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.