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APPLICATION FOR UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHTS, CHANGE OF WATER RIGHTS, AND REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF PLAN FOR AUGMENTATION Page 9of12 located at a point on the right abutment being the intersection of the center line of the axis of the dam and of the center line of the outlet works tunnel, whence the SW corner of section 31, T49N, R4W, NMPM bears North 78 °36'44" West a distance of 3,207.07 feet. d. Source: Gunnison River e. Appropriation date: November 11, 1957 f. Amount: 1,063,457 acre feet g. Decreed use: domestic, municipal, irrigation, stockwatering, industrial, hydropower, piscatorial, wildlife, recreation and other purposes. D. Statement of plan for augmentation: i) Potential downstream calling rights: The water rights involved in this Application are tributary to the lower Gunnison River. The only senior downstream calling rights are held by the Redlands Power and Water Company. They hold three separately decreed rights: a. 670 c.f s. absolute decreed in Case No. CA1927 with a July 31, 1905 appropriation date and a July 22, 1912 adjudication date. ( "Senior Redlands Right ") b. 80 c.f.s. absolute decreed in Case No. CA8303 with a June 26, 1941 appropriation date and a July 21, 1959 adjudication date. (Together with the 100 c.f.s. right below, "Junior Redlands Rights "). c. 100 c.f.s. absolute decreed in Case No. 94CW0228 with an October 1, 1994 appropriation date and a December 31, 1994 adjudication date. (Together with the 80 c.f.s. right above, "Junior Redlands Rights "). ii) Potential call period: In order to determine potential out -of- priority depletions under this plan for augmentation, Applicant considered the potential call periods for both the Senior Redlands Right and the Junior Redlands Rights during the extreme drought conditions that existed in 2002 -2003. The number of call days per month based on that analysis is outlined in the attached Exhibit 9.