Washington Administrative Code › Title 222 - Forest Practices Board › Chapter 222-16 - Definitions › Section 222-16-031 - Interim water typing system

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Until the fish habitat water type maps mentioned above are
				available, waters will be classified according to the interim water typing
				system described below. If a dispute arises concerning a water type, the
				department shall make available informal conferences, which shall include the
				departments of fish and wildlife, ecology, and affected Indian tribes and those
				contesting the adopted water types. These conferences shall be established
				under procedures established in WAC
				222-46-020.
For the purposes of this interim water typing system see the
				following table:
Water Type Conversion Table
Permanent Water Typing
Interim Water Typing
Type "S"
Type 1 Water
Type "F"
Type 2 and 3 Water
Type "Np"
Type 4 Water
Type "Ns"
Type 5 Water
(1)
"Type 1
			 Water"
means all waters, within their ordinary high-water mark, as
			 inventoried as "shorelines of the state" under
			 chapter
			 90.58 RCW and the rules
			 promulgated pursuant to
			 chapter
			 90.58 RCW, but not
			 including those waters' associated wetlands as defined in
			 chapter
			 90.58 RCW.
(2)
"Type 2 Water"
means
			 segments of natural waters which are not classified as Type 1 Water and have a
			 high fish, wildlife, or human use. These are segments of natural waters and
			 periodically inundated areas of their associated wetlands, which:
(a) Are diverted for domestic use by more
			 than 100 residential or camping units or by a public accommodation facility
			 licensed to serve more than 10 persons, where such diversion is determined by
			 the department to be a valid appropriation of water and only considered Type 2
			 Water upstream from the point of such diversion for 1,500 feet or until the
			 drainage area is reduced by 50 percent, whichever is less;
(b) Are diverted for use by federal, state,
			 tribal or private fish hatcheries. Such waters shall be considered Type 2 Water
			 upstream from the point of diversion for 1,500 feet, including tributaries if
			 highly significant for protection of downstream water quality. The department
			 may allow additional harvest beyond the requirements of Type 2 Water
			 designation provided by the department of fish and wildlife, department of
			 ecology, the affected tribes and interested parties that:
(i) The management practices proposed by the
			 landowner will adequately protect water quality for the fish hatchery;
			 and
(ii) Such additional harvest
			 meets the requirements of the water type designation that would apply in the
			 absence of the hatchery;
(c) Are within a federal, state, local or
			 private campground having more than 30 camping units: Provided, That the water
			 shall not be considered to enter a campground until it reaches the boundary of
			 the park lands available for public use and comes within 100 feet of a camping
			 unit.
(d) Are used by fish for
			 spawning, rearing or migration. Waters having the following characteristics are
			 presumed to have highly significant fish populations:
(i) Stream segments having a defined channel
			 20 feet or greater within the bankfull width and having a gradient of less than
			 4 percent.
(ii) Lakes, ponds, or
			 impoundments having a surface area of 1 acre or greater at seasonal low water;
			 or
(e) Are used by fish
			 for off-channel habitat. These areas are critical to the maintenance of optimum
			 survival of fish. This habitat shall be identified based on the following
			 criteria:
(i) The site must be connected to a
			 fish bearing stream and be accessible during some period of the year;
			 and
(ii) The off-channel water must
			 be accessible to fish through a drainage with less than a 5%
			 gradient.