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<br />DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 4, COLORADO
<br /> FUed in the District Court
<br />1200 N, GRAND AVE" BIN A Water Division 4
<br />MONTROSE, CO 81401 AUG 28 2003
<br />CONCERNING THE APPLICATION FOR WATER
<br />RIGHTS OF:
<br />THE COLORADO WATER CONSERV A nON BOARD ON
<br />BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
<br />IN HOWARD'S FORK SAN MIGUEL RIVER, A NATURAL
<br />STREAM
<br /> COURT USE ONLY
<br />IN THE WATERSHED OF THE SAN MIGUEL RIVER
<br />IN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO.
<br />KEN SALAZAR, Attorney General Case Number:
<br />ALEXANDRA 1. DAVIS, Assistant Attorney General*
<br />1525 Sherman Street, 5th Floor 02CW269
<br />Denver, CO 80203
<br />(303) 866-5713
<br />Registration Number: 24531 Division
<br />*CounselofRecord Courtroom
<br />FINDINGS AND RULING OF REFEREE AND DECREE OF THE WATER COURT
<br />
<br />This Application was filed on December 30, 2002, and was referred to the
<br />Water Referee for Water Division No, 4, in accordance with C,R.S, 9 9 37-92-101, et
<br />seq. All notices required by law of the filing of this Application have been fulfilled
<br />and the Referee has jurisdiction of this Application, No Statements of Opposition
<br />were filed in this matter and the time to do so has expired, On June 11, 2003, the
<br />Division Engineer submitted a Summary of Consultation and the Referee has given it
<br />due consideration,
<br />
<br />Having made such investigations as are necessary to determine whether the
<br />statements in the Application are true and being fully advised with respect to the
<br />subject matter of the Application;
<br />
<br />THE WATER REFEREE FINDS AS FOLLOWS:
<br />
<br />1. The name and address of the Applicant is:
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