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<br />CONSERVATION BOARQ
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<br />IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR
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<br />Fi!~d In Th~ Oiztrict Court
<br />Wakr u;v;sion Four
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<br />WATER DIVISION NO, 4
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<br />APR 171981
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<br />STATE OF COLORADO
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<br />Case No, 80CW386
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<br />IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION )
<br />FOR WATER RIGHTS OF THE COLORADO )
<br />WATER CONSERVATION BOARD IN ) 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 Phillips. CIBrk
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<br />The applicant, The Colorado Water Conservation Board,
<br />c/o Connie L. Peterson, Assistant Attorney 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 CALF CREEK is a natural stream, tributary to the Gunnison
<br />River in Hinsdale County and in old Water District 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 lat 38005'29" north long 107010'16" west as the
<br />upstream terminus and confl Cebolla Creek lat 38 02' 50" north
<br />long 107006'4111 west as the downstream terminus, qeing a distance
<br />of approximately 4.9 miles, This segment can be located on the
<br />Mineral Mtn" 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 at
<br />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,: 2cfs.
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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 Colorad
<br />-1s to insure the preservation of a-minimum stream level to protect
<br />"the natura~ environment to a reasonable deg~ee.
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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 CALF CREEK, as above described, is APPROVED
<br />AND GRANTED AN ABSOLUTE IN PLACE DECREE in the amount of 2.0
<br />c,f.s, of water when and if it is available in the natural flow,
<br />for the purposes of protecting the natural environment thereof.
<br />As of the date of appropriation, September 9, 1980
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<br />DATED ___' -;i. -/7 - 1/
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<br />E. L. WILSON
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