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Commissioners report on legislative testimony, water-storage permitting and local cleanup efforts
Summary
Yakima County commissioners summarized recent testimony on state legislation, urged faster permitting for water storage and highlighted local efforts on homelessness cleanup and community events.
Commissioners used the March 24 work session to update one another on recent legislative testimony and local initiatives.
Commissioner McKinney said he testified on the Ahtanum/Ackerman Basin integrated plan and emphasized permitting delays as a chief obstacle to new water-storage projects. "Permitting is the largest barrier, for creating water storage," McKinney said, and he asked the state to consider expediting permitting the way it has for large solar…
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