This article contains rules for consulting, commenting, and responding on all environmental documents under SEPA, including rules for public notice and hearings. The county adopts the following sections by reference, as supplemented in this part:
WAC
197-11-500 Purpose of this part.
197-11-502 Inviting comment.
197-11-504 Availability and cost of environmental documents.
197-11-508 SEPA register.
197-11-510 Public notice.
197-11-535 Public hearings and meetings.
197-11-545 Effect of no comment.
197-11-550 Specificity of comments.
197-11-560 FEIS response to comments.
197-11-570 Consulted agency costs to assist lead agency.
(Ord. 2011-013, 2011)
1. 
Whenever possible, the county shall integrate the public notice required under this section with existing notice procedures for the county's nonexempt permit(s) or approval(s) required for the proposal.
2. 
Whenever the county issues a DNS under WAC 197-11-340(2) or a DS under WAC 197-11-360(3) the county shall give public notice as follows:
a. 
If public notice is required for the nonexempt license, the notice shall state whether a DS or DNS has been issued and when comments are due.
b. 
If an environmental document is issued concurrently with the notice of application, the public notice requirements for the notice of application in RCW 36.70B.110(4) will suffice to meet the SEPA public notice requirements in WAC 197-11-510(1).
c. 
If no public notice is otherwise required for the permit or approval, the county shall give notice of the DNS or DS by:
i. 
Publishing notice on the same day of each week for two consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper of record in the county; and
ii. 
Whenever the county issues a DS under WAC 197-11-360(3), the county shall state the scoping procedure for the proposal in the DS as required in WAC 197-11-408 and in the public notice.
iii. 
Mailing or emailing notice to all parties on the notice of application listing, as described in KCC Chapter 15A.03.
3. 
If a DNS is issued using the optional DNS process, the public notice requirements for a notice of application in RCW 36.70B.110(4) as supplemented by the requirements in WAC 197-11-355 will suffice to meet the SEPA public notice requirements in WAC 197-11-510(1)(b).
4. 
Whenever the county issues a DEIS under WAC 197-11-455(5) or a SEIS under WAC 197-11-620, notice of the availability of those documents shall be given by:
a. 
Indicating the availability of the DEIS in any public notice required for a nonexempt license; and
b. 
Posting the property, for site-specific proposals;
c. 
Publishing notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, city, or general area where the proposal is located; and
d. 
Mailing a copy of the notice to property owners within five hundred feet of the proposal.
5. 
Public notice for projects that qualify as planned actions shall be tied to the underlying permit as specified in WAC 197-11-172(3).
6. 
The county may require an applicant to complete the public notice requirements for the applicant's proposal at his or her expense.
(Ord. 2011-013, 2011; Ord. 2014-015, 2014)
1. 
The director of the department of community development or his/her appointed designee shall be responsible for preparation of written comments for the county in response to a consultation request prior to a threshold determination, participation in scoping, and reviewing a DEIS.
2. 
The department of community development shall be responsible for the county's compliance with WAC 197-11-550 whenever the county is a consulted agency and is authorized to develop operating procedures that will ensure that responses to consultation requests are prepared in a timely fashion and include data from all appropriate departments of the county.
(Ord. 2011-013, 2011)