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Honorable Tom Fitzsimmons Director, Department of Ecology 300 Desmond Drive P.O. Box 47600 Lacey, WA 98504-7600

Honorable Bruce Miyahara Secretary, Department of Health 1112 S.E. Quince Street P.O. Box 47890 Olympia, WA 98504-7890

Dear Director Fitzsimmons and Secretary Miyahara:

By letter previously acknowledged, you have requested our opinion on a series of questions we have paraphrased as follows:

1. Assume the following facts:

A property owner wishes to subdivide a tract of land formultiple-unit residential development. The development willrequire withdrawal of ground water to supply the…