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BDN, LLC – SEPA Checklist Addendum M-3
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SEPA Checklist - BDN, LLC Geoduck Farm – Rev. 3/31/20
Addendum M-3 – Hicks Park
Description of Property and Potential Usage.
This approximately 1 acre Jefferson County Park is located at 1090 Shine Rd, Port Ludlow, WA
98365, adjacent to the proposed BDN project to the west. It has a boat ramp, vault toilet, BBQ
grill, two picnic tables, and a campfire ring. No alcohol is allowed in the park pursuant to RCW
66.44.100.
BDN does not propose to use the boat ramp at this facility for any purpose. The only potential
use of Hicks park would be parking of one or two passenger vehicles or light trucks on the parcel
for 1-2 hours once weekly for regular beach inspections of geoduck gear, and possible parking of
one or two passenger vehicles or light trucks on the parcel in connection with emergency
responses per the applicable Gear Management Plan. From prior BDN experience in the area,
such emergency responses occur on less than five days per year, typically in the winter and
sometimes at night.
BDN personnel will be instructed not to use the parking facilities at Hicks Park if there are any
other members of the public present there using the facilities in any way. In such cases, they will
be instructed to park either at nearby parcel 970200001, owned by Applicant (See Addendum M-
1) or at parcel 821344064, owned by BDN.
William R. Hicks Park
May 07 2021
BDN, LLC – SEPA Checklist Addendum M-3
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Cumulative Impacts of the Use of This Parcel by BDN
The SMP defines “Cumulative impacts” or “cumulative effects” as “the combined impacts of a
proposed development action along with past impacts and impacts of reasonably foreseeable
future development actions. (JCC 18.25.100(3)(aa)). “Reasonably foreseeable” is defined as
“predictable by an average person based on existing conditions, anticipated build-out, and
approved/pending permits.” (JCC 18.25.100(18)(d)).
Similarly, the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) requires the consideration of the
cumulative impacts of the Project, which include both direct effects, defined as those impacts
"caused by the action and occur[ing] at the same time and place" and indirect effects, which are
impacts "caused by the action and are later in time or farther removed in distance, but are still
reasonably foreseeable." 40 C.F.R. § 1508.8. Note that although indirect effects may be removed
in distance from the proposed action, they nonetheless must be caused by that action; i.e., there
must be a "reasonably close relationship" between the environmental effect and alleged cause.
Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen, 541 U.S. 752, 767 (2004).
The potential limited use of Hicks Park as described above will have virtually no cumulative
impact on the park, either nearby or distant. No BDN personnel will ever interfere in any way
with use of the park by members of the public. On average, between 275 and 325 vehicles per
day pass by the park on the adjacent Shine Road (Shine Road Speed Limit and Traffic Study,
October 2018, Jefferson County Public Works.) The Noise and pollution generated by traffic on
the adjacent Shine Road dwarfs the miniscule addition of one or two weekly passenger vehicle
visits to the park for 1-2 hours.