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<br />OOJ4!i5 <br /> <br />IV. Whether during the construction of the RICn structures, the construction may <br />cause material injury to the ISF or the natural environment that the ISF protects. <br />v. TU and Denver Water recommend addine: a factor as follows: whether a <br />proposed mCD water rie:ht would result in unnaturallv hie:h flows (or <br />sie:nificant fluctuations in flow) that would damae:e the natural environmentl <br /> <br />e. Whether the adjudication and administration of the RICn would promote-maximum <br />utilization of the waters of the State. The Board, in making this finding, may consider, <br />but is not limited to, the following: <br />i. Whether there are any probable future upstream junior appropriations for direct <br />diversion or storage;fThe Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District <br />sue:e:ests this rule should be deleted or moved to Rule 7.al <br />11. Whether there are any probable future changes, transfers, or exchanges of water <br />rights from points of diversion downstream of the reach affected by the RICn to <br />points upstream of or in the reach affected by the RICn;fThe Upper Gunnison <br />River Water Conservancy District sue:e:ests this rule should be deleted or <br />moved to Rule 7.al <br />111. Whether existing federal policies, regulations and laws affect or will be affected <br />by the RICn. <br />IV. Whether a reasonable means is to be utilized to use, divert, capture and control the <br />water for a RICn so as to minimize its call upon the river and avoid waste; fTU <br />sue:e:ests this rule is improperUPueblo West sue:e:ests addine: recirculation <br />systems be added to this subfactorl <br />v. Whether a reasonable demand exists for the recreational activity in question as <br />determined by levels of current use and/or estimates of future use; <br />VI. Whether the application has appropriate limitations upon the time of day, days per <br />month, or seasons during which the RICn would be exercised; fThe Upper <br />Gunnison River Water Conservancy District sue:e:ests this rule should be <br />deleted or moved to Rule 7.al <br />V11. The depth and flow rate ofthe proposed RICn; <br />V111. With what frequency and duration the requested amounts of water for the RICn <br />occur; and; <br />f*:IX The ecoftomic effeet ofthe proposed RICn.rTU. Denver Water. the Upper <br />Gunnison River Water Conservancy District. Steamboat and Chaffee County <br />consortium recommend keepine: this (economic effect) factor.l Whether the <br />requested RICn flow rates exceed the average flow rate for each time period <br />reQuested: fPueblo sue:e:ests the new rule e:oes beyond the CWCB's authoritvl <br />Xl. Whether the reQuested RICn is for appropriate times of day and an appropriate <br />season of use: fPueblo and the Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy <br />District sue:e:est this rule e:oes beyond the CWCB's authoritvl fSouthwestern <br />sue:e:ests that this repeats Rule 7.e.vil <br />X11. The amount of water claimed: <br />X111. The effect on other uses of the amount of water claimed: and. fThe Upper <br />Gunnison River Water Conservancy District sue:e:ests this rule e:oes beyond <br />the CWCB's authority <br /> <br />9 <br />