RICD Rules

• Description: RICD Rules with suggested changes by Pueblo and Gunnison
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: RICD Rules with suggested changes by Pueblo and Gunnison
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Operating Principles/Plan

[Pueblo West suggestions to add eight additional sub - factors related to
recirculation systems, and the need to allow for recirculation systems to be
required in the future for RICDs]
8. Additional Information
Because section 37- 92- 102(6)(b), C.R.S. requires the Board to report its findings within 90 days
after the closing date for the filing of statements of opposition, an Applicant may elect to provide
additional information at the time it submits its Application to the Board. The following types of
information would assist the Board in making its findings and recommendation:
a. A description of structures, including design plans for the physical control structures,
engineering data and calculations used to design the facilities associated with the
application;
b. Maps showing the location of all physical control structures and access points;
c. Evidence, including hydraulic and hydrologic calculations, that the physical control
structures are capable of diverting, capturing, and controlling water within the stream
channel;
d. Documentation describing the nature of the recreational experience sought;
e. Documentation identifying and /or justifying the time of day and season of use sought;
f. Evidence that the amounts requested in the RICD application are available for
appropriation;
g. Information about the frequency of occurrence of the requested stream flows, including
exceedance calculations and duration curves for the claimed stream flows;
h. Information demonstrating that the amount of water claimed is the minimum amount
necessary to achieve the reasonable recreation experience sought.
i. Information about all necessary permits and the status thereof, including existing or
proposed permit terms and conditions;
j. List of persons notified by the Applicant about the RICD;
k. Documentation of the effects that the RICD and the associated structures will have on
flooding, flood control and the one - hundred year flood elevations; and,
1. Information about existing or proposed gages on the affected stream that may be utilized
to administer the water right being sought.
9. Notice
Within seven days of the Application Receipt Date, the Staff shall post notice of receipt of the
Application on the CWCB website. The notice shall include the name of the Applicant, the flow
amounts claimed, the water division, the name of the stream, the location of the structures
including the county, and information about how to obtain party status. In addition, the Staff
shall notify the county commissioners of the county in which the RICD is (or will be) located,
and any upstream adjacent county, if any. Moreover, the Staff shall include a notice of all
pending RICD Applications (if any) in all items that go out to the Board agenda notification list.
A listing of the pending RICD cases in the Attorney General's Report shall satisfy this
requirement. [Southwestern suggests adding notification of counties and municipalities
upstream of the proposed RICD and add "proposed reach of stream" after the phrase
"name of the stream "]
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