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December 23, 2024 <br /> Tom Tebb,Director <br /> Office of Columbia River(OCR) <br /> 1250 West Alder Street <br /> Union Gap,WA 98903 <br /> Re: Technical Assistance on Assignment of Application G4-29290 <br /> Dear Tom: <br /> We are following up on our technical assistance meeting with additional detail on Kittitas County's <br /> proposal to submit an assignment of the subject application from Applicant Joyce Palelek to Kittitas <br /> County. Prior to our formal submittal,we wanted to send this letter and ensure you have all the <br /> relevant information you need to process this assignment request to an approval. Concurrent with <br /> the assignment, we will be requesting an amended place of use of the proposed application to <br /> ensure Kittitas County can provide reliable service in this area of the County where we do not <br /> currently have mitigation assets. <br /> As you are aware, Kittitas County has a county-wide goal to ensure that the public has reliable <br /> access to minimum quantities of water for public health and safety needs. Additionally, there have <br /> been times and locations where the County has believed the private sector has monopolized access <br /> to mitigation supplies necessary to mitigate for both Total Water Supply Availability(TWSA) and <br /> local senior water right holders. In those instances,the entry of the County into the mitigation <br /> market has served the public interest by ensuring that the public has access to multiple options to <br /> meet their development needs. This letter outlines our request,the procedural lens we <br /> understanding Ecology will evaluate our request through, and the substantive public interest merits <br /> of our request. <br /> Joint County and Applicant Request <br /> Our specific requests are: <br /> 1. Assign Application G4-29290 from Joyce Palelek to Kittitas County <br /> 2. Amend the place of use of Application G4-29290 as shown on Figure 1 below: <br /> a. from the SE%NE% and the E%2 SE% of Section 30 <br /> b. to contiguous land inclusive of the E %2 of Section 30, Section 19, and the SE '/ <br /> of Section 18 <br /> 3. Amend the location of two wells proposed for Section 30 to match the place of use as <br /> the obstacle of I90 will necessitate having sources on each side of the freeway <br /> 4. Retain the existing multiple purposes applied for, inclusive of domestic supply, future <br /> high density development supply, irrigation, and stockwater purposes <br />