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Colorado Springs/Super Ditch Pilot Project ' State Engineer's Determination <br />December 6'2O1V <br />Page 7of15 <br />State Engineer. A physical separation must exist between any irrigated portion of parcel and <br />the dry -up portion. For dry -up fields Left fallow or with a dry -land cover crop without <br />permanent rout system (that is, not alfalfa urpasture grams for example), the separation can <br />be e ditch or tilled strip at least ten feet in width that prevents irrigation application from <br />reaching the dry -up parcel. For partial fields containing deep-rooted crops such as alfalfa or <br />pasture grass, a deep tilled separation of at ieast25 feet must be maintained along with any <br />ditches necessary to ensure no irrigation application to the dry -up portion. For any dry -up <br />parcel that is planted with m dry -land crop (hmygrazer, mile, millet, etc.), the crop should <br />either be drilled at an angle to normal irrigation direction or a tilled strip maintained at the <br />top Vfthe field that clearly separates the crop from any possible irrigation source orboth. <br />13. Dry -up of the faiinvved fields will comply with the ''Operating Procedures for Administration of <br />Parcels Claimed for Augmentation Credits" of the Colorado State Engineer's Office (attached), <br />with the exception of parcels with historically high groundwater, which must comply with <br />condition B13. Re -irrigation of dry -up parcels with any source ofwater, including groundwater, <br />shalt not beallowed during aFallow Year. Nopartial year dry -up shall bepermitted. <br />I4� Super Ditch will notify the Division Engineer of the status (dry land crop (must specify type)' <br />tilled and fallow, not tilled and fallow, stubble of past crop left on field, etc.) of each faUovved <br />field in the Pilot Project by April 15 of each year of operations. See additional discussion of <br />dry -land farming in condition no. B1. <br />15. Super Ditch shall monitor faiiowed parcels on a periodic basis to confirm the adequacy of <br />dry -up inconformance with the terms and conditions qfthis approvaL. Should noncompliance <br />with the dry -up requirements be discovered' Super Ditch shall immediately notify the Division <br />Engineer in writing and take such corrective action as is required by the Division Engineer. <br />Faiimvved parcels shall be subject to inspection by the Division Engineer who shall inform the <br />pilot project sponsor ifnoncompliance isfound. <br />10� Prior to any Pilot Project operations, Super Ditch will ensure that all participating farmers are <br />contractually bound to provide for weed control and erosion protection for the lands removed <br />from irrigation as a part ofthe Pilot Project. This will include the acknowledgement of, and <br />agreement to comply with applicable County code noxious weed management requirements, <br />including the Otero County Noxious Weed Management Plan, Otero County Code, Chapter 12 <br />Vegetation. <br />17. Taikwater return fiwvv obligations shall be calculated daily and shall be replaced bvdelivery of <br />the Subject Shares at the augmentation statiun(s). Applicants shalt endeavor Lo replace the <br />daily calculated amount of LaiLvvater return flow obligation on a daily basis. Applicants shalt <br />demonstrate that all monLhiytaihwater return flow obligations have been replaced each month. <br />l& Lagged deep percolation return flow obligations shall be calculated daily and shall be replaced <br />exclusively through: (a) delivery ofthe Pilot Project Catlin Canal shares at the augmentation <br />stahon(s), (b) releases of return flows that were delivered through the augmentation stations <br />and not needed that day and delivered to storage, and/or (c) other sources of water decreed <br />for augmentation or replacement or approved for augmentation or replacement by a C.R.S. <br />37-92-308(4) SVYSP. From March 15 through November 14 return flows will generally be <br />replaced with deliveries to the augmentation station, although other approved sources maybe <br />used. During the irrigation season' on a monthly basis, Applicants shall demonstrate that all <br />tagged deep percolation return flow obligations have been replaced. During November 15to <br />March 14, replacement of tagged deep percolation return flow obligations may be aggregated <br />as approved by the Division Engineer in accordance with Exhibit M of the decree in Case No. <br />12CVY94 so Long as there is no injury to the Winter Water Storage Program' Colorado water <br />rights, Conservation Storage in John Martin Reservoir or the Kansas -Colorado Arkansas River <br />Compact. <br />