Date of Adoption: October 11, 2001.

     Purpose: WAC 173-532-085 is no longer applicable. ESHB 1832, passed by the 2001 legislature and signed by the governor, includes a provision allowing applications for new water rights and those for changes to existing water rights to be processed in separate lines. Although WAC 173-532-085 includes a means for prioritizing competing change applications, it is embedded in the overall approach for establishing two lines and presumably could not be applied to competing change applications in the separate line for change applications established by the new legislation.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 173-532-085 Water resources program for the Walla Walla River Basin, WRIA 32.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 43.21A.080.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 01-16-133 on July 31, 2001.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

October 11, 2001

Tom Fitzsimmons

Director

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