AGENDA
Semi-Annual Rule Agenda
July 1999 - January 2000
Agency Contact: Thom Lufkin, 407-6631.
CR-101 Filing Date: October 1999.
Approximate Adoption Date: October 2000.
Scope of Changes/Purpose: Adopt rule to withdraw groundwater from further appropriation until a hydrologic study of the basin is completed; the Department of Ecology estimates the study will take approximately five years to complete. The study will be undertaken with the cooperation and assistance of the Department of Ecology, United States Bureau of Reclamation and Yakama Indian Nation. The purpose of the study is to develop a scientific model, based on accurate data, for use by the above-mentioned entities in making sound decisions regarding ground and surface water management and allocation in the basin.