ELR Citation: ELR 20685
No(s). 42448 (Wash. Mar 29, 1973)

The State Environmental Policy Act requires an examination of the possibility of pollution before a permit may be issued for the withdrawal of water from a lake for domestic use. Although the agency decision and lower court review occurred prior to the effective date of the Act, it still applies since the permit issuance was stayed and was not final until judicial review was exhausted.

Counsel for Appellant
Slade Gorton Attorney General
Charles B. Roe Jr.
Charles W. Lean Assistant Attorneys General
Olympia, WA 98504

Counsel for Respondents
Fred L. Stewart
McNally & Stewart
Colville, WA 99114

Walter L. Peterson Jr.
8516 Sprague Ave. East
Spokane, WA 99206

HALE, C.J., FINLEY, ROSELLINI, HUNTER, HAMILTON, STAFFORD, and WRIGHT, JJ., concur.