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.

Water right draft reports of examination

We post a copy of each draft water right report of examination for a 30-day comment period. You can view these posted draft documents using the regional office links below:

Central region: Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Kittitas, Klickitat, Okanogan, and Yakima counties
Eastern region: Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, and Whitman counties
Northwest region: Island, King, Kitsap, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, and Whatcom counties
Southwest region: Clallam, Clark, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Mason, Lewis, Pacific, Pierce, Skamania, Thurston, and Wahkiakum counties

Water right and Water right change reports of examination — RSS, Draft reports of examination, final reports of examination, or extension letters

Water conservancy board records of decision

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
Nov. 28	Dec. 28 Comment	Change Application Record of Decision DOUG-17-01 for Crown Columbia Water Res. LLC.. Received by Ecology on Nov. 26, 2018	Douglas
Nov. 20	Dec. 20 Comment	Change Application Record of Decision BENT-18-02 for the City of Kennewick. Received by Ecology on Nov. 16, 2018	Benton
Nov. 20	Dec. 20 Comment	Change Application Record of Decision BENT-18-01 for the City of Kennewick. Received by Ecology on Nov. 16, 2018	Benton

Trust water rights from donations

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
Nov. 28	Dec. 12	Jan. 12 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation Extension CS4-01968sb11d@1 for Allwest, Inc.. Acceptance letter dated Nov. 28, 2018.	Kittitas
Nov. 28	Dec. 12	Jan. 12 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation Extension CS4-00296CTCLsb7 and CS4-00636CTCLsb7@1 for MTA Holdings, LLC.. Acceptance letter dated Nov. 28, 2018.	Kittitas
Nov. 28	Dec. 12	Jan. 12 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation Extension CS4-00169sb7@11 for Belsaas and Smith Construction, Inc.. Acceptance letter dated Nov. 28, 2018.	Kittitas
Nov. 28	Dec. 12	Jan. 12 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation Extension CG4-00111-A@2 for Laurin Mellergaard. Acceptance letter dated Nov. 28, 2018.	Kittitas
Nov. 27	Dec. 11	Jan. 11 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation Extension CS4-00529CTCL@2 for FenceLine, LLC.. Acceptance letter dated Nov. 27, 2018.	Kittitas
Nov. 27	Dec. 11	Jan. 11 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation Extension CS4-00529CTCL@1 for FenceLine, LLC.. Acceptance letter dated Nov. 27, 2018.	Kittitas
Nov. 27	Dec. 11	Jan. 11 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation Extension CS4-00529CTCL for FenceLine, LLC.. Acceptance letter dated Nov. 27, 2018.	Kittitas
Nov. 27	Dec. 11	Jan. 11 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation Extension CS4-12929CTCL for Jeff and Jacqueline Brunson. Acceptance letter dated Nov. 27, 2018.	Kittitas
Nov. 27	Dec. 11	Jan. 11 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation Extension CS4-01575CTCLsb9 for Jeff and Jacqueline Brunson. Acceptance letter dated Nov. 27, 2018.	Kittitas
Nov. 27	Dec. 11	Jan. 11 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation Extension CS4-12929CTCL@1 for Jeff and Jacqueline Brunson. Acceptance letter dated Nov. 27, 2018.	Kittitas
Nov. 27	Dec. 11	Jan. 11 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation Extension CS4-01841CTCLsb9 for Jeff and Jacqueline Brunson. Acceptance letter dated Nov. 27, 2018.	Kittitas
Nov. 27	Dec. 11	Jan. 11 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation Extension CS4-00606CTCL@1 for Jeff and Jacqueline Brunson. Acceptance letter dated Nov. 27, 2018.	Kittitas
Nov. 27	Dec. 11	Jan. 11 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation Extension CS4-00529CTCL@3 for Valley Land Company, LLC.. Acceptance letter dated Nov. 27, 2018.	Kittitas
Nov. 26	Dec. 10	Jan. 10 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation CS4-098559CL for Auvil Fruit Company, Inc.. Acceptance letter dated Nov. 19, 2018.	Douglas
Nov. 26	Dec. 10	Jan. 10 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation CS4-02398sb23@3 for Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. Acceptance letter dated Nov. 21, 2018.	Yakima
Nov. 26	Dec. 10	Jan. 10 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation CS4-02398sb23@52 for Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. Acceptance letter dated Nov. 21, 2018.	Yakima
Nov. 26	Dec. 10	Jan. 10 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation CS4-02398sb23@51 for Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. Acceptance letter dated Nov. 21, 2018.	Yakima
Nov. 26	Dec. 10	Jan. 10 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation CS4-02398sb23@50 for Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. Acceptance letter dated Nov. 21, 2018.	Yakima
Oct. 24	Nov. 7	Dec. 7 Comment	Acceptance of Temporary Trust Water Donation extension CG3-00570C@4(B), CS4-022990CL(A)@1, CS4-073526CL(A)@1 for Marcus Griggs,. Acceptance letter dated October 24, 2018	Okanogan

Water budget neutral determinations & draft reports of examination

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
Nov. 16	Dec. 16	Determination of Water Budget Neutrality G4-36020 for Kenneth and Ann Kladnik. Acceptance letter sent Nov. 15, 2018.
Nov. 16	Dec. 16	Determination of Water Budget Neutrality G4-36017 for Michael and Vicki Osborne. Acceptance letter sent Nov. 15, 2018.
Nov. 16	Dec. 16	Determination of Water Budget Neutrality G4-36013 for Ron and Sonja Mitchell. Acceptance letter sent Nov. 15, 2018.
Nov. 16	Dec. 16	Determination of Water Budget Neutrality G4-36016 for Robert Beam. Acceptance letter sent Nov. 15, 2018.
Nov. 16	Dec. 16	Determination of Water Budget Neutrality G4-35999 for Michael and Tamara Kulp. Acceptance letter sent Nov. 15, 2018.
Nov. 14	Dec. 14	Determination of Water Budget Neutrality G4-36004 for Jones Living Trust. Acceptance letter sent Nov. 14, 2018.
Nov. 14	Dec. 14	Determination of Water Budget Neutrality G4-36005 for Jack and Mary Ann Byeman. Acceptance letter sent Nov. 14, 2018.
Nov. 14	Dec. 14	Determination of Water Budget Neutrality G4-36015 for Kahneeta, LLC.. Acceptance letter sent Nov. 14, 2018.
Nov. 13	Dec, 13	Determination of Water Budget Neutrality G4-35983 for Ken and Delores Bepple. Acceptance letter sent Nov. 13, 2018.

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
Dec. 7	Dec. 21	Draft Report of Examination G4-35971 for Nicolas and Melinda Fisher. Comments: 509-575-2597
Nov. 27	Dec. 11	Draft Report of Examination G4-35981 for Nicolas and Melinda Fisher. Comments: 509-575-2597

Contact information

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