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<br />FRANK E. (1lAM) t.lAVNGS
<br />'THOMI\S H. SHIPPS
<br />JANIOE 0, SHEFTE\.
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<br />MAYNES, BRADFORD, SHIPPS &. SHEFTEL, LLP'
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<br />WEST BUILDING ~ 1133 E. SECOND AVENUE, SUITE 123
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<br />DURANGO. COl.ORADO 81802-2717
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<br />E.mall: jsheftel@mbssllp.com
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<br />lIYI\eN V. 8AAOPOllO (\Q07.1996\
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<br />March 15,2001
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<br />Via Facsimile & U.S. Mail
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<br />Rod Kuharich, Director
<br />Dan Merriman, Section Chief
<br />Stream and Lake Protection Program
<br />Colorado Water Conservation Board
<br />1313 Shem1an Street, Room 721
<br />Denver, CO 80203
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<br />Re; Donation of Carbon Lake Ditch Water Rights
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<br />Dear Rod and Dan:
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<br />As you know, Maynes, Bradford, Shipps & Sheftel, !LLP represents the Southwestern Water
<br />Conservation District ("District"). The District supports the work of the Animas River
<br />Stakeholdel's Group ("ARSG"), whose mission is to' "improve water quality and aquatic habitat
<br />in the Animas watershed." To assist ARSG in carrying out its mission, the District requests that
<br />the Colorado Water Conservation Board ("CWCB") accept a donation of the Carbon Lake Ditch
<br />water rights ("CL Ditch Water Rights")l from the S,an Juan Resources Conservation and
<br />Development Council (" Council") to be dedicated ~o CWCB instream flow rights in the Upper
<br />Mineral Creek Basin. The Council, a Colorado no~-profit corporation which works
<br />cooperatively with the ARSG, was organized to le~d local efforts to improve the economic and
<br />soCial conditions of the San Juan resource area in 1;.a Plata, Montezuma, Dolores, Archuleta and
<br />San Juan Counties through development, conservation and proper use of the resources of the
<br />area.
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<br />The CL Ditch was awarded a conditional decree in Case No. 1751B, District Court, La Plata
<br />County, on March 21, 1966, with an appropriation I date of Jul)' 13, 1954, priority 1965-70, for the
<br />irrigation of 675 acres in Mineral and Ouray Counti~s; 10.0 c.f.s. at Headgate 1; located on the North
<br />bank of an unnamed creek tributary to Mineral <treek ("Unnroned Creekll), whence U.S. Mineral
<br />Monument ("USMM") (eL) bear8 N. 40 45' W., 4,590 feet; and 5.0 c.f.8. at Headgate 2, located in the
<br />center of the Unnamed Creek, whence USMM (CL) bears N. 190 10' W., 1,505 feet, In Case No. W-46,
<br />March 21, 1970, 14,1 c.f.s. of the CL Ditch wa$ made absolute and 0.9 c.f.s. . was continued as
<br />conditional. The 0.9 c.f.s, was made absolute in ease No. W.626, decreed on September 25,1972. e
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