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Chapter 250-14 WAC

Last Update: 11/30/94

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT (SEPA)

WAC Sections

HTMLPDF250-14-010Purpose and applicability.
HTMLPDF250-14-020Adoption by reference.
HTMLPDF250-14-030SEPA coordination and advisory activities.
HTMLPDF250-14-040Required methods of public notice.
HTMLPDF250-14-050Board compliance with flexible thresholds.
HTMLPDF250-14-060Use of existing environmental documents.
HTMLPDF250-14-070Lead agency determination.
HTMLPDF250-14-080Designation of responsible official.

PDF250-14-010

Purpose and applicability.

It is the policy of the higher education coordinating board that capital projects proposed and developed or participated in by the board shall comply with the provisions of chapter 43.21C RCW, the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), and chapter 197-11 WAC, Guidelines for SEPA implementation. The executive director of the board is hereby designated as the responsible official for carrying out this policy.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.21C RCW. WSR 90-20-013, § 250-14-010, filed 9/21/90, effective 10/22/90.]


PDF250-14-020

Adoption by reference.

The board hereby adopts by reference the following sections of the 1984 SEPA rules, chapter 197-11 WAC:
General Requirements
WAC
 
Definitions.
Lead agency.
Timing of the SEPA process.
Content of environmental review.
Limitations on actions during SEPA process.
Incomplete or unavailable information.
Supporting documents.
Information required of applicants.
Categorical Exemptions and Threshold Determination
WAC
Purpose of this part.
Categorical exemptions.
Threshold determination required.
Environmental checklist.
Threshold determination process.
Additional information.
Determination of nonsignificance (DNS).
Determination of significance and scoping notice (DS).
Notice of assumption of lead agency status.
Notice of action.
EIS
WAC
Purpose of EIS.
General requirements.
EIS types.
EIS timing.
Scoping.
Expanded scoping. (Optional)
EIS preparation.
Style and size.
Format.
Cover letter or memo.
EIS contents.
Contents of EIS on nonproject proposals.
EIS contents when prior nonproject EIS.
Elements of the environment.
Relationship of EIS to other considerations.
Cost-benefit analysis.
Issuance of DEIS.
Issuance of FEIS.
Commenting
WAC
Purpose of this part.
Inviting comment.
Availability and cost of environmental documents.
SEPA register.
Public notice.
Public hearings and meetings.
Effect of no comment.
Specificity of comments.
FEIS response to comments.
Consulted agency costs to assist lead agency.
Using Existing Environmental Documents
WAC
When to use existing environmental documents.
Use of NEPA documents.
Supplemental environmental impact statement—Procedures.
Addenda—Procedures.
Adoption—Procedures.
Incorporation by reference—Procedures.
Combining documents.
SEPA and Agency Decisions
WAC
 
Purpose of this part.
Implementation.
Substantive authority and mitigation.
Appeals.
Definitions
WAC
 
Definitions.
Act.
Action.
Addendum.
Adoption.
Affected tribe.
Affecting.
Agency.
Applicant.
Built environment.
Categorical exemption.
Consolidated appeal.
Consulted agency.
Cost-benefit analysis.
County/city.
Decisionmaker.
Department.
Determination of nonsignificance (DNS).
Determination of significance (DS).
EIS.
Environment.
Environmental checklist.
Environmental document.
Environmental review.
Environmental sensitive area.
Expanded scoping.
Impacts.
Incorporation by reference.
Lands covered by water.
Lead agency.
License.
Local agency.
Major action.
Mitigated DNS.
Mitigation.
Natural environment.
NEPA.
Nonproject.
Phased review.
Preparation.
Private project.
Probable.
Proposal.
Reasonable alternative.
Responsible official.
SEPA.
Scope.
Scoping.
Significant.
State agency.
Threshold determination.
Underlying governmental action.
Categorical Exemptions
WAC
 
Categorical exemptions.
Emergencies.
Petitioning DOE to change exemptions.
Agency Compliance
WAC
 
Purpose of this part.
Agency SEPA policies.
Agency SEPA procedures.
SEPA fees and costs.
Application to ongoing actions.
Lack of agency procedures.
Agencies with environmental expertise.
Lead agency rules.
Lead agency for governmental proposals.
Lead agency for public and private proposals.
Lead agency for specific proposals.
Agreements on lead agency status.
Agreements on division of lead agency duties.
DOE resolution of lead agency disputes.
Assumption of lead agency status.
Forms
WAC
 
Environmental checklist.
Adoption notice.
Determination of nonsignificance (DNS).
Determination of significance and scoping notice (DS).
Notice of assumption of lead agency status.
Notice of action.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21C.020 and WAC 197-11-904. WSR 94-24-028, § 250-14-020, filed 11/30/94, effective 12/31/94.]


PDF250-14-030

SEPA coordination and advisory activities.

In order to coordinate and integrate other government reviews and approvals with the EIS process, to promote the participation of agencies with jurisdiction or expertise from various levels of government, and to encourage and assist public participation, the board may, as provided in WAC 197-11-410 Expanding scoping, utilize a coordinator or team from inside or outside the agency to serve in an advisory capacity to the board, its staff, and outside consultants retained by the board to assist in the preparation of the EIS.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21C.020 and WAC 197-11-904. WSR 94-24-028, § 250-14-030, filed 11/30/94, effective 12/31/94.]


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Required methods of public notice.

When these rules require notice to be given under WAC 197-11-510, the board shall:
(1.) Post a notice on the property of a site-specific project;
(2.) Publish notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, city, or general area where the proposal is located;
(3.) Notify the news media and request that the notice be announced;
(4.) Notify private and public groups with known interest in the proposal.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21C.020 and WAC 197-11-904. WSR 94-24-028, § 250-14-040, filed 11/30/94, effective 12/31/94.]


PDF250-14-050

Board compliance with flexible thresholds.

The board will use the flexible thresholds established by the particular jurisdiction in which an HECB project is located.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21C.020 and WAC 197-11-904. WSR 94-24-028, § 250-14-050, filed 11/30/94, effective 12/31/94.]


PDF250-14-060

Use of existing environmental documents.

As provided in WAC 197-11-600, the board may use environmental documents that have previously been prepared in order to evaluate proposed actions, alternatives, or environmental impacts. The proposals may be the same as, or different than, those analyzed in the existing documents.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21C.020 and WAC 197-11-904. WSR 94-24-028, § 250-14-060, filed 11/30/94, effective 12/31/94.]


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Lead agency determination.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the board shall serve as lead agency for all proposals it initiates and for proposals directed by the legislature requiring board action. In the event one or more agencies share in the implementation of a proposal or action of the board, the board and the agencies may by agreement determine which agency will assume the status of lead agency.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21C.020 and WAC 197-11-904. WSR 94-24-028, § 250-14-070, filed 11/30/94, effective 12/31/94.]


PDF250-14-080

Designation of responsible official.

For the purpose of SEPA, the responsible agency official is:
Associate Director - Resource Planning
Higher Education Coordinating Board
917 Lakeridge Way
Olympia, WA 98504-3430
[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21C.020 and WAC 197-11-904. WSR 94-24-028, § 250-14-080, filed 11/30/94, effective 12/31/94.]