The STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT (SEPA) provides a medium for citizens of the state to protect their environment. The law (Chapter 43.21C RCW) requires state and local governments within the state to:

"UTILIZE a systematic, interdisciplinary approach which will insure the integrated use of the natural and social sciences and the environmental design arts in planning and in decision making which may have an impact on man's environment;" and

ENSURE "...environmental amenities and values will be given appropriate consideration in decision making along with economic and technical considerations..."

PROVIDE a forum for the public and other government agencies to comment on the proposal so that changes may be made during the planning phase before construction begins, to reduce impacts. When significant impacts have been identified a full review of all affected elements of our environment must be completed. This is called an Environmental Impact Statement.

Any governmental action may be conditioned or denied pursuant to SEPA. Since the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) issues permits, i.e., Hydraulic Project Approvals, Grass Carp Applications, and Shooting Preserve Permits, we may be the Lead Agency in reviewing an applicant's project or action before issuing our permit. This status is determined by rule in WAC 197-11-922 through WAC 197-11-946. All agencies must send their own SEPA required actions out for review, as well, including WDFW.

WDFW Merged SEPA Rules WAC 220-100: WDFW State Environmental Policy Act Rules WAC 197-11: Statewide SEPA Rules RCW 43.21C: State Environmental Policy

The following projects were sent out for review. By each document is the date it was signed and the comment period. The last column includes the day it was finalized.

If you wish to review the determinations, please click on the highlighted project title. Online documents are in Adobe PDF Format. If you need to upgrade or install Adobe Acrobat Reader click here. For more information, contact Teresa Eturaspe at (360) 902-2575 or eturatae@dfw.wa.gov.

Download SEPA Checklists:

• SEPA Environmental Checklist: PDF Format / WordPerfect / Microsoft Word
• SEPA Grass Carp Checklist: PDF Format / Microsoft Word

Final SEPA Documents from 2005 Click here for current SEPA Documents SEPA # Project County Signed Comment Deadline Status 05110 Skagit County Drainage & Irrigation Improvement District #16 Also see: - Addendum F, Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (56.6 KB) - District 16, Figure 1 Vicinity map - PDF Format (138 KB) - District 16, Figure 2 Watercourse classifications and infrastructure - PDF Format (1.53 MB) - District 16, Figure 3 Historic channels - PDF Format (220 KB) - District 16, Figure 4 Fish use - PDF Format (1.25 MB) - District 16, Figure 5 Photos - PDF Format (5.53 MB) Skagit 12/29/05 01/12/06 FINAL 13 JAN 06 05109 WDFW - Waitts Lake Access Area Improvements Stevens 12/14/05 12/28/05 FINAL 29 DEC 05 05108 Skagit County Drainage & Irrigation District 15 Drainage Maintenance Agreement and Drainage Maintenance Plan Also see: - Drainage Maintenance Agreement - PDF Format (65.30 KB) - Addendum A-1, Drainage Maintenance Plan - BMP's - PDF Format (18.98 KB) - Addendum A-2, Drainage Maintenance Plan - HPA Provisions - PDF Format (18.43 KB) - Addendum B, Drainage Maintenance Plan - PDF Format (45.98 KB) - Addendum F, Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (56.69 KB) - District 15, Figure 1 - PDF Format (141.12 KB) - District 15, Figure 2 - PDF Format (1.21 MB) - District 15, Figure 3 - PDF Format (360.83 KB) - District 15, Figure 4 - PDF Format (1.17 MB) - District 15, Figure 5 - PDF Format (3.11 MB) Skagit 11/28/05 12/12/05 FINAL 13 DEC 05 05107 Skagit County Drainage and Irrigation District 15 Drainage Maintenance Agreement and Drainage Maintenance Plan Skagit 11/22/05 NONE WITHDRAWN 22 NOV 05 05106 Luckey - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond Kitsap 11/17/05 12/01/05 FINAL 02 DEC 05 05105 Skagit County Drainage & Irrigation District 15 Drainage Maintenance Agreement and Drainage Maintenance Plan Also see: - Drainage Maintenance Agreement - PDF Format (65.30 KB) - Addendum A-1, Drainage Maintenance Plan - BMP's - PDF Format (18.98 KB) - Addendum A-2, Drainage Maintenance Plan - HPA Provisions - PDF Format (18.43 KB) - Addendum B, Drainage Maintenance Plan - PDF Format (45.98 KB) - Addendum F, Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (56.69 KB) - District 15, Figure 1 - PDF Format (141.12 KB) - District 15, Figure 2 - PDF Format (1.21 MB) - District 15, Figure 3 - PDF Format (360.83 KB) - District 15, Figure 4 - PDF Format (1.17 MB) - District 15, Figure 5 - PDF Format (3.11 MB) Skagit 11/17/05 12/01/05 WITHDRAWN 22 NOV 05 05104 View Crest Nursery - Grass Carp - Private Pond Clark 11/09/05 11/23/05 FINAL 28 NOV 05 05103AD WDFW - W.T. Wooten Habitat Improvement Project - Addendum Garfield Columbia 11/08/05 NONE FINAL 08 NOV 05 05101 WDFW Designation of the Mazama Pocket Gopher as a State Threatened Species and the Taylors'Checkerspot Butterfly and Streaked Horned Lark as State Endangered Species and Delisting of the Aleutian Canada Goose from State Threatened Status Also see: - SEPA Environmental Checklist Statewide 11/01/05 11/30/05 FINAL 01 DEC 05 05100 Sulfur Creek Fish Passage Restoration Lewis 10/07/05 10/21/05 FINAL 24 OCT 05 05099 Colony Surf Club - Grass Carp - Fosen Lake Mason 10/10/05 10/24/05 FINAL 25 OCT 05 05098 WDFW - W.T. Wooten Habitat Improvement Project Garfield Columbia 09/29/05 10/13/05 FINAL 14 OCT 05 05097AD Addendum to Mortenson - Grass Carp - The Pond San Juan 09/21/05 NONE FINAL 21 SEP 05 05096 Modlish - Grass Carp - Modlish Pond Thurston 09/23/05 10/07/05 FINAL 10 OCT 05 05095 Skagit County Drainage & Irrigation District 12 drainage maintenance agreement and drainage maintenance plan Also see: - SEPA Environmental Checklist Skagit 09/23/05 10/07/05 FINAL 10 OCT 05 05094 Skagit County Consolidated Diking District 22 drainage maintenance agreement and drainage maintenance plan Also see: - SEPA Environmental Checklist Skagit 09/23/05 10/07/05 FINAL 10 OCT 05 05093AD Mitigation Addendum to Pt. Whitney Boat Ramp Jefferson 09/15/05 NONE FINAL 15 SEP 05 05092 North Fork Ahtanum Creek (Shaw Knox) Gravity Screen and Off-Channel Habitat Enhancement - Phase 1 Yakima 09/13/05 09/27/05 FINAL 28 SEP 05 05091 Addendum to 1. Lake and Stream Rehabilitation FSEIS, 1992-1993 and Rotenone Use and Health Risks FSEIS, 2002 Grant 09/02/05 09/16/05 FINAL 19 SEP 05 05090 WDFW - Stocking of Channel Catfish in Rock Island Ponds Douglas 09/01/05 09/15/05 FINAL 16 SEP 05 05089 Lake Dolloff Maintenance Project King 08/26/05 09/09/05 FINAL 12 SEP 05 05088 Ihle - Grass Carp - Private Pond Clark 08/26/05 09/09/05 FINAL 12 SEP 05 05087 Hall - Grass Carp - Private Pond Clark 08/26/05 09/09/05 FINAL 12 SEP 05 05086 Haag - Grass Carp - Shorewood Private Pond Kittitas 08/17/05 08/31/05 FINAL 01 SEP 05 05085ADP Adoption of Environmental Assessment for Twin Lakes Allotment Management Plan (Grazing Lease 3600647) and for Lake Creek Wetland Restoration Spokane 08/15/05 NONE FINAL 15 AUG 05 05084 Wilson Creek Instream Habitat Improvement Kittitas 08/12/05 08/26/05 FINAL 29 AUG 05 05083 Morrow - Grass Carp - Private Pond Pierce 08/04/05 08/18/05 FINAL 19 AUG 05 05082 Langenbach - Grass Carp - (2) Ponds San Juan 07/29/05 08/15/05 FINAL 16 AUG 05 05081 Williams - Grass Carp - Private Pond Skagit 07/29/05 08/15/05 FINAL 16 AUG 05 05080 Skagit County Drainage & Irrigation Improvement District #22 Also see: - SEPA Environmental Checklist Skagit 08/05/05 08/19/05 FINAL 22 AUG 05 05079 Skagit County Drainage & Irrigation Improvement District #17 Also see: - SEPA Environmental Checklist Skagit 08/05/05 08/19/05 FINAL 22 AUG 05 05078WDL Tennant Lake Parking Lot (also see SEPA 05063) Whatcom 07/26/05 07/26/05 WITHDRAWN 05077 Stevenson - Grass Carp - Inspiration Lake Yakima 07/26/05 08/09/05 FINAL 10 AUG 05 05076 Thompson/Kellogg - Grass Carp - (2) Ponds Kittitas 07/26/05 08/09/05 FINAL 10 AUG 05 05075 Hamilton - Grass Carp - Private Pond Ferry 08/31/05 09/14/05 FINAL 15 SEP 05 05074 Aquatechnex - Grass Carp - Birch Bay Golf Course (5) Ponds Island 07/22/05 08/05/05 FINAL 08 AUG 05 05073 Thompson - Grass Carp - Private Pond Island 07/20/05 08/03/05 FINAL 04 AUG 05 05072 Footh - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond San Juan 07/20/05 08/03/05 FINAL 04 AUG 05 05071AD Lake and Stream Rehabilitation 2005-2006 Addendum Grant Okanogan 08/01/05 08/31/05 FINAL 01 SEP 05 05070AD Shainin - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond - Addendum Skagit 07/19/05 NONE FINAL 19 JUL 05 05069AD Lukehart - Grass Carp - Private Pond - Addendum Yakima 07/15/05 NONE FINAL 15 JUL 05 05068 Shooting Preserve - Little Canyon - ZMI Ranch Walla Walla 07/14/05 07/28/05 FINAL 29 JUL 05 05067 Shooting Preserve - Nester Farms Inc. Yakima 07/14/05 07/28/05 FINAL 29 JUL 05 05066 Tunk Creek Bridge Okanogan 07/14/05 07/28/05 FINAL 29 JUL 05 05065 Anderson - Grass Carp - (2) Ponds Kitsap 07/14/05 07/28/05 FINAL 29 JUL 05 05064 Cowiche Creek Fish Screening and Passage Project Yakima 07/07/05 07/21/05 FINAL 22 JUL 05 05063 Tennant Lake Parking Lot (also see SEPA 05078WDL) Whatcom 07/07/05 07/21/05 WITHDRAWN 05062AD Wild Turkey Management Plan - Addendum to EIS Game Mgmt. Plan 2002 Also see: - SEPA Environmental Checklist - Draft Washington State Management Plan for Wild Turkey (July 2005) - Final EIS - Game Management Plan (July 2003 - June 2009) Statewide 07/07/05 08/08/05 FINAL 09 AUG 05 05061 Braget Bridge Replacement Pierce 06/27/05 07/11/05 FINAL 12 JUL 05 05060 McDonald Road Dike Removal project Walla Walla 06/27/05 07/11/05 FINAL 12 JUL 05 05059 Sullivan Lake Tiger Trout Project Pend Oreille 06/20/05 07/04/05 FINAL 05 JUL 05 05058 Michael-Grasscarp-Phil Michael’s Pond Grant 06/20/05 07/04/05 FINAL 05 JUL 05 05057 Huckleberry Woods - Grasscarp - Sandy Lake Mason 06/20/05 07/04/05 FINAL 05 JUL 05 05056 Lukehart - GrassCarp - Private Pond Yakima 06/15/05 06/29/05 FINAL 30 JUN 05 05055ADP Adoption: Desert wildlife Area (TD-1) Frenchman Hills Ponds Wetland Restoration Grant 06/15/05 06/28/05 FINAL 29 JUN 05 05054 Beaver Dam Dispersal at Bellingham International Airiport Whatcom 06/14/05 06/28/05 FINAL 29 JUN 05 05053AD Clear lake Boat Ramp Extension - Addendum Spokane 06/13/05 NONE FINAL 13 JUN 05 05052AD Welch - Grasscarp - Unnamed Pond Addendum King 06/13/05 NONE FINAL 13 JUN 05 05051 Clear Lake Boat Ramp Extension Project Spokane 06/08/05 06/22/05 FINAL 23 JUN 05 05050 Williams Lake Boat Ramp Extension Project Spokane 06/08/05 06/22/05 FINAL 23 JUN 05 05049 Mission Ridge - Chair Lift Replacement and Snow Reservoir and Snowmaking Extension Kittitas Chelan 06/01/05 06/15/05 FINAL 16 JUN 05 05048 South Fork Cowiche Creek Instream Habitat Improvements - Cowiche Creek Yakima 05/23/05 06/06/05 FINAL 07 JUN 05 05047 Vorhees - Grasscarp - Unnamed Pond Kittitas 05/24/05 06/07/05 FINAL 08 JUN 05 05046 Lesh Ditch Gravity Screen and Barrier Removal - Ahtanum Creek Yakima 05/23/05 06/06/05 FINAL 07 JUN 05 05045 WDFW - Robinson Wildland Urban Interface Understory Thinning Project Kittitas 05/17/05 05/31/05 FINAL 01 JUN 05 05044 WDFW - Conners Lake Trails Okanogan 05/11/05 05/25/05 FINAL 26 MAY 05 05043 Jensen - Grasscarp - Jensen Pond San Juan 05/04/05 05/18/05 FINAL 19 MAY 05 05042 WDFW - Lake Scanewa Merwin Traps: Collection efficiency improvement research Lewis 05/04/05 05/18/05 FINAL 19 MAY 05 05041AD Drought related fish protection - Addendum Statewide 05/04/05 NONE FINAL 04 MAY 05 05040 Washington State Parks - Grasscarp - Battle Ground Lake Clark 05/03/05 05/17/05 FINAL 17 MAY 05 05039 Langsdorf Landing Access Ramp Upgrade Clark 04/25/05 05/09/05 FINAL 10 MAY 05 05038 Andrews - Grasscarp - Unnamed Pond Stevens 04/21/05 05/05/05 FINAL 06 MAY 05 05037 WDFW - Wells Wildlife Area Irrigation System Upgrade Douglas Okanogan 04/21/05 05/05/05 FINAL 06 MAY 05 05036 Weeks - Grasscarp - Private Pond Island 04/21/05 05/05/05 FINAL 06 MAY 05 05035 Gallagher Pond Clean-out Kitsap 04/21/05 05/05/05 FINAL 06 MAY 05 05034DSADPT Antimycin-A as a piscicide in WDFW Lake and Stream Rehabilitation Program: Use and Health Risks Also see: - Final Environmental Impact Statement - Lake and Stream Rehabilitation: Rotenone Use and Health Risks - Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences - Technical Appendix on Use of Piscicides - Environmental Checklist Statewide 04/20/05 05/20/05 FINAL 23 MAY 05 05033 WDFW - Klickitat Hatchery Transfer and Lyle Falls Use Agreement Klickitat 04/20/05 05/04/05 FINAL 23 MAY 05 05032 WDFW Sterile Tiger Muskie Effects on Eastern Brook Trout and Native Biota in Upper and Lower Anderson Lakes Research Project Lewis 03/28/05 04/11/05 FINAL 12 APR 05 05031 City of Rock Island - Grass Carp - Hammond Lake Douglas 03/22/05 04/05/05 FINAL 06 APR 05 05030 Tiger Muskie Research Project in Howard Creek Fire Pond Whatcom 03/22/05 04/05/05 FINAL 06 APR 05 05029ADP WDFW Adoption of FEIS - Puget Sound Chinook Harvest Resource Management Plan Also see: Final Environmental Impact Statement for Puget Sound Chinook Harvest Resource Management Plan Puget Sound 03/21/05 NONE FINAL 21 MAR 05 05028 Widman - Grass Carp - Widman Pond Spokane 03/16/05 03/30/05 FINAL 31 MAR 05 05027 Aquatechnex - Grass Carp - Loomis Trail Ponds Whatcom 03/14/05 03/28/05 FINAL 29 MAR 05 05026WDL WDFW Klickitat Hatchery Transfer Klickitat 03/09/05 03/09/05 WITHDRAWN 05025 Shooting Preserve and Game Farm Spokane 03/08/05 03/22/05 FINAL 23 MAR 05 05024AD Addendum - Sievert - Grass Carp - (2) Ponds Spokane 03/07/05 03/15/05 FINAL 16 MAR 05 05023 Mitch Perry Berry Farm and Stream Relocation Kittitas 03/07/05 03/21/05 FINAL 22 MAR 05 05022 Blaj - Grass Carp - 1914 Pond Clark 03/07/05 03/21/05 FINAL 22 MAR 05 05021 Sievert - Grass Carp - (2) Ponds Spokane 03/01/05 03/15/05 FINAL 16 MAR 05 05020 City of Rock Island - Grass Carp - Big Bow Lake Douglas 02/28/05 03/14/05 FINAL 15 MAR 05 05019 City of Rock Island - Grass Carp - Pit Lake Douglas 02/28/05 03/14/05 FINAL 15 MAR 05 05018 City of Rock Island - Grass Carp - Hideaway Lake Douglas 02/28/05 03/14/05 FINAL 15 MAR 05 05017 WDFW - Lick Creek Ford improvements Asotin 02/17/05 03/03/05 FINAL 04 MAR 05 05016 Voights Creek Hatchery Pollution Abatement Pond Pierce 02/11/05 02/25/05 FINAL 28 FEB 05 05015 Celestino - Grass Carp - Private Pond Cowlitz 02/14/05 02/28/05 FINAL 01 MAR 05 05014 WDFW - Stinson Flats Access Improvements Klickitat 02/03/05 02/17/05 FINAL 18 FEB 05 05013 WDFW - Whitman Lake Access Ramp Upgrade Pierce 01/31/05 02/14/05 FINAL 15 FEB 05 05012 Point Whitney-Removal of a section of unsafe pier Jefferson 01/25/05 02/09/05 FINAL 09 FEB 05 05011 WDFW - Lake Kapowsin Boat Ramp and Dock Project Pierce 01/24/05 02/07/05 FINAL 08 FEB 05 05010 Risser - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond San Juan 01/24/05 02/07/05 FINAL 08 FEB 05 05009AD Addendum - Cole - Grass Carp - Mollys Pond Whatcom 01/12/05 01/21/05 FINAL 24 JAN 05 05008 WDFW - Big Lake Access Improvements Skagit 01/12/05 01/26/05 FINAL 27 JAN 05 05007 Logan - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond Snohomish 01/19/05 02/02/05 FINAL 03 FEB 05 05006 Payne - Grass Carp - Little Pond Kittitas 01/19/05 02/02/05 FINAL 03 FEB 05 05005 Manchester Boat Launch - Port of Manchester Kitsap 02/09/05 02/23/05 FINAL 24 FEB 05 05004 Morris - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond Lewis 01/07/05 01/21/05 FINAL 24 JAN 05 05003 Cole - Grass Carp - Mollys Pond Whatcom 01/07/05 01/21/05 FINAL 24 JAN 05 05002 WDFW Gold Creek Diversion blockade Okanogan 01/07/05 01/21/05 FINAL 24 JAN 05 05001 WDFW Big Lake Access Improvements Pierce 01/12/05 none WITHDRAWN 12 JAN 05 04084 WDFW Klickitat Hatchery Transfer Klickitat 12/23/04 01/24/05 WITHDRAWN 2007 SEPA Document Archive 2006 SEPA Document Archive 2004 SEPA Document Archive 2003 SEPA Document Archive 2002 SEPA Document Archive 2001 SEPA Document Archive 1999-2000 SEPA Document Archive

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