Washington Administrative Code
Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508)
Chapter 173-518 - Water resources management program for the dungeness portion of the Elwha-Dungeness water resource inventory area (WRIA) 18
Section 173-518-075 - Mitigation plans
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
The Dungeness water exchange and new water users choosing to mitigate must submit a mitigation plan to ecology to demonstrate how they will offset the impacts of their proposed consumptive use (see WAC 173-518-070(3)(a) ). The mitigation plan must receive ecology approval and be implemented before the proposed water use begins.
(1) The mitigation plan must:
(2) The mitigation plan must show that the proposed withdrawal, with mitigation in place, will not have any of the following impacts:
(3) The plan must include financial assurance for implementing the plan. Ecology may, for any reason, refuse any performance security ecology does not deem adequate. Financial assurances may include:
Statutory Authority: Chapters 90.54, 90.22, 90.82, 90.03, 90.42, and 90.44 RCW. 12-23-054 (Order 07-17), § 173-518-075, filed 11/16/12, effective 1/2/13.