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t Colorado Water Conservation Board Concerning the Application for Water Rights of the City of Steamboat Springs in the Yampa River in Routt County Case Number: 6-03CW86 NOTICE OF PREHEARING CONFERENCE AND DEADLINES Pursuant to Rule 12 of the Rules Concerning Recreational In-Channel Diversions ("RICD Rules"), several entities seeking party status requested a hearing on the RICD application of the City of Steamboat Springs ("Steamboat"). [See, e.g., "Request for Public Hearing" of Board of County Commissioners of Routt County, dated February 17, 2004.] At its regular meeting on March 16, 2004, the Colorado Water Conservation Board ("Board") designated Felicity Hannay as the Hearing Coordinator for this proceeding, and determined that the Board will hold the hearing in Steamboat Springs, Colorado beginning at 8:00 a.m. on May 26, 2004, and continuing as necessary on May 27, 2004. The specific location in Steamboat Springs will be determined and notice thereof posted on the Board's website in the near future. Pursuant to RICD Rule 13, the Hearing Coordinator hereby establishes the following deadlines for written submissions and designation of witnesses and exhibits, and the date of the prehearing conference. Fifteen copies of each document must be submitted to the Board, and a copy of each document must be provided to the Board's staff, the Hearing Coordinator, the Assistant Attorney General representing Staff, and the Parties. Please note that due to the compressed time frame, the Board, the Board's Staff, and the Parties must receive documents by no later than 4:45 p.m. on the day that they are due. Apri114, 2004: Applicant's prehearing statement is due. Pursuant to RICD Rule 13.d, the prehearing statement shall include: (1) a list of all factual and legal issues the Applicant intends to raise at the hearing; (2) a list identifying all of the witnesses that will testify for the Applicant, and a summary of the testimony that those witnesses will provide; and (3) copies of exhibits that the Applicant will introduce at the hearing. Apri128, 2004: Prehearing statements of all other Parties, including Staff, are due. Pursuant to RICD Rule 13.d, the prehearing statements shall include: (1) a list of all factual and legal issues disputed by the Party, and the Party's position regarding those issues; (2) a list identifying all of the witnesses that will testify for the Party, and a summary of the testimony that those witnesses will provide; and (3) copies of all exhibits that the Party will introduce at the hearing. Staff's prehearing statement may also include a recommendation for action by the Board. L-4