Case No. 02CW038 Prehearing Statement nad Agreement June 2000

• Description: Case No. 02CW038 Prehearing Statement nad Agreement June 2000 First page missing.
• State: CO
• Date: 6/1/2000
• Author: FLeming, Peter C.
• Title: Case No. 02CW038 Prehearing Statement nad Agreement June 2000
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Court Documents

Colorado Water Conservation Board
Case No. 02CW038, Water Division 4; Concerning the Application for Water Rights of the Upper Gunnison River Water
Conservancy District, in the Gunnison River, in Gunnison County, Colorado
Prehearing Statement of Colorado River Water Conservation District
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The CRWCD representative may testify regarding the history of the Subordination
Agreement; the CRWCD's role in negotiating and executing the Subordination Agreement; the
intent of the Subordination Agreement; the depletions that have occurred pursuant to the
Subordination Agreement; the CRWCD's concerns relating to the implementation of the
Subordination Agreement; the importance of full development of the full 60,000 acre foot depletion
allowance; and historical reservoir and exchange operations under the 1975 Exchange Agreement.
B. A representative of the United States of America, Department of Interior, U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation, 2764 Compass Drive, Suite 106, Grand Junction CO 81506.
The Bureau of Reclamation representative may testify regarding the history of the
Subordination Agreement; the Bureau's role in negotiating and executing the Subordination
Agreement; and the intent of the Subordination Agreement.
C. A representative of the Colorado State Engineer's Office, Colorado Division of Water
Resources, 1313 Sherman.-) treet, Room 818', Denver, CO 80203.
The State Engineer's Office representative may testify regarding the history of the
Subordination Agreement; the Division of Water Resource's role in negotiating and executing the
Subordination Agreement; and the intent of the Subordination Agreement.
D. Wayne Schieldt, Division Engineer for Water Division No. 4, 1871 East Main Street, P.O.
Box 456, Montrose, CO 81401.
Mr. Schieldt may testify regarding the same information as the representative of the State
Engineer's Office. In addition, Mr. Schieldt may testify regarding the depletions that have occurred
pursuant to the Subordination Agreement and the potential effects of the UGRWCD's RICD on the
full development of 60,000 acre feet of depletions pursuant to the Subordination Agreement.
E. The CRWCD reserves the right to examine or cross - examine witnesses identified by other
parties and to designate additional witnesses for purposes of rebuttal.
V. POSSIBLE EXHIBITS
A. Agreement among the United States of America, the Colorado State Engineer, the Colorado
River Water Conservation District, and the Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy
District for the Administration of Water Pursuant to the Subordination of Wayne N. Aspinall
Unit Water Rights Within the Upper Gunnison River Basin, dated June 1, 2000.