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                          HOUSE BILL 2877

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Representatives Clements, Honeyford, Chandler, Skinner and Mulliken

Read first time 01/21/98.  Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.

Ordering an analysis of Pine Hollow as a site of a dam and reservoir.

    AN ACT Relating to Pine Hollow reservoir; creating a new section; and making an appropriation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The department of ecology shall conduct a preconstruction analysis of Pine Hollow, located near the communities of Wiley City and Tampico in Yakima county, regarding its suitability as a site for the construction of a retainment dam and water storage reservoir.  The analysis shall include, but is not limited to, an analysis of the geology and hydrology of the site and appropriate dam design and dynamics.  The department may conduct portions of its analysis through contracts with private entities and through contracts with, or by providing grant moneys to, other public entities, including other state agencies, irrigation districts local to the area, cities, Yakima county, the Yakama Indian Nation, and federal agencies.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The sum of three hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the general fund to the department of ecology for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, to carry out the purposes of section 1 of this act.

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