Pend Oreille County SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM

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Pend Oreille CountySHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM
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GLOSSARY

• OHWL ORDINARY HIGH WATERLINE
• HPA HYDRAULIC PERMIT APPROVAL
• RGP4 REGIONAL GENERAL PERMIT4 (ISSUED BY THE
  COE CROPS
• OF ENGINEERS)
• CRS CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY
• WDFW WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
• DNS DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE
• MDNS MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NON-
  SIGNIFICANCE
• CO CORPS OF ENGINEERS
• SSDP SUBSTANTIAL SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT

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Shorelines of Statewide Significance

• Rivers and Streams with flows over 20 cubic feet
  per second
• Lakes 20 acres or more in size
• All other streams and water bodies including
  wetlands and seasonally flooded areas are
  considered critical areas

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SHORELINE MASTER PROGRAM GOALS

• PRESERVE
• EDUCATE
• PROTECT
• UTILIZE
• RESTORE

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Updating Steps

• - Develop a plan to involve the public
• - Inventory existing shoreline vegetation, uses,
  erosion, ownerships, etc.
• - Identification and prioritization of key
  shoreline management issues
• - Articulation of new goals and policies
• - Preparation of revised regulations and
• - Adoption of new shoreline maps and regs
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• EXISTING SHORELINE DESIGNATIONS
• URBAN High Intensity Use, Residential,
  Subdivisions, Commercial, Industrial
• RURAL Residential, Farming
• CONSERVANCY- Protect natural resources while
  allowing resource utilization
• NATURAL Preserve and restore natural functions
  w/o human influence

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• REGULATIONS
• AND
• PERMITTING

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Project must be within 200 feet of Shoreline of
statewide significance
Is project over 5000
NO
YES
Shoreline Substantial Development Permit Required
Shoreline Exemption Required
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Is project below Ordinary High Water Line (OHWL)
YES
NO
Hydraulic Project Approval Permit Required From
WDFW Meet Integrated Stream bank Protection
Manual Red's
No HPA Required
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Is Project on River?
No Corp permit Required!!!
YES
No
Tribal CRS
Does project meet Requirements for RGP4?
YES
NO
Complete Section 404 and/or Section 10 permit
Complete RGP4 form for COE
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CORP RGP4 Preapproved Projects

• Piling and anchors for residential docks
• Small piers for residential use
• Docks and access ramps 320 sq. ft.
• Work windows within 2 1/2 miles Bald Eagles
• Woody debris placing and associated shoreline
  work provided HPA issued
• Bank stabilization 250 maximum length
• 1/2 Cu. Yd. per ft. max

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Tribal Cultural Resource Study Tribe researches
records and Ground Truths Project site
No artifacts found continue permitting process
Artifacts found or records indicate possible
buried artifact site. Tribe imposes conditions
or find new site.
Accept conditions or redesign project and start
over
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PUD FERCRelicensing Requirements
All projects within the Box Canyon Dam Project
Area require a concurrence review by the PUD

• Primarily concerns structures and marinas
• PUD Pool Elev. 2031
• 100 Year Flood Elev. 2054
• Cusick Gage

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• SHORELINE EXEMPTION PERMIT

Does project meet SMP and RGP4 requirements?
Yes
No
No
Redesign project
Is work required below OHWL?
Yes
HPA from WDFW Required
CORP of County Shoreline Exemption Permit
Required Engineers RGP4 Permit Required
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• Shoreline Substantial Development Permit

Does Project meet SMP requirements
No
Yes
No
Redesign Project
Does Project meet HPA, RGP4, Tribal CRS
requirements?
Yes
Issue Notice of Application and Anticipated SEPA
determination
15 day response
Issue SEPA Determination based on responses DNS,
MDNS, DS
15 day response
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Issue Staff Report based on comments and current
regulations
Deny Permit
Public Hearing on Proposal
Continued
Minor revs
Planning Commission Approve SSDP Permit
Ecology starts 21 day appeal clock from date of
receipt of SSDP
No Appeal Ecology signs County SSDP
Appealed!!! Start over
SSDP- Shoreline Substantial Development
Permit HPA- Hydraulic Project Approval RGP4-
Regional General Permit NPDES Baseline General
Discharge Permit
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Timeline Work Windows

• River generally July 1Sept 31
• River rises 3rd week in October (notification in
  Sept. from COE)
• Lakes generally July 1August 30

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SHORELINE ISSUES CONTACTS

• PEND OREILLE COUNTY
• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
• MIKE LITHGOW
• 625 W. STREET, P.O. BOX 5066
• NEWPORT, WA. 99156
• [phone]
• CELL [phone]
• FAX [phone]
• JEFF LAWLOR
• DEPT. OF FISH AND WILDLIFE (HABITAT BIOLOGIST)
• 2315 NORTH DISCOVERY PLACE
• SPOKANE VALLEY, WA. 99216
• [phone] EXT.321
• MIKE MAHER
• DEPT OF ECOLOGY (PERMIT COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR)
• 4601 N. MONROE ST.
• SPOKANE, WA 99205