EXH2028031007

PCHBPollution Control Hearings Board of the State of Washington

Patricia Johnson, Dana L. Mock, Andy McMillan, Lauren Driscoll, and Tom Hruby Washington State Department of Ecology Shorelands & Environmental Assistance Program, Lacey, WA February 2002 Publication No. 02-06-009 AR 031008 Project Summaries for each of the 24 projects evaluated in this study are available as a separate document entitled: Washington State Wetland Mitigation Evaluation Study Phase 2: Evaluating Success Appendix F (publication #02-06-010) For copies of either document, contact: For a CD-ROM (both documents are on the same CD-ROM) Department of Ecology Publications Distribution Center P.O. Box 47600 Olympia, WA 98504-7600 (360) 407-7472 iewi461@ecy.wa.gov For a Paper copy (at cost) Department of Printing On-line Ordering http://www.prt.wa.gov This document and its Appendix F (publication #02-06-010) are available on the World Wide Web at: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/mit-study/ AR 031009 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................................................. I LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................................................... IV LIST OF FIGURES ..................................................................................................................................... V LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................ VII ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................................... VIII FUNDING ................................................................................................................................................. VIII EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................ IX INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 1 ].1 WETLAND REGULATIONS...................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 BACKGROUND....................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2.1 Phase 1.......................................................................................................................................... 4 1.2.2 Phase 2 .......................................................................................................................................... 5 1.2.2.1 Goals and Objectives ............................................................................................................. 5 1.2.2.2 Limitations of this Study ........................................................................................................ 6 METHODS ................................................................................................................................................ 8 2.1 TECHNICALASSISTANCE GROUPS......................................................................................................... 8 2.1.1 Advisory Committee ...................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.2 Site Assessment Teams .................................................................................................................. 8 2.1.3 Site Evaluation Teams ................................................................................................................... 8 2.2 OFFICE PREPARATION........................................................................................................................... 9 2.2.1 Site Selection ................................................................................................................................. 9 2.2.2 Obtaining Site Access ................................................................................................................. i0 2.2.3 Background Information ............................................................................................................. 10 2.3 SITE ASSESSMENT................................................................................................................................ t 1 2.3.1 Mitigation Activity ...................................................................................................................... 11 2.3.2 Determination of…
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