DWR_3348296

• Board or Commission: Colorado Ground Water Commission
• Document Type - Board and Commission Meetings: Meeting Document
• Document Date: 2/18/2011
• Subject: MEETING MATERIALS

February 18, 2011 Meeting

MEMORANDUM

TO: Dick Wolfe, Executive Director – Ground Water Commission

FROM: Keith Vander Horst, Designated Basins Team Leader

SUBJECT: Staff Activity Report for November 31, 2010 through January 31, 2011

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. Permit activities are summarized as follows:

Small capacity:
86 small-capacity new and replacement well permit applications were received
75 small-capacity new and replacement well permits were issued

Large Capacity:
45 large-capacity new and replacement well permit applications, and Determination of Water Right applications, were received
43 large-capacity new and replacement well permits and Determinations of Water Rights were issued
37 Large-capacity well permits were canceled

Table 2 provides details on the pending individual large-capacity new and replacement permit applications and Determination of Water Right applications.

Change Applications

Table 1 also gives a breakdown, by basin, of change application activities for the last quarter:
28 new applications were received
9 change applications were approved

Table 3 provides details on the individual pending 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. Conditional permits are being reviewed in the
Southern High Plains, Lost Creek, Kiowa-Bijou, and Camp Creek Designated Basins.

Final Permit Activity This Quarter Basin Requests for SBUs* Misc. Contacts** Permits Clarified Permits Published Final Permits Issued Northern High Plains 0 0 0 0 0 Southern High
Plains 12 156 266 60 8 Lost Creek 0 0 72 67 67 Kiowa-Bijou 0 71 3 1 63 Upper Big Sandy 0 0 0 0 0 Upper Black Squirrel Creek 0 0 0 0 0 Upper Crow Creek 0 0 0 0 0 Camp Creek 0 0 4 4 3 Total 12
227 345 132 141
* This field tracks only the first written request for Statements 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 Northern High Plains 4112 4110 100% Southern High Plains 1263 453 36% Lost
Creek 379 358 94% Kiowa-Bijou 955 530 56% Upper Big Sandy 121 121 100% Upper Black Squirrel Creek 211 139 66% Upper Crow Creek 107 102 95% Camp Creek 49 47 96% Total 7197 5860 81%

Objections/Hearings

Below is a list of pending cases. Details on these cases are contained in the Attorney General’s and Hearing Officer's reports. The Staff took part in meetings, pre-hearing conferences,
preparation of pre-hearing statements, and otherwise worked on resolving these cases.