WSP10758

• File Number: 7630.225
• Description: Wild and Scenic-Elk River
• State: CO
• Date: 3/29/1974
• Title: Elk W and S Study-Hinman Park Res-Miscellaneous Court Documents-March 1974-September 1979
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Kennet:h Hende~n, a mining ellllineer and .ill specialist,
has been retaIned to study the interrelationship between
th~ En~rg~ fuels Mine and the proposed Twenty Mile Reser-
V01.r. 1 ThIS study by Mr. Henderson is being commissioned
by ilpp:licilnt so thilt the plilns or En0rqy Fuels and the
plans for the development of the water are not inconsis-
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The study is further being commissioned in the hope that
the wa~er can hr utilized in the development of the
minera~s in the area.

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p~ 1.cpnt co~tlnues to re~ain in the "Twenty Mile Reser-
v?1.r ~~cou~t ~ descr1.bed 1.n the previous Application for
B1.enn1.alF1.ndlng of Reasonable Diligence, the full sum
of $24~OOO.OO, with interest, to be utilized in the de-
velopmrnt of the Twenty Mile Reservoir.

Appl1.cpnt has personally reviewed the following documents
or ant~cipatep reviewing the following documents in an-
ticipafion of the development of the reservoir:

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i. Water Law
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manual prepared by Colorado State university;'
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ii. Water Law manual prepared by the League of Women
Voters;
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iii. Sot1 Analysis Report prepared by the Soil Office in
Ro~tt County, Colorado;
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iv. wiidlife Feasib1ity Report prepared by the Colorado
Di~ision of Wildlife; and applicant has
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v. Completed course work at Regis College in the study
oflcoa1 mining operations.
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D. Applicant attempted to negotiate a partnership with
Ed Carpenter for the development of the reservoir. It
was impossible to develop the details of the partnership
and, th1uS, the project was abandoned.

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'I-- 6. W-572t78. Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District, % John R. IFetcher,
Secretary, P. ~. Box 5220, Steamboat Village, CO 80499. Applicant requests
a Quadrennial Finding of Reasonable Diligence as to the Phippsburg wader
System, being a Conditional Water Right out of the Yampa River, with I
priority date bf December 19, 1973, with decree date of April 30, 1974.
Detailed outlibe of work done toward completion of project and applicdtion
of water to a ~erieficial use: Preliminary engineering report prepared and
revised by Di~muke & Dismuke, Inc. in 1975 and 1977 at a cost of apprdximate1y
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f, 7. W-584+78. Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District, % John ~. Fetcher,
Secretary, P. O. Box 5220, Steamboat Village, CO 80499. Applicant fequests a
Quadrennial Fi~ding of Reasonable Diligence for the Routt County Municipal
Water Supply, being a conditional water right out of the Elk River ~i~h
priority date bf January 28, 1974 with decree date of May 31, 1974.: Detailed
outline of work done toward completion of project and application of Jater
to a beneficiai use: Preliminary engineering report prepared by wrig~t-
McLaughlin Engineers in Fall, 1974 at a cost of approximately $2,009.00.
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,( 8. /Public Service Company of Colorado, a Colorado corporation~ P. o.
Box 840, Denve~, CO 80201. Applicant requests a Quadrpnnial Findink Jf
Reasonable Diligence with respect to the Hinman Park Reservoir, whirrhlwater
right is a conditional one, having a priority number of 50.5, with pr~ority
date of August~ 4 1964. The source of water for said Reseroir is the Elk
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