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consist of either recently issued conditional permits for which the applicant still has opportunity to use the well and prove up the conditional right and be issued a Final Permit, or older conditional permits that had been on hold pending the implementation of Senate Bill 13-72 on August 7, 2013 and ended up not to be subject to that statutory change.< Final Permit Status as of January 31, 2016 Basin Total Number of Permits Total Number of Final Permits Issued Percent Northern High Plains 4097 4097 100% Southern High Plains 1243 1182 95% Lost Creek 372 372 100% Kiowa-Bijou 872 870 99% Upper Big Sandy 121 121 100% Upper Black Squirrel Creek 163 154 95% Upper Crow Creek 160 97 61% Camp Creek 52 48 92% Total 7080 6941 98% 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. Pending with the Commission Axton, Brett, 15GW05 (Arapahoe and Denver aquifer rights) Axton, Brett, 15GW06 (seven pond-wells and a replacement plan) Cervi Enterprises, 15GW13 (Determination of Water Right) Cherokee Metro Dist. & Meridian Service Metro Dist., 08GW71 (replacement plan) Cherokee Metro Dist., 08GW78 (change of use of alluvial well) Cherokee Metro Dist., 09GW15 (change of use of alluvial wells) Cherokee Metro Dist., 15GW15, (complaint on administration of wells) Einsphar, Gaylin, 15GW10 (reduction in acres and annual appropriation) Garner/Case/Seaton Realty/Cherokee MD, 15GW08 (change of use of alluvial well) Kiowa, Town of, 16GW02 (Final Permit) Meridian Service Metro Dist., 09GW11 (change of use of Denver Basin rights) Meridian Service Metro Dist., 15GW14 (replacement plan, alluvial drains) Strasburg, Town of, 16GW01 (Final Permit) Woodmen Hills, 03GW20, (new alluvial rights and a replacement plan) Under appeal Front Range Resources, 13GW07 (replacement plan in Lost Creek) Gallegos, 03GW06, (Request for de-designation in Upper Crow Creek) Completed during the last quarter Greathouse, William, 11GW06 (Final Permit publication in SHP) Meridian Service Metro Dist., 12GW10 (status of water) Prospect Valley Dairy, 15GW12 (replacement plan for Laramie-Fox Hills aquifer) WC Resources, 15GW01 (change of use of 2 alluvial permits in Lost Creek) Enforcement Items and Actions For the period of November 2015 – February 2016 staff has responded to a number of complaints involving the perceived unpermitted use of wells and designated groundwater. Show cause letters and subsequent field inspections have been used to verify compliance on many of these complaints. The matters described below have been determined to be violations occurring last quarter. Staff is in the process of working with the land owners/well owners to achieve compliance. NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS 2016 Over-Pumping Orders On January 12, 2016, Staff issued over-pumping orders to three well owners in the Republican River Basin. These orders were issued after it was verified that the wells had exceeded their individually permitted acre-foot allocations during the 2015 water year. <For the 2016 water year (defined as November 1, 2015 to October 31, 2016) the three wells will have their permitted appropriations reduced by the amounts they over-pumped during the 2015 water year. The following owners were issued over-pumping orders for the 2016 water year in the Central Yuma and Sand Hills GWMDs. Central Yuma:Cure Land - 59 acre-feet over permit Sand Hills:Lanny Harsh - 12 acre-feet over Colorado State Land Board (user - Cure Land) - 62 acre-feet over permit Arikaree GWMD C.L. Karks was discovered to have commingled irrigation wells without a permit. The owner is applying to commingle the wells. KIOWA BIJOU (outside of management district) John Wellner was found to have excavated ponds on the property without well permits. A show cause letter was sent to Mr. Wellner and he responded agreeing to backfill the ponds. Staff will be performing a field inspection in the spring to confirm compliance. Keith and Nancy Wawrzyniak were found to have excavated a pond on their property without a well permit. A show cause letter was sent to the owners and they quickly responded. At this time, they are pursuing resolution of the violation through a well permit and replacement plan. They would like to maintain the pond for the “aesthetic property value”. UPPER BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK Paul Clarke and Miranda Kovach were discovered to have impounded surface runoff (collected in a pond). Additionally, the pond has been supplemented by the owners’ small capacity well. A show cause letter was sent to the owners and they have agreed to backfill the pond and cease the unpermitted pumping of the well. A field inspection will be performed in the spring to verify compliance. Staff continues to work on the Blue Springs subdivision (a.k.a. Elliot) ponds complaints submitted by the District last fall. A field inspection performed on November 4, 2015 revealed a number of violations that will require the owners’ attention, and staff is in the process of completing letters to address the violations identified on the 24 individual properties. Some owners have expressed a desire to pursue resolution by obtaining well permits and replacement plans and/or surface water storage rights and augmentation plans to legally permit the ponds. ### Staff Activity ReportPage 3 February 19, 2016 StaffReport2016Feb.pdf