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<br />BENDELOW LAW FIRM. P.C. <br />Attorneys at Law <br /> <br />www.bendelow.net <br /> <br />Edward M. Bendelow <br />Stephen B. Johnson <br />Alan M. Keeffe <br />Nicole Y. Pieterse <br />Chad M. Wallace <br />Kenneth R. Hope <br />Richard J. Lesch. of Counsel <br /> <br />"..... "" .,. <br /> <br />STEPHEN B. JOHNSON <br />stevejohnson@bendelow.net <br /> <br />DEG 12 20GG <br /> <br />'>!I)!1(;;.]':,,:,:'( ,,' <br /> <br />December 8, 2000 <br /> <br />Via Facsimile #(303) 866-4474 <br />:Mr,Dan McAuliffe, Acting Director' <br />Mr. Dan Merriman, Section Chief <br />Stream and Lake Protection Program <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />131 Sherman Street Room 721 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br /> <br />RE: Norwood Water Commission and PropoSed San Miguel River In-Stream Flow _ <br />Recommendations by BLM and CDOW .... <br /> <br />Dear Gentlemen: <br /> <br />As you know from your previous meeting on 9-21-00 with Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />(CWCB) officials and Norwood Water Commission (NWC) members in Norwood, I represent <br />the NWC. The NWC has just learned that the j3ureau of Land Management (BLM) and <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) have submltted to the CWCB a proposal to file for in- <br />stream t10w rights on the lower ~an Miguel River from Fall Creek to Horsefly Creek. I enclose a <br />copy'. of a one-page document summarizing the recommendation. The document solicited <br />supportive comment letters from entities, including local governments, to be mailed to the <br />CWCB by November 15th. This document, however, was received bye-mail by the NWC <br />consultant Westwater Engineering, Inc. on Decem1:ier 5th. Prior to that date, neither the NWC <br />nor its consultant had received any letters or writtenjor verbal communications from the BLM or <br />the CDOW officials requesting NWC's input on the recommendations, or advising the NWC of <br />the fact ofthe submittal of the recommendation to the CWCB. <br />. <br /> <br />1120 Lincoln Street <br />Suite 1000 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />(303) 837-9600 <br />Fax (303) 860-0311 <br /> <br />101 E. Colorado Ave..:#20IA <br />P. O. Box 726' <br />Telluride. CO 81435 <br />(970) 728-4300 <br />Fax (970) 728-5955 <br /> <br />1120 South Lincoln St., #203 <br />P. O. Box 773630 <br />Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 <br />(970) 879-5543 <br />Fax (970) 871-9322 <br /> <br />e <br />