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c .� <br />1' <br />Lower Loqan Well Users. Inc. <br />P.O. Box 1065, Sterling, CO 80751 <br />(970) 522-6104 <br />May 20, 2007 <br />Mr. Mike Serlet, PE <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />1580 Logan Street, Suite 750 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />REF: AGRICULTURAL EMERGENCY DROUGHT GRANT APPLICATION FOR 2006 <br />Dear Mike: <br />This letter and the enclosed information is in support of the Lower Logan Well Users, Inc. <br />(LLWLJ) request for funding for year 2006 through Colorado's Agricultural Emergency Drought <br />Response Grant. LLWU has previously received funding from this Grant for year 2003, 2004 and <br />2005. LLWLJ was formed Apri122, 2003 as an organization of agricultural well users and one <br />municipal well (Town of Ilif� to allow its members to continue to use their wells in Logan County <br />(139 wells total) by complying with Colorado state laws and regulations. LLWU is incorporated <br />under the Colorado Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act as evidenced by receipt from the Colorado <br />Secretary of State dated Apri123, 2003. LLWU has received from the U.S. Internal Revenue <br />Service recognition of tax-exempt status under Section 501(a) as a 501(c)(12) irrigation or like <br />organization and that notice is attached. <br />The specific purpose of LLWLJ is the development, maintenance and continued operation of a plan <br />of augmentation for its member wells. Member wells are monitored, depletions to the river are <br />computed and assessments levied. These assessments are utilized to lease replacement water <br />supplies and pay on-going attorney and engineering costs associated with our Augmentation Plan <br />Case No. 03CW208. <br />A seven person Board of Directors governs LLWU. The current Board Members are as follows: <br />Brad Stromberger, President <br />Darrin Manuello, Vice President <br />Don Stieb, Secretary/Treasurer <br />Frank Jaeger <br />Coy Marrick <br />Leo Stieb, Jr. <br />Andy Veeman <br />For 2006, LLWU operated under its Water Court approved Augmentation Plan, Case No. <br />03CW208. LLWU fully augmented the out-of-priority depletions to the river as required by the <br />State and Division Engineer. The replacement supplies consisted of leasing Prewitt Reservoir <br />water, rechazge accretion credits and augmentation well credits from LLWLJ members. <br />