2005 Senate Bill 850 ↩

Senate Roll Call 679: Passed

To prohibit a person from making a large quantity groundwater withdrawal (more than 100,000 gallons per day) that causes an adverse resource impact to a designated trout stream; or, beginning in two years, one that causes any adverse resource impact as defined by the "assessment tool" that would be developed under Senate Bill 851. Withdrawals to "supply a common distribution system" would require a permit. A user could request a determination from DEQ that a withdrawal would not cause an adverse impact. Local governments would be preempted from regulating in this area.