{"id":1534,"date":"2016-09-14T22:40:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T22:40:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:23:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:23:06","slug":"montana-supreme-court-orders-state-close-loophole-protect-water-rights-news-release-91416","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/montana-supreme-court-orders-state-close-loophole-protect-water-rights-news-release-91416\/","title":{"rendered":"La Corte Suprema de Montana ordena al estado cerrar la laguna para proteger los derechos de agua"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"field_sub_title\"><em>Los desarrolladores abusaron de la escapatoria para nuevas subdivisiones, amenazando la disponibilidad de agua para los ranchos familiares, la vida silvestre, los flujos internos<\/em><\/h5>\n<div class=\"field_pr_location\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ayer por la noche, la Corte Suprema del Estado de Montana confirm\u00f3 un fallo de la corte de distrito de octubre de 2014 que <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016.09.14-Final%20Decision-Exempt%20Well%20Loophole.pdf\"><span class=\"s1\">ordenado\u00a0<\/span><\/a>al Departamento de Conservaci\u00f3n y Recursos Naturales de Montana (DNRC) para cerrar una laguna en las reglas de permisos de pozos de agua del estado que los desarrolladores y otros grandes usuarios de agua estaban usando para evitar el proceso de permisos al perforar miles de pozos de agua para nuevas subdivisiones. En este estado \u00e1rido, donde el agua es un recurso precioso y escaso, la falta de supervisi\u00f3n ha amenazado injustamente la disponibilidad de agua para los usuarios existentes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cLa escapatoria del pozo exento ha significado un regalo de nuestros limitados recursos h\u00eddricos\u201d, dijo Polly Rex de Horse Creek Water Users, una de las demandantes en el caso. \u201cLa Corte Suprema del estado realmente envi\u00f3 un mensaje a la DNRC y otras partes interesadas, volviendo a una regla mejor que no amenace a los titulares de derechos de agua existentes. Los demandantes y yo finalmente sentimos que hemos sido escuchados. Estamos muy satisfechos.&quot;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Los propietarios de viviendas rurales, ganaderos y granjeros en Montana han confiado durante mucho tiempo en la disposici\u00f3n de &quot;pozo exento&quot; de la ley que les brinda la oportunidad de perforar un pozo peque\u00f1o sin obtener un permiso. Es un enfoque que estaba destinado a usos de agua peque\u00f1os y dispersos con poco potencial para afectar los derechos existentes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Pero durante el auge de la vivienda residencial de Montana de las \u00faltimas dos d\u00e9cadas, los desarrolladores aprovecharon la escapatoria para evitar obtener permisos para perforar pozos de agua al convertir tierras agr\u00edcolas en subdivisiones. El efecto sobre un acu\u00edfero de agua subterr\u00e1nea es inmenso; solo una subdivisi\u00f3n puede perforar cientos de nuevos pozos de agua. En el condado de Gallatin, donde la expansi\u00f3n y la conversi\u00f3n de tierras agr\u00edcolas en subdivisiones ha aumentado significativamente, el DNRC emiti\u00f3 11,409 certificados de pozos exentos entre 1993 y 2010.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cEstamos encantados con la decisi\u00f3n de la corte\u201d, dijo Laura King, la abogada del Western Environmental Law Center que representa a los demandantes. \u201cLa legislatura de Montana nunca tuvo la intenci\u00f3n de permitir que los grandes usuarios de agua eludieran los requisitos de permisos de agua simplemente perforando m\u00faltiples pozos no conectados. El tribunal lo reconoci\u00f3 hoy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">La Ley de Uso del Agua de Montana proporciona una excepci\u00f3n espec\u00edfica a los permisos de derechos de agua para pozos peque\u00f1os de agua subterr\u00e1nea, pero la Ley incluye una disposici\u00f3n que requiere que las &quot;asignaciones combinadas&quot; de la misma fuente de dos o m\u00e1s pozos para el mismo desarrollo obtengan un permiso de derechos de agua si el la cantidad total asignada supera los 10 acres-pie al a\u00f1o. Pero en 1993, DNRC neg\u00f3 esta limitaci\u00f3n al adoptar una regla seg\u00fan la cual una \u201capropiaci\u00f3n combinada\u201d requiere un permiso solo si los pozos est\u00e1n conectados f\u00edsicamente juntos. Sin embargo, muy pocos desarrollos de subdivisi\u00f3n, si es que hay alguno, se conectan de esa manera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\u201cDurante las \u00faltimas dos d\u00e9cadas, un per\u00edodo de flujos de corriente bajos r\u00e9cord, la brecha de pozos exentos creada por la regla de DNRC ha alentado a los desarrolladores a perforar decenas de miles de pozos individuales en la cuenca de Clark Fork para evitar el sistema de permisos\u201d, dijo Karen Knudsen, director ejecutivo de la Coalici\u00f3n de Clark Fork. \u201cLa Coalici\u00f3n ha argumentado durante mucho tiempo que la regla viola la Ley, y nos complace que la Corte Suprema est\u00e9 de acuerdo con nosotros\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Los demandantes en el caso han estado preocupados durante a\u00f1os por la seguridad de los derechos de agua de los mayores y la disponibilidad de agua para los ranchos familiares, la vida silvestre y el flujo de agua. Los terratenientes y los conservacionistas solicitaron al estado en 2009 que cerrara la brecha. Despu\u00e9s de ser denegada, los demandantes llevaron a la DNRC a los tribunales. El caso se resolvi\u00f3 en noviembre de 2010 cuando el estado acord\u00f3 cerrar el vac\u00edo legal en 15 meses, pero la DNRC se retir\u00f3 de su compromiso y los demandantes\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.westernlaw.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Stipulation.Non_.Compliance.Letter.Feb_.2\"><span class=\"s1\">reabierto<\/span><\/a>\u00a0el caso, que result\u00f3 en la victoria de hoy. El fallo de la Corte Suprema invalid\u00f3 la regla actual de la DNRC que define la \u201capropiaci\u00f3n combinada\u201d y restableci\u00f3 la regla anterior de la agencia, como lo instaron los demandantes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><strong>Contactos:<\/strong><br \/>\nLaura King, Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, 406-204-4852, <span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#107;&#x69;&#x6e;&#103;&#x40;&#x77;e&#x73;&#x74;e&#x72;&#110;l&#x61;&#119;&#46;&#x6f;&#114;g\">king@westernlaw.org<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Polly Rex, usuarios de agua de Horse Creek, 406-328-4413, <span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#116;&#x6f;:&#x70;o&#108;&#x6c;&#121;&#x40;&#109;&#x6f;n&#x74;a&#110;&#x61;&#46;&#x6e;&#101;&#x74;\">polly@montana.net<br \/>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Karen Knudsen, Coalici\u00f3n de Clark Fork, 406-529-7836, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x6b;&#x61;&#x72;&#x65;&#x6e;&#x40;&#x63;&#x6c;&#x61;&#x72;&#x6b;&#x66;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x6b;&#x2e;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x67;\"><span class=\"s1\">karen@clarkfork.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developers abused loophole for new subdivisions, threatening water availability for family ranches, wildlife, instream flows Late yesterday, the Supreme Court of the State of Montana upheld an Oct. 2014 district court ruling that ordered\u00a0the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) to close a loophole in the state\u2019s water well permit rules that developers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[245,148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-release","category-victory-montana-exempt-well-loophole"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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