WSR 98-18-102

AGENDA

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY

[Filed September 2, 1998, 11:27 a.m.]

addition to department of ecology's

semi-annual rule agenda

WAC Chapter: Chapter 173-532 WAC, Water Resources Program for the Walla Walla River Basin, WRIA 32.

Agency Contact: Thom Lufkin, 407-6631.

CR-101 Filing Date: September 1998.

Approximate Adoption Date: January 1999.

Scope of Changes/Purpose: Amend rule to allow giving higher priority to processing water right change applications when doing so will result in a substantial enhancement of the natural environment. Amendment would include specific criteria for evaluating the degree to which the natural environment would be enhanced by a proposed use, to determine whether prioritization of the proposal is appropriate.