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 are being sent out for review. By each document will be 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 habitatSEPA@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 2006 Click here for current SEPA Documents SEPA # Project County Signed Comment Deadline Status 06087 Paterson - Columbia River Boat Access Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (40 KB) - 07011 REVISED - Paterson - Columbia River Boat Access Benton 12/26/06 01/23/07 REVISED FINAL 09 JAN 07 06086 Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Statewide Steelhead Management Plan Statewide 12/22/06 01/15/07 FINAL 16 JAN 07 06085AD Addendum - Fry Cove bulkhead replacement Skagit 12/20/06 NONE FINAL 20 DEC 06 06084 Pott Diversion Barrier Removal - fish passage project on Currier Creek Kittitas 12/12/06 12/27/06 FINAL 27 DEC 06 06083 Frye Cove bulkhead replacement Thurston 12/06/06 12/20/06 FINAL 21 DEC 06 06082 Annual maintenance dredging of oil and woodchip berthing areas and water inlet structure Cowlitz 12/18/06 01/23/07 FINAL 04 JAN 07 06081AD Addendum - Remodel and minor alterations related to mitigation activities for pier at Lake McMurray (06-073) Skagit 11/29/06 12/13/06 FINAL 04 DEC 06 06080 Aqua Technex - Grasscarp - Lake Loreen King 11/29/06 12/13/06 FINAL 13 DEC 06 06079 Silver Lake Boat Launch Renovation Spokane 11/28/06 12/12/06 FINAL 13 DEC 06 06078 Sequim Prairie Screening Facility Rehabilitation Clallam 11/28/06 12/12/06 FINAL 13 DEC 06 06077 Munn Farms - Grasscarp - Private Farm Pond Benton 11/16/06 11/30/06 FINAL 06 DEC 06 06076 Bisbee Mountain Fire Salvage Ferry 11/14/06 11/28/06 FINAL 29 NOV 06 06075 Kline - Grasscarp - Goodfellow Pond Pacific 11/13/06 11/27/06 FINAL 28 NOV 06 06074 DeLipski - Grasscarp - No Named Pond Clark 11/01/06 11/15/06 FINAL 16 NOV 06 06073 Remodel and Minor alterations related to mitigation for pier at Lake McMurray Skagit 10/23/06 11/07/06 FINAL 08 NOV 06 06072 Lake Aberdeen Hatchery Vehicle Bridge Repair Grays Harbor 10/20/06 11/03/06 FINAL 06 NOV 06 06071 Roza Adult Trap Sediment Cleaning Kittitas 10/16/06 10/30/06 FINAL 31 OCT 06 06070 Misty Isle Farms - Grasscarp - Private Pond Yakima 10/16/06 10/30/06 FINAL 31 OCT 06 06069 South Fork Cowiche Creek Fish Passage Project (Upper Lust) Yakima 10/03/06 10/23/06 FINAL 24 OCT 06 06068 McGill - Grasscarp - Private Pond Lewis 10/03/06 10/17/06 FINAL 18 OCT 06 06067 City of LaCenter - Grasscarp - Two Ponds Clark 10/03/06 10/17/06 FINAL 18 OCT 06 06066 Parke Creek Irrigation Diversion - Modification Project Kittitas 09/20/06 10/04/06 FINAL 05 OCT 06 06065 Dunham - Grasscarp - Private Pond Walla Walla 09/18/06 10/02/06 FINAL 03 OCT 06 06064 Jameson- Grasscarp- Private Pond Spokane 09/11/06 09/25/06 FINAL 26 SEP 06 06063 North Fork Ahtanum Creek Fish Passage and Protection Project: Diversion 31 Fish Screen Yakima 09/08/06 09/22/06 FINAL 25 SEP 06 06062 Beebe Springs Natural Area Development- Phase I Chelan 09/08/06 09/22/06 FINAL 25 SEP 06 06061 Naselle River Rack Installation and Removal Pacific 09/06/06 09/20/06 FINAL 21 SEP 06 06060 Levorsen- Grasscarp- Levorsen Wildlife Pond Whatcom 09/06/06 09/20/06 FINAL 21 SEP 06 06059 Norstadt-Grasscarp-Private Pond Whatcom 09/06/06 09/20/06 FINAL 21 SEP 06 06058 Canyon Creek Bridge Clallam 08/31/06 09/14/06 FINAL 15 SEP 06 06057AD Expanded comment period for Statewide Steelhead Resource Management Plan Also see: - SEPA 06054DS - REVISED: Scoping - WDFW Statewide Steelhead Resource Management Plan (RMP) with current focus on Puget Sound Statewide 08/28/06 09/26/06 FINAL 27 SEP 06 06056 Wallitner - Grasscarp - Private Pond Mason 08/23/06 09/06/06 FINAL 07 SEP 06   06055 Tomsha Fisheries Enhancement Project Stevens 08/18/06 09/01/06 FINAL 04 SEP 06 06054DS Scoping - WDFW Statewide Steelhead Resource Management Plan (RMP) with current focus on Puget Sound Statewide 08/22/06 09/26/06 FINAL 27 SEP 06 06053 McEvoy Creek Restoration Walla Walla 08/16/06 08/30/06 FINAL 31 AUG 06 06052WDL WDFW Muskellunge Broodstock Development to maintain the current Tiger Muskie Program Spokane Grant 08/15/06 NONE WITHDRAWL 08/15/06 06051AD WDFW Lake and Stream Rehabilitation 2006-07 Blue Lake: - Management Plan - Pre Rehabilitation Plan Long Lake: - Management Plan - Pre Rehabilitation Plan McDowell Lake: - Management Plan - Pre Rehabilitation Plan North Potholes/Westlake Ponds: - Management Plan - Pre Rehabilitation Plan Park Lake - Management Plan - Pre Rehabilitation Plan Pearrygin Lake: - Management Plan - Pre Rehabilitation Plan Warden, South Warden, and Annex (Index) Lakes: - Management Plan - Pre Rehabilitation Plan Okanogan, Grant, Stevens 08/01/06 08/31/06 FINAL 01 SEP 06 06050 Brock - Grass carp - 2 Ponds Whatcom 08/31/06 09/14/06 FINAL 15 SEP 06 06049AD WDFW Muskellunge Broodstock Development to maintain the current Tiger Muskie Program Spokane Grant 07/20/06 08/14/06 WITHDRAWL 08/15/06 06048AD WDFW Muskellunge Broodstock Development to maintain the current Tiger Muskie Program Spokane Grant 07/20/06 08/03/06 WITHDRAWL 08/15/06 06047 WDFW Muskellunge Broodstock Development to maintain the current Tiger Muskie Program Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (40 KB) - Proposal to Develop Muskellunge Broodstock To Maintain Current Tiger Muskie Program In Washington - PDF Format (28 KB) Spokane Grant 07/20/06 08/03/06 WITHDRAWL 08/15/06 06046 Ross Upper Chimacum Creek Habitat Improvement Jefferson 07/14/06 7/28/06 FINAL 31 JUL 06 06045 Maxwell/Williams North Fork Touchet LWD Project Columbia 07/13/06 7/27/06 FINAL 28 JUL 06 06044 Powerline Channel Repair Skagit 07/12/06 7/26/06 FINAL 27 JUL 06 06043 Park Slough Channel Repair Skagit 07/12/06 7/26/06 FINAL 27 JUL 06 06042 Gryphon Shooting Preserve Lewis 07/10/06 7/24/06 FINAL 25 JUL 06 06041 South Fork Chinook Supplementation Weir Whatcom 07/03/06 7/17/06 FINAL 18 JUL 06 06040 Sassenfeld - Grass Carp - Pond #1 and #2 Kitsap 06/16/06 06/30/06 FINAL 03 JUL 06 06039 Dupont Golf Course Irrigation Ponds #07 and #14 Pierce 06/15/06 06/29/06 FINAL 29 JUN 06 06038 Lost Lake Creek Beaverworks Control Project Snohomish 06/15/06 06/29/06 FINAL 29 JUN 06 06037 WDFW SE Washington District 3 Beaver Dam Modification or Removal Asotin, Garfield, Columbia, Walla Walla 06/09/06 06/23/06 FINAL 26 JUN 06 06036 WDFW SE Washington District 3 Recreational Dam Modification or Removal Asotin, Garfield, Columbia, Walla Walla 06/07/06 06/21/06 FINAL 22 JUN 06 06035 Study of the Effects of Mineral Prospecting Dredging on Freshwater Mussels in the Similkameen River and Palmer Creek Okanogan 06/01/06 06/15/06 FINAL 16 JUN 06 06033 WDFW Tennant Lake Parking Lot Whatcom 05/22/06 06/05/06 FINAL 06 JUN 06 06032 Skagit County Drainage Improvement District 14 Also see: - Drainage and Irrigation District 14 Agreement - PDF Format (65.3 KB) - Addendum A-1, Drainage Maintenance Plan - BMP's - PDF Format (18.9 KB) - Addendum A-2, Drainage Maintenance Plan - HPA Provisions, Managed Watercourse Without Headwaters - PDF Format (18.4 KB) - Addendum A-3, Drainage Maintenance Plan - HPA Provisions, Managed Watercourse With Headwaters - PDF Format (31.4 KB) - Addendum B, Drainage Maintenance Plan - PDF Format (166.9 KB) - Addendum E, JARPA - PDF Format (68.3 KB) - Addendum F, Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (57.5 KB) - Thomas Creek Bed Profile Survey - PDF Format (2.6 MB) - Figure 1 - Vicinity Map - PDF Format (187 KB) - Figure 2 - Watercourse Classifications and Drainage Infrastructure - PDF Format (7.6 MB) - Figure 3 - Historic channels - PDF Format (1.7 MB) - Figure 4 - Fish Use - PDF Format (11.9 MB) - Figure 4A - Thomas Creek, Wollard Creek, Joe Leary Slough and Samish River Watershed Fish Data - PDF Format (167.7 KB) - Figure 6 - Stream reaches - PDF Format (11.3 MB) - Figure 7 - Drainage and Habitat Improvements - PDF Format (11.4 MB) Skagit 05/19/06 06/02/06 FINAL 05 JUN 06 06031 Milltown Restoration Project Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (1.1 MB) - Biological Assessment - PDF Format (5.15 MB) Skagit 04/28/06 05/11/06 FINAL 12 MAY 06 06030 Red Salmon Slough and Nisqually Estuary Restoration Pierce 05/02/06 05/16/06 FINAL 17 MAY 06 06029 Hintz-White Sturgeon-Private Pond Grant 04/27/06 05/11/06 FINAL 12 MAY 06 06028AD Skagit County Dike and Drainage District #25 Addendum (formerly Skagit County Drainage and Irrigation District #25 - #06025) Spokane 04/18/06 NONE FINAL 18 APR 06 06027AD Woodlock Pond Association - Grasscarp - Woodlock Pond Spokane 04/14/06 NONE FINAL 14 APR 06 06026 Tri County Farming - Grass carp - Tri County Pond Lincoln 04/04/06 04/18/06 FINAL 19 APR 06 06025 Skagit County Drainage & Irrigation District 25 Drainage Maintenance Agreement and Drainage Maintenance Plan Also see: - Drainage and Irrigation District 25 Agreement - PDF Format (65.2 KB) - Addendum A-1, Drainage Maintenance Plan - BMP's - PDF Format (18.9 KB) - Addendum A-2, Drainage Maintenance Plan - HPA Provisions - PDF Format (18.4 KB) - Addendum B, Drainage Maintenance Plan - PDF Format (72.7 KB) - Addendum D, WDFW Emergency Approval Contact Protocols - PDF Format (8.3 KB) - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (56.2 KB) - Figure 1 - Vicinity map - PDF Format (198 KB) - Figure 2 - Watercourse classifications and drainage infrastructure - PDF Format (7.2 MB) - Figure 3 - Historic channels - PDF Format (1.3 MB) - Figure 4 - Floodway - PDF Format (6.9 MB) - Figure 5 - Samish River Watershed Fish Data - PDF Format (358 KB) - Figure 6 - Fish use - PDF Format (7.8 MB) - Figure 7 - CREP Riparian Enhancement Projects - PDF Format (7.2 MB) Skagit 04/04/06 04/18/06 FINAL 19 APR 06 06024 Fox Island Net Pens Pierce 04/03/06 04/17/06 FINAL 18 APR 06 06023 Burlington Shooting Preserve Stevens 03/31/06 04/14/06 FINAL 17 APR 06 06022WDL Higham - Grasscarp - No Name Lake (Withdrawl of 06014MDNS) Pierce 03/06/06 NONE FINAL 22 MAR 06 06021 Trihey - Grasscarp - Ponds 1, 2 & 3 Grant 03/22/06 04/03/06 FINAL 04 APR 06 06020WDL Klickitat Hatchery Transfer and Lyle Falls Use Agreement (05-033dns) Klickitat 03/06/06 NONE FINAL 06 MAR 06 06019 Skoog - Grasscarp - Hilltop Lake Snohomish 03/06/06 03/20/06 FINAL 21 MAR 06 06018 Skagit County Drainage & Irrigation District 18 Drainage Maintenance Agreement and Drainage Maintenance Plan Also see: - Drainage Maintenance Agreement - PDF Format (66.8 KB) - Addendum A-1, Drainage Maintenance Plan - BMP's - PDF Format (18.9 KB) - Addendum A-2, Drainage Maintenance Plan - HPA Provisions - PDF Format (18.4 KB) - Addendum B, Drainage Maintenance Plan - PDF Format (44.1 KB) - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (56.5 KB) - District 18, Figure 1 - Vicinity map - PDF Format (141 KB) - District 18, Figure 2 - Watercourse classifications and drainage infrastructure - PDF Format (3.22 MB) - District 18, Figure 3 - Historic channels - PDF Format (255 KB) - District 18, Figure 3a - Historic channels (T-Sheet) - PDF Format (698 KB) - District 18, Figure 4 - Fish use - PDF Format (875 KB) Skagit 03/07/06 03/21/06 FINAL 22 MAR 06 06017 Skagit County Drainage & Irrigation District 5 Drainage Maintenance Agreement and Drainage Maintenance Plan Also see: - Drainage Maintenance Agreement - PDF Format (65.2 KB) - Addendum A-1, Drainage Maintenance Plan - BMP's - PDF Format (18.9 KB) - Addendum A-2, Drainage Maintenance Plan - HPA Provisions - PDF Format (18.4 KB) - Addendum B, Drainage Maintenance Plan - PDF Format (43.5 KB) - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (56.7 KB) - District 5, Figure 1 - Vicinity map - PDF Format (141 KB) - District 5, Figure 2 - Watercourse classifications and drainage infrastructure - PDF Format (1.25 MB) - District 5, Figure 3 - Historic channels - PDF Format (295 KB) - District 5, Figure 3a - Historic channels (T-Sheet) - PDF Format (704 KB) - District 5, Figure 4 - Fish use - PDF Format (1.20 MB) Skagit 03/07/06 03/21/06 FINAL 22 MAR 06 06016MDNS Marcel - Grasscarp - Lake Marcel King 03/06/06 03/20/06 FINAL 21 MAR 06 06015MDNS Broho Park Watershi - Grasscarp - Broho Lake Pierce 03/06/06 03/20/06 FINAL 21 MAR 06 06014MDNS Higham - Grasscarp - No Name Lake Pierce 03/06/06 NONE WITHDRAWN 22 MAR 06 06013 Worthington - Grasscarp - Private Lake Whatcom 02/15/06 03/01/06 FINAL 02 MAR 06 06012AD Charley Creek Fuels Reduction Burn Addendum Asotin Garfield 02/13/06 NONE FINAL 13 FEB 06 06011 Touchet River Consolidation and Fishway Project Also see: - SEPA Environmental Checklist - Touchet River Consolidation and Fishway Project Description - Biological Assessment of the Effects on Endangered, Threatened, or Proposed Wildlife, Fish and Plan Species for the Touchet River Consolidation Project - USFWS and WDFW - March 2006 Walla Walla 02/09/06 02/23/06 FINAL 24 FEB 06 06010AD Scatter Creek Wildlife Area Douglas Fir Saw Topping - Addendum Thurston 02/08/06 NONE FINAL 08 FEB 06 06009 Peers Culvert and Ditch Project Clallam 02/07/06 02/21/06 FINAL 22 FEB 06 06008 Sinlahekin Maintenance & Improvement Project Okanogan 02/08/06 02/22/06 FINAL 23 FEB 06 06007 Scatter Creek Wildlife Area, Douglas Fir Saw Topping Project Thurston 02/06/06 02/20/06 FINAL 21 FEB 06 06006 Skookumchuck Hatchery Renovation Thurston 01/30/06 02/13/06 FINAL 14 FEB 06 06005 Charley Creek Fuels Reduction Burn Asotin Garfield 01/20/06 02/03/06 FINAL 13 FEB 06 06004 Baker - Grass Carp - Backyard Pond King 01/20/06 02/03/06 FINAL 06 FEB 06 06003 TCP Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club - Grass Carp - Ponds #7, #8, #9, #17 King 01/12/06 01/26/06 FINAL 27 JAN 06 06002 Malmquist - Grass Carp - Private Pond Whatcom 01/12/06 01/26/06 FINAL 25 JAN 06 06001 Crab Creek Shooting Preserve and Game Farm Lincoln 01/10/06 01/24/06 FINAL 25 JAN 06 2007 SEPA Document Archive 2005 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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