5658 AMS FRAS WILB 001

SB 5658 - S AMD - 201

    By Senator Fraser

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 43.21A RCW to read as follows:

    The department shall process permit applications for new domestic uses from the Columbia river or Snake river, notwithstanding the withdrawals from appropriation established in chapters 173‑563 and 173‑564 WAC, if applicable water system planning requirements have been fulfilled, cost‑effective water conservation has been implemented, and no alternative source is available to satisfy the need for domestic water supply."

SB 5658 - S AMD

    By Senator Fraser

    On page 1, on line after "adding" delete everything through "emergency" on line 5 and insert "a new section to chapter 43.21A RCW"

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EFFECT: In lieu of entirely lifting the moratorium on new withdrawals from the Columbia and Snake river main stems, the amendment instructs the Department of Ecology to process permit applications for new domestic uses of water under circumstances such as presented by the Town of Brewster.