BOARD01022

• Board Meeting Date: 1/22/2003
• Description: Workshop - Proposed Changes to the Instream Flow Rules
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Other

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC RULEMAKING HEARING
BEFORE THE
COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION BOARD

SUR.TF,CT

This is a notice of a public rulemaking hearing before the Colorado Water Conservation
Board (CWCB) for consideration of amendments and additions to the Rules Concerning the
Colorado Instream Flow and Natural Lake Level Program, 2 CCR 408-2. The amendments
implement S.B, 02-156, delete rules made obsolete by statutory changes, correct inconsistcilcies,
update procedures, and renumber and reorganize the rules, The proposed amendments are
summarized below, and for the convenience of interested persons, are attached to this noti,,,) as
Exhibit 1, A redlined version of these proposed rules showing changes to the current rule~. j
posted on the CWCB's website at httD://WWW/cwcb,state,co.us. A hard copy is available upon
request to the CWCB staff(1313 Sherman Street, Room 721, Denver, CO 80203; (303) 86';-
3534). The CWCB may change the proposed amendments as set forth in Exhibit 1 prior te Jr at
the rulemaking hearing. The CWCB will consider any alternative proposals related to the
proposed amendments and additions.

WORKSHOP AND HEARING SCHEDULE

Informal W orkshou on Prouosed Rules

Prehearing Conference

DATE: January 22, 2003
TIME: 8:00 a,m, to 10:00 a.m.
PLACE: Holiday Inn
1-25 and 120th Street
Northglenn, CO

DATE: February 26, 2003
TIME: 9:00 a,m. - 3:00 p.m.
PLACE: State Services Building
1525 Sherman Street, Rm, 610
Denver, CO [phone]

Rulemaking Hearing

DATE: March 24, 25, or 26,2003 (to be determined at January CWCB meeting)
TIME: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
PLACE: To be determined (will be held at same location as March CWCB meeting)
Longmont, CO
(Final date and location will be published after the January 2003 CWCB meeting),

PURT.IC PARTICIPATION

All public comments on the proposed amendments should be made in writing. Oral
presentations of the information contained in the written comments will not be necessary;
however, the CWCB will allow brief oral summaries of the public written comments to be made,
to the extent time allows, as described below. Although the CWCB strongly encourages all
interested persons to submit their comments in writing, a short period of time at the end of the
rulemaking hearing (a total of 30 minutes or less) will be reserved for oral comments by those
persons unable to provide the CWCB with written comments.

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