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  <br /> Interstate Compact Compliance • Watershed Protection • Flood Planning & Mitigation • Stream & Lake Protection <br />Water Project Loans & Grants • Water Modeling • Conservation & Drought Planning • Water Supply Planning  <br />require a technical analysis regarding historic use, historic consumptive use, or return flows. <br />The applicants must provide this more detailed information in the application phase and <br />subsequent consultations with interested parties and the State Engineers. Altogether, the <br />Criteria and Guidelines provide a process through which the proposal is further refined to <br />meet the objectives of HB13-1248, including the development of written terms and conditions <br />for the operation of the project. <br /> <br />Following the submission of a pilot project proposal by a sponsor, the CWCB will post the <br />proposal on its website, and the sponsor will provide written notice. Parties may submit <br />comments on the proposed pilot project to the CWCB within 30 days. CWCB staff received <br />four comments on the CS-U Pilot Proposal and discussed the comments with the State <br />Engineer's Office and the sponsors. <br /> <br />Overall, the comments received were generally supportive of the proposal but requested that <br />the project application include additional information about the specific water rights and <br />specific land and parcels that will be analyzed and dried up, and the ownership of them, in <br />the pilot project. At the January 2019 Board meeting, the Board directed the applicants to <br />submit a written letter responding to the comments and to include additional information as <br />to the specific water rights and parcels to be included in the pilot proposal. The applicant’s <br />letter describing proposed modifications to the proposal to address the commenters’ concerns <br />is attached to this memo. The letter also discusses how the modified proposal builds on the <br />previously approved Catlin Leasing-Fallowing Pilot Project and will provide information for <br />the CWCB and State Engineer to evaluate the efficacy of a larger-scale leasing-fallowing pilot <br />project. Applicants will provide a more detailed overview of the proposal during the March <br />meeting and be available to answer any questions from the Board. <br /> <br />Staff recommendation: <br />Upon the Board’s review and consideration, the Board may select the proposed pilot project <br />to participate in the program, request that a sponsor provide more information regarding the <br />proposed pilot project for reconsideration by the Board at its next regularly scheduled <br />meeting (March), or deny the proposal. At this time, CWCB Staff recommends that the Board <br />approve the CS-U Pilot Project Proposal for formal selection as an eligible pilot project within <br />the Arkansas River Basin. Given the need to modify the proposal, staff further recommends <br />that the Board extend the ninety (90) day application submission deadline by up to sixty (60) <br />days. <br /> <br />Attachments: Applicant Letter to Board, CS-U Project Proposal Materials, Public <br />Comment Letters <br /> <br /> <br />