State, Dept. of Ecology v. Theodoratus

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• administering agency's interpretation of statutes entitled to \great weight\ if the statutes are ambiguous
• administering agency’s interpretation of statutes entitled to “great weight” if the statues are ambiguous
• Ecology's change from a system capacity measure of a water right to an actual beneficial use measure was not arbitrary and capricious where former was unlawful method contravening statutes
• where Department originally acted ultra vires in measuring a water right, Department did not act arbitrarily and capriciously in abandoning unlawful practice and switching to new practice
• “Agency action is arbitrary and capricious where it is willful and unreasoning and taken without regard to the facts and circumstances.”
• Ecology did not act arbitrarily and capriciously in abandoning unlawful method of quantifying a water right

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