DWR_3555888

• Rule Name: Statewide Nontributary Ground Water Rules ‎(2CCR-402-7)‎
• Document Type - Rulemaking: Final Actions
• Subject: FINAL STATEWIDE NONTRIBUTARY GROUND WATER RULES ‎(2 CCR 402-7)‎
• Date Effective: 3/2/1986

RULES AND REGULATIONS
APPLYING TO WELL PERMITS TO WITHDRAW GROUND WATER 241A18
PURSUANT TO SECTION 37-90-137(4) , C.R.S.
Rule 1. Title: The title of these rules and regulations is "The Rules
and Regulations Applying to Applications For Well Permits to Withdraw
Ground Water Pursuant to Section 37-90-137(4), C.R.S." The short title
for these rules and regulations is "The Statewide Nontributary Ground
Water Rules" and they may be referred to herein collectively as the
"rules" or referred to individually as a "rule."
Rule 2. Authority: These rules are promulgated pursuant to the
authority granted the State Engineer in Sections 37-90-137(9) (a) and
37-80-102(1 )(g) , C.R.S.
Rule 3. Scope and Purpose:
A. These rules apply to the evaluation and processing of all well
permit applications for the withdrawal of ground water from wells
described in Section 37-90-137(4), C.R.S. and to replacement permits for
wells described in Rule 13, below, granted or denied on or after the
effective date of these rules.
B. The purpose of these rules is to make the State Engineer' s
consideration of well permit applications for the withdrawal of ground
water from wells described in Section 37-go_137(4), C.R.S. more certain
and expeditious by prescribing reasonable criteria and procedures for the
application for, and the evaluation, issuance, extension, and
administration of, such well permits.
C. These rules apply to all applications and permits for the
withdrawal of ground water from wells described in Section 37-90-137(4) ,
C.R.S. regardless of the particular aquifer or portion thereof from which
the well produces. In addition, other rules of the State Engineer may
apply to applications for well permits in certain locations. These rules
do not apply to a permit sought pursuant to the provisions of Section
37-90-137(7) , C.R.S.
D. As to any application for a well. permit to withdraw nontributary
ground water or any ground water from the Dawson, Denver, Arapahoe,
Laramie-Fox Hills, or Dakota Aquifer which is the subject of an existing