No changes to, or transfers of, existing surface water and groundwater rights in the area covered under this rule shall hereafter be granted if they conflict with the protection of the instream flow levels established in this chapter. Any change or transfer proposal can be approved only if there is a finding that existing rights, including the instream flows established in this chapter, will not be impaired.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters
90.54, 90.22, 90.82, 90.03, 90.44, 18.104, and
43.27A RCW. WSR 15-04-033 (Order 13-11), § 173-557-070, filed 1/27/15, effective 2/27/15.]