DWR_3348366

• Board or Commission: Colorado Ground Water Commission
• Document Type - Board and Commission Meetings: Meeting Document
• Document Date: 11/18/2011
• Subject: MEETING MATERIALS

November 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 August 1, 2011 through October 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
70 small-capacity new and replacement well permits were issued

Large Capacity:
271 large-capacity new and replacement well permit applications, and Determination of Water Right applications, were received
11 large-capacity new and replacement well permits and Determinations of Water Rights were issued
2 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 of water right application activities for the last quarter:
11 new change applications were received
1 change application was 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 Upper Black Squirrel 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 0 11 10 95 101 Lost Creek 0 0 0 22 15 Kiowa-Bijou 0 66 165 34 56 Upper Big Sandy 0 0 0 0 0 Upper Black Squirrel Creek 0 10 15 0 0 Upper Crow Creek 0 0 0
0 0 Camp Creek 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 87 190 151 172
* 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 Status as of October 31, 2011 Basin Total Number of Permits Total Final Permits Issued Percent Complete Northern High Plains 4104 4102 100% Southern High Plains 1258 1064 85% Lost
Creek 384 381 99% Kiowa-Bijou 953 595 62% Upper Big Sandy 121 121 100% Upper Black Squirrel Creek 209 139 66% Upper Crow Creek 112 103 92% Camp Creek 50 48 96% Total 7192 6553 91%

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.