Introduced by Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen, (D-Camano Island) (D) on January 9, 2012
Requires the Department of Ecology (DOE) to issue irrigation permits for biofuel crop irrigation and organic crop irrigation along the Columbia and Snake Rivers. The permits will provide for an annual allocation of 100,000 acre feet of water. This act also prohibits DOE from denying or conditioning such a permit on the grounds that the denial or condition is necessary to satisfy the instream flow or no net loss requirements. Companion Bill: HB 2192. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the Senate Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development Committee on January 9, 2012