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<br />~ <br />I <br />~ <br />""'" <br />c;:; <br />q <br /> <br />Ii <br /> <br />APPENDIX C <br /> <br />IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR <br />WATER DIVISION 3 <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />Case No. W- 3466 <br /> <br />IN THE MATTER OF RULES AND REGULATIONS ) <br />GOVERNING THE USE, CONTROL, AND ) <br />PROTECTION OF WATER RIGHTS FOR BOTH ) <br />SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND WATER LOCATED ) <br />IN THE RIO GRANDE AND CONEJOS RIVER ) <br />BASINS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES. ) <br /> <br />o R D E R <br /> <br />The State Engineer of the State of Colorado filed with the Water Court <br /> <br />on September 18, 1975, Proposed Rules and Regulations of the State Engineer <br />in accordance with C.R.S. 1973, 37-92-501. The Water Court ordered the publica- <br />tion of the Proposed Rules and Regulations in the designated publications in <br />Water Division 3, and any persons or entities desiring to protest the Proposed <br />Rules and Regulations were given through November 30, 1975, in which to file <br /> <br />applicable protests as provided by C.R.S. 1973, 37-92-304. Seventy-five <br /> <br />separate protests were filed within the designated statutory period. The Pro- <br /> <br />testants consist of individual water users, towns, cities, municipalities, con- <br /> <br />servancy districts', a conservation district, water and sanitation districts, <br />ditch companies, drainage districts and well owners. The protestants appear <br />through nineteen (19) separate attorneys or law firms, and numerous persons have <br />individually filed their pro se protests. <br />Due to the complex legal issues as presented by the protests and the many <br />attorneys involved, the Court ordered a pre-hearing conference to determine if <br />the legal issues could be condensed or simplified. The legal and jurisdictional <br />issues were defined and counsel were requested to file briefs relating to <br />the points designated. Such have now been filed and considered by the Court. <br />