Opinion
CV-31-00059-TUC-SHR
09-05-2023
United States of America, Plaintiff, v. Gila Valley Irrigation District, et al., Defendants.
ORDER GRANTING FIRST THREE MOTIONS TO APPROVE CHANGE-IN-USE APPLICATIONS (DOCS. 8523, 8531, 8538)
Honorable Scott H. Rash United States District Judge
The Gila Water Commissioner, Patricia A. Doyle, has filed three Motions for Approval of the following change-in-use applications:
The form used by the Office of the Gila Water Commissioner is titled “Application for Changes in Points of Diversion, Places, Means, Manner or Purpose of the use of the Waters Subject to the Gila Decree Case No. CV31-59-TUC-SHR (a/k/a Globe Equity No. 59),” and is colloquially referred to as a “change-in-use application” or “sever-and-transfer application.”
• 01-2022, 02-2022, 03-2022, 04-2022, and 05-2022 (Doc. 8523);
• 06-2023, 07-2023, 08-2023, 09-2023, 10-2023, 11-2023, 12-2023, 13-2023, 14-2023, and 15-2023 (Doc. 8531); and
• 16-2023, 17-2023, 18-2023, 19-2023, 20-2023, 22-2023, 23-2023, 24-2023, 25-2023, 26-2023, 27-2023, 28-2023, 29-2023, 30-2023, 31-2023, 32-2023, 33-2023, 34-2023, 35-2023, 36-2023, and 37-2023 (Doc. 8538).The Gila Water Commissioner also provided affidavits showing no objections to the applications were filed. Further, no objections to the pending motions to approve the applications have been filed.
Having reviewed the unopposed motions and good cause appearing, the Court grants the Gila Water Commissioner's pending motions to approve the applications. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED the Gila Water Commissioner's pending Motions for Approval of Change in Use Applications (Docs. 8523, 8531, and 8538) are GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED the Change-in-Use Applications numbered 012022, 02-2022, 03-2022, 04-2022, 05-2022, 06-2023, 07-2023, 08-2023, 09-2023, 102023, 11-2023, 12-2023, 13-2023, 14-2023, 15-2023, 16-2023, 17-2023, 18-2023, 192023, 20-2023, 22-2023, 23-2023, 24-2023, 25-2023, 26-2023, 27-2023, 28-2023, 29 2023, 30-2023, 31-2023, 32-2023, 33-2023, 34-2023, 35-2023, 36-2023, and 37-2023 are APPROVED. This Order shall take effect on the date it is issued.