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<br />of historic :'Sl'S by s,,',!/ .IfJI'J"Cllltl"Inrs HI tl". drea,;,'_Jlher dnt}.
<br />Part of the: ~,t:.i.l in I.h,> II'lO'"1. W,'~; k.lo!:-;"''<! Illl .lllic,rmll"!(ltl <Flttll'n'l:l on tlK'
<br />site of the projects. ^ total of approxiJII.'1te1.y ~:I,'jOO.UO "'15 ;Lird,dy
<br />been paid to thi.s en(j1nccrin'.1 finn for servic'Cs renderc'd ;mc1 appliL:mt
<br />anLicip.,tcs j:ll..,t subslcmti.Jl ."klitinnal studies wi 11. l>c necc'ss,-,r:y lin the
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<br />f. : 11 subst."lI1tial CllTDW1t of k'<Jill "-C>rk has b,:xm nccess~ in
<br />the past four' years due tD the filiny of other procecellngs 1n \'iiJtar
<br />D1V1Slon No.1 6. Sarc of these nutters were p:mdimJ prior to Sept@l1l)ocr,
<br />1974, but ilJplicnnt's i-'o.rlicipation in them iJS de]ine"t,,] LcltN covers
<br />the pericx1 ,,\ince Septc'l1bt.,r 30, 1974:
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<br />I 1. The Uni ted St"1teS of I\rn2rica lmder the federal F1.eserved
<br />Riqht n..1ct'rl1\(' fi,lt'l::l sC'v('n llct.i()ns in W,-iwr nivis:ions 4, 5 and 6, 'eldin-ling
<br />.th.~l at tl1~':~ 11n' \I,ll i(\ll:; !l.ll 11)1L.ll r()n::'~;U;, '1'l)I\\llI11'I\U~ ;md ,"I I1tll.i()n,'~l [Jr.-irk
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<br />'f were creatE..u that it rescrvcLi illTUWlts of Cblorado W<Jt(~~t- ll':'C:" "~:~~!~y :lo
<br />operate and h-aintain these various public areas. Afte,- cc",,;r.l i,j,Cit'ion of
<br />these cases ~pplicant intervened therein in May of 1977 al1d tlK;cca'fter
<br />,participilted, as an active litilpnl in these CDnsolid,L<,J C;;S'5. I;n this
<br />action as well as those hereinafter described, the OJnFll1Y he,s ill1d is
<br />in=ring legal fees dI1d costs.
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<br />I 2. In U,e late slllTTTCr or early fall of 1977, ilpplicant
<br />protested an applici:ltion by Coloracb-Ute Electric Associi.ltion, Ino. in
<br />Water Divisibn No.6 (Case No. W-109l-76) because applicant belie';ed
<br />that the 'lranting of the r"lief sought by Colorado-Ute in this caSe
<br />CDuld adv=skly affect the conditional decrees that i:lre the subjedt of
<br />this Application, in that ColorilcJo-Ute sought extensive changcs in
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<br />p::nnts of divers1.on, t'xehanqes ilnd changes 1.n places of us" of lIllIT12rous
<br />=nditional l.~,ter decrees held by it in Water Division 6. In illkJ.i:t iOI1
<br />to a subst:..::lritiill arrDlmt of IC"j"l "-C>rk, it was necess"r:y to eWli:l(Je 'the
<br />engineering 'services of lL'OnilreJ Rice & Associates, Inc. for studios in
<br />=nnection wi th deve] "ping c\' icJL'nce in support of "pI' liean t 's I'rOfbsc-J
<br />" protest. S$sciquent th._-rL'~...("'l \'.-l!-jous stipulations were CIlt.r...;)"('J I :""ltlO ,T'i'l
<br />a final decree has, ilL','.' ~lltl:rL'd.
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<br />. _ " , , ,3. In Octotcr of 1977 applicant determine"] it "d'Jisable
<br />to oppose an appliCiJtion for a change of water right by FJ1€'cgy Puels
<br />Corp::>ration :in the. Yampa RiVEr or its tributaries in WiJter Division No.
<br />6 (Case No. 'W,-1l86-77). As in the other actions described herein,:
<br />applicant determined it neccss:lry to protest in order to protect Jihe
<br />":' ,. '.' =nditional :decrecs wlueh crre the subject of this ilpplicZltion. Appli-
<br />cant's prolcis,t hilS b-,-",n on file for nearly a year and this liti'jation is
<br />still pending.
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<br />4. Septeml:er lJ, 1978 i.l State-rent of Op[X)si tion was
<br />forwarded to the Clerk of the' oj strict Court for \'iilter Division No. 6 in
<br />:connection with Case No. \'1-1464-78, which is an i:lclditional application
<br />of Colorad~Ute Electric r~sS0Cialion, Inc. for a c~-.n'le of water rights
<br />in the Yampil' ,River or its tribuL'lries. This involves eiqht ditches in
<br />the yarrpa River b:Jsin ilnd arpl ic:cU1t' s protest i:lLOSe l~eausc of colleern
<br />over its cO/ld,i tionill ck'crel'S \"11ch are the subject of U1is !IfJplicqtion.
<br />It is (~}qA~cec,l U1:It. I.hi~~ I i I il;,llIUIl wi 11 cnnSlnfC ~;u.hsLlnt-i,ll LHldit)..i.(lIl~iJ
<br />tim.:. ilnu l~:"'l~Jl!-'L~~
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<br />applicant's CX>\U1SC] in U-aiy, l'o,lorado, J\. H. Peck, Esq., has made a
<br />detailed review of aJ.l water ilppliQ,tions filc~ in Water Division No. 6
<br />.SO that appr~cant can determine, based up:m his reccmrendations, whether
<br />it is neces~qry to file protests to the sane in order to protect the
<br />=nditional decrees thnt i:lre the subject of this Application. 1Ipplicant
<br />of rnurse iricurs on-'loing expense because of the rnntinuing perfoLTraIlce
<br />of this irTTpJrtarIt function. '
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