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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 145 – Minimum streamflow, N Fork Payette

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 145

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SCR145.........................................by RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
MINIMUM STREAMFLOW - Approving an application of the Idaho Water Resource
Board to appropriate water for a minimum streamflow on the North Fork
Payette River tributary to Big Payette Lake and the Payette River.
                                                                        
02/15    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/16    Rpt prt - to Res/Env

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 SCR145
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                            SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 145
                                                                        
                           BY RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  2    APPROVING AN APPLICATION OF THE IDAHO  WATER  RESOURCE  BOARD  TO  APPROPRIATE
  3        WATER  FOR  A MINIMUM STREAMFLOW ON THE NORTH FORK PAYETTE RIVER TRIBUTARY
  4        TO BIG PAYETTE LAKE AND THE PAYETTE RIVER.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        WHEREAS, the Idaho Water Resource Board may apply for a permit  to  appro-
  7    priate  unappropriated waters of any stream to establish a minimum streamflow;
  8    and
  9        WHEREAS, under the provisions of Section 42-1503, Idaho Code, an  approved
 10    application  shall not become finally effective until affirmatively acted upon
 11    by the Legislature, except that if the Legislature fails to act before the end
 12    of the regular session to which the application was submitted, the application
 13    shall be considered approved; and
 14        WHEREAS, on November 23, 1999, a hearing officer appointed by the director
 15    of the Department of Water Resources entered Findings of Fact, Conclusions  of
 16    Law  and  a Preliminary Order approving the application for minimum streamflow
 17    described in this resolution.  There were no objections to the order.   There-
 18    fore,  the  preliminary order has become a final order of the director without
 19    further department action.
 20        WHEREAS, the application for minimum  streamflow  provides  the  following
 21    information:
 22        Application for Permit No.:  65-13984
 23        Source:   North  Fork  Payette River tributary to Big Payette Lake and the
 24        Payette River.
 25        Reach description:
 26             Beginning at Upper Payette Lake dam and extending downstream a  total
 27             of  6.8  miles to the Box Creek confluence, all located within Valley
 28             County and comprised of the following subreaches:
 29             Subreach A:
 30                  Beginning at Upper Payette Lake dam in the SE1/4NE1/4SE1/4  Sec-
 31                  tion 36, T21N, R3E, B.M., and extending downstream 1 mile to the
 32                  Pearl Creek confluence located in the SW1/4SW1/4NE1/4 Section 1,
 33                  T20N, R3E, B.M.
 34             Subreach B:
 35                  Beginning  at  the  Pearl  Creek  confluence described above and
 36                  extending downstream 2.8 miles to  the  Brush  Creek  confluence
 37                  located in the SE1/4NW1/4NE1/4 Section 23, T20N, R3E, B.M.
 38             Subreach C:
 39                  Beginning  at  the  Brush  Creek  confluence described above and
 40                  extending downstream 1.8 miles to the  Fisher  Creek  confluence
 41                  located in the NW1/4SE1/4SW1/4 Section 26, T20N, R3E, B.M.
 42             Subreach D:
 43                  Beginning  at  the  Fisher  Creek confluence described above and
 44                  extending downstream 1.2  miles  to  the  Box  Creek  confluence
                                                                        
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  1                  located in the NW1/4SE1/4SW1/4 Section 35, T20N, R3E, B.M.
  2        Amount:
  3             Subreach A:  35 cfs from July 1 to September 7.
  4             Subreach B:  40 cfs from July 1 to September 7.
  5             Subreach C:  48 cfs from July 1 to September 7.
  6             Subreach D:  60 cfs from July 1 to September 7.
  7        Use:   To  protect fish habitat including adequate flow for kokanee spawn-
  8        ing, aquatic life in the stream reach and the water quality in Big Payette
  9        Lake.
 10        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second  Regular  Ses-
 11    sion  of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Repre-
 12    sentatives concurring therein, that the application for minimum streamflow  on
 13    the  North Fork Payette River as described in this resolution is approved sub-
 14    ject to the conditions and limitations contained in the Findings of Fact, Con-
 15    clusions of Law and  Preliminary  Order  issued  on  November  23,  1999,  and
 16    accepted as a final order by the director.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


     
                           
                 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                       RS 09673 
                           
          The proposed legislation approves the application for minimum
     streamflow on the North Fork Payette River subject to the Findings of Fact,
     Conclusions of Law and Preliminary Order issued on November 23, 1999 by the
     director of the Department of Water Resources. 
     
     
     
                    FISCAL IMPACT
     
     There is no fiscal impact. 
     
     
     
     
     CONTACT: 
     Name:      Bill Graham, Department of Water Resources
     Phone:     327-7966 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
                                                  STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND FISCAL IMPACT       SCR 14