Rangen, Inc. v. Idaho Department of Water Resources

J. JONES, Chief Justice.

Appellant Rangen, Inc., initiated a contested case by filing a petition for a delivery call before the Director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources (“IDWR”), alleging that junior ground water pumping in the Eastern Snake Plains Aquifer (“ESPA”) was materially injuring its water rights. Several parties intervened in the delivery call and, after extensive discovery and communications, IDWR Director Gary Spackman (“Director”) presided over an evidentiary hearing. The Director subsequently issued a final order and an order on reconsideration. In these orders the…