11 AAC 93.410 - Initiating an administrative basin-wide adjudication
The commissioner will, in his or her discretion, initiate an administrative basin-wide adjudication by issuing an order that will, in the commissioner's discretion, contain some or all of the following information:
(1) a written consent by
the federal government to participate in the administrative adjudication and to
have its claim to federal reserved water rights adjudicated in the
process;
(2) a reference to the
authorizing statute,
AS
46.15.165, and statement of intent to
adjudicate all water rights claims, including federal reserved water rights,
pending, permitted, or certified in the area;
(3) a description of the purpose of the
basin-wide adjudication;
(4) a
description of the geographic and hydrologic area under adjudication;
(5) a description of the surface water bodies
and ground water aquifer systems, including names if possible;
(6) a legal description of the adjudication
area, including meridian, township, range, section, and aliquot
parts;
(7) a notice that public and
private water utilities will represent water users purchasing water from the
utilities;
(8) a description of the
time period during which the federal government or any other person may file a
claim to have federal reserved water rights adjudicated;
(9) a notice that new water rights
applications in the adjudication area will be accepted and included in the
adjudication if filed within a stated period of time after the close of the
newspaper publication period;
(10)
a notice that the adjudication will not preclude the filing of future
applications for water rights under AS 46.15, but that such rights will be
junior in priority to those adjudicated under these proceedings; and
(11) the address and office location to
obtain further information.
Notes
Authority:AS 46.15.020
AS 46.15.165
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