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<br />usr: or ';r;cwm ur.r~.r, ny Dnvru arm ) r•nlnnJG~ or• FACT,
<br />nRVl;G I,r"/ rn,^,^ jN •;, R? uprlih aloe Y. ) COLIC Il [:iION.^., AND OnDEn
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<br />FI'mIIJGS OF FACT
<br />T'hc Ground `:atcr Comnii ss ion of the State of Colorado held a hearing
<br />on the ahove entitled &ub,ject matter on July 24, 1975. The hearing officer
<br />submitteJ leis Pi ndin;;s of Fact, Conclusions, and Reccmmendati ons to the
<br />Commisc: on at its reGular n:oet ink on I:ay '_7, 197G, for consideration and
<br />action. Pursuant to said I,earin, and deliberations made at said meeting,
<br />the Ground ldater L'oimnission approved the Findings of Fact and Conclusions
<br />of the hearing eYfi cer and directed that this order be pre Fared. The
<br />FindinCc and Conclusions approved at the hlay 17, 1976, meeti^, are hereby
<br />included and ma~1e part of this order w•i tl, tl~e tolloering correction. The
<br />!gearing date is incorrectly listed in the ~i ndi ngc as July 24, 1?74. The
<br />actual m,d true late cf the hearing is July 24, 1975
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<br />ir. tyre ahccucc uC a r:rou nd LJn to tLanaGemc nt L`i atr ict, tticru is nothing
<br />in the :<f atutes which prove n'_v the e>.nort or chance in nlnce of use of
<br />sr ou nd +:atcr fr+n: a deli Cnate3 basin for ure in other areas, ercent for uses
<br />in another slate (/'li^, 1'171. 37-oC-1;G). Tlie only limitation under the lass
<br />n:' this state upon a champed or enlarged use is the requirement that any
<br />eban(;e rr en]arGcinent Jars not affect the ri Ghts of other appropr iato: s.
<br />The Commi scion ie of the opinion that ;t has the authority to allau chagres
<br />of use acd clmrS;es of Place of use of designated Ground ,water w,der the
<br />provi cions sec Lion:: 3'(-'v1_U'7 mud 3'(-"(~-lll, CRG, 1'i l3~
<br />Th.o "_a~m_sc inn: is c!:urfo: iu ~ecti cn J7-!1',-11 i, CRS, 1; i3, to super-
<br />vi sc and coutrot tli~: use of decii, nntrvl G,rou nd ~n~tcr to ar;,irvc full
<br />economi r, .IC VCYiP^'^nC of the Cr,nm4 ,aac:r while protrc ti ng vested eater
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