Upon receipt of a proper application, the department shall instruct the applicant to publish notice thereof in a form and within a time prescribed by the department in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county or counties in which the storage, diversion, and use is to be made, and in such other newspapers as the department may direct, once a week for two consecutive weeks. Upon receipt by the department of an application it shall send notice thereof containing pertinent information to the director of fish and wildlife.
RCW 90.03.280
Appropriation procedure—Notice.
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 82 Wash. 2d 109 - Stempel v. Department of Water Resources (1973)
Most recently applied in Mike Hamilton, V Pollution Control Hrgs Bd (September 2018)
1994 c 264 s 83; 1988 c 36 s 65; 1987 c 109 s 66; 1953 c 275 s 1; 1939 c 127 s 1; 1925 ex.s. c 161 s 1; 1917 c 117 s 30; RRS s 7381
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