WRIA 62 WMP 032305 - Washington State Department of Ecology

March, 2005 -11- 023-1289-003.3040
• Final Confirmation of Issues - December 14, 2004
• First Working Draft Plan - December 17, 2004
• Steering Committee Meeting (Review of First Working Draft Comments) - January 18, 2005
• WPU Meeting (Review of First Working Draft Comments) – January 20, 2005
• Final Draft Plan to State Caucus and Planning Unit - January 26, 2005
• Meeting with Commissioners (Presentation of Final Draft Plan) – January 31, 2005
• Meeting with Commissioners (Solicit Final Draft Plan Comments) – February 7, 2005
• Meeting with Commissioners (Solicit Final Draft Plan Comments) – February 14, 2005
• WPU Meeting (Review Final Draft Comments) – February 17, 2005
• Steering Committee Meeting (Review of Final Draft Comments) - February 24, 2005
• Final red-line Plan for WPU and Commissioners’ Review – March 4, 2005
• WPU Meeting (first meeting to review and approve Final Red-Line Plan) – March 14, 2005
• Meeting to update the Commissioners – March 14, 2005
• WPU Meeting (second meeting to review and approve Final Red-Line Plan) – March 17,
2005
• Planning Unit Approved Plan to Ecology and County Commissioners – March 25, 2005
Public outreach efforts, lead by the Pend Oreille Conservation District, have been ongoing since June,
1999 and will continue until the Plan is adopted by the County legislative authorities. The public
outreach plan is included as Appendix E.
2.2.6 Obligations and Expectations
As outlined in the Memorandum of Agreement signed by the WRIA 62 Initiating Governments
(Appendix C2), the Planning Unit will submit the draft Watershed Management Plan to the Initiating
Governments for approval. The Initiating Governments will have thirty (30) days to comment and
return the Plan for amendment. After revisions have been made, the Planning Unit will re-submit the
Plan to the Initiating Governments for final approval.
In the MOA (Appendix C2), it states that “Government and regulatory agency participants shall
provide specific written approval to the Initiating Governments of all Plan elements that create an
obligation on the agency”. In the MOA, “obligation” means any required action which imposes fiscal
impact, a redeployment of resources or a change in existing policy. “Governments” are those entities
empowered with legislative or regulatory power by state or local statutes. At the January 2005
Watershed Planning Unit meeting, the Planning Unit agreed that specific written approval to the
Initiating Governments would not be necessary and that approval of this Watershed Management Plan
constitutes acceptance by government and regulatory agency participants of the obligations within the
Plan.
In accordance with the bylaws (Appendix C3), the Planning Unit must approve the plan by consensus.
Once key management actions are defined and the Planning Unit approves the Plan, it must be
submitted to Pend Oreille County. The County legislative authorit y is then required to:
• Provide public notice of, and conduct at least one public hearing on the plan; and;
• Hold legislative session to either approve the plan or return it to the Planning Unit with
suggested revisions.
The entities responsible for the actions identified in this Watershed Management Plan are listed in
Tables 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5, 3-6 and 3-7, along with corresponding actions.
WRIA 62 WMP 032305