DWR_3353962

• Board or Commission: Colorado Ground Water Commission
• Document Type - Board and Commission Meetings: Meeting Document
• Document Date: 2/15/2013
• Subject: MEETING MATERIALS

February 15, 2013 Meeting

MEMORANDUM

TO: Dick Wolfe, Executive Director – Ground Water Commission

FROM: Keith Vander Horst, Designated Basins Team Leader

SUBJECT: Staff Activity Report for November 1, 2012 through January 31, 2013

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:
59 small-capacity new and replacement well permit applications were received
47 small-capacity new and replacement well permits were issued

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

Table 2 provides details on the individual pending 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:
14 new change applications were received
11 change applications were approved

Table 3 provides details on the individual pending change of water right 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, 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 1 0 0 0 Southern High
Plains 0 2 1 7 0 Lost Creek 0 0 0 0 0 Kiowa-Bijou 0 0 0 0 4 Upper Big Sandy 0 0 0 0 0 Upper Black Squirrel Creek 0 2 9 9 0 Upper Crow Creek 0 0 0 0 0 Camp Creek 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 5 10 16 4
* 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 January 31, 2013 Basin Total Number of Permits Total Final Permits Issued Percent Complete Northern High Plains 4101 4100 100% Southern High Plains 1230 1172 95% Lost
Creek 373 372 100% Kiowa-Bijou 906 846 93% Upper Big Sandy 121 121 100% Upper Black Squirrel Creek 192 152 79% Upper Crow Creek 112 97 87% Camp Creek 50 48 96% Total 7085 6908 97%

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.