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<br />- Whether or not the CWCS staff recommendation of a natural lake level of 9,750 (or 9,551.4) feet <br />is sufficient to protect all unappropriated flow from the springs supplying water to the Mount <br />Emmons Iron Fen. <br /> <br />- Whether Mount Emmons Iron Fen is a natural lake. <br /> <br />- Whether the CWCB can and will protect the fen from potential threat of future land use activities <br />that could diminish groundwater flows supplying the fen. <br /> <br />- Whether the CWCB can and will protect the unique chemistry of the fen's source water that is <br />responsible for this unusual resource. <br /> <br />- Whether or not the issues raised in the March 23, 2002 Notice to Contest filed by US Forest <br />Service and Mt. Emmons Mining Co. are sufficiently supported by evidence. <br /> <br />HCCA submits this Application for Party Status in order to ensure its participation in any and all negotiations <br />concerning the quantification of the in-stream flows or natural lake level at issue herein, and to ensure its <br />ability to submit, for the record, technical evidence, technical witnesses or file legal memoranda. <br /> <br />. 4. HCCA reserves the right to identify additional contested facts and issues, and additional data and <br />documents upon which we may rely as new information becomes available. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted this 30th day of April, 2002. <br /> <br />~~ <br /> <br />Steve Glazer <br />High Country Citizens' Alliance <br />Water Program Coordinator <br />Sox 1066 <br />Crested Butte, CO 81224 <br /> <br />II <br />