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<br />valley for well augmentation pwposes. So, our challenge is that the court has ruled, that we have to work within the <br />framework of the rules and that we've got to work together. We may want to tell Kansas that there's a different place <br />that they ought to reside, as our respondent to our survey indicated, but we're not in a position to do that. We've got the <br />game plan laid out before us, and it's a matter of working together. <br /> <br />I will give )'Ou one other note in parting. I'm new in this process, and as was laid out earlier this morning by Owck lile, <br />this discussion with Kansas has been going on for quite some time. I was going through the archives of the Southeast <br />District and I happened to find a letter dated 1964 written by Frank Holt, Jr: who was the publisher of the Pueblo <br />Chieftain or the Pueblo Star Journal at that time. The letter was written to an editor of a newspaper in Wichita, Kansas <br />and I cannot recall the editors name, but the letter said, "You may accuse Colorado of many things, but don't accuse us <br />of stealing )'Our water." The newspaper in Wichita had written an editorial claiming that Colorado was proposing to <br />steal water from the Arkansas River that ought to be Kansas water or water that would have ended up in Kansas via a <br />cloud seeding proposal. And so I will continue to do my researcb and learn of these topics but be diligent in following <br />the guidelines and wisdom of the propbet Nehemial1 in trying to build a new all around Jerusalem and find a solution in <br />well augmentation in the valley. <br /> <br />Q. UntransCribable <br /> <br />A. It is my understanding that the well augmentation organization would serve as your compliance conduit with <br />the division engineer's office to the extent that they are going to handle the paperwork for )'Ou. You're going to <br />pay them an administrative fee and they will have the paperwork responsibility with the division engineer, <br />although the rules are directed specifically to )'Ou as a well owner. Hal may want to provide some additional <br />light on that subject. <br /> <br />(Hal Simpson) Steve is correct. The rules allow an entity representing a well owner to submit cenain <br />information, I believe it's in rule 13. You have to sign an affidavit that the information is correct as a well <br />owner, but from that point on that infonnation doesn't change and )'Ou pay your administrative fees and )'Our <br />fees based on the am01mt of water pumped. You should be able to then rely upon the augmentation entity <br />whether its LAMA. AGUA, or CWPD to take care of all the necessary paperwork and reporting after that time. <br /> <br />Q. UntransCribable <br /> <br />A. They're the same as for the entity or the augmentation association. They're set forth in the rules. What)OU <br />would have to submit, when )'Ou'd have to submit, and what type of information you'd have to submit on a <br />monthly basis. It's all in the rules. <br /> <br />Q Untranscribable. <br /> <br />A. They've already been published. They're, in my opinion, effective January 1 of this year. That's the position <br />we're taking. that they're now in effect. Certain parties did protest, as I indicated. There will be eventual <br />litigation on maybe potential changes to the rules, but in the opinion of my legal staff they are in effect and that <br />is the position we are taking before the water judge in any of the hearings that will be set in the next couple of <br />months. <br /> <br />Arkansas River Basin Water Forum <br /> <br />29 <br /> <br />"A River of Dreams and Realilies" <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />They were published in the newspapers throughout the Arkansas Valley. There's a statutory procedure. under <br />Colorado Statutes 37 and 92-501, I think, that set forth how that will occur and that was followed, <br /> <br />Q. Untranscribable. <br /> <br />A. The entire basin with the exception of those areas that I talked about excepted in the scope, the designated <br />gr01mdwater basin in certain non-tributary aquifers. Any well that pumps tributary groWldwater that is not <br />excepted would be subject to one of the rules, rule 4 or rule 5. If)'Ou have a question, there is a map that is <br />appended to the rules that sets out the areas. You can obtain the rules at Steve Witte's office, the Division <br />Engineer's office. There's a map on the back that shows exactly what areas are excluded from applicability of <br />the rules. <br />