This article contains rules for consulting, commenting, and responding on all environmental documents under SEPA, including rules for public notice and hearings. The town adopts the following sections of SEPA rules by reference, as supplemented in this article:
WAC 197-11-500
Purpose of this part; commenting.
WAC 197-11-502
Inviting comment.
WAC 197-11-504
Availability and cost of environmental documents.
WAC 197-11-508
SEPA register.
WAC 197-11-535
Public hearings and meetings.
WAC 197-11-545
Effect of no comment.
WAC 197-11-550
Specificity of comments.
WAC 197-11-560
FEIS response to comments.
WAC 197-11-570
Consulted agency costs to assist lead agency.
(Ord. 257 § 5.1, 1984)
A. 
Whenever the town issues a DNS under WAC 197-11-340(2) or a DS under WAC 197-11-360(3) the town shall give public notice thereof as follows:
1. 
If public notice is required for a nonexempt license, such public notice shall state whether a DS or DNS has been issued and state the date by which comments are due.
2. 
If no public notice is required for the permit or approval, the city shall give notice of the DNS or DS by:
a. 
Posting the property, for site-specific proposals;
b. 
Publishing notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the town, or general area where the proposal is located;
c. 
Posting the notice at the Town Hall;
d. 
Posting the notice at the town post office.
3. 
Whenever the town issues a DS under WAC 197-11-360(3), the town shall state the scoping procedure for the proposal in the public notice, and in the DS as required in WAC 197-11-408.
B. 
Whenever the town issues a draft EIS under WAC 197-11-455(5) or a supplemental EIS under WAC 197-11-620, notice of the availability of those documents shall be given by:
1. 
Indicating the availability of the DEIS in any public notice required for a nonexempt license, and by:
a. 
Posting the property, for site-specific proposals;
b. 
Publishing notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the town, or general area where the proposal is located;
c. 
Posting the notice at the Town Hall;
d. 
Posting the notice at the town post office.
C. 
Whenever possible, the town shall integrate the public notice required under this section with existing notice procedures for the town's nonexempt permit(s) or approval(s) required for the proposal.
D. 
The town may require an applicant to complete the public notice requirements for the applicant's proposal at the applicant's expense.
(Ord. 257 § 5.2, 1984)
A. 
The mayor or the mayor's designee shall be responsible for preparation of written comments for the town in response to a consultation request prior to a threshold determination, participation in scoping, and/or reviewing a draft EIS.
B. 
The mayor or the mayor's designee shall be responsible for the town's compliance with WAC 197-11-550 whenever the town is a consulted agency and the mayor or the mayor's designee 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 town.
(Ord. 257 § 5.3, 1984)