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Committee approves bill to streamline Division of Water Resources permitting and abandonment rules
Summary
House Bill 10‑14 aims to streamline permit timelines and administrative procedures within the Colorado Division of Water Resources to reduce paperwork and even out decennial workloads.
House Bill 10‑14 would amend administrative procedures in the Colorado Division of Water Resources (DWR) to reduce paperwork, align permit timelines and stagger the statutory water‑rights abandonment review that occurs every decade.
Sponsor Senator Simpson told the Agricultural Natural Resources Committee the measure is largely technical and intended to "simplify, streamline, and modernize certain processes" administered by the state engineer and DWR. Key provisions described in testimony would:
• Extend the construction/implementa…
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