It's all about the power - Department of Ecology
When a farmer wants to have their soil analyzed, they sample a few feet deep to avoid skewing the results with the grasses on the surface. Here is what the WA State Department of Ecology is saying.
From local station
KGMI:
State Rep. Vincent Buys proposes bill to define a "well"
State Representative Vincent Buys of Lynden has introduced legislation that would clarify the definition of a “well” on Washington farmland.
Buys says he introduced the measure after Whatcom County farmers complained.
“We had some farmers taking some people from the Department of Ecology out on a farm and they were doing some soil sampling, and the Department of Ecology mentioned, ‘well, this qualifies under a well regulation,’” said Buys.
He says the proposed legislation would give the state a more clear definition of what is and isn’t a “well.”
“So this just clarifies that language and says soil samples, which usually are about 2 to 3 feet deep, those do not qualify and then therefore they don’t need the permitting process of your typical household well,” he said.
House Bill 1467 is scheduled for a hearing Tuesday in the House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources in Olympia.
Christ on a corn dog -- talk about an overreach of power...
Representative Buys has an R by his name and was endorsed by the Whatcom County TEA Party. Seems to be listening to and doing good work for his constituents.
Posted by DaveH at January 31, 2011 10:23 AM