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June 20, 2005
Jefferson County Department of Community Development
621 Sheridan St
Port Townsend, W A 98368 L
Attention: Stacie Hoskins, Project Planner
Greetings Stacie,
We would first like to comment on the fact that the engineering report that is to accompany this
application has not yet been submitted by PUD#I. It is hard to imagine a planner being able to
make decisions on this application without this vital information outlining exactly how this project
intends to proceed. It makes it equally difficult to make comments on the proposed project as well.
We protest the review of this application without an engineering report and we strongly urge that
the cominent period be extended until. such time that this report can be made available to the public
with sufficient time to comment.
It is also our understanding that your agency requested from the applicant a more detailed map of
wetland delineations, and since the pipelines in this project will cross many wetlands, an
environmental impact analysis. This information is also conspicuously absent from their file. It is
impossible to comment on how the PUD will mitigate the environmental hazards of crossing.
wetlands without viewing those documents. We submit that the appication for these permits is
incomplete and that the public comment period be postponed and not begun until all the material
required, that we would be commenting on, be present.
A notice by PUD#1 stated that they consider this project to be exempt from SEPA review. We
urgently question:
- how a water pipeline system crossing Kilisut Harbor in an old and possibly leaking pipe
- how a project that transfers out-of-basin water
- how disturbing soils adjacent to commercial and private shellfish beds
- how the crossing and possibly draining and possibly con~inating many wetlands
could possibly be exempt from environmental review. This project is not exempt from SEP A!
Thank you for your consideration of our comments.
Sincerely,
Roger and Joanna Beachy
POB 202
Nordland, WA 98358
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