No. 11-64

PUBLIC NOTICE

STATE OF WASHINGTON

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY

YAKIMA, WASHINGTON

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO MODIFY TRUST WATER RIGHT CERTIFICATE NO. S3-30556C IN THE STATE TRUST WATER RIGHTS PROGRAM

TAKE NOTICE:

That on December 21, 2010, Ecology issued Superseding Trust Water Certificate S3-30556C. Certificate S3-30556C authorizes the release of 305 cfs and 37,500 acre-feet of water from Lake Roosevelt on the Columbia River, from Section 4, T. 40 N., R. 41 E.W.M., Stevens County to Section 18, T. 9 N., R. 11 W.W.M., Pacific County. Of the 37,500 acre-feet, 12,500 acre-feet is for instream purposes in Lake Roosevelt and below Grand Coulee Dam along the mainstem Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean, and 25,000 acre-feet is for replacement water to enable new state water rights to be issued for future out-of-stream municipal and industrial uses. The purpose of this amendment is to allow the 25,000 acre-feet to also be used as replacement water for domestic uses.

Copies of the trust water certificate and environmental review documents can be found at Ecology’s website at http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wr/cwp/crwmp.html. Comments on this trust water modification may be sent to Department of Ecology, Office of Columbia River, 15 W. Yakima Ave, Ste 200, Yakima WA 98902-3452 by July 25, 2011.

Publish June 16, 2011 and June 23, 2011