BOARD02654

• Board Meeting Date: 7/25/2006
• Description: WSP Section - Consent Agenda - Town of Carbondale RICD Application
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO

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Colorado Water Conservation Board

Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.lls

Bill Owens
Governor

MEMORANDUM

To:

Members, CWCB

Russell George
Executive Director

From: Ted Kowalski, RICD Program Manager

Rod Kuharich
eWeB Director

Date: July 13, 2006

Re: Consent Agenda l(d), Town of Carbondale (RICD application) July 25-26,2006
Board Meeting.

Rick Brown
Acting Deputy
Director

Backl!round
In May 2006, the Town of Avon filed a Recreational In-Channel Diversion ("RICD") water right on the
Roaring Fork River as it flows through the Town of Carbondale. The application requests year round
flow rates from 230 cfs up to 1600 cfs. A copy of the application is attached to this memorandum.

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The RICD statute provides that the Board may appear in water court to defend its findings with regard to
an RICD application. There a number of additional reasons why the Board may oppose the application;
therefore the Staff filed a statement of opposition in July.

The time for the filing of statements of opposition has not yet run and the Staff does not know how many
statements of opposition will be filed, or by whom.

Staff Recommendation
The Staff recommends that the Board ratify the Staff s statement of opposition for the City of Durango
RICD case.

Colorado Water Conservation Board
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