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<br />IN r DISTRIcr COURl' IN AND FUR t'IATER orVtSf(R w./I.TISR, COURT,
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<br />, STATE 1:1;", COl..CRAClJ 1
<br />: SI'ATE OF cnIDRAOO '! II :
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<br />CASE NJ. W-622-78 ' L
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<br />IN '!HE MATI'ER OF. ~ APPLICATION ( WATER CJ<R~ '
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<br />~~~FlU~~,~~=CE () APPLI~~ON--roRi-~~-+
<br />CORProATION IN r YAl1PA RIVER OR) FINDING OF ~NABLE 1
<br />ITS TRIBUl'ARIES ! ( DILIGEN::E I '
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<br />TRIBUTARY INVOLVlfD: ( I
<br />YAMPA RIVER, ITSlfLF' AND )
<br />ELK RIVER I (
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<br />1. The aPPlicant I s narre is Public Service CoIlpany of ColoraCb, a Colo;. ,
<br />rado Corp::>ratioo whose J;Ost office address is P.O. Box 840, DEihvei!, Colo- ,
<br />rado, 80201. il :! II , '
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<br />2. The i1: 's of the stJ:uctures which are the subject mat~ I f this
<br />application area as foll~: Ii I
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<br />Saddle'. untain PuIIp Stations which are a conditionalj: I ' '
<br />water J;"'ght, having a priority nurrber of 50.5A, with a
<br />priori\d..r date of August 4, 1964. The water source foii
<br />said p~' stations is the Elk River and the tributaries
<br />there. , as well as the Yanpa River and its tributaries. I I
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<br />3. 'lhe wa~r rights oonditionally decreed to the Saddle Mountain Pl.IllP
<br />Stations are to' Pe utilized in conjunction with the water rights cXndition.:llly
<br />decreed to the ~ Park Reservoir (priority No. 50.5, with # pIH.ority date
<br />of August 4, 196~), which water rights oonstitute an integrated ptt>ject and '
<br />thus the foll ' g recitations pertain to \ooOrk. on the total pd,jedt since I '
<br />everything that been done has a direct relationship to botli sc\id oon- I '
<br />ditional water' crees. The efforts and casts expended by appliawt, as
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<br />otheIWise noted low: I' II ! '
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<br />A. In~' pterrber, 1974, a field inspection was made ~ ~iOUS ~
<br />sonnel of appl' ant who visited and examined the area where applidmt planS '
<br />to oonstJ:uct i. reservoir and pUIlping stations. The PUIpOSe of this in- ; ,
<br />spection was to. bake a preliminary invironrrental analysis and suchl was c:an-" ;
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<br />pleted and rePCJ1;'t:ed on in Noverrber, 1974. '!his entailed a total Ejxpendi.tu;e
<br />by applicant of 1$621.49. In August of 1976, pursuant to a oontract between "
<br />applicant and ~tics, Environrrental Consultants of 9025"E'aflt Kenyon:
<br />A~ue, Denver,: IColorado, representatives of this Conpany OXldtict:Eld a pre-' ,
<br />liminarlYJ;OtanQlogical survey of the area earlier inspected by applicant's;
<br />personnel and dJ.hy rendered a reFOrt thereon the sarre IlDnth. ~: report ~
<br />analyzes the bJ.~. logy of the rivers and strean'S in the area, the tYPes of fish
<br />and insect life," inhabiting said river and st:reaIr5 or the areas,! adjacent there-
<br />to, expected p cipitation in the general area, bacterial and ~cal'anaiysis
<br />of the waters rr:m '-6ri.ous sarrpling J;Oints in the area, and r~la. tell studie~.
<br />The cbvious p~se for all of the foregoing was to have this vid\l infomation
<br />available as iground data for environrrentalaUthOritieSwhOl1C1il, ',have or may
<br />have jurisdicti n over the area at such time as applicant desilres :to obtain
<br />the necessaI)' , IInits to oonstruct its project. Further studies rieed to be
<br />undertaken in ~ areas just outlined. A total of approximatBly ~920.00 ..ks
<br />e~ in ]' ction with the CI:M/Li1metics inspectic:n, ~ys1f and ~it.
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<br />B. ~ June of 1975, subsequent to a rreeting at~ bylivariOUS: :
<br />enployees and presentatives of applicant, it ....'as deteIInined ;that an ~
<br />logical study ~~d be made on the premises .mere the reservoir imd punp I
<br />stations are Pli'lled to be built. '!his was particularly iltportanF ' ;
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