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Affidavit of Publication i-
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STATE OF WASHINGTON)
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COUNTY OF JEFFERSON)
I, Joshua Hamilton, an employee of the Port Townsend &
Jefferson County Leader. a weekly newspaper which has
been established, published in the English language and
circulated continuously as a weekly newspaper in the town
of Port Townsend in said County and State, and for general
circulation in said county for more than six (6) months
prior to the date of first publication of the Notice hereto
attached and that the said Port Townsend & Jefferson
County Leader was on the 27th day of June 1941 approved
as a legal newspaper by the Superior Court of said
Jefferson County and annexed is a true copy of the
AD # 196438
SEE ATTACHED NEWSPAPER CLIPPING
As it appeared in the regular and entire issue of said paper
itself not in a supplement thereof for a period of 1 week,
beginning on the 21 day of July, 2021, ending on the 21 day
of July, 2021, that said newspaper was regularly distributed
to their subscribers during all of this period. That the full
amount of $124 has been paid in full for each insertion.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Y1 _day
of A2021.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY
PUBLIC NOTICE OF TYPE III LAND
USE APPLICATION
AND PENDING SEPA
DETERMINATION
MLA1900036
APPLICANT.
,JAMES M SMERSH
PO BOX 1246
MERCER ISLAND WA 980401246
Application Received Date: April 8, 2019
Application Complete Date: July 10, 2019
Application Notice Date: July 21, 2021'
SITE ADDRESS AND PROJECT
LOCATION: 1160 SHINE RD, PORT
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND
REQUIRED PERMITS/STUDIES:
Shoreline conditional use, shoreline
substantial development, and flood
development application for new Pacific
geoduck (Panopea generosa)farm on 5.15
acres of tidelands in Squamish Harbor. The
geoduck planting area extends from about
+2 feet mean lower low water (MLLW) down
to approximately lfoot MLLW and 2foot
MLLW. The proposed aquaculture will be
located at least 16.4 feet from the edge of a
native eelgrass (Zostera marina) bed.
The geoduck farm will consist of four inch
diameter by 10 inch long PVC tubes placed
into the substrate during low tide. One PVC
tube will be inserted per square foot of
planting area, with three to five inches of the
tube exposed above the substrate surface.
Geoduck seed will subsequently be placed
in installed and submerged tubes by divers.
Once a geoduck seed is planted, the tube
will then be covered with mesh caps and
secured with UVresistant rubber bands.
After two years, the tubes will be removed,
and geoducks will be harvested about five
or six years after planting.
The following upland parcels will be used as
part of this proposal:
(1) An unimproved, upland parcel zoned
rural residential (0.29 acre) along Shine
Road would be used for secondary parking
for aquaculture project;
(2) An unimproved, upland parcel zoned
rural residential (1.26 acre) accessed from
Shine Road would be used for tube storage
and parking for the aquaculture operation;
(3) A Jefferson County park (William R.
Hicks Park), located immediately west of
the geoduck farm, maybe used for parking;
and
(4) A state park (Shine Tidelands State
Park), located immediately north of the
Hood Canal Bridge, will be used as a boat
launch. No ground disturbing activities are
proposed at any of these four sites.
The applicant submitted the following
reports: Biological Evaluation (and
Addendums), Eelgrass Delineation
(and Addendums), Visual Assessment,
Cumulative Impacts (and Addendum),
Habitat Management Plan/No Net Loss,
and Gear Management Plan. The Biological
Evaluation refers to netting and rebar,
nelther of which are included in the current
application. Therefore, no netting or rebar
would be placed in the 5.15-acre project
area if the proposal were to be approved.
The proposal is subject to review under
the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)'
and the applicant submitted a SEPA
Environmental Checklist.
COMMENT PERIOD AND WHERE TO
VIEW DOCUMENTS:
The application and any studies may
be reviewed at the Jefferson County
Department of Community Development.
All interested persons are invited to (a)
comment on the application; (b) receive
notice of and participate in any hearings;
and (c) receive a copy of the decision
by submitting such written comment(s)/
request(s) to the Jefferson County
Department of Community Development,
Development Review , Division, 621
Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368,
(360) 379-4450. Comments concerning
this application should be submitted to
the Department by 4:30 p.m. on August
•20, 2021. If the last day of the comment
period falls on a weekend or holiday, then
the comment period shall be extended to
the first working day after the weekend or
holiday. Comments submitted after this date
may not be considered in the staff report.
SEPA ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
The SEPA Official has determined
that: The optional DNS process of the
State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA),
Washington Administrative Code (WAC)
19711355 is being used. This may be
the only opportunity to comment on the
environmental impacts of the proposal.
DCD reviewed the proposal for probable
adverse environmental impacts and
expects to issue a DNS. This determination
is based upon a review of the SEPA
Checklist, project submissions, and other
available information. Additional conditions
or mitigation measures may be required
under SEPA.
Project Planner: Donna Frostholm,
(360)379-4450
For further information, please visit the
Jefferson County Departmentof Community
web page at www.co.jefferson.wa.us/
commdevelopment/
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