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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Page No. <br />I. Statement of the Issues. Presented for Review ... ............................... 2 <br />II. Statement of the Case ...................... ............................... 2 <br />A. Nature of the Case .................................................. 2 <br />B. The Course of Proceedings and the Disposition Below ..................... 3 <br />C. Statement of Facts .................... ..............................3 <br />III. Summary of Argument ...................... ..............................6 <br />IV. Argument ................................ ..............................7 <br />A. Limitations in the Definitions of "Diversion" and `Beneficial Use" Must <br />Be Carefully Observed Since Instream Flows for Recreational Boating <br />Could Deprive the People of the State of Colorado of the Beneficial Use <br />of Waters to Which the State of Colorado is Equitably Entitled ............. 7 <br />B. At Flows In Excess of 30 c.f.s., Golden's Structures and Devices Do Not <br />Control Water in its Natural Course Or Location Within the Meaning of <br />Section 37 -92- 103(7) and Therefore Do Not Constitute a Diversion <br />Under Section 37- 92- 103(7) ......... ............................... 11 <br />C. The Amounts Claimed by Golden and Awarded by the Water Court Are <br />Not Beneficial as Defined in Section 37- 92- 103(4) ...................... 15 <br />D. Maintaining a Flow is a Riparian Concept, Thus Unrecognizable by <br />the Prior Appropriation Doctrine ..... ............................... 20 <br />V. Conclusion .............................. .............................23 <br />1 <br />