BOARD00425

• Board Meeting Date: 7/26/2006
• Description: WSP Section - RICD Rules Recommendations
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Whether the application has appropriate limitations upon the time of day, days per
month, or seasons during which the RICO would be exercised;
The depth and flow rate of the proposed RICD;
With what frequency and duration, and from what sources, the requested amounts
of water for the RICD occur;
The economic effects of the proposed RICD;
The environmental effects of the proposed RICO;
The relationship of the requested RICO flow rates to the historic appropriated and
unappropriated flow rates for each time period requested;
The effect of the RICD on other potential uses of water;
Whether the application as a whole meets the elements of the definition of a
RICD, as found in section 37-92-103(10.3);
Whether the RICO would conserve and efficiently use the available stream flow,
thereby promoting maximum utilization of Colorado's water resources;
Whether the RICO will make the river basin water critical and describe the
resulting impact on existing water rights and users;
Whether the RICO may work together with existing and/or future uses within the
State of Colorado to promote maximum utilization;
Any provision in the application for reducing or canceling the RICO;
A description of each recreational opportunity sought by the applicant at each
flow amount sought, and why the flow amount is the minimum amount for each
reasonable recreation experience sought;
XIX. The historic frequency and flow rates of imported water and reservoir releases
through the proposed RICO reach, and whether such flows will be necessary to
meet the flow rates claimed for the proposed RICD; and,
xx. Whether, and to what extent, unappropriated native flows exist in the proposed
RICO stream reach during the periods claimed, and the percentage of
unappropriated flows claimed by the RICO.

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8. Additional Information
Because section 37-92-102(6)(b), C.R.S. requires the board to report its findings within 90 days
after the closing date for the filing of statements of opposition, an applicant may elect to provide
additional information at the time it submits its application to the board. The following types of
information would assist the board in making its findings:
a. A description of structures, including design plans for the physical control structures,
engineering data and calculations used to design the facilities associated with the
application;
b. Maps showing the location of all physical control structures and access points;
c. Evidence, including hydraulic and hydrologic calculations, that the physical control
structures are capable of diverting, capturing, and controlling water within the stream
channel;
d. Documentation describing the nature of the recreational experience sought;
e. Documentation identifying and/or justifying the time of day and season of use sought;
f. Evidence that the amounts requested in the RICD application are available for
appropriation;
g. Information about the frequency of occurrence of the requested stream flows, including
exceedance calculations and duration curves for the claimed stream flows;

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