SB 6014 - DIGEST

     Declares that small scale prospecting and mining is exempt from the provisions of chapter 75.20 RCW, provided that aggregate containing fish eggs or fry are not collected or processed at any time.

     Declares that small scale prospecting and mining may take place landward of the ordinary high water mark of any stream at any time of the year, if such activity does not require an approved plan of operation on public lands provided for in 43 C.F.R. Sec. 3830 through 3850 or 36 C.F.R. Sec. 228 subpart A as they existed on the effective date of this act.