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issuance and enforcement of point source discharge permits to the <br /> WQCD. See § 25-8-202 ( 7 ) (b) ( II) , C.R.S. (1989) . At the same <br /> time, the legislature chose to preserve its delegation of all <br /> other water quality responsibilities to other state agencies <br /> intact . See $25-8-202( 7 ) (d) , C.R.S. ( 1989 ) . The doctrine ' s ap- <br /> plication to bar the WQCD' s enforcement of the CDPS Permit clear- <br /> ly interferes with this legislative delegation and is clearly <br /> contrary to the legislature ' s intent . <br /> While CDH argued that the language of the CWQCA and, in <br /> particular , the provisions discussed above preclude the District <br /> Court ' s application of the doctrine in the instant case, the Di-s- <br /> trict Court chose to ignore them. Instead of trying to ascertain <br /> the legislature ' s intent in enacting those provisions, the Dis- <br /> trict Court dismissed an entire statute on the grounds that an- <br /> other statute provides alternative relief. The District Court ' s <br /> substitution of its own judgment and policies for that of the <br /> legislature ' s improperly interferes with the legitimate functions <br /> of the WQCD as they were properly delegated to it by the legis- <br /> lature. The District Court ' s decision must, therefore, be <br /> reversed by this Court . <br /> CONCLUSION <br /> For the aforementioned reasons, CDH respectfully requests <br /> -23- <br />