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Board approves Green Hills Ranch well permit with monitoring and revisit triggers after contested hearing
Summary
After a continued hearing and negotiations with objectors, the board approved the Green Hills Ranch well drilling permit with data‑collection, monitoring and meet‑and‑confer conditions and reserved further procedural discussion on burden of proof for material injury claims.
Following a continued evidentiary hearing, the Groundwater Management Agency board voted to approve a contested drilling permit for the Green Hills Ranch property, subject to a package of negotiated monitoring and operational conditions.
The matter returned to the board after parties and the agency reviewed materials and transcripts from an earlier hearing in January. Parties—Green Hills Ranch (applicant), the City (interested party) and Del Norte Water Company (objector)—met in the intervening months and negotiated permit terms…
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