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 2004 Click here for current SEPA Documents SEPA # Project County Signed Comment Deadline Status 04089 Cedarcrest - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond Snohomish 12/10/04 12/24/04 FINAL 27 DEC 04 04088 Woodfield - Grass Carp - Unnamed Ponds Spokane 12/08/04 12/22/04 FINAL 23 DEC 04 04087 Channel Change of unnamed tributary to Lyle Creek Kittitas 12/06/04 12/20/04 FINAL 21 DEC 04 04086 Wapato Dam Flood Control Measures Project Yakima 12/02/04 12/16/04 FINAL 17 DEC 04 04085 WDFW Surplus Property (adjoining) Goldendale Hatchery Klickitat 11/17/04 12/01/04 FINAL 02 DEC 04 04084 WDFW Klickitat Hatchery Transfer Klickitat 12/23/04 03/09/05 WITHDRAWN 04083MDNS WDFW - Deschutes Watershed Center - Deschutes Watershed Also see: - Deschutes Watershed Center - Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (40.2KB) Thurston 11/15/04 12/15/04 FINAL 16 DEC 04 04082 WDFW Pt. Whitney Boat Ramp Upgrade Jefferson 10/19/04 11/02/04 FINAL 03 NOV 04 04081 Big Spray L.L.C. - Grass Carp - Big Spray Lake Yakima 10/19/04 11/02/04 FINAL 03 NOV 04 04080AD Addendum - Snow - Grass Carp - Private Pond King 10/19/04 None FINAL 19 OCT 04 04079AD Addendum to Routine Maintenance and Minor Repair Activities at WDFW Agency Dams Statewide 10/15/04 None FINAL 15 OCT 04 04078 Otter Creek Restoration Pend Oreille 10/06/04 10/20/04 FINAL 21 OCT 04 04077 WDFW - Temporary Fish Traps Statewide 10/06/04 10/20/04 FINAL 21 OCT 04 04076 Walsh - Grass Carp - Metcalf Lake Pend Oreille 10/06/04 10/20/04 FINAL 21 OCT 04 04075 City of Sequim - Grass Carp - No Name Pond Clallam 09/28/04 10/12/04 FINAL 13 OCT 04 04074 WDFW - Routine Maintenance and Minor Repair Activities at Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Agency Dams - Statewide Statewide 09/27/04 10/11/04 FINAL 12 OCT 04 04073 Yakima Side Channel Improvement Kittitas 09/20/04 10/04/04 FINAL 06 OCT 04 04072 Larsen - Grass Carp - Larsen Pond San Juan 09/09/04 09/23/04 FINAL 24 SEPT 04 04071 Asotin County Wingshooters "South Ranch" Asotin 09/09/04 09/23/04 FINAL 24 SEPT 04 04070 Asotin County Wingshooters "North Ranch" Asotin 09/09/04 09/23/04 FINAL 24 SEPT 04 04069 Estvold - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond Skagit 08/24/04 09/07/04 FINAL 08 SEPT 04 04068 Park - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond Skagit 08/24/04 09/07/04 FINAL 08 SEPT 04 FINAL 08 SEPT 04 04067 Park View Villas - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond Clallam 08/24/04 09/07/04 FINAL 08 SEPT 04 04066 WDFW South Fork Colockum Habitat Improvement Project Chelan Kittitas 08/12/04 08/26/04 FINAL 27 AUG 04 04065 WDFW - Access Ramp - Boat Ramp Maintenance Statewide 08/09/04 08/30/04 FINAL 31 AUG 04 04064 Bainbridge - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond Lewis 08/05/04 08/19/04 FINAL 20 AUG 04 04063 Lake and Stream Rehabilitation 2004-2005 - Various Lakes Also see: - 04063ADP1 - Adoption of Existing Document - 04063ADP2 - Adoption of Existing Document Ferry, Stevens, Okanogan, Grant 08/05/04 09/04/04   FINAL 06 SEPT 04 04062 WDFW - North Fork Manastash Drainage Road Maintenance and Abandonment - Manastash Creek Kittitas 08/04/04 08/18/04 FINAL 19 AUG 04 04061 Sund - Grass Carp - No Name Pond Mason 08/02/04 08/16/04 FINAL 17 AUG 04 04060 Badger Pocket Habitat Area - Minor Dredging - Denmark Creek Kittitas 07/27/04 08/10/04 FINAL 11 AUG 04 04059 WITHDRAWL - Cowiche Creek Fish Passage Project Yakima 07/19/04 none WITHDRAWN 19 JUL 04 04058 WDFW - South Fork Cowiche Creek Fish Passage Project - Cowiche Creek Yakima 07/09/04 07/23/04 WITHDRAWN 19 JUL 04 04057 WDFW - Ohop Lake Property - Lynch Creek Pierce 07/07/04 07/21/04 FINAL 22 JUL 04 04056 WDFW - Dungeness River Chinook Salmon Supplementation Project Clallam 07/01/04 07/15/04 FINAL 16 JUL 04 04055AD Addendum - Pleasant Valley Creek Boring Plan Whitman 06/24/04 None FINAL 24 JUN 04 04054 Adoption - Oiled Bird Rehabilitation Care Standards Also see: - Oiled Bird Rehabilitation Care Standards Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (40.2KB) Statewide 07/08/04 07/29/04 FINAL 30 JUL 04 04053 WDFW - Willapa River Estuary Restoration Project - Willapa River Also see: - Willapa River Estuary Restoration Project Environmental Checklist - PDF Format (46.5KB) - Addendum B, pages 1-29 - PDF Format (4.44MB) - Addendum B, pages 30-51 - PDF Format (4.65MB) - News Release:Revised Willapa River estuary plans headed for review and comment Pacific 06/25/04 07/09/04 FINAL 12 JUL 04 04052DEIS Lower Skagit River Steelhead Acclimation and Rearing Facility Draft Environmental Impact Statement Also see: - Lower Skagit Steelhead Acclimation and Rearing Facility Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) - PDF Format (6.90MB) - News Release: Draft EIS on proposed Skagit River steelhead facility available Skagit Released 06/22/04 07/22/04 CLOSED 23 JUL 04 04051 Manzanita Creek Salmon Recovery Project - Manzanita Creek Kitsap 06/14/04 06/28/04 FINAL 29 JUN 04 04050 Pleasant Valley Creek Boring Plan Whitman 06/11/04 06/25/04 FINAL 28 JUN 04 04049 Porten - Grass Carp - Friday Harbor San Juan 06/11/04 06/25/04 FINAL 28 JUN 04 04048 Thompson - Grass Carp - Orcas Island San Juan 06/11/04 06/25/04 FINAL 28 JUN 04 04047 Scatter Creek Wildlife Area Douglas-fir saw-topping project Thurston 06/04/04 06/18/04 FINAL 21 JUN 04 04046 Orchard Hills - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond Clark 06/03/04 06/16/04 FINAL 17 JUN 04 04045 Wright - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond Clark 06/03/04 06/16/04 FINAL 17 JUN 04 04044 WDFW Paschall Pond - Tiger Trout Stocking Chelan 06/03/04 06/16/04 FINAL 17 JUN 04 04043 WDFW - 2004-05 Puget Sound Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries Also see: - 2004-05 Puget Sound Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries Environmental Checklist - News Release: Salmon Seasons set to start June 16; Statewide 'fish release awareness' day June 19 Clallam, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Mason, Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston, Whatcom 06/02/04 06/15/04 FINAL 15 JUN 04 04042 Downing - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond Walla Walla 05/26/04 06/09/04 FINAL 10 JUN 04 04041 Odegard - Grass Carp - No Name Pond San Juan 05/25/04 06/08/04 FINAL 09 JUN 04 04040 WDFW - Cedar River Sockeye Collection Rack - Cedar River King 05/25/04 06/08/04 FINAL 09 JUN 04 04039 WDFW - Cowiche Creek Bridge Replacement and Fish Passage - Cowiche Creek, Lower Yakima River Yakima 05/17/04 06/01/04 FINAL 02 JUN 04 04038AD Addendum - WDFW - W.T. Wooten Wildlife - Deer Lake vault toilet removal - Tucannon River Columbia 05/11/04 None FINAL 14 MAY 04 04037AD Addendum - WDFW - Methow River Basin Fish Trap - Methow River Columbia 05/17/04 None FINAL 17 MAY 04 04036 WDFW - Biddle Lake Outdoor Education Deck - Biddle Lake (manmade pond) Clark 05/13/04 05/27/04 FINAL 28 MAY 04 04035 WDFW - W.T. Wooten Wildlife - Deer Lake vault toilet removal - Tucannon River Columbia 05/12/04 05/25/04 FINAL 26 MAY 04 04034 Dredging - Landslide Debris Removal, Des Moines Creek King 05/10/04 05/24/04 FINAL 25 MAY 04 04033 Hoffman - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond San Juan 05/10/04 05/24/04 FINAL 25 MAY 04 04032 WDFW - Methow River Basin Fish Trap - Methow River Okanogan 04/28/04 05/13/04 FINAL 17 MAY 04 04031 WDFW - Sunland Public Boat Launch- Columbia River Grant 05/06/04 05/20/04 FINAL 21 MAY 04 04030 WDFW - Lake Scanewa Fish Traps - Cowlitz River Lewis 04/26/04 05/10/04 FINAL 11 MAY 04 04029 Moffat - Grass Carp - Sunheart Lake Stevens 04/21/04 05/05/04 FINAL 06 MAY 04 04028 Chimacum Creek Estuary Restoration Project (revised)-Port Townsend Bay Also see: Chimacum Creek Estuary Restoration Project Environmental Checklist Jefferson 04/15/04 04/29/04 FINAL 30 APR 04 04027 HPA / FPA Integration for non-fish bearing streams Statewide 05/03/04 05/17/04 FINAL 07 JUN 04 04026AD Addendum - WDFW-Evans Creek-Fish Trap King 04/13/04 None FINAL 13 APR 04 04025 Brill - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond Cowlitz 04/09/04 04/23/04 FINAL 26 APR 04 04024 WDFW - Chimacum Creek Estuary Restoration Project Jefferson 04/02/04 04/02/04 WITHDRAWN FINAL 02 APR 04 04023 Addendum - WDFW Killer Whale as a State Endangered Species Statewide 03/31/04 None FINAL 31 MAR 04 04022 Millpond Mobile Manor - TJossem Pond Kittitas 03/30/04 04/13/04 FINAL 14 APR 04 04021 Addendum - Chimacum Creek Estuary Restoration Project Jefferson 03/05/04 04/02/04 WITHDRAWN FINAL 02 APR 04 04020 City of Othello - Grass Carp - Wastewater Treatment Facility Adams 03/16/04 03/30/04 FINAL 31 MAR 04 04019 Double Barrel Upland Bird Ranch Spokane 03/15/04 03/29/04 FINAL 30 MAR 04 04018AD Addendum: WDFW - Chimacum Creek Estuary Restoration Project Jefferson 03/12/04 03/26/04 WITHDRAWN FINAL 02 APR 04 04018 WDFW - Chimacum Creek Estuary Restoration Project Jefferson 03/05/04 03/19/04 WITHDRAWN FINAL 02 APR 04 04017 St. Andrews I LLC - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond Snohomish 02/26/04 03/11/04 FINAL 08 MAR 04 04016 Leaton - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond Whatcom 02/26/04 03/11/04 FINAL 08 MAR 04 04015 WDFW - Designation of the Killer Whale - State Endangered Species Rule Also see: Final Killer Whale Status Report News Release: Report recommends 'endangered' status for Puget Sound's orca population Statewide 03/01/04 03/22/04 FINAL 23 MAR 04 04014 Sansaver - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond Kittitas 02/20/04 03/05/04 FINAL 08 MAR 04 04013 Addendum - Kenmore Boat Launch Access Site - Sammamish River King 02/12/04 None FINAL 12 FEB 04 04012 WDFW - Whitehorse Hatchery Improvements - North Fork Stillaguamish River Snohomish 02/11/04 02/25/04 FINAL 26 FEB 04 04011 WDFW - Lower Tucannon River Adult Fish Trap Columbia 02/10/04 02/24/04 FINAL 25 FEB 04 04010 WDFW - Sale of Surplus Property - Bug Lake - Squalicum Creek Whatcom 02/10/04 02/24/04 FINAL 25 FEB 04 04009 Cedar Creek Condominium - Grass Carp - Unnamed Pond Snohomish 02/10/04 02/24/04 FINAL 25 FEB 04 04008 Homestead Golf Course - Grass Carp - Unnamed Ponds Whatcom 02/06/04 02/20/04 FINAL 23 FEB 04 04007 WDFW Kenmore Boat Launch Access Site King 02/02/04 02/16/04 FINAL 18 FEB 04 04006 WDFW Sale of Surplus Property - Spokane Office Spokane 01/23/04 02/06/04 FINAL 09 FEB 04 04005 Addendum - WDFW Coppei Creek Steelhead Trap Walla Walla 01/19/04 None FINAL 19 JAN 04 04004 Addendum - WDFW Coppei Creek Steelhead Trap Walla Walla 01/16/04 None FINAL 16 JAN 04 04003 WDFW - Asotin Creek Fish Traps for Salmonid Assessment Asotin 01/23/04 02/06/04 FINAL 09 FEB 04 04002 WDFW Coppei Creek Steelhead Trap Walla Walla 01/15/04 01/29/04 FINAL 30 JAN 04 04001 Addendum - Morgan - Grass Carp - Baseline Lake Grant 01/07/04 None FINAL 07 JAN 04 03104 Sun Willows - Grass Carp - Private Pond Franklin 12/19/03 01/02/04 FINAL 05 JAN 04 03103 Skomar - Construct Private Pond Stevens 12/19/03 01/02/04 FINAL 05 JAN 04 2007 SEPA Document Archive 2006 SEPA Document Archive 2005 SEPA Document Archive 2003 SEPA Document Archive 2002 SEPA Document Archive 2001 SEPA Document Archive 1999-2000 SEPA Document Archive

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