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 Ben McCanna I am very concerned about T- 13942. These new placements of pivots and the wells and what supplies there water? In our area we are already experiencing big drop in our water levels. We are under a water moratorium where is the water coming from? Are water is way over allocated in Harney county. I am trying to understand how come a large company such as this would want to destroy all the surrounding water tables. It looks like there could be some questions about where the water is coming from? OWRD needs to look real closely to all new transfers and certificates. Thank you, Ben McCanna 60012 McCanna Rd. Burns OR. 97720 04/19/2022
 Laurie O'ConnorN/AAs an exempt well resident (both domestic and stock well) in this area of critical decline, I request all transfers in our basin be stopped until the applicants and OWRD can PROVE no potential further declines in our aquifers! Every commercial development in this area will further injure our ability to live in our rural homes, and certainly end local livestock operations. As a lay person, understanding these applications can be very challenging. From the ground, living here and knowing the area and history, several questions come to mind on applications such as these. Typically, an irrigator seeks to transfer POA AFTER they have lost a well or two, or the costs of deepening no longer serve their profit margin. Speaking to neighbors, there is also some question as to the continuity of beneficial use on the original POA. Who monitors year-by-year, or even decade-by-decade? Were the original wells metered, reported, and verified by the local water master? This application involves FIVE wells, requesting 1.790 CFS. Is this accurate? Were the original wells in compliance, and is there verification of continuous beneficial use? OWRD has never actively sought information about injury to local wells in Harney Basin. Locals do not know they have recourse through filing reports on injured or dry wells. All are experiencing declines in their static water levels, and many will certainly face dry well injuries in the near future. The fact that Harney Basin has been in a critical water study for six years now and yet OWRD does nothing to decrease extraction is appalling. I hope that those of you reviewing these permits have the ability to serve science.