2015 Revised Code of Washington
Title 77 - FISH AND WILDLIFE
77.57 Fishways, flow, and screening.
77.57.060 Director may modify inadequate fishways and protective devices.
RCW 77.57.060 Director may modify inadequate fishways and protective devices.
The director may authorize removal, relocation, reconstruction, or other modification of an inadequate fishway or fish protective device required by *RCW 77.55.320 which device was in existence on September 1, 1963, without cost to the owner for materials and labor. The modification may not materially alter the amount of water flowing through the fishway or fish protective device. Following modification, the fishway or fish protective device shall be maintained at the expense of the person or governmental agency owning the obstruction or water diversion device.
[2001 c 253 § 21; 1980 c 78 § 90; 1963 c 152 § 1. Formerly RCW 77.55.310, 77.12.425, 77.16.221.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 77.55.320 was recodified as RCW 77.57.070 pursuant to 2005 c 146 § 1002.
Effective date—Intent, construction—Savings—Severability—1980 c 78: See notes following RCW 77.04.010.
Director of fish and wildlife may modify inadequate fishways and fish guards: RCW 77.57.040.
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