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Alaska Journal | DNR keeps 'quiet period' with water rights revisions pending


Tue, 07/27/2021 - 7:08pm
Mum’s the word from Department of Natural Resources officials regarding their plan to fundamentally change the state’s water rights system.
House Fisheries Committee chair Rep. Geran Tarr, D-Anchorage, said DNR representatives declined to attend a July 27 hearing on the agency’s proposed changes to in-stream flow reservations and other water regulations because she was told they are in a “quiet period” while they respond to public comments from the extended period that closed April 2.
Tops among the changes first suggested by the Division of Mining, Land and Water in mid-January is adding new language to water reservation regulations stating that water reservation certificates currently issued to private parties would instead be held by DNR, which adjudicates water rights and reservation applications. ....

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