NLLAPP00433

• Case Number: W-3362-77
• Lake Name: COPLEY LAKE
• Watershed: East River
• Water Division: 4
• Water District: 59
• County: Gunnison
• NLL App - Doc Type: Final Decree/Stipulations

JAN 1 81980
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WATER DIVISION NO.4

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STATE DF COLORADO

Case No. 3362

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLI-
CATION FOR WATER RIGHTS
OF THE COLORADO WATER
CONSERVATION BOARD. ON BEHALF
OF THE PEOPLE DF THE STATE
OF COLORADO

IN COPLEY LAKE
A NATuRAL LAKE

IN THE WATERSHED OF THE
GUNNISON RIVER

IN GUNNISON COUNTY.

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RULING OF THE REFEREE

The undersigned water referee, having investigated

the matter" of the appl ication on file herein, hereby makes

the fol1o~ling findings and ruling thereon:

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1. That th(~ said appl ication concerns Copley Lake

located in Gunnison County, Colorado, and used for such mini-

mum flows as are required to preserve the natural environment

to a reasonable degree, and the claim for appropriation is

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made under the provisions of C.R.S. 1913, 37-92-103(3). (4)

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That appl icant has furnished acceptable proof

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as to claims made.

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30. 1977.

3. Tnat the said application was filed on Oecember

4. That the water clerk caused publ iCClt~on of such

fi 1 in':) as provided by statute; that the time for fi 1 ing

1978.

statements of opposition expired on the last day of February,

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