DWR_3347722

• Board or Commission: Colorado Ground Water Commission
• Document Type - Board and Commission Meetings: Meeting Document
• Document Date: 8/18/2006
• Subject: MEETING MATERIALS

August 7, 2006
MEMORANDUM

TO: Ground Water Commission Members

FROM: Keith Vander Horst, Designated Basins Team

SUBJECT: Upcoming Ground Water Commission Meeting

The upcoming Ground Water Commission meeting is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Friday, August 18, 2006, at the Double Tree Hotel, 743 Horizon Drive, Grand Junction 81506. Please find enclosed
herein the following:

Meeting agenda.

Minutes of the last Commission meeting, Agenda Item No. 3.

Items related to the hearing on Petitioner’s Exceptions to Hearing Officer’s Order Concerning Publication Costs and Submission of Publication Costs Payment, in the matter of the Senior
Water Rights of the Pioneer Irrigation District, Colorado Board and Laird Ditch, located in the Northern High Plains Designated Ground Water Basin (case no. 05-GW-14), Agenda Item No.
6.
- Petitioner’s [Pioneer's] motion dated March 9, 2006
- Staff's response dated March 21, 2006
- Pioneer's reply dated March 27, 2006
- Hearing Officer’s order dated April 10, 2006
- Pioneer's exception to the order dated April 26, 2006

Items related to hearing on whether to proceed with publication of the Petition to Create the Box Elder Creek Designated Ground Water Basin (case no. 06-GW-23), Agenda Item No. 7.
- Motion to dismiss by FRICO dated June 29, 2006
- Motion to dismiss by Bijou Irrigation Co. et al dated June 30, 2006
- Concurrence in motion to dismiss by ECCV and PSCo dated June 30, 2006
- Joinder in motion to dismiss by City of Englewood dated July 5, 2006
- Petitioner's [John Moser & Central] response to motion to dismiss dated July 14, 2006
- Movant's [Bijou Irrigation Co. et al] reply dated July 24, 2006
- Attorney General’s July 24, 2006 memo to the Commission concerning procedure for handling the petition.
- Staff’s August 2, 2006 Preliminary Evaluation of Proposed Box Elder Creek Designated Basin.

Staff Activity Report, Agenda Item No. 8.

Attorney General’s Report, Agenda Item No. 9.

Hearing Officer's Report.

Please call if there are any questions about the Commission meeting.

cc: Commission Staff (w/ enclosures)
Designated Ground Water Management Districts

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Memorandum
Upcoming Commission Meeting
Page 2

FRED A. HEFLEY, CHAIRMAN, Walsh; JON B. BROWNELL, VICE-CHAIRMAN, Hooper; EUGENE A. BAUERLE, Julesburg; ANNE J. CASTLE, Denver; DENNIS W. CORYELL, Burlington;
MICHAEL GROSS, Silt; RICHARD F. HUWA, Keenesburg; F. W. (BILL) KERKSIEK, Strasburg; ERNEST L. MIKITA, Calhan

C. MAX SMITH, CHAIRMAN, Walsh; DENNIS W. CORYELL, VICE-CHAIRMAN, Burlington; GRANT H. BLEDSOE, Wray; LARRY W. CLEVER, Grand Junction;
EARNEST L. MIKITA, Calhan; DOUGLAS L. SHRIVER, Monte Vista; COREY M. HUWA, Roggen; FRANK P. JAEGER, Elizabeth; ROBERT R. LOOSE, Wiggins

Ground Water Commission Members Page 2
August 7, 2006

PioneerPublication$Hearing.PDF
QRTSTATaug06.xlsQRTSTAT.XLS
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TABLE 1
DESIGNATED BASINS BRANCH
QUARTERLY ACTIVITY REPORT
C.R.S. 37-90-

BASIN
EXEMPT
RECEIVED
ISSUED
N. HIGH PLAINS
KIOWA BIJOU
S. HIGH PLAINS
UPPER BLACK SQR
LOST CREEK
CAMP CREEK
UPPER BIG SANDY
TOTAL
SUMMARY OF APPLICATION ACTIVITY
APPLICATIONS
INCOMPLETE
RETURNED
DENIED

AP
NP
AU
AR
AD & AW

EXEMPT PERMITS
NON-EXEMPT PERMITS

CHANGE APPLICATIONS
UPPER CROW CREEK
MAY 1, 2006 THROUGH JULY 31, 2006
NEW NON-EXEMPT
REPLACE NON-EXEMPT
TOTAL RECEIVED
NEW ISSUED
REPLACE ISSUED
NEW RECEIVED
REPLACE RECEIVED
CHANGE RECEIVED
CHANGE ISSUED
CHANGE NON-EXEMPT
105.00
107.00
111.00
111.00
48.00
30.00
19.00
2.00
1.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
7.00
56.00
49.00
3.00
22.00
23.00
4.00
8.00
1.00
4.00
8.00
7.00
0.00
1.00
2.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
47.00
21.00
6.00
32.00
16.00
0.00
1.00
2.00
17.00
19.00
19.00
0.00
9.00
5.00
1.00
0.00
0.00
3.00
0.00
1.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
11.00
1.00
3.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
0.00
1.00
1.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1.00
1.00
0.00
0.00
180.00
139.00
29.00
69.00
47.00
10.00
15.00
10.00
32.00
180.00
168.00
49.00
42.00
15.00
79.00
62.00
26.00
12.00
0.00
10.00
32.00
3.00
3.00
0.00

StaffReportAug06.doc STATE OF COLORADO
GROUND WATER COMMISSION
Division of Water Resources
Department of Natural Resources

1313 Sherman Street, Room 818
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone [phone]
FAX [phone]
Bill Owens
Governor

Russell George
Executive Director, DNR

Hal D. Simpson, P.E.
Executive Director
August 18, 2006 Meeting

MEMORANDUM

TO: Hal D. Simpson, Executive Director - Ground Water Commission

FROM: Keith Vander Horst, Designated Basins Team

SUBJECT: Staff Activity Report for May 1, 2006 through July 31, 2006
AGENDA ITEM # 8

Various activities performed during the last quarter are briefly described below.

New and Replacement Applications

Table 1 provides a breakdown, by basin, of permitting activity for the last quarter. The following permit activities were performed:

Small capacity:

180 small-capacity well applications were received
168 small-capacity well permits were issued

Large Capacity:

79 large-capacity well or Determination of Water Right applications were received
62 large-capacity well permits or Determination of Water Rights were issued

Table 2 shows the current status of new and replacement permit applications for the large-capacity wells.

Change Applications

During the last quarter the following change application activities occurred:

10 new applications were received
32 change applications were approved

Table 3 provides the current status of the change applications.

Final Permit Activities

Below is a summary of the Final Permit Activity for the last quarter and a summary of the status of the Final Permit Project as a whole. Staff is currently working on issuing permits
for the Southern High Plains, preparing for publication of final permits in the Upper Big Sandy Designated Basin as well as doing preliminary work on the Kiowa-Bijou Designated Basin.

Final Permit Activity This Quarter
Basin Requests for SBUs* Permits Clarified Permits Published Final
Permits Issued
Misc. Contacts** Southern High Plains 5 43 39 0 167 Upper Big Sandy 28 50 0 0 50 Kiowa-Bijou 0 0 0 1 0 Northern High Plains 0 1 1 0 6 Upper Crow Creek 0 2 2 2 0
* This field tracks only the first request for a Statement of Beneficial Use (SBUs).
** This field tracks meetings with the irrigators, telephone conversations, second and third requests for SBUs and other correspondence such as corrections to a previously submitted
statement, reminders to return an amended statement or a request for a change in ownership form.

Final Permit Activity to Date Basin Total Number of Permits Total Final Permits Issued Percent Complete Upper Crow Creek
103
102
99% Northern High Plains 4353
4346
99% Lost Creek 406 288 52% Camp Creek 50 44 88% Upper Black Squirrel Creek 274 128 47% Southern High Plains 1232 183 15% Kiowa-Bijou 1041 2 0.2% Upper Big Sandy 128 0 0% Total 7587 5093 67%