JENSEN v. DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY

No. 49509-2.

102 Wn.2d 109 (1984)

685 P.2d 1068

EUGENE C. JENSEN, Appellant, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. Rodamaker, for appellant.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, Charles B. Roe, Jr., Senior Assistant, and Wick Dufford, Assistant, for respondent State.

F. Henry Habicht II, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Gene S. Anderson, United States Attorney, Charles Pinnell, Assistant, and Dirk D. Snel and Blake A. Watson, Department of Justice Attorneys (William Dunlop, of counsel), for respondent Bureau of Reclamation.

John W. Baird, Richard A. Lemargie, and Allen D. Brecke, for respondents Quincy-Columbia Basin Irrigation District, et al.


WILLIAMS, C.J.

Appellant Jensen's application for a permit to withdraw public groundwaters was denied by the Department of Ecology (DOE) on March 20, 1981. He appealed to the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) which, following a formal hearing, affirmed the DOE decision. He then appealed to the Superior Court for King County which affirmed the PCHB. RCW 43.21B.190 provides for direct review by this court. We affirm.

The issues raised are (1) whether there...

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