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except that certain information required pursuant to Rule 7.A.6) may be <br /> required at a later date. Rule 7.A,3) allows an alternate oescription <br /> of the well location if the well is located in an unsurveyed area. <br /> Rule 7.13. cross references and reaffirms the need to comply with <br /> existing requirements stated in other statutes and rules , <br /> Rule 7.C. requires that the applicant file a notice of commencement of <br /> beneficial use pursuant to Section 37-90-137(3) (a) (II) , C.R.S. This <br /> notice informs the State Engineer that the well is in operation and that <br /> reporting of withdrawals should commence as required by Rule 15. Tile <br /> proposed requirement that the notice be submitted within fifteen days of <br /> beneficial use was changed to thirty days at the suggestion of Lincoln <br /> Meadows Limited Partnership, et al . Like Rule 7.A.3. ), Rule 7.C.3) <br /> was changed to allow alternate—weTT location descriptions in unsurveyed <br /> areas. <br /> Rule 7.D. identifies the information required on an application to <br /> extend the expiration date of a well permit, as allowed by Section <br /> 37-90-137(3)(a)(11) , C.R.S. inns rule ensures that the State Engineer <br /> will receive the information necessary to grant or deny the request for <br /> extension and sets a fee as required by Section 37-90-137(3)(a) (II), C.R.S. <br /> Rule 8 <br /> Rule 8.A. specifies that, pursuant to Section 37-90-137(4)(b) (1), <br /> C.R.S. , the allowed average annual amount of withdrawal is to be <br /> determined on the basis of an aquifer life of one hundred years. The rule <br /> also allows pumping....in -certain -,years to exceed- the-allowed averace -annual <br /> amount of withdrawal , provided that the permittee had not withdrawn ground <br /> water at the allowed average annual amount in every previous year. The <br /> rule is designed to encourage conservation of the resource without <br /> penalizing the permittee for not having withdrawn ground water at the full <br /> permitted rate in every year. <br /> Rule B.A. was changed to reflect the comment of Park Funding Corp. , et <br /> al . that, under Section 37-90-137(4) (b) (II), C.R. S. , the amount of ground <br /> eater available for withdrawal is to be determined Exclusive of- artificial <br /> recharge. <br /> Rule 8;B. specifies the formula to be used to calculate the allowed <br /> average annual airount of withdrawal . Its purpose is to standardize that <br /> calculation. <br /> Numerous parties noted that this methodology aces not apply to certain <br /> types of aquifers, such as fractured formations. The rule was changes to <br /> -7- <br />