Washington Administrative Code › Title 222 - Forest Practices Board › Chapter 222-22 - Watershed analysis › Section 222-22-040 - Watershed prioritization

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The
			 department shall prioritize WAUs for the purposes of this section and for
			 reviews under WAC
			 222-22-090 in cooperation with
			 the departments of ecology and fish and wildlife, affected Indian tribes,
			 forest landowners, and the public. The prioritization shall consider the
			 availability of landowner participation and assistance and the availability and
			 assistance that may be provided by affected Indian tribes and local
			 governmental entities.
(2) The
			 department may undertake a watershed analysis on any WAU. When conducting a
			 watershed analysis, the department shall include available qualified expertise
			 from state agencies, affected Indian tribes, forest landowners, local
			 governmental entities, and the public.
(3) The owner or owners of ten percent or
			 more of the nonfederal forest land acreage in a WAU may notify the department
			 in writing that the owner or owners intend to conduct a level 1 assessment,
			 level 2 assessment, or both, and the prescription recommendation and management
			 strategy processes on the WAU under this chapter, or conduct a reanalysis under
			 WAC 222-22-090, at their own expense.
			 The notice shall identify the teams proposed to conduct the watershed analysis
			 or reanalysis, which shall be comprised of individuals qualified by the
			 department pursuant to WAC
			 222-22-030. The department shall
			 promptly notify any owner or owners sending notice under this subsection if any
			 member of the designated teams is not so qualified. Within thirty days of
			 delivering a notice to the department under this subsection, the forest
			 landowner or owners shall begin the level 1 assessment under WAC
			 222-22-050 or, at its option, the
			 level 2 assessment under WAC
			 222-22-060, or the reanalysis
			 under WAC
			 222-22-090. An approved forest
			 landowner team shall, while and only for the purposes of conducting a watershed
			 analysis or reanalysis in a WAU, be a duly authorized representative of the
			 department for the purposes of
			 RCW
			    76.09.150. The board encourages forest
			 landowners conducting assessments under this chapter to include available,
			 qualified expertise from state and federal agencies, affected Indian tribes,
			 forest landowners, local governmental entities, and the public.
(4) Before beginning a watershed analysis in
			 a WAU, the department or the forest landowner conducting the analysis shall
			 provide reasonable notice, including notice by regular United States mail where
			 names and addresses have been provided to the department, to all forest
			 landowners in the WAU, and to affected Indian tribes. The department or the
			 forest landowner conducting the analysis shall also provide reasonable notice
			 to the public and to state, federal, and local governmental entities, by, among
			 other things, posting the notice conspicuously in the department's office in
			 the region containing the WAU. The notice shall be in a form designated by the
			 department and give notice that a watershed analysis or reanalysis is being
			 conducted, by whose team, the time period of the analysis or reanalysis, and
			 the dates and locations in which the draft analysis or reanalysis will be
			 available for review and comment.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  76.09.040. 11-12-009, § 222-22-040,
				  filed 5/20/11, effective 6/20/11. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				     76.09.040 and
				  chapter
				  34.05 RCW. 97-24-091,
				  § 222-22-040, filed 12/3/97, effective 1/3/98. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				     76.09.040,
				  76.09.170 and
				  chapter
				  34.05 RCW. 94-01-134,
				  § 222-22-040, filed 12/20/93, effective 1/1/94. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				     76.09.040,
				  76.09.050 and
				  chapter
				  34.05 RCW. 92-15-011,
				  § 222-22-040, filed 7/2/92, effective
				  8/2/92.