Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS AND CONSERVATION › Chapter 220-660 - Hydraulic code rules › Section 220-660-310 - Tidal reference areas

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
Description:
The department uses the following tidal reference
				areas to delineate segments of the state's marine shorelines. The authorized
				work times in saltwater areas vary by tidal reference area.
(2)
Definitions for tidal reference
				areas:
(a) Tidal Reference Area 1
				(Shelton): All saltwater areas in Oakland Bay and Hammersley Inlet westerly of
				a line projected from Hungerford Point to Arcadia.
(b) Tidal Reference Area 2 (Olympia): All
				saltwater areas between a line projected from Hungerford Point to Arcadia and a
				line projected from Johnson Point to Devil's Head. This includes Totten, Eld,
				Budd, Case, and Henderson Inlets, and Pickering Passage.
(c) Tidal Reference Area 3 (South Puget
				Sound): All saltwater areas easterly and northerly of a line projected from
				Johnson Point to Devil's Head and southerly of the Tacoma Narrows
				Bridge.
(d) Tidal Reference Area 4
				(Tacoma): All saltwater areas northerly of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge and
				southerly of a line projected true west and true east across Puget Sound from
				the northern tip of Vashon Island.
(e) Tidal Reference Area 5 (Seattle): All
				saltwater areas northerly of a line projected true west and true east across
				Puget Sound from the northern tip of Vashon Island and southerly of a line
				projected true east from Point Jefferson at 47°45'N. latitude across Puget
				Sound. This area includes Port Orchard, Port Madison, and Dyes and Sinclair
				Inlets.
(f) Tidal Reference Area 6
				(Edmonds): All saltwater areas northerly of a line projected true east from
				Point Jefferson at 47°45'N. latitude across Puget Sound and southerly of a
				line projected true east from Possession Point to Mukilteo and from Foulweather
				Bluff to Double Bluff.
(g) Tidal
				Reference Area 7 (Everett): All saltwater areas northerly of a line projected
				true east from Possession Point to Chennault Beach, easterly of a line
				projected 5° true from East Point to Lowell Point, and southerly of the
				Stanwood to Camano Island Highway. This area includes Port Gardner, Port Susan,
				and parts of Possession Sound and Saratoga Passage.
(h) Tidal Reference Area 8 (Yokeko Point):
				All saltwater area westerly and northerly of a line projected 5° true from
				East Point to Lowell Point, north of the Stanwood to Camano Island Highway, and
				easterly and southerly of Deception Pass Bridge and the Swinomish Channel
				Bridge on State Route 20. This area includes Holmes Harbor, Saratoga Passage,
				Skagit Bay, Similk Bay, and most of the Swinomish Channel.
(i) Tidal Reference Area 9 (Blaine): All
				saltwater area in Skagit County and Whatcom County that lies northerly of the
				Swinomish Channel Bridge on State Route 20 and westerly and northerly of
				Deception Pass Bridge.
(j) Tidal
				Reference Area 10 (Port Townsend): All saltwater area of Puget Sound as defined
				in WAC 220-16-210, except Hood Canal
				south of a line projected from Tala Point to Foulweather Bluff, and except all
				waters defined in Tidal Reference Areas 1 through 9. Area 10 includes waters of
				the San Juan Islands, Admiralty Inlet, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and
				associated bays and inlets.
(k)
				Tidal Reference Area 11 (Union): All saltwater area of Hood Canal southerly and
				easterly of a line projected from the northern entrance of Lilliwaup Bay to the
				northern entrance of Dewatto Bay.
(l) Tidal Reference Area 12 (Seabeck): All
				saltwater areas of Hood Canal northerly of a line projected from the northern
				entrance of Lilliwaup Bay to the northern entrance of Dewatto Bay and southerly
				of a line projected true east from Hazel Point. This area includes Dabob Bay
				and Quilcene Bay.
(m) Tidal
				Reference Area 13 (Bangor): All saltwater area of Hood Canal northerly of a
				line projected true east from Hazel Point and south of a line projected from
				Tala Point to Foulweather Bluff. This area includes Port Gamble.
(n) Tidal Reference Area 14 (Ocean Beaches):
				All saltwater area between Cape Flattery and the Oregon border at the mouth of
				the Columbia River, excluding Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay.
(o) Tidal Reference Area 15 (Westport): All
				saltwater area in Grays Harbor easterly of a line projected from the outermost
				end of the north jetty to the outermost end of the south jetty, and westerly of
				123°59'W. longitude.
(p) Tidal
				Reference Area 16 (Aberdeen): All saltwater area in Grays Harbor easterly of
				123°59'W. longitude and westerly of the State Route 101 Bridge across the
				Chehalis River.
(q) Tidal Reference
				Area 17 (Willapa Bay): All saltwater area in Willapa Bay easterly of a line
				projected from Leadbetter Point to Cape Shoalwater.