No. 58-10

Washington State

Department of Ecology

Water Resources Program

Public Hearings for the Grays-Elochoman and Cowlitz Watersheds

The comment period closes on June 4, 2010

The Department of Ecology is proposing to adopt Water Resources Management Programs for the Grays-Elochoman Basin, WAC 173-525 and the Cowlitz Basin, WAC 173-526. The rule proposal notice will be published in the Washington State Register on May 5, 2010.

The purpose of the proposal is to adopt water management rules based on recommendations in the Watershed Management Plan which includes four key elements:

· setting instream flows

· closing subbasins to future withdrawals

· establishing reservations of water for future use

· specifying conditions of use for access to the water reserves

Ecology has issued a Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act, a Small Business Economic Impact Statement (SBEIS), and a preliminary cost-benefit analysis, which are also available for review and comment until June 4, 2010.

At the hearings elements of the rules will be discussed in a short presentation. A formal public hearing will follow where citizens may provide public comments for the official hearing record.

Hearings are being held in Longview and Morton:

Wednesday, May 26 Thursday, May 27

7:00 p.m. - Longview 7:00 p.m. - Morton

Cowlitz County Morton School District

Training Center Lecture Room

1900 "1st" Avenue 152 Westlake Avenue

For more information contact Ecology’s Travis Burns at (360) 407-7207;

email: tbur461@ecy.wa.gov; or visit the website at:

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wr/instream-flows/ge_cowlitz.html

For information on the hearings or special accommodation needs, contact

Judy Beitel at (360) 407-6878; email: jbei461@ecy.wa.gov by May 21, 2010.

Affected streams, rivers, creeks and lakes

Rivers/Streams

1918 Creek

Adams Creek

Agren Creek

Alder Creek

Alexander Cr

Ames Creek

Arkansas Creek

Badger Creek

Baird Creek

Baker Creek

Basalt Creek

Baxter Creek

Bear Creek

Beaver Bill Cr

Beaver Creek

Becker Creek

Benham Creek

Big Creek

Big Wolf Creek

Bill Creek

Blackman Creek

Blue Creek

Blue Lake Creek

Boulder Creek

Boundary Creek

Brights Creek

Brim Creek

Bromo Creek

Brown Creek

Brownell Creek

Buck Creek

Burton Creek

Butler Creek

Butter Creek

Cabin Creek

Camp Creek

Campbell Creek

Carlton Creek

Cascade Creek

Castle Creek

Cat Creek

Cedar Creek

Chambers Cr

Chimney Creek

Chinook Creek

Cinnabar Creek

Cispus River

Clear Fork Cowlitz

Cline Creek

Coal Creek

Coal Mine Cr

Coldwater Cr

Columbia River

Connelly Creek

Coon Creek

Copper Canyon

Cortright Creek

Cougar Creek

Covell Creek

Cow Creek

Coweeman Ri

Cowlitz River

Coyote Creek

Crystal Creek

Cunningham Cr

Curtis Creek

Dam Creek

Dark Creek

Davis Creek

Deception Cr

Deer Creek

Delameter Cr

Devils Creek

Dewey Creek

Dinky Creek

Disappointment

Dixon Creek

Doe Creek

Dry Creek

Duffy Creek

Eagle Creek

East Canyon Cr

East Fork Adams Creek

East Fork Silver

East Fork Tilton

Eighteen Creek

Elk Creek

Fall Creek

Falls Creek

Ferrier Creek

Ferrous Creek

Fisher Creek

Foster Creek

Fourmile Creek

Frost Creek

Galena Creek

Garrett Creek

Glacier Creek

Goat Creek

Goble Creek

Granite Creek

Green River

Greenhorn Cr

Grizzly Creek

Grouse Creek

Hager Creek

Hall Creek

Hampton Creek

Harrington Cr

Hemlock Creek

High Bridge Cr

Highland Creek

Hill Creek

Hinkle Tinkle Cr

Hoffstadt Creek

Hopkey Creek

Hopkin Creek

Horse Creek

Indian Creek

Irish Creek

Iron Creek

Jack Welches Cr

Jackpot Creek

Jackson Creek

Jefferson Creek

Jesse Creek

Jim Creek

Jim Watson Cr

Johnson Creek

Jones Creek

Jordan Creek

Jumbo Creek

Juniper Creek

Karr Creek

Kidd Creek

Kilborn Creek

Killen Creek

King Creek

Kiona Creek

Klickitat Creek

Kotsuck Creek

Lacamas Creek

Lake Creek

Lambert Creek

Landers Creek

Langille Creek

Laughingwater

Lava Creek

Leckler Creek

Left Fork Owens

Little Baird Cr

Little Creek

Little Lava Cr

Little Salmon Cr

Lost Creek

Lynx Creek

Maggie Creek

Maple Creek

Maratta Creek

Martin Creek

McCoy Creek

McMurphy Cr

Middle Fork Johnson Creek

Midway Creek

Mill Creek

Miller Creek

Millridge Creek

Miners Creek

Minnie Creek

Mission Creek

Monahan Creek

Monroe Creek

Moses Creek

Mouse Creek

Muddy Fork

Muddy Fork Cowlitz River

Mulholland Cr

Nash Creek

Needle Creek

Nickel Creek

Nineteen Creek

North Fork Brim

North Fork Cedar Creek

North Fork Cispus Creek

North Fork Goble Creek

North Fork Tilton Creek

North Fork Toutle Creek

North Fork Willame Creek

Ohanapecosh C

Olallie Creek

Olequa Creek

Oliver Creek

O'Neil Creek

Orr Creek

Ostrander Cr

Otter Creek

Outlet Creek

Owens Creek

Owl Creek

Panther Creek

Peters Creek

Peterson Creek

Pimlico Creek

Pinto Creek

Polk Creek

Prospect Creek

Pullen Creek

Pumice Creek

Purcell Creek

Quartz Creek

Rainey Creek

Rapid Creek

Red Spring Cr

Rock Creek

Rockies Creek

Saddle Creek

Saint John Cr

Saint Michael Cr

Salmon Creek

Sand Creek

Sandy Bend Cr

Scamp Creek

Schooley Creek

Sethe Creek

Sheep Creek

Shelton Creek

Shultz Creek

Siler Creek

Silver Creek

Simmons Creek

Siwash Creek

Skate Creek

Skipper Creek

Skook Creek

Smith Creek

Smoothrock Cr

Snow Creek

Snyder Creek

Soap Creek

Soldier Creek

Soos Creek

South Coldwater Cr

South Fork Castle Creek

South Fork Ostrander Cr

South Fork Spring Creek

South Fork Tilton Creek

South Fork Toutle Creek

South Fork Willame Creek

South Fork Winston Creek

Spring Creek

Squaw Creek

Squire Creek

Stankey Creek

Steffen Creek

Stepladder Cr

Stevens Creek

Stillwater Creek

Stiltner Creek

Stitz Creek

Studebaker Cr

Stump Creek

Sucker Creek

Sulphur Creek

Summit Creek

Summit Prairie

Sunrise Creek

Surrey Creek

Swan Creek

Swede Creek

Swigert Creek

Table Creek

Taos Creek

Teardrop Creek

Thirteen Creek

Thurston Creek

Tilton River

Timonium Cr

Toutle River

Tradedollar Cr

Trapper Creek

Trouble Creek

Trout Creek

Tucker Creek

Tule Creek

Tumble Creek

Tumwater Cr

Turner Creek

Twelvemile Cr

Twenty Creek

Twin Creek

Twin Falls Creek

Unicorn Creek

Upper Lake Cr

Veta Creek

Wakeawasis Cr

Wakepish Creek

Wallanding Cr

Walupt Creek

Wesel Creek

Wesley Creek

West Fork Adams Creek

West Fork Tilton Creek

Whitten Creek

Whittle Creek

Willame Creek

Willie Creek

Williwakas Cr

Winnie Creek

Winston Creek

Wobbly Creek

Woods Creek

Wyant Creek

Yellowjacket Cr

Yozoo Creek

Lakes/Ponds

Bench Lake

Bill Lake

Blue Lake

Boot Lake

Buesch Lake

Castle Lake

Chain Of Lakes

Chambers Lake

Council Lake

Coyote Lake

Davis Lake

Deadmans Lake

Dumbbell Lake

Elk Lake

Fan Lake

Fawn Lake

Fryingpan Lake

George, Lake

Gertrude Lake

Glacier Lake

Goat Lake

Goat Marsh Lk

Grizzly Lake

Hanaford Lake

Heart Lake

Horseshoe Lake

Island Lake

Jess Lake

Johnson Lake

Jug Lake

Knuppenburg Lk

Lily Lake

Long Lake

Lost Lake

Mayfield Lake

Mouse Lake

Mud Lake

Olallie Lake

Packwood Lake

Panhandle Lake

Penoyer Lake

Pipe Lake

Riffe Lake

Saint Helens Lk

Saint Michael Lk

Shovel Lake

Shriner Lake

Silver Lake

Snow Lake

Spirit Lake

Strawberry Lake

Takhlakh Lake

Tatoosh Lakes

Three Lakes

Tradedollar Lk

Vanson Lake

Venus Lake

Walupt Lake

Watch Lake

Willame Lake

Wobbly Lake

Includes all other small or unnamed streams and tributaries

Publish May 13 & 20, 2010