A special meeting of the Upper Republican Natural Resources District (URNRD) Board of Directors concerning requests for variances to the URNRD’s Rules and Regulations for Groundwater Control will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at the URNRD office at 511 East Fifth Street in Imperial, Neb. The agenda for the meeting, kept continually current and available at the URNRD office, is as follows:

INTRODUCTIONS

1. Introductions of Board Members, NRD Staff, and Guests.

MINUTES

1. Approve minutes of the Sept. 8, 2020 Board Meeting

PUBLIC COMMENT

UPPER REPUBLICAN NRD RULES AND REGULATIONS:

1. Rules and Regulations Variances
   1. Groundwater Modeling Presentation (Bruce Curtis)
   2. Brad Loker/George Seward Request: Transfer 116.0 certified acres from SW 21-2-39, 128.0 certified acres from NE 28-2-39, 132.0 certified acres from NW 28-2-39, 130.2 certified acres from SW 28-2-39, 158.6 certified acres from NW 34-2-39, and 130.0 certified acres from NE 33-2-39 to SE 14-4-41, SW 14-4-41, NE 15-4-41, SE 10-4-41, and SW 10-4-41 and drill 5 new irrigation wells to develop new irrigated ground. Each new pivot will receive 150.0 certified acres for a total of 750.00 certified acres. The remaining 44.8 certified acres will be transferred to the corners of SE 31-3-41 (30.8 certified acres) and NE 31-3-41 (14 certified acres) with the stipulation that no new acres will be irrigated. The wells on SW 21-2-39, NE 28-2-39, NW 28-2-39, SW 28-2-39, NW 34-2-39, and NE 33-2-39 will be decommissioned or converted to livestock wells. This transfer will take place after the certified acres come out of CREP in October 2020. The request is also to waive the 30-day waiting period.
   3. George Seward Request: Transfer 126.2 certified acres from NW 9-1-40 and 87.0 certified acres from NW 23-1-40 to the corners of NW 15-4-41 (21.51 certified acres), NW 24-4-42 (35.35 certified acres), and NE 31-3-41 (16.22 certified acres), NE 14-3-42 (13.8 certified acres), NW 14-3-42 (14.17 certified acres), SW 14-3-42 (6.62 certified acres), SE 2-3-42 (39.75 certified acres), SW 2-3-42 (21.75 certified acres), NW 11-3-42 (20.05 certified acres), and S2 11-3-42 (23.98 certified acres) for a total of 213.2 certified acres transferred with no reduction of certified acres due to historical use and no increase in acres irrigated. The certified acres transferrable off NW 9-1-40 based on historical use are 66.58 certified acres and the certified acres transferrable off NW 23-1-40 based on historical use are 32.38 certified acres. The wells on NW 9-1-40 and NW 23-1-40 will be decommissioned or converted to livestock wells. The transfer will take place after the certified acres come out of CREP in October 2020. The request is also to waive the 30-day waiting period.
   4. George Seward Request: Transfer 128.49 certified acres from NE 11-1-39 to NW 15-4-41 and drill a new irrigation well to develop new irrigated acres. The well on NE 11-1-39 will be decommissioned or converted to a livestock well. The transfer will take place after the certified acres come out of CREP in October 2020. The request is also to waive the 30-day waiting period.