State of Colorado

The Commission has received a petition from the Northern Colorado Water Association to initiate the process to create a new designated ground water basin to be known as the Upper Spring Creek Designated Ground Water Basin, in Larimer County. The petition and its exhibits are attached below. In its August 21, 2009 meeting the Commission authorized Staff for the Commission to commence with publication of the petition and remanded the matter to its Hearing Officer for Fact Finding Proceedings. The petition was published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan newspaper on October 16 and 23, 2009. The publication, which contains a legal description of the proposed basin, and a map prepared by the State Engineer showing the lands proposed to be included in the basin, is attached below. A fact finding hearing before the Hearing Officer is scheduled for June 15-18, 2010.

The Commission has received a petition from the Upper Big Sandy Ground Water Management District to initiate the process to amend Rule 5.2.7.1 so as to re-define the extent of the alluvial aquifer in the Upper Big Sandy Basin, and to amend Rule 5.2.7.2 so as to determine that the alluvial aquifer in the Upper Big Sandy Basin is overappropriated. Attached is the petition. A rulemaking hearing before the Commission is scheduled for August 20, 2010. The Commission assigned the matter to its Hearing Officer for a fact finding hearing to be held before the rulemaking hearing. Applications for party status to the hearings must be submitted by February 1, 2010. Please refer to the attached Notice of Public Rulemaking Hearing for information on the hearing process.