SB 5737 - DIGEST

     Requires the interagency review team established under RCW 75.46.080 to maintain a comprehensive inventory of barriers to fish passage.

     Provides that not later than June 30, 2001, the team shall identify from the inventory those passage barriers that pose the greatest limitations upon the recovery of salmon stocks listed on the federal endangered species act, considering stocks state-wide and the relative impact of these facilities on recovery and other limiting factors.  Before adding a facility to the list, the team shall notify the facility owner of the proposed addition.  The team shall not add a facility for which the owner demonstrates to the team that construction to modify the facility to eliminate the passage barrier will be commenced by July 1, 2003.