BOARD00168 ‎(2)‎

• Board Meeting Date: 5/22/2007
• Description: ISF Section - ISF Rule 7 - Inundation of ISF Rights
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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ISF Rule 7: Inundation

o 7a: Small inundation defined as
- impoundment is 100 acre-feet or less, or
- surface acreage of the impoundment is 20 acres or less, or
- dam height of the structure is 10 feet or less.
o Staff not required to file SOP to proposed small inundations.

7b: Rule 7 not applied to
- any absolute or conditional water right that is senior to an ISF
right;
- any senior conditional water right that seeks a finding of
reasonable diligence;
- any junior absolute or conditional water right which was decreed
prior to July 10, 1990, or had an application for decree pending
prior to July 10, 1990, unless the Board had filed a SOP to the
absolute or conditional water right application prior to July 10,
1990; or
- any inundation of an ISF reach by water that does not have an
absolute or conditional water right if the inundation occurred prior
to July 10, 1990.

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Request to Inundate (7c, 7e)

· To obtain permission to inundate an ISF, must submit
written request to Board that includes information on the
following factors:

- the location of the inundation,
- the size of the inundation,
- impact of the inundation on the natural environment,
- any unique or rare characteristics of the ISF water
right to be inundated,
- any regulatory requirements or conditions imposed
upon the applicant by federal, state and/or local
governments,
- all terms and conditions included in applicant's water
court decree, and
- any compensation or mitigation offered by the person
proposing the inundation.

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