2025 Washington's Water Quality Management Plan to Control Nonpoint Sources of Pollution

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Comment From: Irene Randall

8/29/25 @ 5:05 PM
Hello, I am asking for the Nonpoint Plan comment plan to be extended until at least Oct 29, 2025. The cost of implementing it will be burdensome. causing extreme financial stress on the smallest producers of livestock. This will affect our food suppl...↓
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Comment From: Okanogan County Farm Bureau (Sheilah Delfeld, President )

8/29/25 @ 4:24 PM
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Comment From: Washington State Tree Fruit As... (Jon DeVaney)

8/29/25 @ 3:56 PM
Attached please find joint comments on the draft nonpoint plan from twelve Washington state agricultural organizations.
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Comment From: WA Department of Natural Resou... (Kelly Childers)

8/29/25 @ 1:48 PM
I'm so sorry I'm a little late submitting this. The attached file has my comments and suggested edits for information related to Forest Practices Operations. Thank you for the opportunity to review. Feel free to reach out if you have questions for me...↓
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Comment From: Spokane County Cattlemen (James Lahde)

8/29/25 @ 1:45 PM
Spokane County Cattlemen, Are commenting on the updating of "Nonpoint Pollution Plan".
We were not aware of a comment period or the June 11th webinar.
This is a large document that will affect all in Washington State.
We, the small family farms,ranch...↓
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Comment From: Lummi Nation (Victor Johnson)

8/29/25 @ 1:40 PM
Please accept the following comments as an official addendum to comments submitted on 8/29/25 from Lummi Nation regarding the WA Ecology draft 2025 Nonpoint Plan. On 8/27/25 Lummi Nation submitted a joint letter with comments for the WA Ecology draft...↓
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Comment From: Yakima-Klickitat Farm Associat... (Mark Herke)

8/29/25 @ 1:25 PM
Please find our comments attached.
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Comment From: Northwest Indian Fisheries Com... (Justin Parker)

8/29/25 @ 1:15 PM
Good afternoon,

Attached is a letter from Ed Johnstone, NWIFC Chairman, to Casey Sixkiller, Washington Department of Ecology Director, regarding Comments on Draft Washington State Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Plan.

If you have any questions...↓
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Comment From: Dept of Health (Emily Sanford)

8/29/25 @ 12:56 PM
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Comment From: Kim Bartell

8/29/25 @ 12:38 PM
I think this is another example of overreach. Are you going to include big corporations and government facilities in this plan? Are you going to determine livestock is an issue and have landowners get rid of their livestock? Who is going to be respon...↓
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Comment From: Washington State Water Resourc... (John Stuhlmiller)

8/29/25 @ 12:14 PM
Please find attached our comments.
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Comment From: Linda Popp

8/29/25 @ 12:10 AM
The Department's proposed regulatory changes appear to infringe on property rights in a way never intended by the federal Clean Water Act. Such changes will unduly burden Washington agriculture, particularly the smaller farms that compose a signific...↓
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Comment From: Dean Hellie

8/28/25 @ 10:58 PM
A simplistic review of the non-point plan is that it is full of misleading statements and assumptions from Ecology's reliance on partners to do the heavy lifting of water quality protection then blaming the entities that progress in water quality im...↓
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Comment From: Washington Forest Protection A... (Darin Cramer)

8/28/25 @ 9:56 PM
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Comment From: Michael Szymanski

8/28/25 @ 9:05 PM
Feedback from the Department of Ecology states this update doesn't involve rule making or fundamental changes to the 2022 Plan so it need not be subject to more rigorous review by all stakeholders. That assertion is misleading and borders on dishones...↓
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Comment From: Swinomish Indian Tribal Commun... (Galen Priest)

8/28/25 @ 5:03 PM
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Comment From: Mark Schlack

8/28/25 @ 3:03 PM
"The Department of Ecology proposed regulatory changes appear to infringe on property rights in a way never intended by the federal Clean Water Act. Given these infringements were developed behind closed doors over a two-year period, the comment peri...↓
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Comment From: Washington PUD Association (Travis Nelson)

8/28/25 @ 1:01 PM
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Comment From: Patricia Schlack

8/28/25 @ 11:09 AM
"The Department of Ecology proposed regulatory changes appear to infringe on property rights in a way never intended by the federal Clean Water Act. Given these infringements were developed behind closed doors over a two-year period, the comment peri...↓
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Comment From: Wasington Forest Protection As... (Darin Cramer)

8/27/25 @ 9:14 PM
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Comment From: Lummi Nation (Victor Johnson)

8/27/25 @ 5:55 PM
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Comment From: Scott Figenshow

8/27/25 @ 1:27 PM
Please see attached comment letter from two farm families: Debbie McGourin, McGourin Farms and Scott Figenshow, Clausen Legacy Farms, in the Palouse region of southern Spokane County.
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Comment From: Nooksack Indian Tribe (RoseMary LaClair)

8/27/25 @ 1:01 PM
Please see attached letter.
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Comment From: Virginia Shogren

8/27/25 @ 9:17 AM
I am a rural property owner and sheep farmer. The proposed "Plan" should not be adopted. I have seen a concerning trend by the state agencies to convert voluntary guidelines into enforceable mandates. This is legislative action in disguise. The state...↓
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Comment From: Beckie Regusci

8/26/25 @ 11:05 PM
I am requesting an extension on the date for comment. I just received this information and I believe that less than one week to provide comments is not adequate to provide a detailed response. Thank you for your consideration. In the meantime, I beli...↓
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Comment From: Mike Martin

8/26/25 @ 10:47 AM
From what I understand of the information provided, I do NOT think that this is a well thought out proposal. What is worse, is that considering just how vaguely some of the terms and "definitions" are presented, the potential for ABUSE, punitive "sel...↓
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Comment From: Snoqualmie Indian Tribe (Kelsey Payne)

8/26/25 @ 8:49 AM
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Comment From: Michael Szymanski

8/25/25 @ 2:45 PM
Here is a Department of Ecology response to my original request to extend the comment period:

On Friday, August 22, 2025, 1:11 PM, Reiman, Jeremy H. (ECY) wrote:

Hello,

We received your comment on the 2025 draft update to Washington's Water Qual...↓
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Comment From: Charles DeCosta

8/25/25 @ 7:55 AM
I only see where these new rules infringe on my property rights and restrict what I can do on my property and I have no reimbursement for you taking away my use of my property as I see fit, thus you are violating my right under the US constitution. T...↓
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Comment From: Ann Almond

8/24/25 @ 5:21 PM
A friend of mine informed me that your agency was about to implement changes to policies that could affect our own land use and that of our friends.
So I clicked on Hannah Roe's "Readers' Guide" to see what actions are so worrisome to my friend. Bu...↓
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Comment From: Eleanor Mattice

8/24/25 @ 3:53 PM
Riparian areas need to be restored and maintained across our nation to protect this precious resource. Try to make BMPs for ag around surface waters consistent throughout agencies so producers know what to expect about water quality from one agency t...↓
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Comment From: Joanne Pease

8/23/25 @ 11:47 AM
I would like to submit to the planning committee that voluntary is different from required submission. Fairness means fair to all the residents of this state. Not having our side of the state pay for all the other sides green agenda. We are small ...↓
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Comment From: Michael Harvey

8/22/25 @ 5:59 PM
I think there should be fairness. I request that any rule include water testing to prove a problem comes from a specific property before imposing costly mandates. I ask Ecology to extend the deadline so agriculture groups, rural county commissioners,...↓
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Comment From: Bob Aroyan

8/22/25 @ 3:38 PM
Dear Mr. Reiman,

Thank you for your update.

Plenty of time?

As a member of the public, I must respectfully disagree with the assertion that "updates always include ample time for public comment."

Ecology and its partners have devoted nearly two y...↓
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Comment From: Cynthia Zapotocky

8/21/25 @ 11:00 PM
The Washington State Department of Ecology over the past 20 years or more, has obviously shown it is the enemy of landowners in our state. On the East side, property owners dread any interaction with your team of angry, environmentally power hungry, ...↓
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Comment From: Jerrod Sessler

8/21/25 @ 5:24 PM
As a landowner and advocate for rural Washingtonians, I approach the Department of Ecology's draft 2025 Water Quality Management Plan to Control Nonpoint Sources of Pollution with deep skepticism. Government interventions often burden citizens, erode...↓
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Comment From: Mike Szymanski

8/20/25 @ 4:50 PM
The Department of Ecology proposed regulatory changes appear to infringe on property rights in a way never intended by the federal Clean Water Act. Given these infringements were developed behind closed doors over a two year period, the comment perio...↓
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

8/20/25 @ 3:30 PM
I am a resident of Washington State and do not agree with the 2025 Water Quality Management Plan taking control of nonpoint source pollution in this manner. While I support protecting our waterways, I believe local landowners and communities should h...↓
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Comment From: Washington Cattlemen's Associa... (Chelsea Hajny)

8/20/25 @ 10:33 AM
Comments are attached.
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Comment From: John Leslie

8/20/25 @ 9:34 AM
This plan represents yet another taking without compensation. If these restrictions are truly for the public benefit, then the public should pay for them, not individual land owners. None of us elected the Department of Ecology but the impact on our ...↓
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

8/20/25 @ 8:43 AM
I object to these changes. They need to go through our Legislature and likely have Constitutional amendments.

I know you want to remove all land uses within 200' of any shoreline. Then it will be all lands in the State.

The State public servants d...↓
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Comment From: Philip Bayley

8/19/25 @ 12:59 PM
These proposed changes are nefarious, unconstitutional, and a clear attempt to engage in racketeering against "targeted" individuals, entities, and industries certain individuals personally do not like.

This proposal is a TAKINGS of private propert...↓
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Comment From: Yakima County Cattlemen's Asso... (Jack Field)

8/18/25 @ 10:22 AM
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Comment From: Timothy Ramsey

8/17/25 @ 5:53 PM
The Non Point Pollution policies/regulations being proposed are an afront on private property rights. I do NOT support this at all...
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Comment From: Donna Frankel

8/16/25 @ 11:10 AM
There is a need for public education and debate regarding this plan as it now exists. A 100 day comment period makes this action highly improbable. Therefore, I urge you to extend the comment period to 6-12 months.

If one wants to restrict a prob...↓
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Comment From: Glenda Martin

8/15/25 @ 8:23 PM
This program has been hidden from the public for years to prevent pushback by the citizens of Washington. Since 2023 Washington's Dept. of Ecology has been working with tribes and various government agencies. Now after all that time, the public com...↓
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Comment From: Jim Davidson

8/15/25 @ 6:54 PM
I do not believe that WS Dept. of Ecology has allowed enough time for the public comment period. The process should be open to everyone and require testing before regulating. Rulemaking should be done in the open by our elected representatives not by...↓
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Comment From: Katherine Humphrey

8/15/25 @ 12:53 PM
1. Chapter 3 of the plan appears to be promoting buffers as a solution yet again. Buffers are beneficial to water quality. Setting aside arbitrary large buffers adjacent to streams may or may not be of benefit. Ecology and tribes attack agricultu...↓
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Comment From: Stacy Storm

8/14/25 @ 6:46 PM
While we all want our rivers and streams to be clean, safe, usable and free from polution, this plan carries things too far. I am concerned that voluntary water quality guidelines could be converted into mandatory land-use restrictions without requir...↓
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Comment From: JOHN WORTHINGTON

8/14/25 @ 12:41 PM
Hello,

Boats in Marina's contain the same uv protectant as tires. How does that escape Ecologies scrutny?

Why did you force a tributary on the Dungeness and not jimmycomelately?
Did an Indian casino and gas station get special treatment.....I think...↓
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Comment From: Ed Meyer

8/14/25 @ 6:24 AM
This Nonpoint Plan is unworkable and I oppose it's implementation.
First, it allows Ecology to impose buffer zones and remediation penalties on landowners without proving the landowner is responsible for the Nonpoint Pollution. The EPA standards ar...↓
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Comment From: WSDA (Kyrre Flege)

8/13/25 @ 4:38 PM
The attached document includes comments and inline changes provided to WMS on 5/21/2025 to clarify specific authorities and limitations to those authorities relevant to the Dairy Nutrient Management Act 90.64 RCW. They are provided again here to ensu...↓
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Comment From: Nancy Churchill

8/13/25 @ 1:46 PM
I have a number of concerns about this plan, but this comment is going to focus on one problem: This plan was developed behind closed doors with Tribes and other government agencies for TWO years before the June rollout. This is clearly documented in...↓
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Comment From: Robert Schricker

8/13/25 @ 1:07 PM
I appreciate and support the objective of protecting water quality across Washington. However, I am deeply concerned that the draft 2025 Nonpoint Plan gives Ecology sweeping authority over private landowners—often based on hypothetical or "potential"...↓
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Comment From: Mullen family (Val Mullen)

8/13/25 @ 9:21 AM
You have been working on this plan for 2 years now, with no input from the public until now. This is nothing but a land grab for the government. This update zeroes in on one target: rural agriculture. Cities get a pass. Suburbs get a pass. But if yo...↓
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Comment From: Marc Christensen

8/13/25 @ 7:22 AM
First off, you need to expand the public comment period and be much more open and transparent with the public. You spent a couple years in discussion with special interest groups. You should give the people you represent equal access.
Secondly, you m...↓
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Comment From: Mukilteo Water and Wastewater ... (Darin Janda)

8/11/25 @ 2:45 PM
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Comment From: seth Millhorn

8/07/25 @ 2:41 PM
To: Washington State Department of Ecology
RE: Comments on the Draft 2025 Water Quality Management Plan to Control Nonpoint Sources of Pollution
Date: 8/7/2025


Dear DOE Water Quality Program,

I am a lifelong agricultural producer in the Hangman Cr...↓
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Comment From: Ryan Ransavage

8/07/25 @ 1:39 PM
1. Regulatory Framework (Chapter 2)
Impact: The plan expands on related regulatory programs without clearly referencing NPDES permits such as SGGP or ISGP
Result: May create confusion about whether new obligations apply to already permitted facilitie...↓
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Comment From: Washington State Department of...

8/04/25 @ 7:27 AM
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Comment From: Washington Department of Fish ... (Rae Eaton)

7/21/25 @ 9:46 AM
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on Ecology's Water Quality Management Plan to Control Nonpoint Sources of Pollution. It's great to see Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife resources such as the High Resolution Change Detection product ...↓
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

7/09/25 @ 1:23 PM
Exec Summary P 8 para 5
Third sentence, NPS is spelled out, be consistent once defined.
Chapter 1
1.2.2
p. 11 The focus on agriculture is interesting, and maybe a little uneven. The Sparrow model appears to prove that NPS in urban settings is wors...↓
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Comment From: Washington State Potato Commis... (Matt Harris)

6/09/25 @ 7:31 AM
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Comment From: Dean Olson

5/26/25 @ 12:15 PM
Hello and hope this Memorial Day weekend helps us remember the fallen vets who fought for freedoms that we might be losing today,

Please consider the non-point source (NPS) pollution along 104 from the hill top going west and north to the ferry. I ...↓
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