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 SEPAdesk@dfw.wa.gov.

Download SEPA Checklists:

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

SEPA # Project County Signed Comment Deadline Status SEPA Documents 08085 Washburn - Grasscarp - Private Pond Pierce 11/14/08 11/28/08   Final SEPA Documents 08084 Thomas' Eddy Hand Launch Snohomish 11/13/08 -- FINAL 13 NOV 08 08083 Cameron - Grasscarp - Cameron Pond Clallam 11/04/08 11/18/08 FINAL 19 NOV 08 08082 Pogue Mountain Fire Salvage and Restoration Okanogan 10/31/08 11/17/08 FINAL 18 NOV 08 08081 Meadowsprings Country Club 16th and 18th Hole Renovation Benton 10/31/08 11/17/08 FINAL 18 NOV 08 08080 Eloika Lake Access Renovation Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (992 KB) - Site Plan - PDF Format (779 KB) Spokane 10/30/08 11/14/08 FINAL 14 NOV 08 08079 Newman Lake Access Renovation Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (1.13 MB) - Newman Lake drawing - PDF Format (1.40 MB) Spokane 10/21/08 11/04/08 FINAL 05 NOV 08 08078SEIS 2009-15 Game Management Plan Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) Also see: - SEIS cover letter - PDF Format (19.48 KB) - Fact Sheet - PDF Format (13.31 KB) Statewide 10/08/08 - - FINAL 07 OCT 08 08077 Cook - Grasscarp - Eastlake Pond Benton 10/07/08 10/21/08 FINAL 22 OCT 08 08075AD Oiled Bird Rehabilitation Rule Update Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (59 KB) - Amendatory Section - PDF Format (130 KB) Statewide 10/22/08 - - FINAL 22 OCT 08 08074 Spears Unit Berm Breach and Ditch Cleanout Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (263 KB) - JARPA - PDF Format (113 KB) Lewis 10/07/08 10/21/08 FINAL 22 OCT 08 08072 Routine Maintenance and Operations at Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Finfish Hatcheries and Rearing Ponds Statewide 09/25/08 10/09/08 FINAL 10 OCT 08 08070MDNS Harrison-Grasscarp-Hahn's Pond Kitsap 09/24/08 10/09/08 FINAL 10 OCT 08 08069 Burk Drainage Repair Kitsap 09/23/08 10/07/08 FINAL 07 OCT 08 08067 Cowiche Creek Coho Acclimation Site Yakima 09/18/08 10/02/08 FINAL 03 OCT 08 08065 Oakville Access Site Repair Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (390 KB) - Renovation site drawings - PDF Format (117 KB) Grays Harbor 09/02/08 09/16/08 FINAL 17 SEP 08 08064 Weatherly Elk Fence Extension Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (677 KB) Asotin 09/09/08 09/23/08 FINAL 25 SEP 08 08061 Northern Leopard Frog Habitat Enahancement Project Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (132 KB) - Wetland Delineation Report and Wetland Mitigation Plan - PDF Format (142 KB) - Vicinity map - PDF Format (602 KB) - JARPA - PDF Format (352 KB) - Appendix B - Routine On-site Wetland determination Data Sheets - PDF Format (11 MB) - Appendix C - Washington Wetland Rating Form for Eastern Washington - PDF Format (3.23 MB) Grant 09/02/08 09/16/08 FINAL 17 SEP 08 08063DNS Little Canyon Shooting Fairfield - Upland Game Hunting Lease Spokane 08/27/08 09/10/08 FINAL 11 SEP 08  08062DNS Little Canyon Shooting Latah - Upland Game Hunting Lease Spokane 08/27/08 09/10/08 FINAL 11 SEP 08 08060EA NEPA Programmatic Environmental Assessment-WDFW Statewide Lake and Stream Rehabilitation Program Annual Grants Funding Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (388.7 KB) Statewide 08/19/08 09/09/08 FINAL 10 SEP 08 08066 Nesbitt- Grasscarp- Private Pond Spokane 09/02/08 09/02/08 FINAL 02 SEP 08 08058MDNS Mings - Grasscarp - Private Pond Columbia 08/06/08 08/20/08 FINAL 21 AUG 08 08057 Drainage Maintenance Dredging at Tidegate complexes 25 and 35, Off-channel to Edison Slough Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (388.7 KB) Skagit 07/21/08 08/04/08 FINAL 05 AUG 08 08056 Yakima Canyon Access Site Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (388.7 KB) - Vicinity Map and Drawings - PDF Format (2.44 MB) Kittitas 07/17/08 08/01/08 FINAL 04 AUG 08 08055AD Mineral Prospecting Rule Addendum Statewide 07/16/08   FINAL 16 JUL 08 08054 Welch Creek Restoration Lincoln 07/16/08 07/30/08 FINAL 31 JUL 08 08053 Cournyer Landslide Debris Removal Lewis 07/16/08 07/30/08 FINAL 31 JUL 08 08052 Soleduck River Hatchery Intake Repair Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (373.3 KB) - Intake Repair Drawings - PDF Format (135.4 KB) Clallam 07/16/08 07/30/08 FINAL 31 JUL 08 08051 WDFW Wooten Wildlife Area Large Wood Stream Habitat Project Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (373.3 KB) Garfield Columbia 07/16/08 07/30/08 FINAL 31 JUL 08 08050 Freshwater Slough Levee Repair Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (2.16 MB) Skagit 07/15/08 08/29/08 FINAL 30 JUL 08 08049 Scoping Whiskey Dick / Quilomene Livestock Grazing Plan Also see: - CRM legal descriptions (MS Excel format) - Whiskey Dick / Quilomene proposed grazing area - PDF Format (540 KB) Kittitas 07/14/08 08/05/08 FINAL 06 AUG 08 08048 Jennings - Grasscarp - Private Pond Okanogan 07/09/08 07/23/08 FINAL 24 JUL 08 08047AD Lake and Stream Rehabilitation 2008 Addendum Also see: - SEPA Maps - PDF Format (2.19 MB) - Beda and Brookies Lakes - Lake Management Plans - PDF Format (32 KB) - Beda and Brookies Lakes - Pre-Rehabilitation Plan - PDF Format (37.3 KB) - Big Buck (Shaw) Lake - Lake Management Plan - PDF Format (32.3 KB) - Big Buck (Shaw) Lake - Pre-Rehabilitation Plan - PDF Format (32.3 KB) - Canal Chain - Seep Lakes Wildlife Area - Lake Management Plan - PDF Format (31.2 KB) - Canal Chain - Seep Lakes Wildlife Area - Pre-Rehabilitation Plan - PDF Format (43.8 KB) - Cee Cee Ah Creek - Stream Management Plan - PDF Format (30.2 KB) - Cee Cee Ah Creek - Pre-Rehabilitation Plan - PDF Format (18.1 KB) - Desert Lakes and Ponds - Lake Management Plan - PDF Format (34.6 KB) - Desert Lakes and Ponds - Pre-Rehabilitation Plan - PDF Format (48.1 KB) - Ellen Lake - Lake Management Plan - PDF Format (29.2 KB) - Ellen Lake - Pre-Rehabilitation Plan - PDF Format (18.1 KB) - Fourth of July Lake - Lake Management Plan - PDF Format (31.7 KB) - Fourth of July Lake - Pre-Rehabilitation Plan - PDF Format (20.6 KB) - Frater Lake - Lake Management Plan - PDF Format (29.5 KB) - Frater Lake - Pre-Rehabilitation Plan - PDF Format (18 KB) - Hatch Lake, Little Hatch Lake, Keogh Lake - Lake Management Plans - PDF Format (30 KB) - Hatch Lake, Little Hatch Lake, Keogh Lake - Pre-Rehabilitation Plan - PDF Format (20 KB) - North Potholes - Lake Management Plans - PDF Format (35.7 KB) - North Potholes - Pre-Rehabilitation Plan - PDF Format (20 KB) - North Potholes - Map - PDF Format (177.4 KB) - Starzman Lakes - Lake Management Plan - PDF Format (32.5 KB) - Starzman Lakes - Pre-Rehabilitation Plan - PDF Format (21.7 KB) - Williams Lake - Lake Management Plan - PDF Format (29.6 KB) - Williams Lake - Pre-Rehabilitation Plan - PDF Format (18.1 KB) - Worth Lake - Lake Management Plan - PDF Format (33.1 KB) - Worth Lake - Pre-Rehabilitation Plan - PDF Format (33.1 KB) Adams, Ferry, Franklin, Grant, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Stevens 07/18/08 08/18/08 FINAL 19 AUG 08 08046 Mineral Prospecting Rules Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (45 KB) - Supplemental Sheet for Nonproject Actions - PDF Format (15 KB) - Amendatory Section - WAC 220-110-206 - PDF Format (384 KB) - Amendatory Section - WAC 220-110-020 - PDF Format (1.76 MB) Statewide 06/27/08 Extended to 07/31/08 See: SEPA 08055AD FINAL 12 AUG 08 08045 Mineral Prospecting Rule Withdrawn Statewide 01/07/07   WITHDRAWN 24 JUN 08 08044 Skagit County Drainage and Irrigation District #19 Drainage Maintenance Agreement and Drainage Maintenance Plan Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (60 KB) - JARPA - PDF Format (69 KB) - Drainage Maintenance Agreement - PDF Format (60 KB) - Drainage Maintenance Plan - PDF Format (175 KB) - Drainage Maintenance Plan - Artificial Watercourses - PDF Format (23 KB) - Drainage Maintenance Plan - Managed Watercourse with Headwaters - PDF Format (36 KB) - Drainage Maintenance Plan - Managed Watercourse without Headwaters - PDF Format (22 KB) - Figure 1 - PDF Format (329 KB) - Figure 2 - PDF Format (4.33 MB) - Figure 3 - PDF Format (2.14 MB) - Figure 3a - PDF Format (969 KB) - Figure 4 - PDF Format (4.27 MB) - Figure 5 - PDF Format (139 KB) - Figure 6 - PDF Format (576 KB) - Figure 7 - PDF Format (496 KB) Skagit 06/23/08 07/07/08 FINAL 08 JUL 08 08043 Naches Off Channel Habitat Restoration Yakima 06/25/08 07/09/08 FINAL 10 JUL 08 08042 Riparian and Wetland Habitat Improvement Project - Wapato Dam Access Site Also see: - SEPA Checklist - PDF Format (1.55 MB) Yakima 06/19/08 07/03/08 FINAL 07 JUL 08 08041 Fisher Slough Floodgates Replacement Project Also see: - SEPA Checklist - PDF Format (873 KB) Skagit 06/26/08 07/10/08 FINAL 11 JUL 08 08039 Fines Fish Passage, Screening and Water Metering Project Yakima 06/04/08 06/18/08 FINAL 19 JUN 08 08037 Nemah Hatchery Collection Rack Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (544 KB) - Nemah Hatchery Plans - PDF Format (171 KB) Pacific 06/03/08 06/17/08 FINAL 18 JUN 08 08036 Skagit Delta Tidegates and Fish Initiative Implementation Agreement Also see: - SEPA Checklist - PDF Format (2.5 MB) - Implementation Agreement - PDF Format (6 MB) Skagit 06/04/08 06/28/08 FINAL 29 JUN 08 08035 Grays River Intake Repair and Maintenance Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (536 KB) - Photo - Grays River Intake Repair - PDF Format (4.16 MB) Pacific 05/22/08 06/05/08 FINAL 10 JUN 08 08034 WDFW Conservation and Recovery Plan for Rockfish in Puget Sound San Juan, Skagit, Island, Snohomish, King, Pierce, Thurston, Kitsap, Mason, Clallam, Jefferson 05/28/08 06/18/08 FINAL 19 JUN 08 08033 Coal Creek Slough Restoration Project Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (3.1 MB) Asotin 05/22/08 06/05/08 FINAL 06 JUN 08 08032 Sediment Basin Semper - Davis Garfield 05/22/08 06/05/08 FINAL 06 JUN 08 08031 White Horse Golf Club - Grasscarp - Irrigation Pond Kitsap 06/04/08 06/18/08 FINAL 19 JUN 08 08030 Blue Mountain Elk Fence, School Fire Reconstruction Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (653 KB) Garfield 05/08/08 05/22/08 FINAL 23 MAY 08 08029 Rockpile Creek Fire Barb Wire Fence Reconstruction Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (698 KB) Asotin 05/08/08 05/22/08 FINAL 23 MAY 08 08028 Haenel - Grasscarp - Private Pond San Juan 05/06/08 05/20/08 FINAL 21 MAY 08 08027 Mattoon and Fio Rito Lake Integrated Vegetation Management Also see: - Environmental Checklist - Mattoon - PDF Format (57 KB) - Environmental Checklist - Fio Rito - PDF Format (57 KB) - PolarisTM AQ Herbicide label - PDF Format (102 KB) - Material Safety Data Sheet PolarisTM AQ - PDF Format (86 KB) - Aqua Neat® label - PDF Format (148 KB) Kittitas 05/06/08 05/20/08 FINAL 21 MAY 08 08026 Olympic / Willapa Hills Wildlife Area Salvage and Thinning Project Also see: - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (252 KB) - Federally listed, proposed or candidate species - PDF Format (25 KB) - Olympic Units - PDF Format (36 KB) - Forest Practict Activity Map - Johns River Units 1-5 - PDF Format (960 KB) - Forest Practict Activity Map - Johns River Unit 6 - PDF Format (1.2 MB) - Forest Practict Activity Map - Olympic Units 1-9 - PDF Format (700 KB) - Forest Practict Activity Map - Olympic Units 10-11 - PDF Format (748 KB) Grays Harbor 05/06/08 05/20/08 FINAL 21 MAY 08 08025AD Addendum - Bear Creek Country Club - Grasscarp - Four Ponds King 04/21/08 04/21/08 FINAL 21 APR 08 08024 Members Club at Aldarra - Grasscarp - Irrigation Pond King 05/01/08 05/15/08 FINAL 16 MAY 08 08023 Glenhaven Lakes Club - Grasscarp - Private Lake Whatcom 04/21/08 05/05/08 FINAL 06 MAY 08 08022 Shelton - Grasscarp - Private Pond Snohomish 05/22/08 06/05/08 FINAL 06 JUN 08 08021 Tacoma Country and Golf Club - Grasscarp - Private Pond Pierce 04/17/08 05/01/08 FINAL 02 MAY 08 08020 Howe Gregory - Grasscarp - Private Pond San Juan 04/17/08 05/01/08 FINAL 02 MAY 08 08019 2009-15 Game Management Plan Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) Also see: - DSEIS - 2009-2015 Game Management Plan Development Statewide 04/28/08 05/30/08 FINAL 02 JUN 08 08018 Notice of Action - Reducing the Impact on At-Risk Salmon and Steelhead by California Sea Lions in the Area Downstream of Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, Oregon and Washington Skamania 04/15/08 05/14/08 FINAL 15 MAY 08 08017 Birch Bay Village - Grasscarp - Thunder Bird Kwann Whatcom 03/28/08 04/11/08 FINAL 14 APR 08 08016 Paquette/Ellis - Grasscarp - Private Pond San Juan 03/28/08 04/11/08 FINAL 14 APR 08 08015 Roessel - Grasscarp - Private Pond Whatcom 03/28/08 04/11/08 FINAL 14 APR 08 08014 Bear Creek Beaver Dam Removal King 03/27/08 04/11/08 FINAL 14 APR 08 08013 U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Program Statewide 03/27/08 04/10/08 FINAL 16 JUN 08 08012 Reducing the Impact of At-risk Salmon and Steelhead by California Sea Lions in the Area Downstream of Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River, Oregon and Washington Also see: - Enviromental checklist - PDF Format (2.20 MB) - Environmental Assessment - PDF Format (1.09 MB) - NMFS Finding of No Significant Impact - PDF Format (207.47 KB) Skamania 03/21/08 04/04/08 FINAL 10 APR 08 08011 Sherman Creek 5-Year Habitat Improvement Project Also see: - Finding of No Significant Impact - PDF Format (243 KB) - Environmental Assessment - PDF Format (516 KB) - Enviromental checklist - PDF Format (768 KB) - USFWS Notification Letter - PDF Format (79 KB) Yakima Kittitas Ferry Stevens 03/28/08 SEPA due 04/11/08 NEPA due 04/28/08 SEPA FINAL 14 APR 08 NEPA FINAL 29 APR 08 08010 Whiskey Dick Grazing Permit - Withdrawal Kittitas 03/05/08 03/05/08 WITHDRAWN 05 MAR 08 07035 Whiskey Dick Grazing Permit Also see: - Enviromental checklist - PDF Format (75 KB) - Livestock Grazing Plan - PDF Format (907 KB) - Permit area map - PDF Format (773 KB) Kittitas 04/30/07 05/29/07 WITHDRAWN 05 MAR 08 08009 Lewis Street Access Also see: - Enviromental checklist - PDF Format (1.17 MB) - Site maps - PDF Format (404.42 KB) Snohomish 02/22/08 03/07/08 FINAL 10 MAR 08 08008 Moran - Grasscarp - Private pond Clark 02/22/08 03/07/08 FINAL 10 MAR 08 08007EIS Final EIS Statewide Steelhead Management Plan Also see: - Cover Letter, Final EIS & SSMP - PDF Format (13.14 MB) Statewide 02/29/08 02/29/08 FINAL 29 FEB 08 08006 Statewide Fish Retention Screen Maintenance Also see: - Enviromental checklist - PDF Format (448.74 KB) Statewide 02/01/08 02/15/08 FINAL 18 FEB 08 08005 Leque Island Setback Levee - Estuary Restoration Also see: - Enviromental checklist - PDF Format (71.93 KB) - Vicinity map - PDF Format (1.58 MB) - Programmatic Biological Assessment Consistency Form for USFWS Restoration Activities - PDF Format (2.19 MB) - Programmatic Biological Assessment Consistency Form (cont.) - PDF Format (1.78 MB) Snohomish 01/31/08 02/14/08 FINAL 15 FEB 08 08004 Taneum Creek Large Woody Debris (LWD) Recruitment Project - Phase One Kittitas 01/30/08 02/13/08 FINAL 14 FEB 08 08003 Bush Point Access Site: Transfer of Onwership to Port of South Whidbey Also see: - Enviromental checklist - PDF Format (1.17 MB) Island 01/29/08 02/12/08 FINAL 13 FEB 08 08002 Skagit Delta Tidegates and Fish Initiative Implementation Agreement Also see: - Enviromental checklist - PDF Format (1.82 MB) - Skagit Delta Tidegates and Fish Initiative Implementation Agreement - Working Draft - PDF Format (7.81 MB) Skagit Snohomish 01/29/08 02/12/08 FINAL 13 FEB 08 08001 Tibbitts - Grasscarp - Private Pond Pierce 01/11/08 01/25/08 FINAL 28 JAN 08 2007 SEPA Document Archive 2006 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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