Public Comment Period Opens on Hydraulic Code Updates

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will be accepting written comments from the public through August 15 regarding proposed changes to the state's Hydraulic Code rules.  Also open for comment during this period are a related draft environmental impact statement and a small business economic impact statement. 

Interested parties may view these documents at WDFW's Hydraulic Project Approval (HPA) webpage.

In the Proposed HPA Rules, the Mineral prospecting section begins on page 80 of the PDF (page 78 of the document) and the table of proposed work times on page 93 of the PDF (page 91 of the document).

Comments may be submitted by email to hparules@dfw.wa.gov, by fax to 360-902-2946, or by mail to Randi Thurston, 600 Capitol Way N, Olympia, WA 98501-1091.  Oral and written comments may also be presented at the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting in Olympia on August 8.  Note that comments received by WDFW prior to August 1 will be forwarded to the Commission for consideration at the meeting on August 8.  The agenda for that meeting will be posted at http://wdfw.wa.gov/commission/ during the week of July 21.