Okanogan County Comprehensive Plan Draft Environmental Impact Statement
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
REVISED OKANOGAN COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Notice is hereby given that
the Okanogan County Office of Planning and Community Development has issued a
Draft Environmental Impact Statement which discusses environmental impacts of
the proposed revisions to the 2014 Okanogan County Comprehensive Plan.
The Comprehensive Plan proposal has been prepared in accordance with RCW
36.70 Planning Enabling Act, RCW 36.70A Growth Management Act, and other
applicable case law and requirements.
The Comprehensive Plan contains policies that inform other land use
regulation in all unincorporated areas of the county.
The proposed revisions to the comprehensive plan consider the medium
range of population increase prepared by the OFM which projects that the
population will increase by 2891 people (revised) by the year 2040.
The revised comprehensive plan includes three alternative policy
approaches for dealing with the projected population increase.
The draft environmental impact statement
considers a 4th alternative suggested during the scoping period.
In November of 2018 the
SEPA Responsible Official for Okanogan County determined the proposal is likely
to have significant adverse impacts on the environment and ordered the
preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement in accordance with WAC
197-11-360. Comments received during the scoping period identified several
significant issues to be examined in the DEIS.
Agencies, affected tribes, and members of the public are invited to comment on
the DEIS and the revised comprehensive plan. The deadline for submitting
comments is September 3, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. You may submit your comments in
writing or electronically to:
cingle@co.okanogan.wa.us or mailed or delivered to 123 5th Ave
N. Suite 130, Okanogan WA 98840.
A public hearing has been scheduled with the Okanogan County Regional Planning
Commission to give interested parties the opportunity to provide verbal
testimony. The public hearing will be conducted on August 19, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
in the Commissioners Auditorium in the Virginia Grainger Building in Okanogan
Washington. Verbal testimony will be
limited to 5 minutes per speaker. Written comments may be submitted at the
hearing or prior to the hearing at the email and address listed above.
Information regarding this proposal
can be obtained from: Okanogan County Office of Planning and Development, Perry
Huston, Director of Planning, 123 5th Avenue North, Suite 130
Okanogan, WA 98840 509-422-7218 or
phuston@co.okanogan.wa.us
. A copy of the proposal and other
documents may be viewed at
www.okanogancounty.org/planning
Lead Agency:
Okanogan County Planning
Date of Publishing is:
July 17 and 18, 2019
Office of Planning and Development
123 5th Ave N Suite 130
Okanogan, WA 98840
Phone: (509) 422-7160 Fax: (509) 422-7349
