DWR_3353964

• Board or Commission: Colorado Ground Water Commission
• Document Type - Board and Commission Meetings: Meeting Document
• Document Date: 2/17/2012
• Subject: MEETING MATERIALS

February 17, 2012 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, 2011 through January 31, 2012

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:
66 small-capacity new and replacement well permit applications were received
53 small-capacity new and replacement well permits were issued

Large Capacity:
75 large-capacity new and replacement well permit applications, and Determination of Water Right applications, were received
53 large-capacity new and replacement well permits and Determinations of Water Rights were issued
9 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:
17 new change applications were received
6 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, 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 15 14 1 84 Lost Creek 0 0 0 0 0 Kiowa-Bijou 0 8 71 187 1 Upper Big Sandy 0 0 0 0 0 Upper Black Squirrel Creek 0 7 0 0 0 Upper Crow Creek 0 0 0
0 0 Camp Creek 0 0 0 0 0 Total 0 30 85 188 85
* 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, 2012 Basin Total Number of Permits Total Final Permits Issued Percent Complete Northern High Plains 4105 4104 100% Southern High Plains 1254 1149 92% Lost
Creek 382 381 100% Kiowa-Bijou 936 596 64% Upper Big Sandy 121 121 100% Upper Black Squirrel Creek 209 141 68% Upper Crow Creek 112 103 92% Camp Creek 50 48 96% Total 7169 6643 93%

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.