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Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-100 - Groundwater management areas and programs › Section 173-100-100 - Groundwater management program content

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The program for each groundwater management area will be
				tailored to the specific conditions of the area. The following guidelines on
				program content are intended to serve as a general framework for the program,
				to be adapted to the particular needs of each area. Each program shall include,
				as appropriate, the following:
(1) An
			 area characterization section comprised of:
(a) A delineation of the groundwater area,
			 subarea or depth zone boundaries and the rationale for those
			 boundaries;
(b) A map showing the
			 jurisdictional boundaries of all state, local, tribal, and federal governments
			 within the groundwater management area;
(c) Land and water use management
			 authorities, policies, goals and responsibilities of state, local, tribal, and
			 federal governments that may affect the area's groundwater quality and
			 quantity;
(d) A general description
			 of the locale, including a brief description of the topography, geology,
			 climate, population, land use, water use and water resources;
(e) A description of the area's hydrogeology,
			 including the delineation of aquifers, aquitards, hydrogeologic cross-sections,
			 porosity and horizontal and vertical permeability estimates, direction and
			 quantity of groundwater flow, water-table contour and potentiometric maps by
			 aquifer, locations of wells, perennial streams and springs, the locations of
			 aquifer recharge and discharge areas, and the distribution and quantity of
			 natural and man-induced aquifer recharge and discharge;
(f) Characterization of the historical and
			 existing groundwater quality;
(g)
			 Estimates of the historical and current rates of groundwater use and purposes
			 of such use within the area;
(h)
			 Projections of groundwater supply needs and rates of withdrawal based upon
			 alternative population and land use projections;
(i) References including sources of data,
			 methods and accuracy of measurements, quality control used in data collection
			 and measurement programs, and documentation for and construction details of any
			 computer models used.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-100 - Groundwater management areas and programs › Section 173-100-110 - SEPA review

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The proposed groundwater management program shall be subject to
				review pursuant to the State Environmental Policy Act,
				chapter
				43.21C RCW, as required
				under the applicable implementing regulations.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  90.44.400. 86-02-004 (Order DE 85-24), §
				  173-100-110, filed 12/20/85.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-100 - Groundwater management areas and programs › Section 173-100-120 - Hearings and implementation

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(1) Upon completion of the groundwater area
			 management program, the department shall hold a public hearing within the
			 designated groundwater management area for the purpose of taking public
			 testimony on the proposed program. Local governments are encouraged to hold
			 joint hearings with the department to hear testimony on the proposed management
			 program. Following the public hearing, the department and each affected local
			 government shall prepare findings on the groundwater management program within
			 ninety days. This period may be extended by the department for an additional
			 ninety days. The findings shall evaluate the program's technical soundness,
			 economic feasibility, and consistency with the intent of this chapter and other
			 federal, state and local laws. The findings shall identify any revisions
			 necessary before the program can be certified and shall contain a statement of
			 the agency's concurrence, indicating its intent to adopt implementing policies,
			 ordinances and programs if required, or a statement of nonconcurrence with the
			 program if such be the case.
(2)
			 The lead agency will consolidate the findings and present them to the advisory
			 committee. Statements of nonconcurrence shall be resolved by the committee and
			 the program revised if necessary.
(3) The program shall then be submitted by
			 the groundwater advisory committee to the department which shall certify that
			 the program is consistent with the intent of this chapter.
(4) Following such certification, state
			 agencies and affected local governments shall adopt or amend regulations,
			 ordinances, and/or programs for implementing those provisions of the
			 groundwater management program which are within their respective jurisdictional
			 authorities.
(5) The department,
			 the department of social and health services and affected local governments
			 shall be guided by the adopted program when reviewing and considering approval
			 of all studies, plans and facilities that may utilize or impact the
			 implementation of the groundwater management program.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  90.44.400. 86-02-004 (Order DE 85-24), §
				  173-100-120, filed 12/20/85.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-100 - Groundwater management areas and programs › Section 173-100-130 - Designation of groundwater areas

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The procedures provided in
				RCW
				90.44.130 may be utilized by the department
				to designate groundwater areas, subareas, or zones for the purposes described
				therein either in conjunction with the procedures of this chapter or
				independently thereof.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  90.44.400. 86-02-004 (Order DE 85-24), §
				  173-100-130, filed 12/20/85.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-100 - Groundwater management areas and programs › Section 173-100-140 - Intergovernmental agreements

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In order to fully implement this chapter, the department may
				negotiate and enter into cooperative agreements with Indian tribal governments,
				adjacent states and Canadian governmental agencies when a groundwater
				management area is contiguous with or affects lands under their jurisdiction.
				Such cooperative agreements shall not affect the jurisdiction over any civil or
				criminal matters that may be exercised by any party to such an agreement.
				Intergovernmental agreements shall further the purposes of this chapter, and
				shall serve to establish a framework for intergovernmental coordination,
				minimize duplication, and efficiently utilize program resources to protect
				groundwater resources.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  90.44.400. 86-02-004 (Order DE 85-24), §
				  173-100-140, filed 12/20/85.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-100 - Groundwater management areas and programs › Section 173-100-150 - Appeals

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All final written decisions of the department pertaining to
				designation of groundwater management areas, certification of groundwater
				management programs, permits, regulatory orders, and related decisions pursuant
				to this chapter shall be subject to review by the pollution control hearings
				board under chapter 43.21B RCW.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  90.44.400. 86-02-004 (Order DE 85-24), §
				  173-100-150, filed 12/20/85.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-100 - Groundwater management areas and programs › Section 173-100-160 - Regulation review

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The department of ecology shall initiate a review of the rules
				established in this chapter whenever new information, changing conditions, or
				statutory modifications make it necessary to consider
				revisions.
Statutory Authority: Chapters 43.27A and
				  90.44 RCW. 88-13-037 (Order 88-11),
				  § 173-100-160, filed 6/9/88.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-124 - Quincy groundwater management subarea and zones › Section 173-124-010 - Background

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(1) On March 1,
			 1969, the department of water resources promulgated WAC 508-14-010 to curtail
			 further groundwater development in a defined area of the Columbia Basin,
			 referred to as the "Quincy Basin," pending the outcome of detailed groundwater
			 investigations to determine if further appropriation of public groundwaters in
			 this area should be allowed.
(2)
			 The extensive investigation program was to be completed no later than December
			 31, 1972, and thereafter procedures would be developed to insure proper
			 allocation and management of the Quincy Basin groundwater resource.
(3) Since the effective date of WAC
			 508-14-010, all applications to appropriate groundwater in the defined Quincy
			 Basin have been held in abeyance pending the outcome of the groundwater
			 investigations.
(4) As part of the
			 investigation program a digital groundwater model has been developed to analyze
			 groundwater conditions in most of the Columbia Basin including the Quincy
			 Basin.
(5) Through use of this
			 groundwater model it has been possible to define with reasonable accuracy the
			 extent of a practical groundwater management unit in the Quincy Basin
			 area.
Order 72-24, § 173-124-010, filed
				  1/15/73.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-124 - Quincy groundwater management subarea and zones › Section 173-124-020 - Purpose

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The purpose of this regulation is to establish areal boundaries
				and depth zones for the Quincy groundwater subarea as the initial step toward
				development of a proper groundwater management program for this part of the
				Columbia Basin.
Order 72-24, § 173-124-020, filed
				  1/15/73.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-124 - Quincy groundwater management subarea and zones › Section 173-124-030 - Authority

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This regulation is promulgated by the department of ecology
				under authority and procedures provided in
				chapters
				43.21A,
				90.03, and
				90.44 RCW and after giving notice
				as provided in chapter 34.04 RCW.
Order 72-24, § 173-124-030, filed
				  1/15/73.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-124 - Quincy groundwater management subarea and zones › Section 173-124-040 - Subarea definition

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"Quincy groundwater subarea" shall mean those lands lying
				within the Columbia Basin described as follows:
Township (North)
Range
(East)
Sections
17
23
1 thru 4, 11 and 12
17
24
1 thru 16
17
25
1 thru 18 and 24
17
26
1 thru 24
17
27
1 thru 24
17
28
1 thru 20
17
29
1 thru 12 and 14 thru 18
17
30
*1 thru 8, 12, and that part of 9, 10, 11, 13 and 14
							 lying to the right of the center line of the east low canal
17
31
*7 and that part of 5, 6, 8, 17 and 18 lying to the
							 right of the center line of the east low canal
18
22
1, 12, and 13
18
23
1 thru 36
18
24
1 thru 36
18
25
1 thru 36
18
26
1 thru 36
18
27
1 thru 36
18
28
1 thru 36
18
29
1 thru 36
18
30
*3 thru 10, 15 thru 24, 26 thru 36 and that part of
							 2, 11, 13, 14 and 25 lying to the right of the center line of the east low
							 canal
18
31
*That part of 17, 18, 19, 30, and 31 lying to the
							 right of the center line of the east low canal
19
23
1 thru 5 and 8 thru 17, 20 thru 29 and 31 thru
							 36
19
24
1 thru 36
19
25
1 thru 36
19
26
1 thru 36
19
27
1 thru 36
19
28
1 thru 36
19
29
*5 thru 8, 17 thru 21, 28 thru 33, and that part of
							 4, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 27, 34, 35 and 36 lying to the right of the center line
							 of the east low canal
19
30
*That part of 28 and 31 thru 35 lying to the right of
							 the center line of the east low canal
20
23
1 thru 5 and 8 thru 17, 20 thru 29 and 32 thru
							 36
20
24
1 thru 36
20
25
1 thru 36
20
26
1 thru 36
20
27
1 thru 36
20
28
1 thru 36
20
29
*19, 20, 29 thru 32, and that part of 6, 7, 16, 17,
							 18, 21, 28, and 33 lying to the right of the center line of the east low
							 canal
21
23
25 thru 28 and 32 thru 36
21
24
25 thru 36
21
25
24 thru 36
21
26
1 thru 4, 9 thru 16 and 19 thru 36
21
27
1 thru 36
21
28
*5 thru 9, 13 thru 36 and that part of 3, 4, 9, 10,
							 11 and 12 lying to the right of the center line of the east low canal
21
29
*That part of 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 30, and 31 lying to
							 the right of the center line of the east low canal
22
26
2, 10 thru 16, 21 thru 28 and 33 thru 36
22
27
1 thru 4 and 7 thru 36
22
28
*1 thru 11, 31 and that part of 18, 19, 29, 30, 32,
							 and 33 lying to the right of the center line of the east low canal
23
27
34 thru 36
23
28
31 thru 36
*
Right and left sides are determined by looking in the
							 downstream direction or direction of flow.
Order 72-24, § 173-124-040, filed
				  1/15/73.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-124 - Quincy groundwater management subarea and zones › Section 173-124-050 - Subarea zone definition

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(1)
			 "Quincy unconsolidated zone" shall mean those rock units in the Quincy
			 groundwater subarea lying between ground surface and the top of the uppermost
			 basalt flow.
(2) "Quincy basalt
			 zone" shall mean those rock units in the Quincy groundwater subarea consisting
			 of basalt flows of tertiary age.
Order 72-24, § 173-124-050, filed
				  1/15/73.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-124 - Quincy groundwater management subarea and zones › Section 173-124-060 - Subarea map

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"Quincy groundwater subarea" shall include those lands that lie
				within the heavy outline shown on the following map:
QUINCY GROUNDWATER SUBAREA
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Order 72-24, § 173-124-060, filed
				  1/15/73.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-124 - Quincy groundwater management subarea and zones › Section 173-124-070 - Subarea, zone, and unit distinctions

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The Quincy unconsolidated zone and the Quincy basalt zone,
				defined at WAC
				173-124-050, are separate and
				distinct depth zones, as that term is used in
				chapter
				90.44 RCW. The Quincy
				unconsolidated zone and the Quincy basalt zone are different than the Quincy
				shallow management unit and the Quincy deep management unit, which are defined
				at WAC 173-134-020.
The horizontal boundaries of the Quincy depth zones and the
				Quincy management units are identical to the exterior boundaries of the Quincy
				groundwater subarea, and no Quincy depth zone or management unit extends beyond
				those boundaries, for comprehensive water management purposes. Neither does any
				depth zone of the Odessa groundwater subarea, as defined at chapter 173-130
				WAC, extend beyond the exterior boundaries of the Odessa groundwater subarea,
				as those are defined and indicated at chapter 173-128 WAC. The bodies of
				groundwater contained within the exterior boundaries of the Quincy groundwater
				subarea are considered to be separate and distinct from the bodies of
				groundwater contained within the exterior boundaries of the Odessa groundwater
				subarea, which is significantly different than the Quincy groundwater subarea
				in various respects.
This regulation is adopted to clarify the differences between
				the Quincy groundwater subarea and the Odessa groundwater subarea, and the
				differences among depth zones and management units. This regulation merely
				restates what the department of ecology consistently has understood to be the
				meaning and effect of this chapter and related chapters, notwithstanding any
				other understanding by the public or any other agency or board, federal or
				state.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapters
				  43.21A, 43.27A,
				  90.03 and
				  90.44 RCW. 88-13-037 (Order 88-11),
				  § 173-124-070, filed 6/9/88.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-124 - Quincy groundwater management subarea and zones › Section 173-124-080 - Regulation review

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The department of ecology shall initiate a review of the rules
				established in this chapter whenever new information, changing conditions, or
				statutory modifications make it necessary to consider
				revisions.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapters
				  43.21A, 43.27A,
				  90.03 and
				  90.44 RCW. 88-13-037 (Order 88-11),
				  § 173-124-080, filed 6/9/88.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-128A - Odessa groundwater management subarea › Section 173-128A-010 - Authority

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This regulation is promulgated by the department of ecology
				under authority and procedures provided in chapters 34.04,
				43.21A,
				90.03, and
				90.44 RCW.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-14-041 (Order DE 82-23), § 173-128A-010, filed 6/30/82. Formerly WAC
				  173-128-030.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-128A - Odessa groundwater management subarea › Section 173-128A-020 - Background

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(1) Since 1967, the
			 segment of the Columbia basin groundwater system centered around the community
			 of Odessa has experienced a steady decline in groundwater levels.
(2) Spurred by local concern and foreseeable
			 management problems, the department of water resources (now department of
			 ecology) closed an area of approximately 1,100 square miles to the drilling of
			 large producing water wells and initiated a detailed investigation of
			 groundwater conditions in the Odessa basin.
(3) As a result of this investigation, a
			 digital groundwater model of the Odessa basin was developed and used in 1974
			 and 1975 to predict the effect of additional groundwater withdrawals on
			 existing water level declines.
(4)
			 In 1975, the department expanded its groundwater monitoring program and
			 discontinued use of the predictive model.
(5) The expanded monitoring program, with
			 additional data on the actual effects of pumping, included wells south of the
			 subarea which showed groundwater declines similar in magnitude to those inside
			 the subarea.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-14-041 (Order DE 82-23), § 173-128A-020, filed 6/30/82. Formerly WAC
				  173-128-010.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-128A - Odessa groundwater management subarea › Section 173-128A-030 - Purpose

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The purpose of this regulation is to expand the boundaries of
				the Odessa groundwater subarea as originally set forth in chapter 173-128
				WAC.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-14-041 (Order DE 82-23), § 173-128A-030, filed 6/30/82. Formerly WAC
				  173-128-020.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-128A - Odessa groundwater management subarea › Section 173-128A-050 - Subarea map

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"Odessa groundwater subarea" shall include those lands that lie
				within the heavy outline shown on the following map:
ODESSA GROUNDWATER SUBAREA
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Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-14-041 (Order DE 82-23), § 173-128A-050, filed 6/30/82. Formerly WAC
				  173-128-050.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-128A - Odessa groundwater management subarea › Section 173-128A-060 - Regulation review

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The department of ecology shall initiate a review of the rules
				established in this chapter whenever new information, changing conditions, or
				statutory modifications make it necessary to consider
				revisions.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapters
				  43.21A, 43.27A,
				  90.03 and
				  90.44 RCW. 88-13-037 (Order 88-11),
				  § 173-128A-060, filed 6/9/88.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-010 - Authority

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This regulation is promulgated by the department of ecology
				under authority and procedures provided in chapters 34.04,
				43.21A. 90.03 and 90.44
				RCW.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-010, filed 8/4/82. Formerly WAC
				  173-130-020.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-020 - Background

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The Odessa groundwater subarea was established and the
				boundaries set forth in chapter 173-128A WAC.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-020, filed 8/4/82. Formerly WAC
				  173-130-010.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-030 - Definitions

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For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
				shall be used:
(1) "Water table" shall
			 mean the surface formed by mapping the altitude at which water stands in
			 wells.
(2) "Priority" shall mean
			 the date of receipt by the department of ecology or its predecessor of an
			 acceptable application to appropriate public groundwater.
(3) "Department" shall mean the department of
			 ecology.
(4) "Bore hole
			 information" shall include data required to determine the extent and nature of
			 subsurface geologic and hydrologic properties. Examples of bore hole
			 information includes data contained on a completed department water well report
			 form, all or a portion of a suite of geophysical logs such as resistivity,
			 flow, caliper, and television video scanning.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-030, filed 8/4/82. Formerly WAC
				  173-130-030.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-040 - Purpose

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The purpose of this regulation is to provide a procedure for
				managing groundwater within the Odessa groundwater subarea to insure the
				maintenance of a safe sustaining yield from the groundwater body within a
				reasonable and feasible pumping lift.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-040, filed 8/4/82. Formerly WAC
				  173-130-040.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-050 - Exemptions

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The following shall not be subject to this management
				regulation:
(1) Wells from which the
			 withdrawal is less than 5,000 gallons per day;
(2) Wells drilled under prior authorization
			 which were defined as "Zone C" wells in WAC 173-130-030(3), now
			 repealed.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-050, filed
				  8/4/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-060 - Rate of decline in water level to be controlled

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The rate of decline in the water level will be limited to a
				total amount of thirty feet in three consecutive years. In the case of a new
				well, the base time shall commence in the spring following the first season of
				irrigation use.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-060, filed 8/4/82. Formerly WAC
				  173-130-060.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-070 - Maximum lowering of the water table

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These regulations will be used to prevent the spring static
				water table, as measured prior to commencement of pumping for irrigation, from
				lowering more than three hundred feet below the altitude of the static water
				level as it existed in the spring of 1967.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-070, filed 8/4/82. Formerly WAC
				  173-130-070.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-080 - Regulation of withdrawal of groundwater

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(1) Upon complaint from a water right holder
			 that the water level in the associated well or wells is being drawn down at a
			 rate in excess of thirty feet in three years as set forth in WAC
			 173-130A-060 as a primary result
			 of pumping by subsequent appropriators, the department shall evaluate the
			 complaint and take appropriate regulatory action, to the extent practicable, to
			 protect the rights of the prior appropriator.
(2) Whenever the department has reason to
			 believe that the provision of WAC
			 173-130A-070 is going to be
			 violated, regulatory action to limit withdrawals in the affected area will be
			 initiated according to the procedure outlined in WAC
			 173-130A-090. Such regulation
			 shall conform to the priority of the pertinent, valid rights and shall prevail
			 on an annual basis until the condition no longer exists, unless the aggregate
			 withdrawal is decreased by mutual agreement of the affected water right holders
			 pursuant to
			 RCW
			 90.44.180.
(3) The department shall take regulatory
			 action, to the extent necessary, to assure compliance with water right
			 conditions.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-080, filed 8/4/82. Formerly WAC
				  173-130-080.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-090 - Notice of regulation

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(1)
			 Notice of regulation shall be provided to each water right holder within the
			 area identified pursuant to WAC
			 173-130A-080(2) 
			 by certified mail on or before May 1 of each year when regulation of
			 withdrawals is contemplated for the next calendar year. Said notice shall also
			 provide for a public meeting within thirty days to be held in the affected area
			 to discuss proposed regulatory action.
(2) Within sixty days following this public
			 meeting, departmental orders will be sent to those water right holders to be
			 regulated.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-090, filed 8/4/82. Formerly WAC
				  173-130-090.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-100 - Applications for withdrawal of groundwater

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All applications for permits to appropriate groundwater from
				within the Odessa groundwater subarea shall be analyzed in order of priority to
				determine the calculated effect that the requested rate and volume of
				withdrawal will have on existing groundwater declines. No permit will be issued
				for withdrawals which calculations show will cause the conditions of WAC
				173-130A-060 or
				173-130A-070 to be exceeded at
				any location within the subarea.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-100, filed 8/4/82. Formerly WAC
				  173-130-140.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-110 - Distance of wells from East Low Canal

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No well may be drilled closer than one-quarter mile to the
				centerline of the East Low Canal.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-110, filed 8/4/82. Formerly WAC
				  173-130-170.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-120 - Groundwater mound - Columbia Basin project interests

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Irrigation of Columbia Basin project lands lying westerly of
				the East Low Canal and canal leakage have caused development of a groundwater
				mound lying generally under the canal. The retention of existing water levels
				under the canal is necessary to maintain the present water table gradient
				toward the Potholes Reservoir to allow the recapture and utilization of
				artificially stored groundwater (see order of the department of ecology, under
				Docket No. 74-772, dated the 8th day of January, 1975). All applications for
				permit within the following described area will be evaluated on a case-by-case
				basis consistent with this chapter. Additionally, the potential effects of the
				proposed appropriation on existing rights including protection of the
				groundwater mound will be determined. All new permits will be conditioned to
				assure retention of the existing water levels under the East Low Canal.
Twp N
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Section
17
30
15, 16, 23, 24 and all those portions of 9 through
							 11, 13 and 14 lying southerly of the East Low Canal.
31
3, 4, 9 through 11, 14 through 16, 19 through 23, and
							 those portions of 5, 6, 8, and 17 lying easterly of the East Low Canal.
18
30
1, 12, and all those portions of 2, 11, 13 and 14
							 lying easterly of East Low Canal.
31
4 through 10, 15, 16, 21, 22, 27 through 29, 32
							 through 34, and all those portions of 17 through 20, 30 and 31 lying northerly
							 and easterly of the East Low Canal.
19
29
1 through 3, 10 through 14, 24 through 26, and all
							 those portions of 4, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 27, and 34 through 36 lying easterly
							 and northerly of the East Low Canal.
30
19 through 23, 25 through 27, 29, 30, 36, and all
							 those portions of 28, 31 through 35 lying northerly and easterly of the East
							 Low Canal.
31
30 and 31
20
29
27, 35, and all those portions of 21, 28, 33 and 34
							 lying easterly of the East Low Canal.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-120, filed
				  8/4/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-130 - Irrigation season

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The irrigation season for withdrawal of groundwater in the
				Odessa groundwater subarea shall be from February 1 to November 30, each year.
				However, the department recognizes that conditions will vary from year to year,
				making application of water to the land necessary during December and/or
				January in some years. Permission to withdraw groundwater during December and
				January may be granted by the department upon showing of a need by individual
				permit or certificate holders and if not inconsistent with the regulatory
				program of this chapter.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-130, filed 8/4/82. Formerly WAC
				  173-130-195.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-140 - Airlines

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An airline and pressure gauge shall be installed and maintained
				in operating condition on all new or reworked wells and equipped with a
				standard tire valve, placed in an accessible location. The airline shall extend
				from land surface to the top of the pump bowls. The total length of the airline
				and any changes in length shall be reported to the
				department.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-140, filed
				  8/4/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-150 - Water duty

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The duty of water issued in permits for agricultural irrigation
				shall be not more than 2.5 acre feet per acre per calendar
				year.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-150, filed
				  8/4/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-160 - Development schedule

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All new permits issued will require beginning of construction
				of the authorized well(s) within two years after permit issuance. Beginning of
				construction means that the well drilling has been started and is being
				actively pursued toward completion. No extensions of time will be granted to
				this schedule. Violation of this requirement will result in cancellation of the
				related permits.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-160, filed
				  8/4/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-170 - Casing and sealing

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In order to protect existing shallow domestic and stock water
				wells, and springs, casing and sealing requirements will be determined on a
				case-by-case basis and included as a provision on all new permits issued. New
				permits will also be conditioned to prohibit cascading water in wells in
				accordance with chapter 173-160 WAC (Minimum standards for construction and
				maintenance of water wells). Sealing of required casing shall consist of
				filling the annular space between casing and well bore with cement grout placed
				by pumping from the bottom of the casing to land surface. Alternative methods
				to provide the same protection afforded by casing and sealing may be submitted
				to the department for review and shall only be used if approved in writing by
				the department prior to well completion.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-170, filed
				  8/4/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-180 - Reworking wells

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Any well which is reworked shall be constructed to comply with
				the casing and sealing provisions of WAC
				173-130A-170. Reworking shall
				include, but not be limited to, reaming to enlarge well diameter or
				deepening.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-180, filed 8/4/82. Formerly WAC
				  173-130-155.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-190 - Bore hole information

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It shall be the responsibility of the owner of all new or
				reworked wells drilled in the Odessa groundwater subarea to provide the
				department of ecology with such logs as the department may reasonably
				require.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-190, filed 8/4/82. Formerly WAC
				  173-130-160.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-200 - Acreage expansion program

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(1)
			 Water right certificate holders who wish to expand their authorized irrigated
			 acreage while not increasing actual historic withdrawal rates in gallons per
			 minute or acre feet per year, within the maximum limits of their water right,
			 may submit a request in writing to the department at least four months prior to
			 initiation of irrigation. Such request shall include documentation
			 substantiating actual quantities applied to a beneficial use within authorized
			 acreage for a minimum of the three previous consecutive irrigation seasons.
			 This documentation shall consist of accurate flow meter readings, electrical
			 consumption which has been converted to actual acre footage withdrawn, or any
			 other data acceptable to the department.
(2) The acreage expansion, if authorized,
			 will allow the certificate holder to apply the average of the quantity of water
			 beneficially used during the past three consecutive years to more
			 land.
(3) Where the acreage
			 expansion program is continuous from year to year, the initial documentation of
			 beneficial use of water shall apply to each subsequent year.
(4) New wells will not be permitted to be
			 drilled as part of this program. Every well authorized for use under this
			 program must be equipped with an accurately operating flow meter before acreage
			 expansion can be implemented.
(5)
			 By December 31 of each year, the water user shall submit in writing to the
			 department a statement of the total water used, in acre feet, under the acreage
			 expansion program for the completed irrigation season.
(6) The acreage expansion program will be
			 administered as a temporary change through an annual letter of authorization.
			 No permanent amendment or change in any water right certificate shall be issued
			 as part of this program.
The penalty for noncompliance with the provisions of this
				section shall include, but not be limited to, termination from the acreage
				expansion program for one calendar year.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-200, filed
				  8/4/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-210 - General implementation

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The department recognizes the uncertainties associated with
				groundwater occurrence and water well construction, both being dependent in
				large part on the geologic and hydrologic characteristics of the aquifer
				materials underlying a specific proposed well site. Therefore, the department
				shall endeavor to implement this chapter in a reasonable and practical manner
				consistent with its purpose.
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-210, filed
				  8/4/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-215 - Enforcement

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In enforcement of this chapter, the department of ecology may
				impose such sanctions as are appropriate under authorities vested in it,
				including but not limited to the issuance of regulatory orders under
				RCW
				43.27A.190 and civil penalties under
				RCW
				90.03.600.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapters
				  43.21A, 43.27A,
				  90.03 and
				  90.44 RCW. 88-13-037 (Order 88-11),
				  § 173-130A-215, filed 6/9/88.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-217 - Appeals

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All final written decisions of the department of ecology
				pertaining to permits, regulatory orders, and related decisions made pursuant
				to this chapter shall be subject to review by the pollution control hearings
				board in accordance with chapter 43.21B RCW.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapters
				  43.21A, 43.27A,
				  90.03 and
				  90.44 RCW. 88-13-037 (Order 88-11),
				  § 173-130A-217, filed 6/9/88.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-130A - Odessa groundwater subarea management policy › Section 173-130A-220 - Regulation review

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The department of ecology shall initiate a review of the rules
				established in this chapter whenever new information, changing conditions, or
				statutory modifications make it necessary to consider
				revisions.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapters
				  43.21A, 43.27A,
				  90.03 and
				  90.44 RCW. 88-13-037 (Order 88-11),
				  § 173-130A-220, filed 6/9/88. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21A.060,
				  43.21A.080,
				  43.27A.090,
				  90.44.130 and
				  90.54.040(2).
				  82-16-103 (Order DE 82-27), § 173-130A-220, filed 8/4/82. Formerly WAC
				  173-130-200.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-132 - Duck Lake groundwater management subarea › Section 173-132-010 - Background

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(1) Through well
			 data collected since 1958 and refraction seismic surveys conducted in 1970 and
			 1971, the department of ecology has identified a semiclosed groundwater basin
			 in the area of Duck Lake in Okanogan County, Washington.
(2) The principal aquifer in this area
			 consists of glacial and fluvial sands and gravels that lie unconformably over
			 metamorphic and igneous bedrock.
(3) Natural recharge to the aquifer occurs
			 primarily through groundwater migration from Johnson Creek Valley which lies
			 northwest of the Duck Lake basin.
(4) The aquifer is also artificially
			 recharged through waters diverted to Duck Lake from Salmon and Johnson creeks
			 by the Okanogan irrigation district and from waters incidental to irrigation of
			 project lands.
(5) Since the basin
			 retains substantial quantities of artificially stored groundwater, in
			 accordance with
			 chapter
			 90.44 RCW it has been
			 recommended that the Duck Lake aquifer be designated as a groundwater
			 subarea.
Order DE 74-24, § 173-132-010, filed
				  10/18/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-132 - Duck Lake groundwater management subarea › Section 173-132-020 - Purpose

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The purpose of this regulation is to establish areal boundaries
				for the Duck Lake groundwater subarea as the initial step toward development of
				an appropriate groundwater management program for this area.
Order DE 74-24, § 173-132-020, filed
				  10/18/74.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-132 - Duck Lake groundwater management subarea › Section 173-132-030 - Authority

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This regulation is promulgated by the department of ecology
				under authorities and procedures provided in
				chapters
				43.21A,
				90.03 and
				90.44 RCW and after giving notice
				as provided in chapter 34.04 RCW.
Order DE 74-24, § 173-132-030, filed
				  10/18/74.