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| Title | Chapter 173-503 WAC Cost Benefit Analysis, Maximum Net Benefit Analysis & Least Burdensome Analysis for Instream Resources Protection Program--Lower and Upper Skagit Water Resources Inventory Areas 3 and 4 (Historical) |
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| VIEW NOW | This publication is historical. It is unavailable on our website. To request a copy, please use the contact listed below. | ||||
| Author(s) | Water Resources Program | ||||
| Description | The Washington State Department of Ecology is amending Chapter 173-503 WAC. The main features of this rule amendment include: --creating reservations of a limited amount of water for specific future uses that are not subject to the existing instream flows --establishing closures for tributaries --defining conditions for future water right permitting The rule amendment also changes previously interruptible water supplies into uninterruptible water supplies, and may reduce instream flow levels. It provides additional benefits to various out-of-stream water users, and also may reduce various environmental values. This document includes three analyses: --The cost benefit analysis which concludes that the probable benefit of the rule amendment is greater than the probable cost; --The maximum net benefit analysis which concludes that the structure of the reservation will tend to maximize net benefits for water allocated to out of stream uses; --The least burdensome alternative analysis which concludes that it is likely that the rule amendment is the least burdensome option for all those who are required to comply that will achieve the general goals of the authorizing statutes. This analysis has been revised based on new data and comments received after the proposed rule amendment was filed. |
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| Contact | Ecology Library at 360-407-6150 or EcologyLibrary@ecy.wa.gov | ||||
| Keywords | economic analysis, Rule Amendment, Skagit, water resource, water resources, instream flow | ||||
| WEB PAGE | Protecting stream flows | ||||
| WATERSHED | Water Resource Inventory Areas (WRIA 03,WRIA 04) |
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| RELATED PUBLICATIONS | Title:
Rule Adoption Notice: Amendments to Instream Resources Protection Program--Lower and Upper Skagit Water Resources Inventory Areas (WRIAs 3 and 4) Chapter 173-503 WAC Implementation Plan for the Adoption of Amendments to Instream Resources Protection Program--Lower and Upper Skagit Water Resources Inventory Area (WRIA 3 and 4) Responsiveness Summary and Concise Explanatory Statement for the adoption of: Chapter 173-503 WAC Water Resources Management & Instream Flow Program Skagit River Basin Water Resource Inventory Areas 3 and 4 Revised Small Business Economic Impact Statement for Amendment to Chapter 173-503 WAC Instream Resources Protection Program - Lower and Upper Skagit Water Resources Inventory Area 3 and 4 |
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