This amendment modifies the voluntary water conservation program by expanding eligibility criteria, clarifying approval standards, refining implementation procedures, and restricting storage of conserved water to Fontenelle Reservoir.
- Expands the definition of conservation projects to include those satisfying interstate compact obligations under valid court orders, in addition to interstate agreements. (Page 2, lines 20-21)
- Removes five lines of text related to consumptive use definitions and restructures the corresponding section. (Page 3, lines 4-11)
- Removes language permitting the state engineer to refuse applications for other valid water use purposes, narrowing the grounds for refusal. (Page 6, line 23 and Page 7, line 1)
- Modifies the approval standard to explicitly require that approved projects will not injuriously affect other appropriators' water rights. (Page 8, lines 7-19)
- Removes a subsection and renumbers subsequent provisions to streamline the approval criteria section. (Page 8, lines 9-10 and 12-28)
- Expands the appeal provisions to include satisfaction of interstate compact obligations through valid court orders, in addition to interstate agreements. (Page 8, lines 16 and 30-33)
- Renumbers subsections (f) through (q) to (g) through (r) to accommodate structural changes. (Page 9, lines 4 through Page 14, line 18)
- Removes language allowing alternative methods to the Colorado River Compact for determining consumptive use, requiring adherence to Upper Colorado River Commission methods or state engineer alternatives only. (Page 10, lines 3-4 and 6)
- Expands consumptive use determination methods to explicitly include estimation of consumptive use incident to diversion, impounding, and conveyance of water. (Page 10, lines 43-44 and Page 11, lines 1-2)
- Changes the storage location for conserved water from generic Wyoming reservoirs to specifically Fontenelle Reservoir. (Page 15, lines 1 and 5-28)
- Removes the word 'not' from a provision, changing the meaning of the final legislative instruction. (Page 17, line 12)
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