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<br />IN\THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR
<br />MJI.'I 21 19B1 3 WATER DIVISIO;, NO. 4
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<br />CONSERVATION BOARD
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<br />STATE OF COLORADO
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<br />Case No. 80CW389
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<br />IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION )
<br />FOR WATER RIGHTS OF THE COLORADO )'
<br />WATER CONSERVATION BOARD ON ) RULING OF WATER REFEREE
<br />BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE )
<br />OF COLORADO, IN THE GUNNISON RIVER:)
<br />IN HINSDALE COU~Y )
<br />
<br />Kay Phillips, Clerk
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<br />The applicant, ~he Colorado Water Conservation' Board, c/o
<br />Conryie E,'. Pet"erson~ .Assistant Attor-ney General, 1525 Sherman
<br />Street, Denver, CO 80203, requests a water right 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 MILL CREEK' is a natural stream, tributary to the
<br />Gunnison River in Hinsdale County and in old Water District
<br />No. 62.
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<br />Legal description of beginning and end 'points of minimum
<br />stream flow claimed: The natural stream channel from headwaters
<br />in vicinity of ~at 37059'12" north long 107013'18" west as the
<br />upstream terminus and conn Brush Creek lat 38001'47" north long
<br />107009'26" west as the downstream terminus, being a distance of
<br />approximately 4.9 miles. This segment can be located on the
<br />Bristol Head ,15', Cannibal Plateau 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
<br />at its general meeting.
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<br />Amount of water claimed: (S - May 1 through September 30;
<br />W - October 1 through April 30)
<br />A. (Stream only) Flow'in C.F.S.: '3 cfs.,
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<br />This appropriation is made pursuant to ,the provisions of
<br />C.R.S. 1973, 37-92-102(3) and 37-92-103(3)(4) and (10) known
<br />as Senate bill 97. The purpose of this appropriation by the
<br />,state of Colorado is to insure ,the, prese!'vation of a minimum
<br />stream level to protect the natural environment to a reasonable
<br />degree. '
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<br />R U L I N G
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<br />IT IS THE RULING OF THE REFEREE that no adverse effect can
<br />be determined and that MILL CREEK, as above described, is
<br />APPROVED AND GRANTED AN ABSOLUTE IN PLACE DECREE in the amount
<br />of '3.0 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
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<br />E. L. WILSON
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