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HomeMy WebLinkAboutProject Area Plan Sheet SITE PLAN FOR AREA ACTIVITIES – Page 1 SITE PLAN OF ALL AREAS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY TO BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH BDN LLC/SMERSH GEODUCK AQUACULTURE PROJECT - CASE # MLA 19000036 1 2 3 1. This parcel is owned by Applicant’s Agent/Representative BDN, LLC and will be the primary staging area for all activities related to the operation of the proposed aquaculture project. It can be accessed from Shine Road via a gravel roadway easement, appurtenant to that parcel, that runs along/between parcels 8213444029 and 821344032. This parcel is not within 150 feet of any waterbodies or Type F, N or S streams. There will be storage on this parcel of materials used in planting or harvesting, in accordance with the planting, maintenance and harvesting schedules set out elsewhere in the Permit Application. There will be parking of approximately 6- 8 passenger vehicles or light trucks on this property during periods of operation of the proposed aquaculture project. 2. This parcel is owned by Applicant and will be a secondary parking area for activities related to the operation of the proposed aquaculture project. It can be accessed from Shine Road. There will be no clearing, grading or construction on this parcel by BDN, LLC, only short term parking in connection with planting, maintenance or harvesting per the schedules set out elsewhere in the Permit Application. Approximately 6-8 passenger vehicles or light trucks may be parked on this property in connection with these activities. This property is not within 150 [_______] 100m/300ft May 07 2021 SITE PLAN FOR AREA ACTIVITIES – Page 2 feet of any waterbody, and is not within 150 feet of any known Type F, N or S streams, but no proposed activities at this location will in any way impact those waterbodies or streams in any event. 3. The parking area at Hicks Park will be used only for parking of one or two private passenger vehicles or pickup trucks for the continuing inspection of the planted areas while the mesh tubes are still present. Such inspections will take place during periods of low “minus” tides, which typically occur in the nighttime in the winter, and the daytime during the summer. Parking will be for 4 hours or less, while workers perform the inspections. Workers will be instructed not to interfere with public parking or usage at Hicks Park, and if there is public usage that such inspections would impact or interfere with, the inspectors will be instructed to park instead at Parcels 1 or 2 above. No materials of any kind will ever be placed or stored at this location, and the boat launching facilities will never be used by anyone connected with the project. This property is within 150 feet of any waterbody, and may be within 150 feet of Type F, N or S streams, but no proposed activities at this location will in any way impact those waterbodies or streams in any way that differs from impacts by the general public using the park. 4. Shine Tidelands State Park, 1.4 Miles to the east of the Project, may be used for the loading and launching of a small watercraft (less than 30 feet) at its public boat launching ramp. One light truck vehicle will tow the watercraft to the launch ramp, and will launch and retrieve it. Launching and retrieving will require 15 minutes or less. During planting activities, another light truck vehicle will tow an accompanying open trailer of supplies (with 5’ sides) to be loaded into the boat and used in the planting of parcel 721031007. Planting related activities will involve at most one daily launching and retrieval of the vessel, and 1-5 supply trips by the accompanying trailer. Planting activities will occur once per year, typically in June or July, over a period of 20-25 days. During harvesting activities, the small watercraft will transport the day’s harvest of geoducks from parcel 721031007 to the public boat launching ramp where they will be loaded into a vehicle or vehicles for transport. Harvesting related activities will involve at most one daily launching and retrieval of the vessel, and 1 daily trip by the accompanying vehicle or vehicles. Harvesting activities will usually commence between five and six years after an area of parcel 721031007 has been planted, and that planted area will typically be harvested over a one to two year period. Harvesting activities at this location will occur only during daylight hours, over a period of about 5 hours per day, averaging 3-4 harvest days per week during those one to two year harvest periods. From usage connected with other previously approved BDN activities, it is clear that Shine Tidelands State Park has very low public usage, due to the lack of a dock, a poorly configured boat launch ramp, and bad currents at the point of launching. No proposed activities at this location will in any way impact the public usage of Shine Tidelands State Park, and will not impact any nearby waterbodies or streams in any way that differs from impacts by the general public using the park. Note: The Army Corps of Engineers approved short term parking along Watney Lane in connection with other previously approved BDN operations. No parking along Watney Lane is SITE PLAN FOR AREA ACTIVITIES – Page 3 proposed in connection with the BDN Smersh Geoduck Aquaculture Project. Nor will there be any usage of the shorelands portions of Parcel 721031007, other than for workers to occasionally walk across these shorelands to access the planted areas of that parcel.