BOARD00027

• Board Meeting Date: 9/10/2002
• Description: ISF Section - Instream Flow Appropriations
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

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Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Stteet, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

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Bill Owens
Governor

MEMORANDUM

Greg E. Walcher
Executive Director

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

To:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

From: Dan Merriman
Mark Uppendahl

Date: August 28, 2002

Re: Agenda Item 10, September 10.12, 2002, Board Meeting-
Stream and Lake Protection - Instream Flow Appropriations

GENERAL BACKGROUND

e Pursuant to Rule 5.56 of the ISF Rules, 2 CCR 408-2, the attached stream segment is being
recommended to the Board for Final Action. This segment has been noticed pursuant to Rules 5.21,
5.22, 5.24 and Rules 5.50 - 5.56, and the public was afforded an opportunity to comment pursuant to
those Rules. The proposed stream segment is located in San Miguel County and is listed on the
attached Instream Flow Tabulation Summary Table.

Pursuant to Rule 5.52, four parties filed a Notice to Contest the Specie Creek recommendation. The
parties are: Trout Unlimited, Jon & Joanne Corzine, John & Victoria Irwin, and Wolf Land
Company.

CWCB and AGO Staffs worked with representatives of all the parties participating in the Specie
Creek instream flow recommendation. The parties all have agreed to the language in the attached-
signed stipulation. At its July meeting, the Board granted the Hearing Officer the authority to
approve a stipulation containing language providing the same level of protection to the Specie Creek
Instream Flow Recommendation as the language provided to the Board in July and to allow the
Hearing Officer to vacate the Hearing in this case. The Hearing Officer has approved the attached
stipulation and vacated the Hearing. Staff is now asking the Board to make the final determinations

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Flood Protection. Water Supply Planning and Finance. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation and Drought Planning