IBCC Meeting Notes Aug 6 2007

• Title: Meeting Notes
• Date: 8/6/2007
• Interbasin CC - Doc Type: Meeting Notes

Decisions and Major Points:
The IBCC agreed to allocate the $6 million of new WSRA
funding between the Basin Accounts and the Statewide Account as outlined in Option 1. This
allocation is based on the demand pattern the Basin Accounts and Statewide Account saw over
the past year. The $6 million will be allocated as follows:

30% to the Basin Account - $1,800,000 or $200,000/ roundtables

70% to the Statewide Account - $4,200,000
These allocations are in addition to what is left in the Statewide Account and each Basin Account
from last year.

Agricultural Water Transfer

Rick Brown handed out a document describing the Alternativ e Agricultural Transfer program.

Are there many requests?

Carlyle Currier: Colorado agriculture water alliance should be informed and have a seat
at the table.

Harris Sherman: Are these grants limited to S. Platte and Arkansas? Answer is yes.

Alan Ham el: Arkansas Basin will be looking at this.

Eric Kuhn: Long - term implications for ethanol production and agriculture.

Eric Wilkinson: Some farmers have contracted their 2010 corn for ethanol. They need a
water supply and may not want to enter in to thes e fallowing arrangements.

Ray Wright: Seeing over use of groundwater western wide which will reduce agriculture
in the west. With ethanol in this creates huge demand. Need a big picture look at ethanol
in Colorado.

Jeris Danielson: Superditch has not beg un to address legal issues; this may interfere with
timelines in proposal. Not a shortage of water in Arkansas if farmers would raise
different crops.

Harris Sherman: I suggest we get John Stulp (Ag. Commissioner) Department and
Governor's Office of Econo mic Development as part of the committee.

Mike Shimmin: There are several ethanol plants in South Platte that are ready to go. Do
not think eastern Colorado can support the number of plants going in. Many problems in
overall supply network for ethanol. Wh en Parker comes to South Platte with a funding
request, the farmers were opposed to it.

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