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Randall C. Budge, ISB #1949 Candice M. McHugh, ISB #5908 Thomas J. Budge, ISB #7465 RACINE OLSON NYE BUDGE & BAILEY, CHARTERED 101 S. Capitol Blvd., Suite 300 Boise, Idaho 83702 Telephone: (208) 395-0011 [email protected] [email protected] tjb@rac ine law .net

Attorneys for Idaho Ground Water Appropriators, Inc. (IGWA)

BEFORE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES

STATE OF IDAHO

IN THE MATTER OF DISTRIBUTION OF WATER TOW ATER RIGHT NOS. 36-02551 & 36-07694

(RANGEN, INC.)

STATE OF IDAHO ) : ss

COUNTY OF ______ )

Docket No. CM-DC-2011-004

AFFIDAVIT OF BRIAN D. HIGGS

1. I am over the age of 18, competent to testify, and make the following statements

based on my personal knowledge.

2. I was deposed in this case on April 11, 2013.

3. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a copy of the Notice of Taking Deposition Duces

Tecum for my deposition. That notice asked me to bring to my deposition, among other things, a

power point presentation called "Snake River Plain Aquifer Crisis," a copy of which is attached

hereto as Exhibit B.

4. I did not bring a hard copy of the presentation with me; rather, I copied onto a

thumb drive a pdf document that I believed included only the presentation, and brought that with

AFFIDAVIT OF BRIAN D. HIGGS -

me to my deposition. At the deposition, the pdf document was printed from the thumb drive, and

I was asked questions about it.

5. At the end of the power point presentation is a slide marked "The End." To my

surprise, after reaching the slide marked "The End" I discovered that there were some documents

that contained notes and graphs I had made at one time that never were part of the power point

presentation.

6. I have read the Affidavit of Fritz Haemmerle in Support of Motion to Compel

dated April 17, 2013. Paragraph 4 of that affidavit infers that my unrelated notes were part of the

power point presentation. This is not true. The notes came after the slide marked "The End," they

were not in the same format as the power point presentation, and were never part of the

presentation.

7. My notes that the Motion to Compel seeks discovery of were never published or

used in any type of presentation. They were personal notes of some thoughts that I had in the late

1990s or early 2000s when the State of Idaho and some water users were making a push to

develop a groundwater model for the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer. It was my opinion at the time,

and still is, that the money and effort expended on ESP AM would have been better spent on

recharging the aquifer. At one point I wrote down a few of my thoughts in this regard, and

somehow they got included in the same PDF that contained the power point presentation

referenced above.

8. These notes have nothing to do with my work as a watermaster for Water District

140 or measurements I take for ground water districts. The notes have nothing to do with

Rangen or its delivery call. They simply reflect mental impressions I had many years ago when

various groups were promoting development of a groundwater model for the ESP A.

9. These notes have no relevance to the Rangen delivery call, and I am very opposed

to having them published because they could be taken out of context and potentially used for

malicious purposes.

10. I was present when Mr. Budge and Mr. Haemmerle discussed what to do with

these notes during my deposition. This discussion carried on for some time off the record, where

an agreement was reached that these notes would be put in an envelope marked "confidential"

that would be sealed and kept by the Court Reporter until the Director of the IDWR made a

decision as to whether they would be published or not. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a copy of


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the envelope that my notes were placed it. The envelope is marked "Confidential" and state: "To

be sealed until otherwise authorized by the Director of the IDWR or legal counsel for IOWA."

11. I was very surprised and upset to learn that Mr. Haemmerle quoted in his affidavit

the parts of my notes that he agreed would be kept confidential and would not be made public

until the Director made a ruling on whether they are discoverable. From my perspective this was

a complete breach of the agreement he made at my deposition.

FURTHER YOURAFFIANT SAYETIINAUGHT.

DATED this c:93 day of April, 2013.

RAYM, KOYLE NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF IDAHO

AFFIDAVIT OF BRIAND. IDGGS -

Residing at:-,.-...,,..."""""' ....... ""'rl'--#--..c:.o...4.p,,e::+,f-L."-----,::--'

My Commission Expires. _ ___,__,__,__~-=-<-_,___'---

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 2 ad day of April, 2013, I caused to be served a true and correct copy of the foregoing Affidavit of Brian D. Higgs, upon the following by the method indicated:

Original: Director, Gary Spackman Idaho Department of Water Resources PO Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0098 Attn: Deborah Gibson [email protected] [email protected]

Garrick Baxter, Deputy Attorney General Chris Bromley, Deputy Attorney General Idaho Department of Water Resources P.O. Box 83720 Boise, Idaho 83720-0098 [email protected] chris.bromley/alidwr.idaho.e.ov

Robyn M. Brody Brody Law Office, PLLC PO Box 554 Rupert,ID 83350 [email protected]

Fritz X. Haemmerle Haemmerle & Haemmerle, PLLC PO Box 1800 Hailey, ID 83333 [email protected]

J. Justin May May, Browning & May, PLLC 1419 West Washington Boise, ID 83702 [email protected]

Sarah Klahn Mitra Pemberton WHITE JANKOWSKI, LLP 511 16th St., Suite 500 Denver, Colorado 80202 [email protected] [email protected]

Dean Tranmer


D U.S. Mail/Postage Prepaid D Facsimile D Overnight Mail ~ Hand Delivery ~ E-mail

D U.S. Mail/Postage Prepaid D Facsimile D Overnight Mail D Hand Delivery ~ E-mail




D U.S. Mail/Postage Prepaid D Facsimile D Overnight Mail D Hand Delivery ~ E-Mail

D U.S. Mail/Postage Prepaid

City of Pocatello D Facsimile PO Box 4169 D Overnight Mail Pocatello, ID 83201 D Hand Delivery dtranmer@pocate 11 o. us ~ E-Mail

C. Thomas Arkoosh ~ U.S. Mail/Postage Prepaid ARKOOSHLAW OFFICES D Facsimile PO Box2900 D Overnight Mail Boise, ID 83701 D Hand Delivery [email protected] ~ E-Mail

John K. Simpson D U.S. Mail/Postage Prepaid Travis L. Thompson D Facsimile Paul L. Arrington D Overnight Mail Barker Rosholt & Simpson D Hand Delivery 195 River Vista Place, Suite 204 ~ E-Mail Twin Falls, ID 83301-3029 tlt(@idahowaters.com jks(@idahowaters.com pla(@idahowaters.com

W. Kent Fletcher D U.S. Mail/Postage Prepaid Fletcher Law Office D Facsimile PO Box 248 D Overnight Mail Burley, ID 83318 D Hand Delivery wkf(a)pmt.org ~ E-Mail

Jerry R. Rigby D U.S. Mail/Postage Prepaid Hyrum Erickson D Facsimile Robert H. Wood D Overnight Mail Rigby, Andrus & Rigby, Chartered D Hand Delivery 25 North Second East ~ E-Mail Rexburg, ID 83440 jrigby(a)rex-law.com herickson(a)rex-law.com [email protected]

AFFIDAVIT OF BRIAND. HIGGS -

Robyn M. Brody (ISB No. 5678) Brody Law Office, PLLC P.O. Box 554 Rupert, ID 83350 Telephone: (208) 434-2778 Facsimile: (208) 434-2780 [email protected]

Fritz X. Haemmerle (ISB No. 3862) Haemmerle & Haemmerle, PLLC P.O. Box 1800 Hailey, ID 83333 Telephone: (208) 578-0520 Facsimile: (208) 578-0564 [email protected]

Attorneys for Rangen, inc.

J. Justin May (ISB No. 5818) May, Browning & May, PLLC 1419 W. Washington Boise. Idaho 83 702 Telephone: (208) 429-0905 Facsimile: (208) 342-7278 [email protected]

BEFORE THE DEPARTIVIBNT OF WATER RESOURCES

OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

1N THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR DELIVERY CALL OF RAN GEN, INC.'S WATER RIGHT NOS. 36-02551 & 36-07694

Docket No. CM-DC-2011-004

NOTICE OF TAKING DEPOSITION DUCES TECUM OF BRIAN HIGGS

Thursday, April 11, 2013 10:00 a.m. Rupert, ID

TO: BRIAN HIGGS AND COUNSEL OF RECORD FOR IDAHO GROUND WATER APPROPRIATORS, INC.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Petitioner, Rangen, Inc., will take the deposition of Brian

Higgs before a Certified Court Reporter, in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure of the

State of Idaho and Idaho Department of \Vater Resources Procedural Rules, IDAPA 37.01.01, on

the 11th day of April, 2013, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at Brody Law Offices, PLLC, Wilson Theatre

Building, 614 Fremont, Rupert, ID 83350.

NOTICE OF DEPOSITION DUCES TECUM OF BRIAN HIGGS - 1 EXHIBIT A

Pursuant to Idaho Rules of Cjvil Procedure 26, 30(b)(5) and 34 and ID APA 37.01.01.525,

the Deponent is further required to identify and bring with him the following:

1. All documents, books, papers, recordings, electronic data, emails,

communications, photographs, or other documents or items revie\ved in preparation for this

deposition.

2. All contracts between Water Well Consultants, Inc. and all grotmdwater districts

or water districts, including, but not limited to: American Falls-Aberdeen, Magic Nmih

Snake, Raft River, Southwest, and \VD 140.

3. Pmverpoint presentation called "Snake River Plain Aquifer Crisis."

4. All Groundwater Management Plans developed, written and/or implemented by

Water Well Consultants for areas within the ESPA.

5. Map showing all critical groundwater areas within the ESPA.

6. All well measurement and pumping records for groundwater districts or water

districts within the ESP A.

7. All Mitigation Plans m which Water Well Consultants has been involved m

writing and/or implementing.

All parties and their counsel are invited to attend. The oral examination \viii continue

from day to day until completed.

DATED this ~ay of April, 2013.

NOTICE OF DEPOSITION DUCES TECUM OF BRIAN HIGGS - 2

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned, a resident attorney of the State of Idaho, hereby certifies that on the ;).._

day of ._k(h~[_ __ , 2013 I caused a true and correct copy of the foregoing document to

be served by email and first class U.S. Mail, postage prepaid upon the follmving:

Original: Hand Delivery D

Director Gary Spackman U.S. Mail ~ Idaho Department of Water Facsimile D

Resources Federal Express

~ P.O. Box 83720 E-Mail Boise, ID 83720-0098 Deborah. Gibson@,id\\T .idaho .gov Garrick Baxter Hand Delivery D

Chris Bromley U.S. Mail D

Idaho Department of Water Facsimile D

Resources Federal Express D

P.O. Box 83720 E-Mail ~ Boise, Idaho 83720-0098 [email protected] chris.brom1ey@,id\:,,r.idaho.gov Randall C. Budge Hand Delivery D

Candice M. McHugh U.S. Mail 0

Thomas J. Budge Facsimile D

RACINE, OLSON, BUDGE Federal Express & BAILEY, CHARTERED E-Mail P.O. Box 1391 101 South Capitol Blvd, Ste 300 Boise, ID 83704-1391 Fax: 208-433-0167 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Sarah Klahn Hand Delivery 0

Mitra Pemberton U.S. Mail D

WHITE & JANKOWSKI Facsin:iile D

Kittredge Building, Federal Express D

511 16th Street, Suite 500 E-Mail ~ Denver, CO 80202 sarahk@white-j ankowski .com mitraQ@,white-jankmvski.com Dean Tranmer Hand Delivery 0

City of Pocatello U.S. Mail 0

NOTICE OF DEPOSITION DUCES TECUM OF BRIAN HIGGS - 3

P.O. Box 4169 Pocatello, ID 83201 [email protected]

John Simpson Travis L. Thompson Paul L. Arrington Barker Rosholt & Simpson, L.L.P. 195 River Vista Place, Suite 204 Twin Falls, ID 83301-3029 facsimile: (208) 735-2444 [email protected] [email protected] C. Thomas Arkoosh Arkoosh Eiguren P.O. Box 2900 Boise, ID 83702 [email protected]

W. Kent Fletcher Fletcher Law Office P.O. Box 248 Burley, 1D 83318 [email protected]

Jerry R. Rigby Hyrum Erickson Robert H. Wood Rigby, Andrus & Rigby, Chartered

North Second East Rexburg, ID 83440 [email protected] [email protected] nvood ~rex-law.com

Facsimile Federal Express E-Mail

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drain until the natural flow is reached.

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