WRIA 62 WMP 032305 - Washington State Department of Ecology

March, 2005 -iii- 023-1289-003.3040
WRIA 62 WMP 032305
4.3.3 H-3a Background and Rationale .............................................................. 68
4.3.4 H-3b Background and Rationale .............................................................. 69
4.4 Background and Rationale for Water Rights Issues............................................... 71
4.4.1 WR-1 Background and Rationale ............................................................. 71
4.4.2 WR-2 Background and Rationale ............................................................. 72
4.5 Background and Rationale for Growth and Land Use Planning Issues.................... 75
4.5.1 GR&LU-1 Background and Rationale ...................................................... 75
4.5.2 GR&LU-2a Background and Rationale .................................................... 75
4.5.3 GR&LU-2b Background and Rationale .................................................... 76
4.5.4 GR&LU-3 Background and Rationale ...................................................... 76
4.5.5 GR&LU-4 Background and Rationale ...................................................... 77
4.6 Background and Rationale for Economic Impact and Community Involvement Issues78
4.6.1 EC-1a Background and Rationale ............................................................ 78
4.6.2 EC-1b Background and Rationale ............................................................ 78
4.6.3 EC-2 Background and Rationale .............................................................. 78
5.0 WATER RELATED PLANNING PROGRAMS AND PROCESSES.........................80
5.1 Other Watershed – Wide Planning Programs and Processes................................... 80
5.1.1 Intermountain Province (IMP) Sub-basin Planning ................................... 80
5.1.2 Salmonid Recovery Planning................................................................... 81
5.1.3 Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) Bull Trout Recovery Planning ...... 82
5.1.4 Kalispel Natural Resources Department (KNRD) Fish and Wildlife
Management Plan................................................................................... 83
5.1.5 Colville National Forest Management Plan............................................... 83
5.1.6 Idaho Panhandle National Forest Management Plan.................................. 83
5.1.7 Joint Stock Assessment Project................................................................ 84
5.1.8 Tri-State Water Quality Council .............................................................. 84
5.1.9 Transboundary Gas Group....................................................................... 85
5.1.10 Columbia River Treaty............................................................................ 85
5.1.11 VARQ................................................................................................... 85
5.2 Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Development and Implementation in
Washington and Idaho ........................................................................................ 86
5.2.1 303(d) Listed Waterbodies in Washington ................................................ 86
5.2.2 TMDLs in Washington ........................................................................... 87
5.2.3 303(d) Listed Waterbodies in Idaho ......................................................... 87
5.2.4 TMDLs in Idaho..................................................................................... 88
5.3 Growth and Land Use Planning ........................................................................... 89
5.3.1 Growth Management .............................................................................. 89
5.3.2 Pend Oreille County Comprehensive Planning.......................................... 89
5.3.3 Shorelines Management.......................................................................... 89
5.3.4 Water Conservation, Reclamation and Reuse (HB 1338) ........................... 90
5.3.5 Forest Practice Rules and Forest and Fish Report...................................... 91
6.0 IMPLEMENTATION ..................................................................................................93
6.1 Watershed Planning Implementation Requirements............................................... 93
6.2 Implementation Issues and Recommended Actions ............................................... 93
6.3 Watershed Plan Implementing Body .................................................................... 94
6.4 Mechanism to Allow for Plan Updates................................................................. 94
6.5 A Living Plan..................................................................................................... 94