20251105Certificate_No_563.pdf

Office of the Secretary
Service Date
November 5,2025
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF BEAR CLAW WATER ) CASE NO. BCW-W-25-01
SYSTEM, LLC'S APPLICATION FOR A )
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE ) CERTIFICATE NO. 563
AND NECESSITY )
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the Public Convenience and Necessity requires Bear
Claw Water System, LLC, and its successors and assigns to hold, construct or otherwise acquire,
to maintain and to operate a water system and provide water service within the Bear Claw
Subdivision in Bonner County, near Clark Fork, Idaho, more specifically:
See Attachment A - Legal Description of Bear Claw Water System, LLC's Service
Area
See Attachment B - Service Territory Map
This Certificate is for such purpose to own, hold, construct or otherwise acquire and to
maintain and operate within said territory water wells, reservoirs, tanks, towers, stand pipes
collectors, settling basins, galleries and other works and structures, and also to lay,take up,repair,
renew, extend, alter, maintain, and operate water mains, pipes, conduits, aqueducts hydrants and
other appliances, equipment and facilities, in, upon, over, under, along, through and across all
streets, avenues, alleys, streams, highways, roads, and other public places in said territory as the
same now exists or may hereafter be extended, laid out or established, and to exercise the rights
and privileges granted, or to which hereafter may be granted to Bear Claw Water System,LLC, its
successors or assigns,by any franchise conferred by the State of Idaho or any political subdivision
thereof.
This Certificate is predicated upon and issued pursuant to the findings and conclusions of
Order No. 36799 in Case No. BCW-W-25-01 to which reference is hereby made.
CERTIFICATE NO. 563 1

DATED at Boise, Idaho this 51h day of November 2025.
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ATTEST:
Laura Calderon Robles
Interim Commission Secretary
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CERTIFICATE NO. 563 2

Attachment A: Service Territory Legal Description
A tract of land located in the Southwest Quarter of Section 20, Township 55 North, Range 3 East,
Boise Meridian, Bonner County, Idaho, as described as follows:
Beginning at the West Quarter of said Section 20, Said Corner being the initial point;
thence South 89°44'44" East a distance of 2656.60 ft; thence South 00°01'06" West a
distance of 1389.70 ft; thence North 84°59'24" West a distance of 250.84 ft; thence North
83'31'11" West a distance of 464.83 ft; thence South 00°33'42" West a distance of 572.75
ft; thence North 70'24'11" West a Distance of 1368.43 ft; thence North 19°35'49" East a
distance of 208.00 ft; thence North 70'24'11" West a distance of 416.00 ft; thence South
19°35'49" West a distance of 208.00 ft; thence North 70'24'11" West a distance of 270.07
ft; thence North 00°09'19" West a distance of 1210.77 ft to the Point of Beginning.
Attachment A
Case No. BCW-W-25-01
CPCN No. 563

Attachment B: Service Territory Map
Red line: The Company's Service Territory
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Attachment B
Case No. BCW-W-25-01
CPCN No. 563