POLICY STATEMENT
Purpose: In order to comply with RCW 34.05.230(4) of the Administrative Procedure Act, the Department of Ecology submits the following:
Document Title: Policy 1210 -- Evaluation of Changes to Enable Irrigation of Additional Acreage or the Addition of New Purposes of Use to Existing Water Rights.
Subject: To document generally applicable procedures that the Department of Ecology will use in reviewing water right change applications pursuant to RCW 90.03.380(1) that enable irrigation of additional acreage or the addition of new purposes of use to existing water rights.
Document Description: This policy documents generally applicable procedures that the Department of Ecology will use in reviewing water right change applications pursuant to RCW 90.03.380(1) that enable irrigation of additional acreage or the addition of new purposes of use to existing water rights, including the factors that ecology staff will consider in determining the annual consumptive quantity of water that may be transferred as part of a change application. This policy will be applied in conjunction with Procedure 1210 -- Calculating and Applying the Annual Consumptive Quantity.
Effective Date: July 12, 2004.
Doug McChesney
Water Resources Policy
and Planning Section