansion Site - <br />o'- Overland Ponds <br />•ll,?afarge's Middle POUdre SWSP <br />o. East Ri2den Pit <br />o Three Bells Pit <br />o Poi t of Entry Pit <br />¦ Additionally, a decreed :plan for aUgmentation is being sought in Case No. <br />04CWI I I (Water Division 1) <br />"o Kyger Pit _ -- <br />o Shields at Fossil Creek Mine <br />• Lafarge's Eagle Pit. SWSP <br />o Eagle Chambers Pit <br />The Upper Poudre SWSP (last approved by the DWR on February 24, 2010) includes a signed <br />afftdavif;'dedicating Lafarge's 5.75 Taylor & Gill Ditch shares to the plan. The Middle Poudre <br />SWSP (last. approoyed by the -DWR on April 13; 2010) includes a signed affidavit dedicating _ <br />Lafarge4s-;8:5 Box Elder Ditch shares to the plan. The Eagle Pit SWSP was requested on June 9, <br />2009 but las,not yet been approved by the DWR; asimilar signed affidavit dedicating water rights to <br />14,96 West 120th Avenue, Suite 200 (303) 452-6611 • Fax (303) 452-2759 <br />Denver, Colorado 80234 www.applegategroup.com