STATE OF WASHINGTON

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO PERMANENTLY TRANSFER A PORTION OF CLAIM NO. 145472 INTO THE STATE TRUST WATER RIGHT PROGRAM

EPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY

YAKIMA, WASHINGTON

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO PERMANENTLY TRANSFER A PORTION OF CLAIM NO. 145472 INTO THE STATE TRUST WATER RIGHT PROGRAM

TAKE NOTICE:

That on February 27, 2012, M&I Livestock applied to transfer a portion of the above referenced Claim into the State Trust Water Right Program.

That said Claim asserts the diversion of an annual quantity of 192 acre-feet at a rate of 0.96 cubic feet per second from the Tucannon River from a point located within the SE . of Sec. 2, T. 11N., R. 39 E., Columbia County, Washington.

That said water is claimed for the purpose of irrigation for lands within the: E. SENW, W. SWNE, W. NWSE, NW. SWSE, and the E. NESW all in Sec. 2, of T. 11 N., R. 39 E.W.M., Columbia County, Washington.

That said applicant proposes to transfer in perpetuity, 29.40 acre-feet per year at the rate of 0.713 cubic feet per second to the State Trust Water Right Program, to be used for instream flows.

Protests or objections to approval of this ap.plication must include a detailed statement of the basis for objections. All letters of protest will become public record. Cash shall not be accepted. Fees must be paid by check or money order and are nonrefundable. Protests must be accompanied by a $50 recording fee payable to the Department of Ecology, Ca.shiering Unit, PO Box 47611, Olympia WA 98504-7611, within 30 days from: January 3, 2013.

(Published December 27, 2012, and January 3, 2013, in the Franklin County Graphic.)