Surface Water Management

Smith Island Restoration Project

Environmental Review

 Determination of Significance

A Determination of Non-Significance (DNS) was issued on a SEPA Environmental Checklist on May 9, 2009, and was withdrawn on June 26 following comments received from citizens, organizations, and agencies. The same day, a Determination of Significance was issued and a request for scoping comments made. Comments were received until July 20.

• Cover letter to interested parties
• Withdrawal of Determination of Non-Significance (DNS)
• Determination of Significance and Request for Comments on Scope of the EIS

 Draft EIS

The County issued a Draft EIS on June 6, 2011, to analyze the environmental impacts of the proposal.

• File 1: Letter, Fact Sheet, Table of Contents, Acronyms and Abbreviations (PDF: 623 kb)
• File 2: Summary, Project Background (PDF: 2 mg)
• File 3: Description of Project Alternatives (PDF: 1.2 mg)
• File 4: Impacts and Mitigation-Built Environment: Key Questions Addressed in This Section, Land and Shoreline Use, Recreation, Historic and Cultural Preservation, Transportation, Utilities (PDF: 1.8 mg)
• File 5: Impacts and Mitigation-Natural Environment: Geology and Soils (PDF: 458 kb)
• File 6: Impacts and Mitigation-Natural Environment: Water Resources (PDF: 1.8 mg)
• File 7: Impacts and Mitigation-Natural Envirionment: Fish, Wildlife and Vegetation, Cumulative and Indirect Impacts (PDF: 1.1 mg)
• File 8: Glossary of Terms, References (PDF: 154 kb)
• File 9: Appendix A and B (PDF: 2 mg)
• File 10: Appendix C, D, E and F (PDF: 247 kb)

 Timeline

• Draft EIS Issue Date: June 6, 2011
• Draft EIS Public Comment Period: June 7 to July 6, 2011
• Date and Location of Public Hearing: 
  June 22, 2011 at 1:00 p.m.
  Robert J. Drewel Building
  1st FL Public Hearing Room
  3000 Rockefeller Ave., Everett, WA
• Final EIS Issue Date: Not Determined. Pending completion of additional technical studies related to potential drainage and hydrologic impacts.

Once the Final EIS is issued, a motion will be presented to the Snohomish County Council for a governmental decision action. The Council will decide on whether the project team will implement the Action Alternative or the No Action Alternative. A Notice of Action subsequently will be issued to document the decision.

 Next Steps

The 30-day public comment period has ended. Copies of Public Comments can be viewed here.

Comments are now being reviewed and will be addressed in preparation of the Final EIS.