BOARD01852

• Board Meeting Date: 7/28/2003
• Description: Report of the Attorney General
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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KEN SALAZAR
Attomey General

CHRISTINE M. ARGUELLO
Chief Deputy Attorney General

ALAN J. GILBERT
Solicitor General

STATE OF COLORADO
DEPARTMENT OF LAW

STATE SERVICES BUILDING
1525 Sherman Street - 5th Floor
Denverf Colorado 80203
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FAX [phone]

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

July 24, 2003

MEMORANDUM

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TO:

Colorado Water CoJt1Servation Board

FROM:

Ken Salazar
Attorney General

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RE:

Felicity Hannay
Deputy Attorney General

Report of the Attorney General!

1. Forest Service Reserved Ril:hts Cases, Case Nos. 81-CW-220 et al., Water Division 2.

Wendy Weiss on behalf of the state parties signed the stipulation allowing the Forest Service
to withdraw the Division 2 claims with prejudice. Only two other objectors have yet to sign
similar stipulations, because of procedural delays. Dismissal should be imminent.

2. Forest Service Reserved Ril:hts Cases, Case Nos. W-1l46-73 et al., Water Divisioil 7.

The state and water users responded jointly in writing to the Forest Service's settlement
proposal. Our response set forth some general principles to guide future negotiations that we
would require in order to continue on a settlement path. We filed a Joint Status report with the
Court last week, essentially saying that the United States is still considering our response.
According to the Department ofJustice attorney working on this case, due to vacations and the
fires in this area he has not yet had an opportunity to get all of the required people together to

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than repeating background information. Material to which we wish to call special attention appears in bold italics,
and any entirely new matters are specifically identified as [NEW].