Washington Administrative Code
Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508)
Chapter 173-152 - Water rights
Section 173-152-050 - Criteria for priority processing of competing applications
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
At ecology's discretion, the department may approve an application for priority processing that addresses one of the criteria below:
(1) Within each regional office and among applications processed under chapter 90.90 RCW, the department may prioritize an application ahead of competing applications if the application resolves or alleviates a situation under either (a) or (b) of this subsection.
Inadequate water rights for a public water system to serve existing hook-ups or to accommodate future population growth or other future uses do not constitute a public health or safety emergency. The application must specifically propose to correct the actual or anticipated cause(s) of the emergency. An emergency must meet one or more of the following conditions:
(2) Within each regional office and among applications processed under chapter 90.90 RCW, the department may prioritize an application ahead of all competing applications, but only after those applications prioritized in subsection (1) of this section, if the department determines the application:
(3) The department may prioritize ahead of competing applications, except as prioritized in subsections (1) and (2) of this section, a new application for diversionary rights into reservoirs that, if approved, would not conflict with adopted state instream flow rules, federal flow targets, or federal biological opinions, and is funded or supported pursuant to chapter 90.90 RCW.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.064(9), 43.27A.090(11), chapters 90.03, 90.44, 90.54, and 90.82 RCW. 11-01-126 (Order 09-05), § 173-152-050, filed 12/20/10, effective 1/20/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.064(8) and 43.27A.090(11). 98-06-042 (Order 97-14), § 173-152-050, filed 2/27/98, effective 3/30/98.