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<br />DRAFT <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />engineering community thus the Board has decided not to define <br />these technical terms. The term "natural environment" was broad- <br />ly defined by the Colorado Supreme Court in the Colorado River <br />Conservation District Case cited above. The Board generally <br />relies upon the Supreme Court definition but realizes that the <br />relevance of the term is conte~tual and therefore has chosen not <br />to define the term within these Regulations. The Board has con- <br />sidered public and staff comment that sought a definition of the <br />term "reasonable degree" when that tefm is used in the clause <br />"protect the natural environment to a reasonable degree" but <br />again deferred definition of the term because the Board wanted to <br />retain flexibility to adapt to the unique circumstances of each <br />case. When discussing the concept of "reasonable degree" the <br />Board wanted this document to clearly reflect their understanding <br />that the protection afforded the natural environment by this pro- <br />gram was not intended to be all encompassing, or even as effec- <br />tive as existing environmental regulatory programs because the <br />statutory authorization calls for appropriating only that minimum <br />amount of water necessary to protect the natural environment to a <br />reasonable degree. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Section 5 Original Appropriation Procedure <br /> <br />paragraph 5.10 is designed in order that the Board approves <br /> <br />-4- <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />118 <br />119 <br />121 <br /> <br />122 <br />124 <br />125 <br />126 <br /> <br />127 <br />128 <br />129 <br />130 <br /> <br />131 <br />132 <br />133 <br />134 <br />136 <br /> <br />140 <br /> <br />146 <br /> <br />3 <br />