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<br />J.>\ <br /> <br />.'--"'\ <br />! <br /> <br />I. GENERAL BACKGROUND <br /> <br />The Stewart Ditch has been operated to provide irrigation water <br /> <br />to lands within the Paonia, Colorado area since approximately 1904. <br /> <br />At this time approximately 2400 acres of land are normally irrigated <br /> <br />with water diverted from the North Fork of the Gunnison River, and <br /> <br />conveyed by the Stewart Ditch. <br /> <br />On June 16, 1986 a medium size landslide occurred within the SE <br /> <br />corner of Section 21, TJ3S, R91W. The slide obliterated approximately <br /> <br />1200 feet of the Stewart Ditch and carried well into the North Fork of <br /> <br />the Gunnison River. Since that date no water has been delivered from <br /> <br />the upper reaches of the ditch although some emergency water from <br /> <br />other sources has been diverted into the lower reaches of the Stewart <br /> <br />Ditch system. <br /> <br />Through a process of petitions and requests from the Stewart <br /> <br />Ditch Company, the Delta County Board of Commissioners, the Division <br /> <br />of Disaster Emergency Services during the month of July 1986, a criti- <br /> <br />cal state of emergency was defined. Governor Richard D. Lamm issued <br /> <br />on August 8, 1986 a proclamation of Disaster Emergency and authorized <br /> <br />1-1 <br />