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<br />Consent Agenda Item 1.j <br />Case No. 4-07CW050: Application of Oxbow Mining, LLC <br /> <br />Application Summal'V <br /> <br />This is an application for approval of a plan for augmentation neat' the Town of Somerset in <br />Gunnison County. Water is diverted through an infiltration gallery on a year-round basis for <br />mining operations and municipal uses under augmentation plans previously approved in Case <br />Nos. 93CW097 and 97CW138. This application proposes a new augmentation plan to address <br />depletions resulting from changes in the mining operations since the last plan for augmentation <br />was decreed. To offset out-of-priority depletions, Applicant proposes to use releases from East <br />Beckwith Reservoir No.1 during the inigation season and releases from Blue Mesa Reservoir <br />during winter. <br /> <br />CWCB ApPI'opriation <br /> <br />The CWCB has appropriated the following instream flow water right that could be injured by this <br />application: <br /> <br />C\VCB Stt'eam/Lake Amount Appl"Op. Watel'shed County <br />Case No. ( cfs ) Date <br />5-84CW 400 NF Gunnison River 60/30 5/4/84 NF Gunnison River Gunnison <br /> <br />Potential fOl'lniUl'V <br /> <br />The Applicant's proposed plan for augmentation may injure the Board's instream flow water rights <br />on the North Fork Gunnison River by not replacing out-of-priority depletions in time, place and <br />amount. <br /> <br />Other Obiectors <br />As of June 27, 2007, no other statements of opposition to this application were filed. <br />