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. Stream and Lake Protection Program Summary of Resolved Cases Section 9.41 of the ISF Rules states that: "In the event the pretrial resolution includes terms and conditions preventing injury or interference and does not involve a modification, or acceptance of injury or interference with mitigation, the Board is not required to review and ratify the pretrial resolution. Staff may authorize its counsel to sign any court documents necessary to finalize this type of pretrial resolution without Board ratification." Staff has resolved issues of potential injury in the following water court case and authorized the Attorney General's Office to enter into stipulations that protect the CWCB's water rights: (1) Case Nos. 4-91CW127 and 4-98CW239; San Miguel Valley Corporation The Board ratified these statements of opposition on February 21, 1992 and March 29, 1999, respectively. The Board's main objective in filing the statements of opposition in these cases was to assure that the Applicant did not divert this senior water right at the upstream alternate point of diversion at times when the CWCB's intervening instream flow water rights were not being satisfied and to assure that injurious depletions were replaced in time, place, and amount. The Staff, in cooperation with the Attorney General's Office, has negotiated settlements to assure that the CWCB's instream flow water rights will not be injured. The Board holds the following instream flow rights that could have been injured by these applications: . Case No. 4-84CW430 4-84CW427 4-84CW429 Stream Deep Creek San Miguel River San Miguel River Amount (cfs) 4 6.5 20 Appropriation Date 7/13/1984 7/13/1984 7/13/1984 The Applicant has agreed to include the following terms in the final decree: . At times when the CWCB's instream flow water rights on the intervening reaches between the original point and the new point of diversion are not satisfied, Applicant agrees not to divert at the upstream points of diversion. . The Applicant will limit diversions at the new points of diversion to the amount that is physically and legally available at the original point of diversion. . At times when the CWCB's water rights are not satisfied, Applicant agrees to curtail its junior diversion or augment injurious depletions in time, place and amount. . The Applicant will install, maintain, and monitor such measuring devices as may be required by the Division Engineer to administer the terms of the decree. (2) Case No. 4-03CW248; Vickers Enterprises, Inc. The Board ratified this statement of opposition in March 2004. The Board's main objective in filing a statement of opposition in this case was to assure that the Applicant replaced its injurious depletions in time, place, and amount. The Staff, in cooperation with the Attorney General's Office, has negotiated a settlement that assures that the CWCB's instream flow water rights will not be injured. . The Board holds the following instream flow rights that could have been injured by this application: Case No. Stream Amount (cfs) Appropriation Date