NOTICE OF ENCUMBRANCE HEARING & PERMIT HEARING OF THE
CLEARWATER UNDERGROUND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors for the Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District will conduct a hearing on two Applications for Permits as described below at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, in the Clearwater UWCD Board Room located at 640 Kennedy Court, Belton, Texas, in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act.
The hearing will be conducted on the following applications:
| Applicant’s File Number/Name | Permit Applicant/Holder and Landowner | Location of Well | Proposed Annual Groundwater Withdrawal Amount & Purpose of Use |
| Combination Drilling & Operating Permit
Well #
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Belton Partners, LLC
c/o Nasruddin Mahesania 24026 Seven Winds (512) 203-5049 |
Well # N3-24-011P
The proposed new well will be completed in the Lower Trinity Aquifer, equipped with a maximum 2-inch column pipe. The well will be located in the Eastern Management Zone on the 12.62-acre tract located at 7983 N I-35, Salado, TX 76571. Latitude 30.9861661º |
The request for a Combination Drilling and Operating Permit will authorize withdrawal to produce groundwater for public water supply to a travel center in a proposed annual quantity not to exceed 2.5 acre-feet or 814,628 gallons per year, at a maximum pumping rate of 40 gallons per minute. |
| Applicant’s File Number/Name | Permit Applicant/Holder and Landowner | Location of Well | Proposed Annual Groundwater Withdrawal Amount & Purpose of Use |
| Operating Permit Hearing related to: Well #
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American Rockwool, LLC
c/o James Deibel, Sr. 440 Jack Rabbit Road (214) 882-1343 |
Well # N3-24-013G
The existing well is completed to the Middle Trinity Aquifer (Hensell Layer), equipped with a maximum 3-inch column pipe. The well is located in the Belton Lake Management Zone on contiguous tracts of land (PID 2508, PID 132517) totaling 77.07 acres, at 440 Jack Rabbit Road, Nolanville, Texas. Latitude 31.074866º |
This permit will authorize the production of groundwater for industrial use at a proposed annual quantity not to exceed 6 acre-feet or 1,955,106 gallons per year, at a maximum pumping rate of 110 gallons per minute.
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The application for an operating permit for an existing exempt well would authorize the applicant to operate within the Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District, in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the application, subject to board deliberation and approval with potential limits and special provisions. A person wishing to submit a Contested Case Hearing Request, as it relates to the proposed Operating Permit, under District Rule 6.10.15(d), who is unable to appear at the hearing on the date and time set forth above, must also file a motion for continuance with CUWCD demonstrating good cause for the inability to not appear.
The Applications for Permit and Permit Amendments, if granted, would authorize the permit holder to operate wells within the Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District according to the terms and conditions set forth in the permit. A person wishing to submit a Contested Case Hearing Request under District Rule 6.10.15(d) who is unable to appear at the hearing on the date and time set forth above must also file a motion for continuance with CUWCD demonstrating good cause for the inability to not appear.
For additional information about this application or the permitting process, or to request information on the legal requirements on what must be included for a Contested Case Hearing Request to be valid, please contact CUWCD at 700 Kennedy Court (PO Box 1989) Belton, Texas, 76513, 254-933-0120.
ISSUED this 7th day of November 2024 in Belton, Texas, on the recommendation of the General Manager.
I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that the above NOTICE OF PERMIT HEARING of the Board of Directors of the Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District is a true and correct copy of said Notice. I have posted a true and correct copy of said Notice at the District office located in Belton, Texas, and said Notice was posted on November 7, 2024, and remained posted continuously for at least 10 (ten) days immediately preceding the day of said hearing; a true and correct copy of said Notice was furnished to the Bell County Clerk, in which the above-named political subdivision is located.
Dated: 11/7/2024
Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District
Dirk Aaron, General Manager
