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JEFFERSON COUNTY
STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN THE MAlTER OF THE PROPOSED
NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY FOR
NORTHERN PUGET SOUND
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RESOLUTION NO. 111-94
WHEREAS, Congress has provided that Northern Puget Sound will be considered for
National Marine Sanctuary status; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Commerce, through the National Oceanographic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and in cooperation with the State of Washington is
considering both the scope and the advisability of establishing said Marine Sanctuary; and
WHEREAS, certain Counties may be included wholly or in part in said sanctuary;
and
WHEREAS, affected Counties have an obligation to provide reasoned input to
proposals that may affect the citizens of those Counties; and
WHEREAS, the National Marine Sanctuary proposal has the potential to affect both
the operations of the Counties and the lives of their citizens; and
WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEP A) has
designated Puget Sound as an Estuary of National Significance and has adopted the Puget
Sound Plan as the management plan for that estuary;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, in consideration of the above findings
of fact:
I. Jefferson County neither supports or opposes the designation of Northern Puget
Sound as a National Marine Sanctuary. Jefferson County encourages careful consideration to
the dual designation of the area as both an Estuary of National Significance and as a National
Marine Sanctuary, plus consideration of other state and local designations, including the Puget
Sound Water Quality Authority's Management Plan, Shoreline Management Act and local
Shoreline Master Programs.
II. Local governments must be fully included in any planning and decision making
that may result in the designation of a National Marine Sanctuary and in any planning and
implementation of any regulations that may be created as an outcome of such designation.
APPROVED this 10th day of October, 1994.
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