Public notices & comments

You're invited to review and comment on five types of water right decision documents. Each is posted online for varying amounts of time:

Water right draft reports of examination

Posted for a 30-day comment period.

Water conservancy boards' reports of decision

Posted for a 30-day comment period.

Temporary trust water rights from donations

Posted for a 14-day public notice period and a 30-day comment period.

Water budget neutral:

Decisions — posted during the 30-day appeal process.
Draft reports of examination — posted for a 14-day comment period.

You can share input with us by clicking the "comment" link in the tables below. Water budget neutral decisions should be appealed to the Pollution Control Hearings Board during the time they are posted.

Your input is valuable to our decision-making process.

We post each water conservancy board record of decision for 30 days. You can review the document and provide your input by using the comment form linked on the table below. You can also submit a letter of concern or support to your Department of Ecology regional office within the 30-day period.

Posted	30 days	Record of Decision	Board name
Jun. 23	Jul. 23	Application for change/transfer record of decision OKAN-20-01 for the City of Brewster.	Okanogan
Jun. 22	Jul. 22	Application for change/transfer record of decision CHEL-19-02 (large file) for Tall Timber Ranch.	Chelan
Jun. 9	Jul. 9	Application for change/transfer record of decision FRAN-19-04 for Burbank Irrigation District #4.	Franklin
Jun. 9	Jul. 9	Application for change/transfer record of decision YAKI-20-01 for Black Star Ranch, LLC..	Yakima

We send letters to notify water right holders that their temporary trust water right donations have been accepted into our Trust Water Rights Program. We post these letters for 14-day public notice and 30-day comment period. If you want to view the associated documents for each trust document posted, enter the record number in our Water Resources Explorer.

You can review the document and you can provide your input by using the comment form linked on the table below. To appeal a decision, follow the instructions in the acceptance letter.

Public Notice Posted	End of 14-day public notice	End of 30-day comment period	Trust Water Right Donation Public Notice	County
Jun. 10, 2020	Jun. 24, 2020	Jul. 24, 2020	Trust Water Right Extension of Temporary Trust Water Right Donation CG4-22741C@2 for Chechaquo Ranch Owners Association.	Okanogan

We notify applicants when we reach a final decision on their request for determination of water budget neutrality by mail. We post the decision letters for 30 days.

Appeals to these decisions should be directed to the Pollution Control Hearings Board, follow the instructions provided in the acceptance letter.

For more information on the appeal process, visit the Pollution Control Hearings Board's page on your right to be heard.

Posted	30 days	Water Budget Neutral (WBN) Determination
Dec. 30		There are no Water Budget Neutral Determination of Water Budget Neutrality documents posted for review

We also post draft reports of examination for water budget neutral projects which require a water right permit for 14 days. Comments on these can be submitted by phone to our Central Regional Office: 509-575-2597.

Posted	14 days	DRAFT report of examination

Cost reimbursement is a contract between us and a water right applicant. Under this contract, applicants assume the full cost of processing their water right application, with some or all of the work performed by our consultant. See our Cost reimbursement web page for additional information.

Cost reimbursement notices are posted here for 30 days.

Public Notice posted	End of 30-day public notice posting	Cost Reimbursement Public notice	County
There are no cost reimbursement documents for review at this time.

Contact information

Chris Anderson
Web coordinator
chris.anderson@ecy.wa.gov
360-407-6634

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