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<br />TriE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FUrl
<br />WATER DIVISION NO, 4
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<br />CoNSe:R~Al\ON BOARD
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<br />STATE OF COLORADO
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<br />CaseN0. 80CW384
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<br />IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION )
<br />FOR WATER RIGHTS OF THE COLORADO )
<br />WATER ,CONSEHVATIONBOARD ON ) RULING OF WATER REFEREE
<br />BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE )
<br />OF COLORADO, IN THE GUNNISON RIVER:)
<br />IN HINSDALE COUNTY )
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<br />Kay 'Phillios, Clerk
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<br />The applicant, The Colorado Water Conservation Board c/o
<br />Con~ie L. Peterson, Assistant Attorney General, 1525 Sherman
<br />Street;~enver, CO 80203, requests a water rjght to protect
<br />the 'natural environment. Filed: November 13,1980,
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<br />No opposition has been filed.
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<br />FINDING OF FACT
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<br />The EAST FORK CEBOLLA CREEK is a natural stream, tributary to
<br />the Gunnison River in Hinsdale County and in old Water District No,
<br />62,
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<br />Leeal description of beginning and ,end points of minJmllm stream
<br />flo\'1 claimed: The natural stream channe) from headwaters in
<br />vicinHy of lat 37057'06" north long 107006'42" west as the upstream
<br />terminus and confl West Fork Cebolla Creek lat 37058'01" north
<br />long 107009"5811 w,est as the downstream terminus, being a distance
<br />of approximately 4.7 miles, This s0gment can be located on the
<br />Bristol H0ad 15' U.S.G.S. ,quadrangle.
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<br />Date of initiation of appropriation: September 9, 1980,
<br />by final approval of the Colorado Water Conservation Board at
<br />its general meeting.
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<br />Amollnt of water claimed: (S - May 1 through September 30;
<br />W - Octob0r 1 through April 30)
<br />A. (StreaJ1 only) Flow in'C.F.S'.: 1 cfs.
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<br />This appropriation is made pursuant to the provisions of C.R.S
<br />1973, 37-92-102(3) and 37-92-103(3) (4) and (10) known as Senate
<br />bill 97. The purpose of this appropriation by the state of
<br />Colorado l's to insure the preservation of a minimum stream level
<br />to protect the natural environment to a. reasonable degree.
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<br />R U L I N G
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<br />IT IS THE RULI~G OF THE REFEREE that no adverse effect can
<br />be determined and that EAST FORK CEBOLI,A CREEK, as above described,
<br />is APPROVED AND GRANTED AN ABSOLUTE IN PLACE ,DECREE in the amount
<br />of 1.0 c.f.s. of water when and if it is available in the natural
<br />flow, for the purposes of 'protecting the natural environment
<br />thereof. As of the date of appropriation, September 9, 1980.
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<br />DATED -.!/~Z-=-f.L.
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<br />E. L. ,lILSON
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