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Home My WebLink AboutC2005-558 - 8/23/2005 - NATEXAS CO~,[MISSION ON ENVIRO~NTAL QUALITY AMENDMENT TO ERTII:I('ATE OF ^DJUD]CATION ~Im~C~iml~mBmdmmmld(~BY ('ERTIFICATE NO. 21-3214B AMENDMENT NO. 21-3214B TYPE § 11.122 c ~ n~' The City of Corpus Christi Address: P.O. Box 9277 Corpu. Chri~ T~.a~ 78469-9277 Nuece~ River Authority P.O. Box 349 Uvalde, Tex~ 78801 Thc City of Thrce RJw.'rs P.O. Box 398 ~ River~, Te~n~ 78071 Filed: March 24, 2005 Gnmlcd: Pm'po~s Ln-plaee ~on, Agricultuxal Countie-: (Im?tion), Municipal. Domestic and Livestock 23 2005 McMulle~ & Liv~ Oak Walercourse: Frio and Ata~.osa Rivers. tributaries ofthe Nueees River Watc~shed: Nu~_m River Basl.u W I-IEREA5, Certificme of Adjud,cation No. 21-3214 authorizes the City of Corptm ~ thc Nueccs Pdv~r Authority, and thc City ofThr~ Pdv~ra, applir, m~ t~ maintain ~n uxigdng dima and reservoir, {mown as Choke Canyon Dam and Reservoir, as well as a coffexchtm crewing an inland ru~zrvoir, on thc Frio Rive-r, tributat3r of the Nu~ River, Nu~ Riwr ]D,~in. and m ~mpound lher~n 7(ii,000 acm-feet of watur and to divurt water from the pcr[me~r oflt~ ma~-voir .)r through gutes located on Choke Canyon Dam; and WItEREAS. the Certificate contains Special Condition E, which ~pulalm that owners ahall conunuously maimain a minimum flow of33 cfs l~low the dam at Choke C. mayma Reservoir, WI IEREAS, other special conditions and agreed ord~'s exist; and Page l ot'5 I'( ~A'HERE^S, the Appli, ants .,~k to amend £'e~'tificale o£ Adjudication No. 21-3214 as To authorize the (?it~ o1' Three Rivers to divert al a maximum rate of 7.74 cfa (3,473.71 glnn) fi-om an additional divm'aion point within Choke Canyon Reservoir in addition to previously authorized divm'sion rates. To an:rand Special Condition 5E to reduce the minimum r~le:a~ flow by 7.74 from 33 cfs to 2i.26 els, ;md C To ,tuthorize the City of Thr~ Rivers the uae of the bed and banka of the ~ Fn o, and N,leces Ri vers, c urrmtly authorized Io the City o£Corpus Christi, to conve3t through Choke Can)on Dam and Resea-~oir and deliv=' into l~,i,e Corpus Chrisli, groundwater which is rele~zd into the Ataseoaa Rivm' in Ataacosa Cotmty, T~; WHEREAS. thc Texas Commiss,on on Environmental Quality finds that.jurisdiction over application is establishcd; and WHEREAS. no one prote, ated the gnmting ofthis application; and WHEREAS, this amendment, if grained, will be subject to ml,,,inistnllive mq~ents of the South T~xas Walr. amaster, and WHEREAS, tins application is subject to the Texaa Coastal Mamtgetmeza Progn~m (CMP) .nad must be consistent with the CMP goals and policiea; and WHEREAS. the Executive Direaor r~C~,umencls that special condition SE. be amend,.,d and thai special ~onditions concerning potential adv~rs~ emdmnmcmtal iatpaCm, wam'~afion, and !he prol~r'hon of state water be included m the permit: and WIt EREAb, the Tex~ ( omm~safion on Env,ronm~aal Qtmlity fi.ntis thru tim i~amm~ ofthi~ amers.h,~ex~t is consistent with the goals and poli~s of thc T~xas Coast~ ~ Pmgx~m; and WIIEREAS, th~ Commission has complied with thc r~luimm~ of the T~xaa Wa~' Code .md Rules nflhe Texa~ Commission on Environmenttd Quality in issuing thi! ~rneadmenI; NC}W. THEREFORE. this amendment to Certificate of Adjudication No. 21-3214, dc.~gnat~d Certificate of Adjudmalion No 21-3214B, is issued to the City of Corpus Christi, the '4 ueces Ri~ er Authority, and ltae City o £Three Rivers, subject to the following tm'ma and conditions: Page 2 of 4 57 The City o£ Tkree Rive[~ is authoriz~ to tree the ~ and ~ of the Ataac~aa River and Frio River to convey groundwater which is r~lea~cl into the Atascosa River in Atascosa County. Texas. to the Thre~ Riv~ points of division. 2 DIVERSI{ ~N In ,ddition to the pr~ious authorizations, the City ofTla~ Rivera ia aulimriz~ to divert waler authorized by this C=~iific. a~ fi'om a point wifhin Chol~ Can3n~n Reservoir at a maximum diversion rate of v.74 cfa (3,473.71 ~m) within Choke Canyon Reservoir. 3. CONRERV AT]ON Owners ahall implement water conse~,ation plann that p~uci_d~ for tho n61iT-fion of those practice~ lechniques, and technologiea that r~luce or maintain the con~ .rap'don of water, prtwent or reduce the loss or waste of w._t~, mni.~M or ' .mapr~v¢ the efficiency in the tree of wnt~', irscre:a/~ the re~ycli~ ~ ~ of tho wsn'~r, or prewrmt the pollution of water, so that a water supply ia mad~ avajlnhl~ fus farm= or allemative es Such plar~ shall include a r~quir~me~t that in enn~ wholmale water contract cnto'~l into, on or af~ the ~t'oztiw da~ of' thia including any contract cxl~nsion or ronowal, that e~h sue.~miw wholomler customer develop and impl~nent r. ons~rv,,ilon m~uza. Ifth~ ous~r ~ to n.~'sell the ~ater. then the contract for resale of the ~ muat c~m..~rvation r~quiromcnts so that e. ach su~ive wholmale ~s'mmor in the mmle of the wate~ be r~quired Io implement water conservation m~aaur~a. 4. SPECIAL ~.'ONI)II'IONS Sixxial Condition SE. of O:rllficate of Adjudication No. 21-3214, which stipulates that owners shall continuously maintain a minimum flow of 33 b~low the dam at Choke Canyon Reservoir, is maiatain~l for all p~ and effects, except thai the mle. as~ requirement fi,~. Chok~ Cmo, on Remcrvow is reduced from 33 c£s to 28.54 cfs wh~ the City of Thr~ Rivers is not divezting its senior water right at the divm~ion point on the Frio River authorized by CerH fie. ale of Adjudication No. 21-3215. Page 3 .f 4 B <.')~ :]ers may not exercise a priority call on water righm in the Nueces River Ba.s~n w0.h ~rit,n r, dates between 1952 and 1976 for purposes ofincrm~ng storage m and/or diversion from the Owners' syatetn msm'voirs (I.akc Corpus Christi and Choke Canyon Reservoir) where dnrwclown of' the sy~ean reservoirs is caused by compliance with the t~,,s and condifion~ of this ,u'm. ndment Owners shal I contact the South Texa~ Wa~.~ ,. ma. re' prior to clive~ion ofwm~- authorizcd herein 'Dd~ amendment is issued subjecl Io all SUl~'rior and senior walgr righta in the N .u~ces River ~asm. This -,nendment is issued subject to all terms, conditions mxl proviaiom eontai~d in ~nific~te of Adjudication No 21-3214. a~ m~ended, e~e.~t ~s ~3eci~ie. ally ameaded ~ Owner agrees to be hotrod by the terms, conditions and provisions eonmi~ her~ mut m~h a.~'e~enl is a condition precetle~ to the granting ol'this amendm{mL other matters r~:luested in the ~Fplicazion which are not ~ciRcally flx~,,;~ by tlxie amend.,en! ~re denied. This mz,endment is imued subject to the Rules of the T~xas Commimsion on {;hmlit~ and to thc fight of continuing supervision of Stat water mm ('ommiss~on. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUA ~.rry C~mufission AUG 2 eertlfy that Ule fo~lelnl Instmaegt d ~ w~ h ~ ~ ~ · T,~en, T~. the day ~d ~r I~ a~ ~ _ r..~.. ' ~ ~. ~1~ ~ ~