Washington Supreme Court: State Ecology Department Can Legally Set Instream Flows

(August 7, 2020, 10:57 AM EDT) -- OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Supreme Court on Aug. 6 ruled that the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) has authority under state law to set minimum instream flows for rivers and streams and that the state properly promulgated a rule setting a summertime minimum instream flow rate for the Spokane River (Center for Environmental Law and Policy, et al. v. Washington, et al., No. 97684-8, Wash. Sup., 2020 Wash. LEXIS 434)....

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