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Appendix B.3 <br />Administration of Parcels Claimed for Augmentation Credit <br />Agreement <br />This Agreement is entered into by the State of Colorado and the State of Kansas to resolve issues <br />relating to the administration of parcels claimed for augmentation credit. <br />Colorado and Kansas agree as follows: <br />1. In reviewing and approving replacement plans, submitted pursuant to the <br />Colorado Use Rules, the Colorado State Engineer and the Division Engineer for Water Division <br />2 shall use the procedures attached hereto as Exhibit A for dry -up of irrigated acreage by water <br />rights that are proposed for use as augmentation water. <br />2. The Colorado State Engineer and the Division Engineer for Water Division 2 <br />shall use the procedures attached as Exhibit A for monitoring and documentation of dry -up <br />acreage by water rights in approved replacement plans. <br />3. The State of Kansas will be provided with mapping of the dry -up acreage in an <br />agreeable GIS format by April 15th of each year, or at a later time with appropriate notice. In <br />addition, Kansas will be provided with copies of documentation resulting from dry -up <br />monitoring and documentation upon request. A summary table listing all dry -up tracts with any <br />problems found, adjustments to acreage or credits, or other changes from the plan approvals, will <br />be generated at the end of each year. The States will jointly cooperate to ensure information is <br />exchanged on a timely basis to resolve concerns associated with the dry -up acreage as they are <br />discovered. <br />4. This agreement does not preclude changes to the monitoring and <br />documentation procedures attached as Exhibit A that either State believes are necessary or <br />appropriate in the future. The Colorado State Engineer and the Kansas Chief Engineer and their <br />staffs agree to work cooperatively in the event such changes are proposed. <br />5. Any disagreements of parcels claimed for augmentation credit will be subject to the <br />Dispute Resolution Process included in the final decree in Kansas v. Colorado. <br />6. The agreement to use the procedures attached as Exhibit A resolves Issue <br />(b)13.c.3 of the Jointly Proposed Schedule to Resolve Issues That Remain After the Supreme <br />Court's Opinion As of March 11, 2005 in Kansas v. Colorado, No. 105, Original. <br />JOINTLY APPROVED: 9-30-2005 <br />/s/ Hal D. Simpson /s/ David L. Pope <br />Hal D. Simpson David L. Pope <br />Colorado State Engineer Kansas Chief Engineer <br />