Section 173-527-120 - Priority dates of reservation and repeal of chapter 173-592 WAC(1) The reservation created in WAC 173-527-110 is not subject to the instream flows or closures set in this chapter, and the priority date of the reservation for all areas outside Clark County is the effective date of this chapter.(2) Ecology hereby transfers unappropriated water from the existing reservation for Clark County in WAC 173-592-070 in such quantities and to the users and areas of use in Clark County as set forth in WAC 173-527-110, Table V and WAC 173-528-110, Table IV. Pursuant to this transfer, the priority date of withdrawals from all Clark County portions of the reservation in WAC 173-527-110 is August 13, 1986. However, the designation of specific municipal suppliers in this reservation does not create a right for these entities to use such water. Such a right will arise only if a permit is applied for by such municipal suppliers to use water under the reservation and approved by ecology after applying the legal tests for a new appropriation. With respect to any water for which a permit has not been granted, ecology reserves the right to modify in all respects or rescind the reservation by future rule making.(3) Based on new information made available through the local watershed planning process and hydrologic conditions as of the time of this rule making, ecology has determined that the remaining water reserved under WAC 173-592-070, which was not transferred in subsection (2) of this section or previously appropriated is no longer supported by available information and science. Therefore, chapter 173-592 WAC is hereby repealed in its entirety and all water reserved under that rule that has not been transferred or appropriated is hereby returned to the state. This repeal is not intended to affect any existing water rights issued under the reservation.Wash. Admin. Code § 173-527-120
Statutory Authority: Chapters 90.82, 90.54, 90.22, 90.03, and 90.44 RCW. 09-01-126 (Order 08-02), § 173-527-120, filed 12/19/08, effective 1/19/09.