Mealey's (December 10, 2018, 6:36 PM EST) -- PROSSER, Wash. — A Washington state court judge on Nov. 27 said the State Ecology Department’s application of state water law and the department’s refusal to apply a five-year grace period for water transfers constitutes a rule that has not gone through the state’s rule-making procedures (Loyal Pig, LLC, et al. v. Washington, et al., No. 18-2-00592-0, Wash. Super., Benton Co.)....