Filed: May 22, 2012
Latest Update: May 22, 2012
Summary: Order EDWARD C. REED, District Judge. On April 12, 2012, the United States Board of Water Commissioners and the Chief Deputy Water Commissioner filed a Report and Petition for Approval of Budget and Approval of Rate of Assessment for the Year July 1, 2012 Through June 30, 2012, and for Approval of the Audit Report for the Year Ended June 30, 2011 (#1069) ("Report and Petition"). A hearing was set for May 30, 2012. The Court ordered (#1076) that if no objections were filed by May 16, 2012, the
Summary: Order EDWARD C. REED, District Judge. On April 12, 2012, the United States Board of Water Commissioners and the Chief Deputy Water Commissioner filed a Report and Petition for Approval of Budget and Approval of Rate of Assessment for the Year July 1, 2012 Through June 30, 2012, and for Approval of the Audit Report for the Year Ended June 30, 2011 (#1069) ("Report and Petition"). A hearing was set for May 30, 2012. The Court ordered (#1076) that if no objections were filed by May 16, 2012, the ..
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EDWARD C. REED, District Judge.
On April 12, 2012, the United States Board of Water Commissioners and the Chief Deputy Water Commissioner filed a Report and Petition for Approval of Budget and Approval of Rate of Assessment for the Year July 1, 2012 Through June 30, 2012, and for Approval of the Audit Report for the Year Ended June 30, 2011 (#1069) ("Report and Petition"). A hearing was set for May 30, 2012. The Court ordered (#1076) that if no objections were filed by May 16, 2012, the Court would consider vacating the hearing.
On May 16, 2012, the Walker River Paiute Tribe (the "Tribe") and the United States of America filed Joint Comments (#1087) to the Report and Petition (#1069). The Tribe and the United States state that their comments are similar to their joint comments filed annually with the Court in prior years, and that therefore a hearing may not be required. Subject to the comments, the Tribe and the United States do not object to the Court approving the Report and Petition (#1069). The comments largely pertain to a concern that the delivery of water to the Tribe account for conveyance losses and accuracy of measurement. The Tribe and the United States do not object to United States Board of Water Commissioners administering the Decree and the delivery of water in the same manner as in prior similar irrigation systems.
On May 17, 2012, the Walker River Irrigation District responded (#1088) to certain of the Joint Comments (#1087), responding that the comments are largely similar or identical to previous years' comments, and that the Walker River Irrigation District recognizes that the Tribe and the United States have not waived the rights they may have to seek in the future a different place of measurement and/or to the addition of water to offset conveyance losses, if any.
IT IS, THEREFORE, HEREBY ORDERED that no objections having been timely filed to the Report and Petition (#1069), the hearing set for May 30, 2012 is VACATED. The Report and Petition (#1069) shall be approved by separate order.
