WSR 97-12-008

PROCLAMATION

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

[May 22, 1997]

WHEREAS, excessive flooding caused by an unusual combination of 150% of normal snow pack amounts above river basins and extended periods of above average temperatures in northeastern Washington is threatening citizens and property of Washington State;

WHEREAS, the flooding is causing, and has the potential to cause, damage to homes, businesses, public utilities, public facilities and infrastructure in Pend Oreille County;

WHEREAS, the Washington State Military Department has implemented response procedures, and is coordinating resources to support local officials in alleviating the immediate social and economic impacts to people, property, and infrastructure and is assessing the magnitude of the event;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Gary Locke, Governor of the state of Washington, as a result of the aforementioned situation and under RCW 38.08, 38.52, and 43.06, do hereby proclaim that a state of emergency exists in Pend Oreille County and direct the supporting plans and procedures to the Washington State Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan be implemented. State agencies and departments are directed to utilize state resources and to do everything possible to assist affected political subdivisions in an effort to respond and recover from the event. I also hereby order into active service the state of Washington National Guard, or such part thereof as may be necessary in the opinion of the Adjutant General to perform such duties as directed by competent authority. Additionally, the Washington State Military Department, Emergency Management Division (EMD) is instructed to coordinate all event-related assistance to the affected areas.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the state of Washington to be affixed at Olympia, this twenty-second day of May, A.D., nineteen hundred and ninety-seven.

Gary Locke

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Governor of Washington

BY THE GOVERNOR

Ralph Munro

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