PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

STATE OF WASHINGTON

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY

NOTICE OF APPLICATION

FOR CHANGE/TRANSFER

OF WATER RIGHT UNDER

FOUR (4) GROUND WATER

CERTIFICATES

That Stahl Hutterian Brethren of

Ritzville, WA, has made application

for change/ transfer of water

right in order to add a point of

withdrawal as granted under

Ground Water Certificate Nos.

5660-A, G3-01330, G3-22503

and G3-25630.

That 5660-A authorizes the

withdrawal of 1550 gallons

per minute, 1920 acre-feet per

year, for the irrigation of 690

acres. That authorized point of

withdrawal is from a well within

E1/2 SE 1/4 SE 1/4 of Section

17, T. 19 N., R. 33 E.W.M.

That the authorized place of

use is S 1/2 SW 1/4 Section 5,

NW 1/4 and S 1/2 Section 8; W

1/2 SW 1/4, Section 9; SE 1/4;

Section 17; SW 1/4, Section 16;

NE 1/4, Section 20, all in T. 19

N., R. 33 E.W.M. That G3-01330

authorizes the withdrawal of

1000 gallons per minute, 1207

acre-feet per year, during irrigation

season, each year, for the

irrigation of 480 acres. That the

authorized point of withdrawal

is from a well within SW 1/4 SE

1/4 of Section 8, T. 19 N .. , R.

33 E.W.M. That the authorized

place of use is within T. 19 N., R.

33; SE 1/4 of Section 8; W 1/2

SW 1/4 of Section 9; E 1/2 SW

1/4 of Section 16; and the east

200 feet of the NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE

1/4 of Section 17.SE 1/4 of Section

17 LESS the east 200 feet

of NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4; NE 1/4

of Section 20; W 1/2 SW 1/4 of

Section 16. SW 1/4 of Section 8

and the S 1/2 SW 1/4 of Section

5 EXCEPT ROADS.

That G3-22503 authorizes the

withdrawal of 3000 gallons

per minute, 2800 acre-feet per

year, during irrigation season,

each year, for the irrigation of

1200 acres. That the authorized

point of withdrawal is from a well

within SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4,

Section 8, T. 19 N., R. 33 E.W.M.

That the authorized place of use

is within T. 19 N., R. 33; NE 1/4

of Section 17 and the NW 1/4 of

Section 16. NE 1/4 of Section

20; SE 1/4 of Section 17; E 1/2

SW 1/4 of Section 16; S 1/2 of

Section 8; W 1/2 SW 1/4 of Section

9; S1/2 SW 1/4 of Section 5.

That G3-25630 authorizes the

withdrawal of 1000 gallons per

minute, 600 acre-feet per year,

from April 1 to October

31, each year, for the irrigation

of 240 acres. That the authorized

point of withdrawal is from

a well within the SE 1/4 SW 1/4

SE 1/4 of Section 8, T. 19 N., R.

33 E.W.M. That the authorized

place of use if within the NW

1/4 of Section 8, T. 19 N., R. 33

E.W.M. W 1/2 SW 1/4 of Section

16, T. 19 N., R. 33 E.W.M.

That they propose to add a well

to the SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of Section

3, T. 19 N., R. 33 E.W.M.

to integrate the system with the

two existing wells.

All within Adams County, Washington.

Protests or objections to

approval of this application must

include a detailed statement of

the basis for objections; protests

must be accompanied by a

fifty-($50.00) dollar recording

fee and filed with the Department

of Ecology, at the address

shown below, within thirty (30)

day from July 12, 2023.

STATE OF WASHINGTON

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY

WATER RESOURCES PROGRAM

- ERO

PO BOX 47611

OLYMPIA, WA 98504-7611

Published July 12 and 19, 2023