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Memo to PCPC; <br />Re SUP N6.1999 002 <br />..September 13, 1999 <br />Page.4 <br />extension on the other permit, ,but the extension was not granted and that permit (No. <br />49218F) has expired: <br />The Office of the State Engineer, Water Division 2, indicates the wells were permitted to <br />be.drilled in Section 22, T22S, R65bV, and were authorized to obtain 93.3 acre-feet per <br />year ,combined from both (Exhibit 10). The State Engineer indicates there are no. valid <br />well permits.for drilling within Section 19, T22S, R64W, where the plaint site is to be <br />located. Additionally, the State Engineer's Permit No. 49219F Findings indicate that the <br />applicant's proposed consumption was originally identified as 291-acre feet per year <br />and that the source aquifer would be the Cheyenne Aquifer, which is a non-tributary <br />aquifer. According to their well permit application, the applicant owns or has consent to <br />withdraw groundwater underlying 1480 acres of land. The State Engineer indicates <br />that the annual amount of groundwater that can be appropriated to assure a 100-year <br />aquifer life is 111. acre-feet. The applicant proposes to withdraw an amount that is <br />greater"than what is available underlying his lands. The Permit.finds as follows: <br />A review of the records in the State Engineer's Office has disclosed that there <br />are existing wells or other water rights withdrawing ground water from the aquifer <br />underlying the land claimed by the applicant. The well permit numbers, rates of <br />withdrawal, and other relevant data concerning.such rights are set forth in.Exhibit <br />.B., To prevent material injury to such vested water rights, the quantity of water <br />underlying the land claimed by the applicant which is considered available for <br />withdrawal has been reduced to 93.3 acre-feet. <br />The Cheyenne Aquifer has been determined to be non-tributary to the Arkansas <br />River.. Therefor,. withdrawal of groundwater from the Cheyenne Aquifer <br />underlying the applicant's land in Sections 22, 27, and 28, T22S, R65VV will not, <br />within 100 years; deplete the flow of a natural stream at an annual rate greater <br />than one-tenth of one percent of the annual rate of withdrawal <br />The Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners, through its agent Robert Clift, <br />Pueblo. District Manager, identifies 1480 acres of ownership.by the State of Colorado of <br />lands within Sections 22, 27, and 28, T22S, R65W within Pueblo County. , The District <br />Manager indicates that ground water being sought to.be withdrawn from the Cheyenne <br />aquifer underlying the above described lands has not been conveyed or reserved to <br />another, nor has consent been given to its.withdrawal by another. This Non-tributary <br />Groundwater Land Ownership Statement is signed.11/13/1997. <br />The applicant indicates in supplemental materials submitted June 1, 1999, that an <br />alternative supply of up to 150 acre-feet per year is available from the City of Pueblo,.