BOARD00177

• Board Meeting Date: 5/23/2005
• Description: ISF Section - Uncontested Streams Request to Delay Final Action
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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STATE OF COLORADO

Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
13 13 Shennan Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.u5

To:

Bill Owens
Governor

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members-

From: Dan Merriman
Todd Doherty

Russell George
Executive Director

Rod Kuharich
CWCB Director

Date May 12, 2005

Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

Re: Agenda Item 21.2, May 24-25, 2005- Board Meeting
Stream and Lake Protection - Uncontested Streams
Request to delay final action

On January 25,2005, the CWCB formed its intent to appropriate instream flow water rights on
two segments of Escalante Creek (Case Nos. 05104/A-016 and 05104/A-017). Both of these
proposed instream flow appropriations were recommended to the Board by the BLM and are
uncontested. The Board Staff has received a written request from the BLM asking to delay final
action for these two segments. The purpose for this delay is to address a private landowner's
questions regarding these proposed instream flow appropriations as well as BLM's planning
process for the area. Attached is the BLM letter requesting a delay in final action and the
Executive Summary describing the proposed instream flow appropriations.

Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Board delay final action on the proposed instream flow water rights
on Escalante Creek until its September, 2005 Board meeting.

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