WSR 99-21-099

AGENDA

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY


[ Filed October 20, 1999, 11:20 a.m. ]


Addendum to Department of Ecology's

Semi-Annual Rule Agenda

July 1999 - January 2000



WAC Chapter: Chapter 173-537 WAC, Water resources management program for the Yakima River Basin, WRIAs 37, 38 and 39.

Agency Contact: Thom Lufkin, 407-6631.

CR-101 Filing Date: October 1999.

Approximate Adoption Date: October 2000.

Scope of Changes/Purpose: Adopt rule to withdraw groundwater from further appropriation until a hydrologic study of the basin is completed; the Department of Ecology estimates the study will take approximately five years to complete. The study will be undertaken with the cooperation and assistance of the Department of Ecology, United States Bureau of Reclamation and Yakama Indian Nation. The purpose of the study is to develop a scientific model, based on accurate data, for use by the above-mentioned entities in making sound decisions regarding ground and surface water management and allocation in the basin.

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