FLOOD05728

• County: Statewide
• Community: State of Colorado
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Water Quality/Quanity Relationships
• Date: 6/1/1989
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

WATER RIGHTS PROTECTION IN WATER
QUALITY LAW

GREGORY J. HOBBS, JR. AND BENNETI W. RALEY.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. The 1977 Clean Water Act: An Exercise in Fundamental

Federalism ............................................ 84
A. Establishment of the 404 Pennit Program. . . . . . . . . . 84:
B. The Navigable Waters Debate. ...... .... ......:.. . 851
C. The 404/10 1 (g) Compromise. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. .. 85:
.II. Explicating the Wal10p Amendment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85:
A. Deference to State Water Al1ocation Systems. . ., . .. 85(
1. Severance of the Water from the Public Lands. . 85:
2. Section IOI(g)'s Specific Mandate of Protection
for Water Rights .............................. 85S
B. Section 10 1 (g) Applied ............................ 862
1. The Corps' Pnblic Interest Review ............. 862
2. The 404(b)(J) Guidelines, Antidegradation, and
Alternatives Analysis .......................... 864
3. Accommodating Federal Environmental Law and
State Water Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868
4. Preventing, Reducing, and Eliminating Pol1ution
in Concert With State Programs for Managing
Water Resources............................... 871
III. The Public Interest in Prior Appropriation Decisions:
The Colorado Framework. ... .. . ... . ... ...... .... ... ... 874
A. The Doctrine of Prior Appropriation Is an Expres-
sion of the Public Interest. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 875
B. Prior Appropriation, Public Trust, and the Real
Public Interest .................................... 878
C. The Use of the Police Power for Water Quality
Purposes May Not Abrogate the Doctrine of Prior
Appropriation. . .. . .. . .. . . . . .. . .. .. .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 883
D. Integration of Water Quality and Quantity: Section
104 of the Colorado Water Quality Control Act. . . . 887
1. Section 104 Applied ........................... 888
.. Attorneys, Davis. Graham &. Stubbs. Denver, Colorado.