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<br />^ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Dj~A~T <br />i~~u <br /> <br />Section 6 Acquisition of Adiudicated Absolute Rights <br /> <br />172 <br /> <br />Acquisition of adjudicated absolute water rights is provided for 177 <br /> <br />in ~ 39-92-102(3), C.R.S. (1990). This section clarifies the <br /> <br />178 <br /> <br />procedure and findings to be used prior to the acquisition. The 179 <br /> <br />findings found in paragraphs 6.31 to 6.33 are similar but not 180 <br /> <br />identical to the statutorily required findings to be made prior 181 <br /> <br />to all original appropriations by the Board. The difference be- <br /> <br />tween the acquisition and appropriation findings are that in the 183 <br /> <br />acquisition findings the Board will find that the natural envi- 184 <br /> <br />ronment will be preserved "at least" to a reasonable degree. The 185 <br /> <br />"at least" qualifier is intended to signify that the Board's ac- 186 <br /> <br />tion is a minimum water quantity based environmental protection <br /> <br />and is not intended to protect all habitats and ecosystems nor is <br /> <br />187 <br /> <br />it an optimum or ideal degree of preservation. 188 <br /> <br />Section 7 Acquisition of Adjudicated Conditional Water Rights. 192 <br /> <br />Acquisition of conditional rights has a much greater potential 197 <br />for disrupting development opportunities in a river basin. Due 198 <br />to the potential impact of such acquisitions the Board on Novem- 199 <br /> <br />ber 19, 1991 adopted interim guidelines to set the ground rules 200 <br /> <br />for acquisitions that may occur before these regulations could be 201 <br /> <br />adopted. The interim guidelines were the product of numerous <br /> <br />public meetings and evidenced substantial compromises by many of <br /> <br />202 <br /> <br />-6- <br /> <br />3 <br />