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6 The Task Force recommends that the Legislature enact legislation that would <br />remove augmentation obligations for wells that are such a substantial distance from the <br />South Platte River that they have small to no impact on the River. <br />Failed 3/20 <br />7 The Task Force recommends that the Legislature support by resolution the Yampa <br />River pump -back project. <br />Failed 10/13 <br />8. The Task Force recommends that legislation is needed to require that objectors plead <br />affirmatively facts showing demonstrable injury suffered by the objector attributable to <br />pumping (as certified by qualified engineers) as part of substantive objections to plans for <br />augmentation. This recommendation is in the spirit of Becky Kourlis' amount of <br />process' suggestion. (If 2a is undertaken and the result is a better and more accurate <br />quantification of injury from physical data vs. hypothetical data, much of the legal <br />presumption in regards to injury could and would be eliminated.) <br />Withdrawn <br />9. The Task Force recommends that the Legislature enact legislation that would expand <br />the State Engineer's rule making authority to allow water users affected by ground water <br />use rules a reasonable period of time such as five years to file a plan for augmentation <br />and in the interim allow the State Engineer to annually approve a substitute water supply <br />plan if it meets the requirements of the rules. <br />Failed 12/11 <br />Ideas that were `tabled': <br />Amending 37 -80 -120 to allow different source of replacement water <br />Amending 308(4) to allow wells users more time to operate under SWSPs before <br />augmentation plans are filed with the water court. <br />Changing the law on salvage water <br />Financial bonding for dry years <br />Support for the Central Colorado Project <br />n <br />