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t <br />h. Director. Means the director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, who is the chief <br />administrative head of the board, under the direction and supervision of the board, and <br />who has general-supervision and control of all its activities, functions, and employees. <br />i. Findings of Fact and Recommendation. Means the written factual f ndings of the board <br />regarding the factors set out in section 37 -92- 102(6). C.R.S. and the RICD Rules and the <br />written recommendation of the board to the water court as to whether an application for a <br />RICD should be granted, granted with conditions, or denied. <br />j. Hearing Coordinator. Means the person appointed by the director to be responsible for <br />establishing the procedures, to the extent not otherwise set forth herein, which will <br />govern the conduct of any public hearing on a RICD. <br />k. Instream Flow (hereinafter referred to as "ISF "). Means any water, water rights or <br />interests in water appropriated or acquired by the board, pursuant to section 37 -92- <br />102(3), C.R.S., for the preservation of the natural environment to a reasonable degree. <br />Pursuant to section 37 -92- 102(3), C.R.S., no other person or entity may appropriate such <br />rights., for any purpose whatsoever. <br />1. Local Governmental Entity. Means a Colorado entity authorized to appropriate a RICD <br />and includes a county, municipality, city and county, water district, water and sanitation <br />district, water conservation district. or water conservancy district. <br />m. Party. Means any person who has fled a statement of opposition to a RICD, or any <br />person who has fled for party status pursuant to Rule 10 of the RiCD Rules. <br />n. Person. Means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a municipality, the state of <br />Colorado, the United States, or any other legal entity, public or private. <br />o. Reasonable Recreation Experience. Means an experience in and on the water that would <br />allow individuals with suitable skills and abilities relating to the specific recreational <br />activity for which the water right is being sought to partake in that activity including any <br />objJectively reasonable recreation experience of the type identified in the RICD <br />application in and on the particular stream in question. <br />p. Recreational In- Channel Diversion. Means "the minimum stream flow as it is diverted, <br />captured, controlled, and placed to beneficial use between specific points defined by <br />physical control structures pursuant to an application filed by a local governmental entity <br />for a reasonable recreation experience in and on the water." § 37 -92- 103(10.3), C.R.S. <br />(2004). <br />q. Staff. Means the Director and other personnel employed by the board. <br />5. Optional Pre - Application Process <br />Prior to submitting an application to die water court or to the board, the board encourages the <br />applicant to meet with staff to discuss the proposed RICD application and the procedures to be <br />followed by the board to review the application. Staff will provide input regarding how the <br />proposed application can meet the intent of the RICD rules. <br />6. Submissions Required from an Applicant <br />Within 30 days after filing an application for a RICD with any water court, an applicant shall <br />submit a copy of the application to the board office, pursuant to section 37- 92- 102(5). C.R.S. <br />2 <br />