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, • - <br />11' :,ny entity uptitrcam of Gulcfcn ever sought to apprvpriate an exrhange o1' <br />water thruugh GoIden's rcach, or evcr suught to move senior clownstream <br />wiiter righis upstrearn 1'ur use or for storage, GolcJen would h,ivc veto nower. <br />Golclc:n, if sucre5,ful in its ]itigation, wuuld have romplete control over <br />1'tnure watcr cleveloPmcnt in the C'lear Crcek watershed. <br />Moreover, tiinc:c "c011tr0l" is not defineJ in the staiut.e or in the i=ot-I C(Alins <br />&c:isiun, c111itic5 could cl.?im c:ontrol wii.hout havang done much to the <br />-t rCttltl. <br />ln Drrcrnber 2000, I"our silliiiar applications wcre filed--by Aspen, <br />F3reckenri<igc, the Ea€lc County Water and Sanitation Uistrict (Vail), and hy <br />the Browns (citiz,cns in waler (livisiun 4). <br />I.,rgislaiic?n (,provision by provision)- <br />Sertion I(1,egislative declaratiun and grant of administratave power) <br />50)-1'his iicw provision provides that unly local govcrnmental cntitie:s may <br />nhtain ihcse types nl' watcr rights. nlso prov;dcs chat waccr rights applic;ant., <br />n1u-St suhmit a cOpy of thL prOposed applicstion to the CWCB, and obtain a <br />detcrminatic?r; l'rtun the CWC~R, af'ter a public hearing. <br />5(b)-!)esr.rihes thc; tindings that the CWCB must make rcgauding an <br />appl icai icm. <br />( I)-Whcthcr the application would intpair Colurado's ability to fully <br />dcve1op its compacl cntit)cilient.s. (Does the application reyuesl all, or <br />,i suhslantial potlion of thc f]ow? Where, in rclationship to the state <br />linc, is (hc reach'?) <br />(?)-Whcthcr the idcntified re.irh is appropriate liOr the intcncled usc:. <br />(Iti (hc. lurigth of the reach t.oo lonb? Is the app]ieaticm just iltl inSlt'Cat11 <br />11uw'1) <br />('i)-Whcthcr the muiiicinality can put the water to hencficial use given <br />thc I.?nct uwners <<hut.t.ing the reach of strcam. (Is the stream reac.h on <br />1"'e.cic;ral lands?) <br />(4)-Whethr;r the zppliration would cause material injury to other <br />instrcain resuurces or valucs. (Would the scnictures harm ihc natural <br />environrnent that is pr«tccted undcr an existing CWCB instrcam watcr <br />right'?) <br />(S)-Whc:ther the application would promote maximum utili•r.ation. (ls <br />t.lie 1'luw amount too large. Would the flow amount virtually prcvent <br />.1II I'iituri: uPstrcam wat.cr development?)