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November 7, 2001 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: Ground Water Commission Members <br /> <br />FROM: Suzanne M. Sellers, Designated Basins Team <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Upcoming Ground Water Commission Meeting <br /> <br />The upcoming Ground Water Commission meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 16, 2001, in Room 318, 1313 Sherman St., Denver, Colorado 80203. An agenda for the meeting <br /> was mailed to you about three weeks back. Please find enclosed herein the following: <br /> <br />Minutes of the last Commission meeting, Agenda Item No. 3. <br /> <br />Information on Variance Request by Lost Creek Land and Cattle, Agenda Item No. 7. <br /> <br />Staff Activity Report, Agenda Item No. 8. <br /> <br />Hearing Officer's Report. <br /> <br />Attorney General’s Report, Agenda Item No. 9. <br /> <br /> <br />Please call if there are any questions about the Commission meeting. <br /> <br />PacketGWCNov2001.doc <br /> <br />cc: Commission Staff (w/ enclosures) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Memorandum <br />Upcoming Commission Meeting <br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br />FRED A. HEFLEY, CHAIRMAN, Walsh; JON B. BROWNELL, VICE-CHAIRMAN, Hooper; EUGENE A. BAUERLE, Julesburg; ANNE J. CASTLE, Denver; DENNIS W. CORYELL, Burlington; <br />MICHAEL GROSS, Silt; RICHARD F. HUWA, Keenesburg; F. W. (BILL) KERKSIEK, Strasburg; ERNEST L. MIKITA, Calhan <br /> <br />ERNEST L. MIKITA, CHAIRMAN, Calhan; ANNE J. CASTLE, VICE-CHAIRMAN, Denver; JON B. BROWNELL, Hooper; EUGENE A. BAUERLE, Julesburg; DENNIS W. CORYELL, Burlington; <br />ROBERT R. LOOSE, Wiggins; LARRY CLEAVER, Grand Junction; RICHARD F. HUWA, Keenesburg; CHARLES “MAX” SMITH, Walsh <br /> <br />Memorandum <br />Upcoming Commission Meeting <br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />QRTSTATNov01.xlsQRTSTAT.XLS <br />Print_Area_MI <br />TABLE 1 <br />DESIGNATED BASINS BRANCH <br />QUARTERLY ACTIVITY REPORT <br />C.R.S. 37-90- <br /> <br />NEW <br />REPLACE <br /> <br /> CHANGE <br />BASIN <br />EXEMPT <br />NON-EXEMPT <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br />ISSUED <br />N. HIGH PLAINS <br />KIOWA BIJOU <br />S. HIGH PLAINS <br />UPPER BLACK SQR <br />LOST CREEK <br />CAMP CREEK <br />UPPER BIG SANDY <br />CROW CREEK <br />TOTAL <br />SUMMARY OF APPLICATION ACTIVITY <br />APPLICATIONS <br />INCOMPLETE <br />RETURNED <br />DENIED <br /> <br /> <br />AP <br />NP <br />AU <br />AR <br />AD & AW <br /> <br /> <br />EXEMPT PERMITS <br />NON-EXEMPT PERMITS <br /> <br />CHANGE APPLICATIONS <br />AUGUST 1, 2001 THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 2001 <br />105.00 <br />107.00 <br />111.00 <br />111.00 <br />64.00 <br />49.00 <br />15.00 <br />1.00 <br />0.00 <br />4.00 <br />4.00 <br />2.00 <br />8.00 <br />80.00 <br />90.00 <br />1.00 <br />27.00 <br />14.00 <br />1.00 <br />1.00 <br />4.00 <br />3.00 <br />10.00 <br />3.00 <br />1.00 <br />5.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />4.00 <br />46.00 <br />44.00 <br />3.00 <br />7.00 <br />25.00 <br />1.00 <br />3.00 <br />2.00 <br />0.00 <br />22.00 <br />20.00 <br />0.00 <br />13.00 <br />1.00 <br />0.00 <br />1.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />1.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />13.00 <br />12.00 <br />1.00 <br />1.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />41.00 <br />37.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />0.00 <br />277.00 <br />255.00 <br />21.00 <br />54.00 <br />40.00 <br />6.00 <br />9.00 <br />8.00 <br />15.00 <br />277.00 <br />276.00 <br />42.00 <br />38.00 <br />33.00 <br />60.00 <br />49.00 <br />35.00 <br />22.00 <br />1.00 <br />8.00 <br />15.00 <br />13.00 <br />8.00 <br />2.00 <br /> <br />StaffReportNov01.doc STATE OF COLORADO <br />GROUND WATER COMMISSION <br />Division of Water Resources <br />Department of Natural Resources <br /> <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 818 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone (303) 866-3581 <br />FAX (303) 866-3589 <br /> Bill Owens <br /> Governor <br /> <br /> Greg E. Walcher <br /> Executive Director, DNR <br /> <br /> Hal D. Simpson, P.E. <br /> Executive Director <br /> <br />November 7, 2001 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: Hal D. Simpson, Executive Director - Ground Water Commission <br /> <br />FROM: Suzanne M. Sellers, Designated Basins Team <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Staff Activity Report for August 1, 2001 through October 31, 2001 <br /> AGENDA ITEM # 8 <br /> <br />Various activities performed during the last quarter are briefly described below. <br /> <br />New and Replacement Applications <br /> <br />Table 1 provides a breakdown, by basin, of permitting activity for the last quarter. The following permit activities were performed: <br /> <br />Small capacity: <br /> <br />277 small-capacity well applications were received <br />276 small-capacity well permits were issued <br /> <br />Large Capacity: <br /> <br />60 large-capacity well or Determination of Water Right applications were received <br />49 large-capacity well permits or Determination of Water Rights were issued <br /> <br />Table 2 shows the current status of new and replacement permit applications for the large-capacity wells. <br /> <br />Change Applications <br /> <br />Table 3 provides the current status of the change applications. During the last quarter the following <br />change application activities occurred: <br /> <br />8 new applications were received; <br />15 change applications were approved; and <br />48 applications are currently in different stages of processing, including 7 in initial processing, 1 in publication, and 40 in hearing (including for 39 for Eagle Peak Farms) as shown <br /> in Table 3. <br /> <br /> <br />Final Permit Activities <br /> <br />For this last quarter, there was final permit activity within the Northern High Plains, Upper Crow Creek and Southern High Plains. <br /> <br />Activity in the Northern High Plains focused on those remaining conditional permits which were previously set aside due to their complexity or lack of cooperation from well owners. <br /> Specifically for the Northern High Plains, final permit activity continued with conditional permits within Yuma County. The owners of all un-clairfied permits within the remaining <br /> five groups have been contacted, though there is still the problem of a slow response from some well owners which delays the clarifying process. However, permits within one group have <br /> been clarified and published, another group of 60 permits have been clarified and are ready for publication, and the group of permits with only expanded acres have been clarified and <br /> are ready for publication. <br /> <br />Work on Upper Crow Creek has also begun. The list of wells requiring a final permit has been finalized and conditional permits have issued for those wells without a permit but were <br /> registered with the CWCB, registered as a map filing, or decreed by the water court. The preliminary evaluation of the approximately 110 permits has started and letters to well owners <br /> requesting the necessary information to clarify the permits will be sent out soon. <br /> <br />Finally, preparatory work continues on the Southern High Plains. The list of all wells requiring a final permit close to being finalized. Additionally, the approximately 1300 conditional <br /> permits have been sorted and physically grouped together, and the preliminary evaluation of the conditional permits within the first group has started. Letters to well owners within <br /> that first group, requesting the necessary information to clarify the permits will also be sent out soon. <br /> <br />As indicated in previous reports, there is the problem of lack of current ownership information within many of the permit files, which causes delays in the clarifying process. In order <br /> to facilitate correspondence with well owners, the staff asks District Managers to encourage land owners to complete and submit change of ownership/address forms to the Commission Staff, <br /> if they have acquired wells or moved in the last 10 years. <br /> <br />Objections/Hearings <br /> <br />Pending hearing cases are listed in the Hearing Officer's report. The Staff took part in pre-hearing conferences or otherwise spent time trying to resolve or otherwise work on the <br /> hearing cases related to following applicants: Dennis Dunnivan, Fred O. Gibbs/JoAnn Pearson, Linnebur, Lost Creek Land and Cattle, Larry Ride, Doren Shaulis and University of Colorado. <br /> Of all the above 7 hearings, all 7 are still pending with 4 being objections to Determinations of Water Right applications, two objections to a water well application, and one has <br /> an objection to changes in water rights. <br /> <br />Enforcement Items and Actions <br /> <br />Staff spent some time permitting a non-exempt replacement well drilled with an emergency verbal approval during 1998. Staff also spent time investigating illegal irrigation in the <br /> Plains and East Cheyenne GWMDs. <br /> <br /> <br />Miscellaneous <br /> <br />Staff spent time this quarter participating in other duties, of which are presented below: <br /> <br /> <br />Staff has attended various water quality meetings with the Water Quality Control Commission. <br />Staff continued to gather information and attend meetings concerning the Republican Compact litigation. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Memorandum to Hal Simpson Page 3 <br />Quarterly Commission Staff Activity Report <br />November 7, 2001 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I:\DesBasPrograms\GWC Meetings\Nov 2001\StaffReportNov01.doc <br /> <br />ERNEST L. MIKITA, CHAIRMAN, Calhan; ANNE J. CASTLE, VICE-CHAIRMAN, Denver; JON B. BROWNELL, Hooper; EUGENE A. BAUERLE, Julesburg; DENNIS W. CORYELL, Burlington; <br />ROBERT R. LOOSE, Wiggins; LARRY CLEAVER, Grand Junction; RICHARD F. HUWA, Keenesburg; CHARLES “MAX” SMITH, Walsh <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2001.11.16 Agenda.pdf <br />2001.11.16 Anne Castle News Clipping.pdf <br />2001.11.16 Attendance Record.pdf <br />2001.11.16 CGWM Memo (Agenda Item #8).pdf <br />2001.11.16 Executive Session Notice.pdf <br />2001.11.16 GWCM Memo.pdf <br />2001.11.16 Hearing Officer's Report.pdf <br />2001.11.16 High Plains Aquifer Conservation, Monitoring, and Coordination Act.pdf <br />2001.11.16 High Plains Groudnwater Resource Conservation Act.pdf <br />2001.11.16 High Plains Groundwater Resource Conservation Act.pdf <br />2001.11.16 Lost Creek Variance Request Supporting Docs.pdf <br />2001.11.16 Meeting Attendance Staff.pdf <br />2001.11.16 Minutes (Signed).pdf <br />2001.11.16 Record of Proceedings Hearing.pdf <br />2001.11.16 Record of Proceedings.pdf <br />2001.11.16 Staff Report w_ Tables.pdf <br />2001.11.16 Variance Request by Lost Creek.pdf