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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Written Comment Deadline

Twenty copies of all public written comments must be delivered to the CWCB office at
1313 Shennan Street, Room #721, Denver, CO 80203 by the close of business (5:00 p,m.) on .
February 21, 2003. The CWCB will accept and cOl\sider late written comments and day-of.
hearing written comments, but any person who fails to deliver written comments by the February
21, 2003 deadline will not be entitled to make a Scheduled Oral Presentation, as described
below.

Oral Presentations

The opportunity for two types of oral preseIitations will be available to the public. The
fIrst, referred to as Scheduled Oral Presentation, wiil be assigned a 15 minute time period on the
agenda. (NOTE: Time may be reduced depending upon the number of people seeking a
Scheduled Oral Presentation.) The second, referred to as General Public Comment, will be
allowed three minutes or less (detennined by the available time and number of speakers) and
scheduled on a "fIrst come, fIrst serve" basis,

Scheduled Oral Presentations are available for persons who deliver their written
comments to the CWCB on or before Friday, February 21, 2003 and who attend the February 26,
2003 prehearing conference, Anyone that submits written comments by February 21, 2003 but
cannot attend the prehearing conference may makeia written request for a Scheduled Oral
Presentation on or before February 26, but will have to accept whatever time slot is available e
after those attending the prehearing conference have been assigned a time slot.

Contents of Written Comments

Written comments may include any writteni data, views or arguments concerning the
proposed amendments to the Rules Concerning th~ Colorado Instream Flow andNatural Lake
Level Program, and may contain alternative amendments, legal arguments or briefs, and
materials prepared by persons other than the submitter.

PROPOSED AGENDA OF RULEMAKING ImARING
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10:00 a.m. Rulemaking procedures explained !
10:15 Staff presentation
11 :00 . Scheduled oral presentations
12:00 Lunch breal(
1 :00 Scheduled oral presentations
2:00 General public comment
2:30 Response to questions arising during oral presentations and public comment
3 :00 Board deliberations
5 :00 Hearing adjourns
NOTE: TillS AGENDA MAY BE MODIFIED AT THE PREHEARING CONFERENCE
DEPENDING UPON THE NUMBER OF SPE~RS.

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