WAC 173-501-040. Surface water source limitations to further consumptive appropriation

(1) The following table indicates the status of streams, tributaries and lakes affected by this chapter. Source Name Tributary To Former Administrative Status Status Under Regulation Period of Closure Flow Established Anderson Creek Nooksack River low flow partial year closure May 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Bells Creek North Fork Nooksack open closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Bertrand Creek Nooksack River closure closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Black Slough Nooksack - South Fork low flow low flow California Creek Drayton Harbor closure closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Canyon Creek North Fork Nooksack open partial year closure July 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Canyon (Lake) Creek Middle Fork Nooksack open partial year closure July 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Chuckanut Creek Chuckanut Bay low flow closure year round natural flow Colony Creek (incl. Whitehall) Samish Bay open closure year round natural flow Cornell Creek North Fork Nooksack open partial year closure July 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Dakota Creek Drayton Harbor closure closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Deer Creek Barrett Lake (Tenmile) closure closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Fishtrap Creek (incl. Double Ditch) Nooksack River closure closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Fourmile Creek Tenmile Creek closure closure year round Gallop Creek North Fork Nooksack open partial year closure July 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Hutchinson Creek South Fork Nooksack open partial year closure July 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Johnson Creek Sumas River closure closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Kamm Ditch/Stickney Slough Nooksack River closure closure year round natural flow Kendall Creek North Fork Nooksack open closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Maple Creek North Fork Nooksack open closure July 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Nooksack River - mainstem Bellingham Bay low flow minimum flow (new flow) WAC 173-501-030 (2) Nooksack River - Middle Fk. Nooksack River low flow minimum flow (new flow) WAC 173-501-030 (2) Nooksack River - North Fk. Nooksack River low flow partial year closure Sept. 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Nooksack River - South Fk. Nooksack River open partial year closure July 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Oyster Creek Samish Bay open closure year round natural flow Padden Creek Bellingham Bay open closure year round natural flow Porter Creek Middle Fork Nooksack open partial year closure July 1-Oct. 1 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Racehorse Creek North Fork Nooksack open partial year closure July 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Saar Creek Vedder Canal-Canada open closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Saxon Creek South Fork Nooksack open closure year round natural flow Silver Creek Nooksack River low flow partial year closure May 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Skookum Creek South Fork Nooksack low flow partial year closure July 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Smith Creek Nooksack River low flow partial year closure May 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Squalicum Creek Bellingham Bay closure closure year round Sumas River Vedder Canal-Canada closure closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Tenmile Creek Nooksack River closure closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Terrell Creek Birch Bay open partial year closure May 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Thompson Creek Glacier Cr./N. Fk. open partial year closure July 1-Oct. 31 natural flow Unnamed Stream - Elder Ditch/Scott Ditch Nooksack River low flow low flow Unnamed stream - White Creek Colony Creek closure closure Whatcom Creek* Bellingham Bay open closure year round natural flow Wiser Lake Creek Nooksack River low flow partial year closure May 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Lummi Indian Reservation Streams Tenmile Creek closure closure Barrett Lake closure closure NA Green Lake Fourmile Creek closure closure NA Lake Terrell Terrell Creek closure closure NA Lake Whatcom** Whatcom Creek court-ordered lake level closure year round Wiser Lake Wiser Lake Creek closure closure NA Source Name Tributary To Former Administrative Status Status Under Regulation Period of Closure Flow Established Anderson Creek Nooksack River low flow partial year closure May 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Bells Creek North Fork Nooksack open closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Bertrand Creek Nooksack River closure closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Black Slough Nooksack - South Fork low flow low flow California Creek Drayton Harbor closure closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Canyon Creek North Fork Nooksack open partial year closure July 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Canyon (Lake) Creek Middle Fork Nooksack open partial year closure July 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Chuckanut Creek Chuckanut Bay low flow closure year round natural flow Colony Creek (incl. Whitehall) Samish Bay open closure year round natural flow Cornell Creek North Fork Nooksack open partial year closure July 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Dakota Creek Drayton Harbor closure closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Deer Creek Barrett Lake (Tenmile) closure closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Fishtrap Creek (incl. Double Ditch) Nooksack River closure closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Fourmile Creek Tenmile Creek closure closure year round Gallop Creek North Fork Nooksack open partial year closure July 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Hutchinson Creek South Fork Nooksack open partial year closure July 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Johnson Creek Sumas River closure closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Kamm Ditch/Stickney Slough Nooksack River closure closure year round natural flow Kendall Creek North Fork Nooksack open closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Maple Creek North Fork Nooksack open closure July 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Nooksack River - mainstem Bellingham Bay low flow minimum flow (new flow) WAC 173-501-030 (2) Nooksack River - Middle Fk. Nooksack River low flow minimum flow (new flow) WAC 173-501-030 (2) Nooksack River - North Fk. Nooksack River low flow partial year closure Sept. 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Nooksack River - South Fk. Nooksack River open partial year closure July 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Oyster Creek Samish Bay open closure year round natural flow Padden Creek Bellingham Bay open closure year round natural flow Porter Creek Middle Fork Nooksack open partial year closure July 1-Oct. 1 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Racehorse Creek North Fork Nooksack open partial year closure July 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Saar Creek Vedder Canal-Canada open closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Saxon Creek South Fork Nooksack open closure year round natural flow Silver Creek Nooksack River low flow partial year closure May 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Skookum Creek South Fork Nooksack low flow partial year closure July 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Smith Creek Nooksack River low flow partial year closure May 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Squalicum Creek Bellingham Bay closure closure year round Sumas River Vedder Canal-Canada closure closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Tenmile Creek Nooksack River closure closure year round WAC 173-501-030 (2) Terrell Creek Birch Bay open partial year closure May 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Thompson Creek Glacier Cr./N. Fk. open partial year closure July 1-Oct. 31 natural flow Unnamed Stream - Elder Ditch/Scott Ditch Nooksack River low flow low flow Unnamed stream - White Creek Colony Creek closure closure Whatcom Creek* Bellingham Bay open closure year round natural flow Wiser Lake Creek Nooksack River low flow partial year closure May 1-Oct. 31 WAC 173-501-030 (2) Lummi Indian Reservation Streams Tenmile Creek closure closure Barrett Lake closure closure NA Green Lake Fourmile Creek closure closure NA Lake Terrell Terrell Creek closure closure NA Lake Whatcom** Whatcom Creek court-ordered lake level closure year round Wiser Lake Wiser Lake Creek closure closure NA For streams listed as "natural flow," insufficient data are available to develop instream flows outside the closure period. Water right applications for consumptive use will be considered on a case by case basis in consultation with the departments of fisheries and game; tribes will also be notified. Streams which are not specifically listed in this regulation are affected by the regulation if they are tributary to streams or lakes listed herein; otherwise such streams are not affected. * No exemptions. See WAC 173-501-070 (2). ** Lake Whatcom and its tributaries are closed to all further consumptive appropriation; however, any water right applications for consumptive use which were on file with the department of ecology on August 7, 1985 shall be exempt from the closure through the period extending one year from the effective date of this chapter. (2) When a project (as described in WAC 173-501-030 (5)) is proposed on a stream that is closed to further appropriations, the department shall deny the water right application unless the project proponent can adequately demonstrate that the project does not conflict with the intent of the closure.