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Pateros Shoreline Master Program: Comprehensive Update

The Public Comment Requested - August 25 to September 23, 2011 at 5:00 p.m.

The Washington Department of Ecology seeks public comment on the City of Pateros's  proposed update to its Shoreline Master Program.

Pateros is located along two rivers with shorelines of statewide significance – the Methow River and the Columbia River. The City is located in southern Okanogan County at the mouth of the Methow River as it flows into the Columbia River. The Methow has an average discharge into the Columbia of 1,600 cubic feet per second (cfs). Its watershed is located on the eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains and is 1,167,764 acres in size. The update of Pateros's Shoreline Master Program seeks to balance development needs and environmental protection, and ensure river access for years to come.

Ecology will compare the City of Pateros's proposed program to the requirements of the Shoreline Management Act and the Shoreline Master Program Guidelines. Based on the comparison, Ecology will decide whether to:

• Approve the program as is or with recommended changes, or
• Send the proposed program back to the City of Pateros with required changes to meet statutory and rule requirements. Recommended changes may also be included with the required changes.

Learn more: Citizen Guide to Shoreline Master Programs

Public Comment Period

Opens:  August 25, 2011
Closes:  September 23, 2011 at 5 p.m.

All interested parties are invited to provide comment during this public comment period. There are several ways to provide comments.  You only need to submit your comments once.

Submit written comments and questions to:

Clynda A. Case
Washington State Department of Ecology, Central Regional Office
15 West Yakima Avenue, Suite 200
Yakima, WA  98908
Clynda.Case@ecy.wa.gov
(509) 457-7125

Comments must be received no later than September 23, 2011 at 5 p.m.

Documents for public review and comment

Note: All documents are PDF.

Locally approved draft Shoreline Master Program

• City of Pateros Shoreline Master Program, February 23, 2011 (4,135 KB)
• Maps
  • Shoreline Designation map, March 20, 2011 (95 KB)
  • Lake Character Zone map, March 2011 (81 KB)
  • Existing Development map (58 KB)
  • Potential Buildout map (59 KB)
• Appendix A - Inventory and Analysis
  • Appendix A.1 - Shoreline Characterization, November 2008 (313 KB)
  • Appendix A-1 - AU Characterization Summary Report, November 2008 (Analysis unit data summaries for the Methow AU 01 and Columbia River AU 02 scores) (1,262 KB)
  • Appendix A.4 - Maps of Analysis Units
    • Figure 5 Analysis Units in Lower Methow Watershed(611 KB)
    • Figure 16 Analysis Units in Upper Columbia/Swamp Creek Watershed (617 KB)
    • Figure 22 Western Okanogan County Vegetation and Habitat Types (3,242 KB)
• Appendix B - Analyzing Planning Factors for Characterization of Okanogan County's Shorelines - Supplemental Methodology Report to Accompany the Shoreline Master Program (124 KB)
• Appendix C- Critical Areas Regulations (148 KB)
  • Chapter 15.16 Flood Damage Prevention (43 KB)
    • Flood Hazard map (49 KB)
  • Aquifer Recharge map (68 KB)
  • Fish and Wildlife map (106 KB)
  • Steep Slopes (geo-hazards) maps (103 KB)
  • Wetlands maps (59 KB)
• Appendix D- Cumulative Impacts Analysis
  • Cumulative Impacts Analysis Methodology (128 KB)
  • Attachment 1 - Summary Table of Potential Cumulative Impacts (56 KB)
  • Attachment 2 - Watershed Scale Analysis maps: Key areas, Alterations and Affected Ecosystem Processes(3,254 KB)
• Appendix E - Okanogan County Native Plants List (136 KB)
• Appendix F - Pateros Public Access Inventory map, May 2010 (57 KB)
• Appendix G - Channel Migration Hazard Zones, Methow River, June 2005 (237 KB)
• Appendix H - Draft Shoreline Designations, Common Legal Descriptions, May 2010
  • Columbia River (8 KB)
  • Methow River (8 KB)
• Background documents
  • Pateros Resoution No. 2011-04 (79 KB)
  • Staff Report on SMP Update and Adoption to Mayor and Planning Commission, June 22, 1011 (144 KB)
  • SEPA Part Eleven - Environmental Checklist (69 KB)
  • SEPA Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS), April 7, 2011 (524 KB)
  • Shoreline Master Program Submittal Checklist Final 2011 (127 KB)  

If you have troubles with accessing documents, please contact Clynda Case at (509) 457-7125.

Paper copies are available at the following location:

Washington State Department of Ecology, Central Regional Office
15 West Yakima Avenue, Suite 200
Yakima, WA 98908
(509) 575-2490
Staff contact: Clynda Case

City of Pateros
113 Lakeshore Drive
Pateros, WA 98846
(509) 923-2571
Contacts: Kurt Danison or City of Pateros

Note: The City's Shoreline Master Program is being managed by a consultant.  Please contact Highland Associates to learn more about the City's process.

Next steps:  Response to public comment and decision

A summary of comments and the City of Pateros response will be posted here a few weeks after the comment period closes. We will also post a notice of Ecology’s decision when it becomes available. Please check back.

For more information

• News Release - Ecology starts review of Pateros shoreline program update (August 19, 2011)
• Citizen Guide to Shoreline Master Programs
• Status of Local Shoreline Master Programs

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