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Creek until Cherry Creek is intercepted by Wilson Creek, down Wilson Creek to its confluence with the Yakima River, and in the Yakima River from the confluence with Wilson Creek to the Parker Dam. Trust Water Management Under Water Right No. CS4-01141sb10, Court Claim No, 01141 (S4-84509-J) is being changed to instream flow and mitigation, and shall be protected against diversion and use by junior priority water users from the authorized point of diversion to Parker Gage on the Yakima River. These quantities will be managed by Ecology so mitigation can be available for use under Kittitas County's programs. The proposed lands no longer irrigated at the end of the development schedule include 48.8 acres located in the E%SW% and the W%SE% of Section 18, T. 18 N., R. 20 E.W.M., lying east of Cool<e Creek and north of the KRD canal. (Future irrigation of such lands may be authorized under the Treats' companion mitigated permit application.) Impairment Under RCW 90.03.380, Ecology must make a determination as to whether existing water rights may be impaired by this non-diversionary proposed use. Under RCW 90.38,0a0(5)(a), a trust water right may be exercised only if Ecology first determines that the authorization will not impair or injure any other water rights. The proposed change to instream flow will not cause a reduction in the availability of water in the Primary Reach. Similarly, no senior water right in the secondary reach will be negatively affected by increased instream flows during the irrigation season. Therefore, based on these considerations, transferring the subject water right to trust is not expected to impair other water rights. Public Interest The use must not be detrimental to the public interest. At a minimum, the following are considered when making this assessment. Consultatlon wlth the Department of Fish ond Wildlife Per RCW 90.03.280, Ecology must give notice to the Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) of applications to divert, withdraw, or store water. WDFW was provided notice of this water right change when it was presented to the Water Transfer Working Group on April 2,2OL8, State Environmentdl Policy Act (SEPA) Under WAC 197-11, a water right application is subject to a SEPA threshold determination (i.e., an evaluation of whether there will be significant adverse environmental impacts) if any of the following conditions are met: r lt is a surface water right application for more than 1 cfs, unless that project is for agricultural irrigation, in which case the threshold is increased to 50 cfs, so long as that irrigation project will not receive public subsidies; r lt is a groundwater right application for more than 2,250 gpm; o lt is an application that, in combination with other water right applications for the same project, collectively exceed the amounts above; Change Report of Examination Page l,X of 15 Water Right File No. CS4-01141sb10