Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-201A - Water quality standards for surface waters of the state of Washington › Part VI - USE DESIGNATIONS FOR WATERS OF THE STATE › Section 173-201A-612 - Table 612-Use designations for marine waters

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Table 612 lists uses for marine waters.
				Only the uses with the most stringent criteria are listed. The criteria notes
				in Table 612 take precedence over the criteria in WAC
				173-201A-210
				for the same parameter.
(2) All
				marine waters listed in Table 612 are protected for the miscellaneous uses of
				aesthetics, boating, commerce/navigation, and wildlife habitat.
(3) Table 612 is necessary to determine and
				fully comply with the requirements of this chapter. If you are viewing a paper
				copy of the rule from the office of the code reviser or are using their web
				site, Table 612 may be missing (it will instead say "place illustration here").
				In this situation, you may view Table 612 at the department of ecology's web
				site at
www.ecology.wa.gov
, or request
				a paper copy of the rule with Table 612 from the department of ecology or the
				office of the code reviser.
Table 612
Use Designations for Marine
							 Waters
Aquatic Life Use
Recreational Use
Harvest Use
Budd Inlet south of latitude 47°04'N (south of
							 Priest Point Park).
Good
Primary Contact
Excludes Shellfish
Coastal waters: Pacific Ocean from Ilwaco to Cape
							 Flattery.
Extraordinary
Primary Contact
All
Commencement Bay south and east of a line bearing
							 258° true from "Brown's Point" and north and west of a line bearing
							 225° true through the Hylebos waterway light.
Excellent
Primary Contact
All
Commencement Bay, inner, south and east of a line
							 bearing 225° true through Hylebos waterway light except the city waterway
							 south and east of south 11th Street.
Good
Primary Contact
Excludes Shellfish
Commencement Bay, city waterway south and east of
							 south 11th Street.
Fair
Primary Contact
No Harvest Use Supported
Drayton Harbor, south of entrance.
Excellent
Primary Contact
All
Dyes and Sinclair inlets west of longitude
							 122°37'W.
Excellent
Primary Contact
All
Elliott Bay east of a line between Pier 91 and
							 Duwamish Head.
Excellent
Primary Contact
All
Everett Harbor, inner, northeast of a line bearing
							 121° true from approximately 47°59'5"N and 122°13'44"W (southwest
							 corner of the pier).
Good
Primary Contact
Excludes Shellfish
Grays Harbor west of longitude
							 123°59'W.
Excellent
Primary Contact
All
Grays Harbor east of longitude 123°59'W to
							 longitude 123°45'45"W (Cosmopolis Chehalis River, river mile 3.1). Special
							 condition - Dissolved oxygen shall exceed 5.0 mg/L.
Good
Primary Contact
Excludes Shellfish
Guemes Channel, Padilla, Samish and Bellingham bays
							 east of longitude 122°39'W and north of latitude
							 48°27'20"N.
Excellent
Primary Contact
All
Hood Canal.
Extraordinary
Primary Contact
All
Mukilteo and all North Puget Sound west of longitude
							 122°39'W (Whidbey, Fidalgo, Guemes and Lummi islands and State Highway 20
							 Bridge at Deception Pass), except as otherwise noted.
Extraordinary
Primary Contact
All
Oakland Bay west of longitude 123°05'W (inner
							 Shelton harbor).
Good
Primary Contact
Excludes Shellfish
Port Angeles south and west of a line bearing
							 152° true from buoy "2" at the tip of Ediz Hook.
Excellent
Primary Contact
All
Port Gamble south of latitude
							 47°51'20"N.
Excellent
Primary Contact
All
Port Townsend west of a line between Point Hudson
							 and Kala Point.
Excellent
Primary Contact
All
Possession Sound, south of latitude
							 47°57'N.
Extraordinary
Primary Contact
All
Possession Sound, Port Susan, Saratoga Passage, and
							 Skagit Bay east of Whidbey Island and State Highway 20 Bridge at Deception Pass
							 between latitude 47°57'N (Mukilteo) and latitude 48°27'20"N (Similk
							 Bay), except as otherwise noted.
Excellent
Primary Contact
All
Puget Sound through Admiralty Inlet and South Puget
							 Sound, south and west to longitude 122°52'30"W (Brisco Point) and longitude
							 122°51'W (northern tip of Hartstene Island).
Extraordinary
Primary Contact
All
Sequim Bay southward of entrance.
Extraordinary
Primary Contact
All
South Puget Sound west of longitude 122°52'30"W
							 (Brisco Point) and longitude 122°51'W (northern tip of Hartstene Island,
							 except as otherwise noted).
Excellent
Primary Contact
All
Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Extraordinary
Primary Contact
All
Totten Inlet and Little Skookum Inlet, west of
							 longitude 122°56'32"W (west side of Steamboat Island).
Extraordinary
Primary Contact
All
Willapa Bay seaward of a line bearing 70° true
							 through Mailboat Slough light (Willapa River, river mile 1.8).
Excellent
Primary Contact
All
Statutory Authority:
					 Chapters
					 90.48 and
					 90.54 RCW. 03-14-129 (Order 02-14),
					 § 173-201A-612, filed 7/1/03, effective
					 8/1/03.