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WRAC meeting information is archived and provided on this page. Most of this information is out of date and on this page for reference only.
September 21 - meeting canceled
August 17
- Agenda
- Stockwater Working Group
- WRP Policy and Guidance Documents
- Management of Exempt Groundwater Wells in Kittitas County Chapter 173-539A WAC
- Natural Resources Reform in Washington State - A Progress Report 08/04/2009
- Government Reform, Boards and Commissions The Water Resources Advisory Committee (WRAC) Memo - to Robin Arnold-Williams, Governor's Policy Director from Polly Zehm, Ecology Deputy Director
- Washington State Department of Commerce - Growth Management Act Administrative Guidelines Update Project Tim Gates wrote: "WRAC members may be particularly interested in reviewing: Urban growth areas (310); Providing urban services (320); Capital Facilities elements (415); Rural element (425); Compliance by regional agencies and special purpose districts (540); Potable water (825); and Concurrency (840)".
Includes:
- Public hearings are scheduled for the week of September 28, 2009..
- Commerce will accept comments on the proposed rule through October 2, 2009.
- Frequently Asked Questions: Yakima Adjudication: Notice of Motion for Default Judgment
- Drought and El Niño observations for the state - by Kurt Unger
- Easterday
- Answer to Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - August 3, 2009 Defendants- State of Washington and Washington State Department of Ecology
- Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief - June 30, 2009 Plaintiffs - Five Corners Family Farmers, Scott Collin, The Center for Environmental Law and Policy, and Sierra Club
- City of Leavenworth
Web Updates
- Inventory of Dams in the State of Washington - 7/30/2009
- Frequently Asked Questions: Water rights adjudication will protect water rights in Spokane Area
- View comments on the Draft Water Resource Management Rule for WRIA 17
- 2009-11 Biennium Budget Overview, Details and Grant Resources - Operating grants - keep watershed management on track and Capitol grants- improve stream flows in fish critical basins
June 15
- Agenda
- Easterday Stockwater information
- Walla Walla -Establishing a pilot local water management program in one qualified jurisdiction
- 2SHB 1580 - Effective July 26, 2009
- Summary of Bill - by Hedia Adelsman, Ecology HQ
- Reclaimed Water Permitting
- Water Reclamation and Impairment of Water Rights: A Comparative Outline - PowerPoint summary of legal research on reclaimed water and impairment in other states. Given on Aug 3, 2007 to Reclaimed Water and Water Rights Committee by Jay Austin, Environmental Law Institute
- Reclaimed Water and Water Rights Impairment Advisory Committee - link to the web page with additional information that includes:
- SSB 5504 - Effective July 26, 2009
- Yakama Tribal Council request to Governor Gregoire to Veto SSB 5504 - April 27, 2009
- Response letter to Yakama Tribal Council from Governor Gregoire - May 6, 2009
- LEAP budget page - by clicking on the 2009-11 Biennial and 2009 Supplemental Budget Proposals (NEW), you go to the individual details
May 18
- Agenda
- Request for Comments by June 5, 2009 on the Draft policy document - Development Schedules for Water Right Changes and Transfers
- Water Resources Program Policy Draft - Development Schedules for Water Right Changes and Transfers
- Please send comments to Don Davidson via e-mail
- Request for Comments by June 5, 2009 on the Draft guidance document - Ensuring Proper Signature on Water Resource Program Applications and Forms
- Water Resources Program Guidance Draft - Ensuring Proper Signature on Water Resource Program Applications and Forms
- Please send comments to Don Davidson via e-mail
- 2003 Municipal Water Law Interim Guidance and Interpretive and Policy Statement, GUID-2030 effective 05/14/2009
- Water Resources Program Guidance, GUID-2005-Levying Civil Penalties effective 05/13/2009
- Management of Exempt Ground Water Wells in Kittitas County Chapter 173-539A WAC - to be updated
- Budget Information:
- 2009-11 Final Conference Budget – Passed Legislature (04/27/2009)
- LEAP budget page - by clicking on the 2009-11 Biennial and 2009 Supplemental Budget Proposals (NEW), you go to the individual details
April 20
- Agenda
- Yakima Adjudication - Memorandum Opinion and Conditional Final Order/Schedule of Rights
- Pacific Land Partners v. PCHB and Ecology - Court of Appeals Briefs
- Web pages with updated information:
March 19
- Agenda
- Request for Comments on the Draft guidance document , Levying Civil Penalties by April 10, 2009
- Water Resources Program Guidance Draft of Levying Civil Penalties written to provide guidance to water resources staff on the compliance and enforcement process, and to provide for the consistent levying of penalties.
- Please send comments to Don Davidson via e-mail
- Progress Report to the Legislature: Small Public Drinking Water Systems
- Two page summary document - provided at March 19 meeting
- Provide comments to:
David Christensen
Policy & Finance Section
Dept. of Health, Office of Drinking Water
Voice: (360) 236-3153
Email: david.christensen@doh.wa.gov- Presentation by Lawrence J. MacDonnell who is the principal investigator for the legislatively mandated study on protecting local economies from water right transfers.
- Protecting Local Economies - March 19 PowerPoint presentation by Lawrence J. MacDonnell
- TVW - March 6, 2009 Work Session report to the House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee (link to TVW for video feed)
- Protecting Local Economies - Legislative Report by Lawrence J. MacDonnell, P.C. Boulder, Colorado November 30, 2008
- Web Page Updates:
- Kittitas County Exempt Groundwater rule – March 16 news release
- Municipal Water Law – Legal Challenges to the Municipal Water Law update
- Dam Safety – inspections on unpermitted dams - the second round of inspections for 141 structures that appear to be “significant hazard” dams.
- The Governor’s Office launched a new website for coordinating Washington state’s involvement with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), also known as the federal stimulus package.
February 17
- Agenda
- Management of Exempt Ground Water Wells in Kittitas County Chapter 173-539A WAC - link to web page with information about this rule - Tom Tebb, Ecology CRO Regional Director
- Amending the Hillis Rule (WAC 173-152) Draft presentation by Dan Haller
- Interruptible Water Rights Policy Presentation - Phil Crane, Ecology and Ginny Stern, Health
- Legal Challenges to the Municipal Law - February 23, 2009 update with Response and Reply Briefs of State of Washington, Washington State University, Cascade Water Alliance, and Washington Water Utilities Council
January 26
- Agenda
- Protecting Local Economies - Lawrence J. MacDonnell, P.C. Boulder, Colorado November 30, 2008 - Legislative Options to Protect Rural Communities in Northeast Washington from Disproportionate Economic, Agricultural, and Environmental Impacts when Upstream Water Rights are Purchased and Transferred for Use, or Idled and Used as Mitigation, in a Downstream Watershed or County
- The role of WA non-profits in implementing the WA trust water program - Meghan Lena, Washington Rivers Conservancy and Amanda Cronin, Washington Water Trust
- City of Union Gap - Ecology’s answer to City of Union Gap’s Motion for Reconsideration and Amici Curiae Briefs Filed in Support of Reconsideration
- Columbia River Basin Water Management Program
- Lake Roosevelt - Incremental Storage Releases - Reports of Examination, Appeals and Motions
- WRIA 17 - Quilcene-Snow Instream Flow Rule - link to web page
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