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was little discussion on ground water and even less on Designated Ground Water. He asked about the water supply for the small towns in the basins. Mr. Longenbaugh also advised Ground
<br /> Water Commission Meeting Minutes Page 8 August 15, 2014 that the Commission be actively involved in the development of the land in the basins, noting that subdivisions are being approved
<br /> by the counties and though these decisions impact the Commission and Basins, the Commission has no input. He urged the Commission to be proactive, not reactive in basin development.
<br /> He believes that the commissioners should contact the office of the State Water Plan and provide input into the report. There being no further business the meeting adjourned.
<br /> Respectfully submitted, Richard A Nielsen, P.E., Secretary Colorado Ground Water Commission
<br />PacketMemo2014Nov.docx
<br />Ground Water Commission
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 821
<br />Denver, CO 80203
<br />November 10, 2014
<br />MEMORANDUM
<br />TO: Ground Water Commission Members
<br />FROM:Keith Vander Horst, Designated Basins Team Leader
<br />SUBJECT: Upcoming Ground Water Commission Meeting
<br />The upcoming Ground Water Commission meeting is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 21, 2014, at the Town of Castle Rock Council Chambers, 100 N. Wilcox, 2nd Floor, Castle Rock,
<br /> CO 80104. Please find enclosed herein the following:
<br />Meeting agenda
<br />Minutes of the last Commission meeting, Agenda Item No. 3
<br />Staff Activity Report, Agenda Item No. 6
<br />Attorney General’s Report, Agenda Item No. 7
<br />Memo addressing HB 14-1052, coordination of enforcement authority of Ground Water Management Districts, Agenda Item no. 9.a
<br />Memo addressing appeal process of applications and administrative actions, Agenda Item no. 9.b
<br />Hearing Officer's Report
<br />Please contact myself or Rick Nielsen if there are any questions about the Commission meeting.
<br />cc:Commission Staff
<br />Designated Ground Water Management Districts
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<br />PacketMemo2014Nov.pdf
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<br />QRTSTAT-2014Nov.xls QRTSTAT.XLS
<br />Print_Area_MI
<br />TABLE 1
<br />DESIGNATED BASINS BRANCH
<br />QUARTERLY ACTIVITY REPORT
<br />C.R.S. 37-90-
<br />BASIN
<br />RECEIVED
<br />ISSUED
<br />KIOWA BIJOU
<br />LOST CREEK
<br />CAMP CREEK
<br />UPPER BIG SANDY
<br />TOTAL
<br />SUMMARY OF APPLICATION ACTIVITY
<br />INCOMPLETE
<br />AP
<br />NP
<br />AU
<br />AR
<br />AD & AW
<br />CHANGE APPLICATIONS
<br />UPPER CROW CREEK
<br />TOTAL RECEIVED
<br />NEW ISSUED
<br />REPLACE ISSUED
<br />NEW RECEIVED
<br />DENIED & WITHDRAWN
<br />NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS
<br />SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS
<br />UPPER BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK
<br />RESUBMITTED
<br />SMALL CAPACITY PERMITS
<br /> REPLACEMENT
<br />CA
<br />CANCELED
<br />CHANGE OF WATER RIGHT
<br />LARGE CAPACITY PERMITS,
<br />LARGE CAPACITY PERMITS (NEW & REPLACEMENT)
<br />(INCLUES DETERMINATIONS OF WATER RIGHT)
<br />LARGE CAPACITY PERMITS, NEW
<br /> AUGUST 1, 2014 THROUGH OCTOBER 31, 2014
<br />105.00
<br />107.00
<br />111.00
<br />111.00
<br />40.00
<br />26.00
<br />10.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />1.00
<br />2.00
<br />2.00
<br />2.00
<br />28.00
<br />18.00
<br />2.00
<br />32.00
<br />9.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />6.00
<br />4.00
<br />1.00
<br />0.00
<br />2.00
<br />3.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />1.00
<br />1.00
<br />16.00
<br />15.00
<br />4.00
<br />3.00
<br />6.00
<br />2.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />1.00
<br />14.00
<br />20.00
<br />14.00
<br />2.00
<br />3.00
<br />6.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />1.00
<br />11.00
<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 />0.00
<br />7.00
<br />5.00
<br />2.00
<br />1.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />1.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />3.00
<br />3.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />0.00
<br />119.00
<br />82.00
<br />21.00
<br />42.00
<br />26.00
<br />5.00
<br />1.00
<br />2.00
<br />5.00
<br />28.00
<br />119.00
<br />103.00
<br />19.00
<br />9.00
<br />1.00
<br />21.00
<br />43.00
<br />28.00
<br />9.00
<br />15.00
<br />0.00
<br />5.00
<br />5.00
<br />28.00
<br />3.00
<br />6.00
<br />0.00
<br />
<br />StaffReport2014Nov.docx
<br />Ground Water Commission
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 821
<br />Denver, CO 80203
<br />November 21, 2014 Meeting
<br />MEMORANDUM
<br />TO:Dick Wolfe, Executive Director – Ground Water Commission
<br />FROM:Keith Vander Horst, Designated Basins Team Leader
<br />SUBJECT:Staff Activity Report for August 1, 2014 through October 31, 2014
<br />Various activities performed during the last quarter are briefly described below.
<br />New and Replacement Applications
<br />Table 1 provides a breakdown, by basin, of permitting activity for the last quarter. Permit activities are summarized as follows.
<br />Small capacity:
<br />119 small-capacity new and replacement well permit applications were received
<br />103 small-capacity new and replacement well permits were issued
<br />Large Capacity:
<br />43 large-capacity new and replacement well permit applications, and Determination of Water Right applications, were received
<br />28 large-capacity new and replacement well permits and Determinations of Water Rights were issued
<br />5 large-capacity well permits were canceled
<br />Table 2 provides details on the individual pending large-capacity new and replacement permit applications and Determination of Water Right applications.
<br />Change Applications
<br />Table 1 also gives a breakdown, by basin, of change of water right application activities for the last quarter:
<br />5 new change applications were received
<br />28 change applications were approved
<br />Table 3 provides details on the individual pending change of water right applications.
<br />Final Permit Activities
<br />Below is a summary of the status of permits subject to Final Permitting as of October 31, 2014. Conditional permits counted in the table below that have not been issued Final Permits
<br /> 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,
<br /> 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.<
<br />Final Permit Status as of October 31, 2014
<br />Basin
<br />Total Number of Permits
<br />Total Number of Final Permits Issued
<br />Percent
<br />Northern High Plains
<br />4100
<br />4100
<br />100%
<br />Southern High Plains
<br />1243
<br />1171
<br />94%
<br />Lost Creek
<br />372
<br />372
<br />100%
<br />Kiowa-Bijou
<br />879
<br />861
<br />98%
<br />Upper Big Sandy
<br />121
<br />121
<br />100%
<br />Upper Black Squirrel Creek
<br />162
<br />154
<br />95%
<br />Upper Crow Creek
<br />117
<br />97
<br />83%
<br />Camp Creek
<br />49
<br />47
<br />96%
<br />Total
<br />7043
<br />6923
<br />98%
<br />Objections/Hearings
<br />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,
<br /> preparation of pre-hearing statements, and otherwise worked on resolving these cases.
<br />Pending with the Commission
<br />Cherokee Metro Dist. & Meridian Service Metro Dist., 08GW71 (replacement plan)
<br />Cherokee Metro Dist., 08GW78 (change of use of alluvial well)
<br />Cherokee Metro Dist., 09GW15 (change of use of alluvial wells)
<br />Farmer, Edna, Dan & Teresa, 09GW02/03 (Determinations of Water Right)
<br />Front Range Resources, 11GW03, (Determinations of Water Right)
<br />Front Range Resources, 13GW05 (change in place of use of alluvial rights)
<br />Front Range Resources, 13GW07 (replacement plan)
<br />Gardner, James T., 14GW03 (change of acreage)
<br />Greathouse, William, 11GW06 (objection to Final Permit publication in Southern High Plains)
<br />Meridian Service Metro Dist., 09GW11 (change of use of Denver Basin rights)
<br />Meridian Service Metro Dist., 14GW02, (7 drain systems)
<br />Woodmen Hills, 03GW20, (new alluvial rights and a repl. plan)
<br />Under appeal
<br />Gallegos, 03GW06, (Request for de-designation in Upper Crow Creek)
<br />Meridian Service Metro Dist., 12GW10 (status of water)
<br />Completed during the last quarter
<br />Gourley, Blake & Chelsea, 14GW01, (new appropriation in SHP)
<br />Meridian Service Metro Dist., 14GW04 (change place of use of 8 Determinations of Water Rights)
<br />Enforcement Items and Actions
<br />Enforcement actions performed by staff this quarter are summarized below
<br />Miscellaneous
<br />Team member Sandy Johnson has transferred to another section of the office, and we are in the process of filling her position
<br />KVH
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<br />Staff Activity ReportPage 3
<br />November 21, 2014 Commission Meeting
<br />Staff Activity ReportPage 4
<br />August 15, 2014
<br />Staff Activity ReportPage 2
<br />November 21, 2014
<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 />StaffReport2014Nov.pdf
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<br />StaffReport2014Nov_EnforcementItemsAndActions.docx
<br />Enforcement Items and Actions
<br />NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS
<br />W-Y GWMD
<br />Yuma Ethanol overpumped its large capacity well during the 2013/14 water year by 24 acre-feet. They will be receiving an order for the 2014/’15 water year reducing the well’s allowable
<br /> withdrawal by 24 acre-feet.
<br />HORSE LLC was found to be using a commercial well permit for unpermitted purposes in a feedlot. Mr. Richardson has submitted an application to remedy the violation.
<br />Arikaree GWMD
<br />Staff met with Steve Beedy in October to discuss the ongoing violations associated with his large and small capacity wells, which were being operated for unpermitted industrial uses.
<br /> Since this meeting, Mr. Beedy is believed to have ceased the illegal operation of the wells. Staff will be performing a field inspection to verify compliance. Should a violation be
<br /> discovered, an immediate cease and desist order shall be issued
<br />It has been reported by the district that Donald Richards is using a stock well in a feedlot. Staff has just initiated its investigation, and a show cause letter will be issued.
<br />Plains GWMD
<br />Buol Farms is believed to be using three small capacity wells permitted for Confined Animal Feeding Operations for irrigation. A show cause letter was send to Mr. Buol on September 26th,
<br /> and we never received a response. Staff will be investigating the wells. If a violation is discovered, an immediate cease and desist order will be issued.
<br />StaffReport2014Nov_EnforcementItemsAndActions.pdf
<br />Enforcement Items and Actions NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS W-Y GWMD Yuma Ethanol overpumped its large capacity well during the 2013/14 water year by 24 acre-feet. They will be receiving
<br /> an order for the 2014/’15 water year reducing the well’s allowable withdrawal by 24 acre-feet. HORSE LLC was found to be using a commercial well permit for unpermitted purposes in
<br /> a feedlot. Mr. Richardson has submitted an application to remedy the violation. Arikaree GWMD Staff met with Steve Beedy in October to discuss the ongoing violations associated
<br /> with his large and small capacity wells, which were being operated for unpermitted industrial uses. Since this meeting, Mr. Beedy is believed to have ceased the illegal operation of
<br /> the wells. Staff will be performing a field inspection to verify compliance. Should a violation be discovered, an immediate cease and desist order shall be issued It has been reported
<br /> by the district that Donald Richards is using a stock well in a feedlot. Staff has just initiated its investigation, and a show cause letter will be issued. Plains GWMD Buol Farms
<br /> is believed to be using three small capacity wells permitted for Confined Animal Feeding Operations for irrigation. A show cause letter was send to Mr. Buol on September 26th, and we
<br /> never received a response. Staff will be investigating the wells. If a violation is discovered, an immediate cease and desist order will be issued.
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