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6. 1. Previous Decree: Case No. 807, Amended Decree, La Plata County District Court, <br />entered on January 12, 1898. <br />6.2. Decreed point of diversion: The point of diversion for the Hay Gulch Ditch was <br />changed by the court in Case No. 807 -8, to a point on the west bank of said La Plata River <br />whence the quarter corner on the north line of said Section 23, T35N, R 11 W, NMPM, bears <br />South 35 0551 East a distance of 1102.7 ft. <br />6.3. Source: La Plata River, <br />6.4. Appropriation Date: February 8, 1888, Priority No. 3 in the La Plata River Basin. <br />6.5. Decreed Amount: 10.5 cfs <br />6.6. Decreed use: Irrigation. <br />6.7 Portion of HDG Water Right to be Changed: The water rights in HGD are owned by <br />May Gulch Ditch, Inc. ("the Ditch Company "), which allocates water to its shareholders on the <br />basis of 1/16 cfs per share. Huntington Ranches, LLC ( "Huntington'j owns 63 shares of Class A <br />stock in the Ditch Company. Huntington has leased to GCC the amount of its shares which will <br />allow GCC to divert up to 15 acre -feet of consumptive use of HGD water for the purposes <br />described below ("the Leased Shares "). Huntington has leased the Leased Shares for a period of <br />50 years from the date of entry of this decree. <br />6.8 Description of Requested Changes: <br />6.8.1 POD: The Leased Shares shall continue to be diverted at the headgate of <br />the Hay Gulch Ditch, except when they are diverted through the GCC Well Field as described <br />below. <br />6.8.2. Alternate place of use: GCC's mining facility, located in Sections 19, 20, <br />30 and 31 in T35N, R1 W; Sections 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, and 36 in T35N, R12W; and <br />Sections 2 and 3 in T34N, R12W, NMPM. <br />6.8.3. Additional uses: Commercial, industrial, domestic, augmentation as <br />described in paragraph 9, exchange, and storage, as described in paragraph 8 below. The Leased <br />Shares retain their existing decreed use and place of use so that when the Applicant's lease with <br />Huntington is terminated, Huntington may use the water right to irrigate the historically irrigated <br />land using the Leased Shares. <br />6.8.4. Administration of Consumptive Use for Leased Shares: <br />