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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Consent Agenda Item 1 bb <br />Case No. 7-02CWI27; Southern Ute Indian Tribe <br /> <br />Application Sununarv <br /> <br />This is an application for water storage rights on Big Emerald Lake, which is located in the Pine <br />River watershed. (please see the attached map). The Applicant seeks water rights for the following <br />purposes: domestic, municipal, irrigation, augmentation, release for instream fishery, and fishery in <br />reservoir. <br /> <br />CWCB AoproJ;lriations <br /> <br />The Board holds the following natural lake level that could be injured by this application: <br /> <br />Case No. <br />7-76W1510 <br /> <br />Amount (cfs/af) <br />8,532 <br /> <br />Appropriation Date <br />1/19/1976 <br /> <br />StreamlLake <br />Big Emerald Lake <br /> <br />Potential for Iniury <br /> <br />The Applicant's proposed application could injure the CWCB's decree for a natural lake by <br />inundation, and hanning the natural environment that the CWCB's decree seeks to preserve to a <br />reasonable degree, In addition, the application could violate the statutory requirement that the <br />Board is the only entity that may hold a water right for instream flow water rights or natural lake <br />levels for any purpose. <br /> <br />Other Objectors <br /> <br />The other objectors in this case include: Trout Unlimited; the United States Department of <br />Agriculture, United States Forest Service; the Town of Bayfiel4; and the San Juan Citizen's <br />Alliance. <br /> <br />L:\Section Folders\SECC\Case Files\2002\702CW127 _ memdoc <br />