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To: DCD-SMP
Re: SMP Preliminary Draft
1/28/2009
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I live on a small (60~x85') waterfront lot at O~k Bayo My family
purchased this property in the early 1950's and I have inherited it from
my mother.
I have an issue with che permiting requirements of the proposed
SMP that I do not suppose will be a widespread problem now - but,
hopefully, will be a larger problem in time as more peopJe employ eco-
friendly shore armouringo
My family and myself recognized decades ago the detrimental results
of hard armouring. We did not armour our beach in any way until the
effects of the concrete bulkheads north and south of us forced us to
acto ~he wave forces were focused hereo
Long ago we built and have maintained a natural material/flexible
material bulkhead from beach log that looks and acts much like a naturally
"beach-logged" beacho It workso It is as ecological as we can make it.
One of your "STAC" members observed it in the mid to late 1990's and
declared it to be "perfect". We have improved it since then.
It is a continual process maintaining a natural material/flexible
soft shoreline armouring. Adjust a chain, replace a lag screw, dump
a wheelbarrow or two of gravel behind it, cut a log loose, tie a log
up, resort things in the spring or after a ~ig storm. Minor adjustments -
sometimes none in a year, sometimes several in a year.
I cannot afford to get a permit for these maintenance items. I
often cannot wait to effect the repairs. Not an emergency if tended,
but surely a bad situation by the time a permit could be issued.
Nor can I afford any gno-technical reports that might be required,
or ecological reportso
Natural/flexible armouring requires a natural/flexible maintenance
ability. It must be possi't'le to do the "right thing".
Over the years we have pulled tons, yes literally ~ of creosoted
logs and timbers and pressure treated lumber and timbers off of the beach
often rowing into the bay and snagging them in stormy dangerous conditionso
We haul them ashore and eventually to the dump and pa;V___~o__cl iSp'_ose of them.
Should we grab them as they are floating by or go apply:~or a: p~rmit?
I understand that it is difficult to write rulestliat--s-om-e-one-'-cannot
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weasel through yet I do believe that accommodation should be
encourage those who have demonstrated a long term commitment
ecology and to doing the "right thing".
We applaud your efforts but do not envy you the task.
Best Regards,
Sa'!~~ston
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Susan Hopkins
P.O.Box 1075
Port Hadlock, Wa.
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