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Ecology to publish draft policy implementing 2024 HB 1752 on Columbia Basin Project water‑right changes
Summary
Ecology said it will release a public draft in February clarifying how it will implement House Bill 1752 (amending RCW 90.03.380) to exempt certain Bureau of Reclamation Columbia Basin Project state water rights from annual consumptive quantity evaluations; the draft will distinguish project‑authorized uses (seepage/return flows) from state‑issued rights and will be open for public comment.
Dave (Ecology Water Resources Division) briefed PAG members on agency work to implement House Bill 1752 (2024), which amended RCW 90.03.380 to exempt the Bureau of Reclamation’s state‑issued Columbia Basin Project water rights from the statute’s annual consumptive‑quantity evaluation requirement for changes. Ecology staff said the statutory change did not remove other water‑rights requirements such as impairment reviews and SEPA where…
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