Provides that the department of ecology shall not approve a change in the point of diversion prescribed in a permit if it will result in a negative impact on fish habitat or archaeological sites.

Authorizes the department of ecology to approve a change of the point of diversion prescribed in a permit to appropriate water for a beneficial use to a point of diversion that is located in the same pool of the main stem of the Columbia and Snake rivers, and is an approved intake structure, if the ownership, purpose of use, season of use, and place of use of the permit remain the same.