STATE OF WASHINGTON

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE/TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHT UNDER ONE (1) GROUND WATER CERTIFICATE

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE/TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHT UNDER

ONE (1) GROUND WATER CERTIFICATE

TAKE NOTICE:

That Bigfork Orchards of Mattawa, WA, has made application for change/transfer of water right in order to irrigate additional acreage as granted under Ground Water Certificate No. G3-26346C.

That Certificate No. G3-26346C authorizes the withdrawal of 790 gallons per minute, 316 acre-feet per year from Feb. 1 to Nov. 30, each year, for seasonal irrigation of 79 acres.

That the authorized point of withdrawal is located within the SE1/4NE1/4SW1/4 of Sec. 10, T. 14 N., R.23 E.W.M.

That the authorized place of use is within the E1/2SW1/4 of Sec. 10, T. 14 N., R. 23 E.W.M., excepting the north 100 feet of the south 130 feet thereof.

That they propose to irrigate an additional 10 acres within the S1/2S1/2SE1/4NW1/4 of Sec. 10, T. 14 N., R. 23 E.W.M.

All within Grant County, Washington.

Protests or objections to approval of this application must include a detailed statement of the basis for objections; protests must be accompanied by a fifty-($50.00) dollar recording fee and filed with the Department of Ecology, at the address shown below, within thirty (30) days from March 4, 2014.

STATE OF WASHINGTON

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY

WATER RESOURCES PROGRAM-ERO

PO BOX 47611

OLYMPIA, WA 98504-7611

#03009/3606507

Pub.: February 25 & March 4, 2014