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<br />~~~ ~ <br /> <br />DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION NO.5, COLORADO <br />, <br />, <br />----~--------------------------------~----------------.------------------------ <br /> <br />Application No. 86CW203 ~ <br />-------------------------------------~----------------~------------------------ <br /> <br />RULING OF ~~FEREE <br />-----------i-------------------------~------------------------.-------~-------- <br />IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR ~TER RIGHTS OF THE COLORADO WATER <br />CONSERVATIO~ BOARD ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, IN THE <br />COLORADO RI~ER, OR ITS TRIBUTARIES, TRIBUTARY INVOLVED: SOUTH FORK PINEY ~ <br />RIVER, IN EAGLE COUNTY <br />...---...______1-___-_---...----------------....----------...-----...-------...------......-------- <br />I <br />The above entitled Application wa~ filed on August 20, 1986, and was <br />referred to the undersigned as Water Referee for Water Division No.5, State <br />of Colorad~, by the Water Judge of said Court on the 11th day of September, <br />1986, in ascordance with Article 92 Of Chapter 37, Colorado Revised Statutes. <br />1973, k.no~ as The Water Right Determination and Administration Act of 1969. <br /> <br />And th~ undersigned Referee havin~ made such investigations as are <br />necessary ~o determine whether or not the statements in the Application are <br />true and h~ving become fully advised ~ith respect to the subject matter of the <br />Application does hereby make the follQwing determination and Ruling as the <br />Referee in Ithis matter, to-wit: <br /> <br />1. The statements in the ApplicGtion are true. <br />I <br />2. The name of the stream involVed is South Fork Piney River. ~ <br />I <br /> <br />3. The name and address of the Claimant: Colorado Water Conservation y/ <br />Board; 1313 Sherman Street, Suite 721; Denver, Colorado 80203. <br /> <br />4. THe source of the water is South Fork Piney River, tributary to the.~J <br />Piney River, tributary to the Colorado River. . . ' <br />I <br /> <br />5. LJgal description of the stream segment through which an instream <br />flow is cl~imed: The natural stream channel from headwaters in the vicinity <br />of lat. 39042' 23" N., long. 106030'22" W. as the upstream terminus and / <br />extending tio the confluence with Piney River at lat. 39046'14" N.. long. v <br />106030'36" Iw. as the downstream terminus, being a distance of approximately <br />4.9 miles. For administrative purposes only, the Division Engineer for water~ <br />Division Slhas translated such legal descriptions into approximate protracted Ck- ed <br />section, township, and range locations from U.S.G.S. mapping as follows: P l <br />Upstream terminus in the NE/4SW/4 S. 18, T. 4 S., R. 81 W. 6th P.M., more 1 ~s <br />specifically at a point whence the SW Corner of said Township bears N. 06000' Of( <br />E. a distance of 19,450 ft.: downstream terminus in the NW/4SW/4 S. 3D, T. 3 . <br />S., R. 81 W. 6th P.M., more specifically at a point whence the SW Corner of <br />said Section 30 bears N. 19030' E. a distance of 1,950 ft. in former Water <br />District 52. <br /> <br />6. THe use of the water is to appropriate such minimum stream flows as ~ <br />are requir~d to preserve the natural environment to a reasonable degree. <br /> <br />7. T~e date of initiation of Appropriation. is January 16, 1986. ~. <br />I . <br />8. The amount of water claimed is 1.0 cubic feet of water per second ofY! <br />time, abs01ute/ oR. mt:: t-.lfmJRAl., t=l.O'N1 'N1I-1(.\\0IQ i'2> L!;"5~. ~ <br />