Brief Description: Regarding a study of the instream flows of the Hanford Reach.

Sponsors: Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Poulsen and Delvin).

Senate Committee on Water, Energy & Environment
Senate Committee on Ways & Means

Background: Twelve million dollars of bonds were appropriated last session for watershed planning and instream flows.

Summary: Two hundred fifty thousand dollars of the state building construction account-state appropriation for fiscal year 2007 is provided to the Department of Ecology to work with interested parties in studying instream flows in the Hanford Reach and studying the impact of flows on the ecological condition of the Hanford Reach as it relates to studying the needs of salmon and steelhead. The department must report its findings by July 1, 2007.

The $250,000 is part of the $12 million of bonds appropriated in 2005 for watershed planning and instream flows and is not a new appropriation.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate      49   0
House      98   0

Effective: June 7, 2006