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CO U O R A DO <br />D��nmfV����u�e <br />ca -- Department of Natural Resources <br />Determination of the State Eneineer <br />HB 13-1248 Fallowing- Leasing Pilot Project <br />Application of City of Colorado Springs/Super Ditch for the <br />Use of Catlin Canal Shares by Colorado Springs Utilities <br />1. Introduction <br />I his document serves to fulfill the State Engineer's obligations pursuant to the provisions of HB13-1248 <br />(and as amended by SB-15-198), and the Criteria and Guidelines for Fallowing- Leasing Pilot Projects, <br />specifically related to evaluation and review of the 2019 Colorado Springs and Super Ditch <br />Fallowing- Leasing Pilot Project ("Pilot Project"). <br />A pilot project proposal was submitted to the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB), Rebecca <br />Mitchell, Director, on November 16, 2018 by the Applicants: Lower Arkansas Valley Super Ditch <br />Company (Super Ditch) and the City of Colorado Springs, acting by and through its enterprise, Colorado <br />Springs Utilities (Colorado Springs or CS-U). Following the required comment period and additional <br />information provided by the Applicants, the CWCB Board approved the selection of the proposal at the <br />March 2019 CWCB meeting. The detailed project application was submitted on August 16, 2019. A <br />60-day comment period followed, ending on October 15, 2019A Conference Committee meeting was <br />conducted on November 6, 2019 in Pueblo, Colorado. A Joint Conference Report was prepared and <br />submitted to the State Engineer and CWCB on November 21 ' 2019. Follow-up Memos and revised <br />engineering information responsive to the discussion at the conference were provided by the Applicant <br />on November 27, 2019. <br />This Determination of the State Engineer was prepared following review of all documents received <br />including the project application, comments received from the interested parties, the Joint Conference <br />Report, which identified a Large number of agreed upon terms and conditions aowell assome terms <br />and conditions where some disagreement remained, and additional information and suggestions <br />provided by the Applicants and conference participants after the conference. This Determination has <br />also been Prepared with recommendations to ensure that the two fundamental objectives identified in <br />C.R.S. I7-60-115 (f)(|) and 37-60-115 (f)(||) will be met if the project is approved with the <br />recommended terms and conditions. These two objectives were: <br />1. The project will result in only a temporary change in the historical consumptive use of the <br />water right in a manner that will not cause injury to other water rights, decreed conditional <br />water rights, or contract rights to water; <br />2. The project will not impair compliance with the Arkansas River Interstate compact. <br />11. Project Overview <br />The intent ofthe Pilot Project for the approval period of March15, 2020through March 14, 2030 is to <br />fallow fields in three of the ten years to provide Colorado Springs with up to 1,000 acre-feet of <br />ov <br />131]Sherman Street, Room 82g'Denver, [O802U]P300.866.358 <br />Jareus. poU , Governor | Dan Gibbs, Executive Director | xewna. myn. State Engineer/ Director 1 <br />