Summary Sheet for Fishway Structures Maintenance GHPA

Summary Sheet for Fishway Structures Maintenance GHPA

Purpose: This GHPA authorizes maintenance and repair of weir/pool, pool/chute, baffle or streambed control, blasted chute, vertical slot, roughened channel, and steep pass fishways, concrete weirs, sills, walls, log or rock controls and stop logs and guides. Fishway maintenance and repair shall be limited to repositioning of large woody material (LWM), sediment and small woody material removal, and work necessary to return the structure to its originally installed design. Work shall be limited to the WSDOT Right of Way.

Key Definitions:

Channelized stream: A man-made feature that intercepts and conveys a natural stream. If a channel conveys water through a jurisdictional wetland it will be considered a channelized stream.

Large Woody Material (LWM): Trees or tree parts larger than four inches in diameter and longer than six feet in length, including root wads. This material is located wholly or partially waterward of the OHWL.

Before conducting work:

1. Coordinate with your region RMEC.2. Notifying WDFW is not required.3. Ensure the proposed work fits within the timing limitations (see provision 4

for limitations on year around work).

During the work:

1. Ensure the GHPA is on site along with other required documents in provision 5.2. Read the permit and follow the BMPs in the permit (see sections on fish

removal/screening, water quality, bypass, equipment, sediment, woody material anddebris, erosion, maintenance/repair, and vegetation).

3. Contact your RMEC if any questions arise on the GHPA provisions.4. Track the information that needs to be reported in HATS for the annual report

(provision 51: SR, milepost, waterbody name, date, how long it took to complete thework, work description including quantity and disposition of LWM moved, quantity ofsediment removed, quantity of bank protection material (rip rap) placed).

5. Follow the Maintenance ECAP if any spills occur, if there is a fish kill or other waterquality problem, or when the provisions of the GHPA can not be followed.

After the work:

1. Record the information collected into HATS.Prepared by Virginia Stone (as of 5/15/19)

PERMITTEE AUTHORIZED AGENT OR CONTRACTOR

WSDOT

ATTENTION: Virginia Stone

310 Maple Park Ave SE

Olympia, WA 98501-2348

Project Name: Fishway Maintenance

Project Description: Maintenance and repair of fishway structures within WSDOT's Right-Of-Way.

PROVISIONS

1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This HPA authorizes maintenance and repair of weir/pool, pool/chute, baffle or streambed control, blasted chute, vertical slot, roughened channel, and steep pass fishways, concrete weirs, sills, walls, log or rock controls and stop logs and guides. Fishway maintenance and repair must be limited to repositioning of large woody material (LWM), sediment and small woody material removal, and work necessary to return the structure to its originally installed design. Work must be limited to the WSDOT Right of Way.

2. Complete rebuilding of the fishway or sequential repairs amounting to a complete rebuilding of the fishway within the five years of this HPA requires an individual HPA. If the applicant cannot comply with the provisions of this HPA due to site-specific or other concerns, a separate written HPA may be sought from the local Habitat Biologist (HB) for the project. See http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/habitat/ahb/ for a current listing of HBs and their coverage area(s).

3. NOTIFICATION PRIOR TO STARTING WORK is not required for this work. A list of expected maintenance work will be provided by WDFW annually prior to the work window.

4. TIMING LIMITATIONS: Work under this HPA may begin immediately and must be completed by May 19, 2024. Work may occur year around except: Repair or replacement of damaged log controls, filter fabric, ballast and associated riprap on log control fishways may only occur during the applicable fish life work windows (see ALLOWABLE FRESHWATER WORK TIMES May 2018.docx in the application record) or when the fishway is naturally dry.

5. APPROVED PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS: You must accomplish the work per plans and specifications submitted with the application and approved by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, except as modified by this Hydraulic Project Approval. You must have a copy of these plans and this HPA available on site during all phases of the project construction. Plans and specifications include, but are not limited to the following:a. WSDOT Environmental Compliance Assurance Procedure (ECAP) for maintenance in WSDOT's Environmental Manual Section 700.02. For work performed by a contractor use ECAP procedures in WSDOT Construction Manual Section 1-07.5.b. The Best Management Practices Field Guide consistent with the most recent version of the Regional Road Maintenance Endangered Species Act Program Guidelines (RRMP) Part 2: Best Management Practices. For work performed by a contractor, the requirements of Section 1-07.15 and 1-07.15(1) of WSDOT Standard Specifications will apply. c. WSDOT’s Standard Fish Moving Protocol.

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HYDRAULIC PROJECT APPROVAL

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife

PO Box 43234


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Permit Number: 2019-9-3+01

FPA/Public Notice Number: N/A

Application ID: 15399

Project End Date: May 19, 2024

Issued Date: May 20, 2019

d. INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL: Thoroughly clean all equipment and gear before arriving and leaving the job site to prevent the transport and introduction of invasive species if activities are conducted within the riparian area or floodway. Properly dispose of any water and chemicals used to clean gear and equipment. WSDOT staff must implement the specifications in WSDOT Maintenance Operations AIS (aquatic invasive species) protocols included in the permit application. Additionally, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's Invasive Species Management Protocols (November 2012) are available online at http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/01490/wdfw01490.pdf for more information.

6. FISH KILL/ WATER QUALITY PROBLEM NOTIFICATION: If a fish kill occurs or fish are observed in distress at the job site, immediately stop all activities causing harm. Immediately notify the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife of the problem. If the likely cause of the fish kill or fish distress is related to water quality, also notify the Washington Military Department Emergency Management Division at 1-800-258-5990. Activities related to the fish kill or fish distress must not resume until the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife gives approval. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife may require additional measures to mitigate impacts.

FISH REMOVAL AND SCREENING7. Capture and safely move fish life from the work area to the nearest suitable free-flowing water except when work is performed using hand-held equipment and hand-held tools or is limited to the repositioning of woody material. Invasive species captured should not be placed back into the system.

8. If the diversion inlet is a pump diversion in a fish-bearing stream, the pump intake structure must have a fish screen installed, operated, and maintained in accordance with RCW 77.57.010 and 77.57.070. Screen the pump intake with one of the following:a. Perforated plate: 0.094 inch (maximum opening diameter);b. Profile bar: 0.069 inch (maximum width opening); orc. Woven wire: 0.087 inch (maximum opening in the narrow direction).The minimum open area for all types of fish screens is twenty-seven percent. The screened intake facility must have enough surface area to ensure that the velocity through the screen is less than 0.4 feet per second. Maintain fish screens to prevent injury or entrapment of fish

9. Remove fish screens on dewatering pumps in the isolated work area only after all fish are safe and excluded from the work area.

10. The hydraulic capacity of the stream bypass must be sufficiently sized to pass all flows and debris downstream of the project site for the duration of the project.

WATER QUALITY11. Route construction water (wastewater) from the project to an upland area above the limits of anticipated floodwater. Remove fine sediment and other contaminants before discharging the construction water to waters of the state.

12. Prevent project contaminants, such as petroleum products, hydraulic fluid, fresh concrete, sediments, sediment-laden water, chemicals, or any other toxic or harmful materials, from entering or leaching into waters of the state.

13. To prevent leaching, construct forms to contain any wet concrete. Place impervious material over wet concrete that will come in contact with waters of the state. Forms and impervious materials must remain in place until the concrete is cured.

14. Any dewatering required from a contained area with curing concrete must be discharged to a facility or location with no possible re-entry to waters of the state.

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15. No lumber used to repair the fishway may contain creosote, pentachlorophenol, or other preservatives or substances that are toxic to fish.

16. No more than one cubic yard of concrete may be used below the OHWL per fishway repair project without separate written HPA from WDFW.

BYPASS17. Use the least-impacting feasible method to temporarily bypass water from the work area, giving consideration to the physical characteristics of the site and the anticipated volume of water flowing through the work area, except when all of the following three conditions are met: a. Fish removal and screening provisions are followed, b. Work is performed during the approved work windows, and c. Water quality provisions are met.

18. A temporary bypass is not required when the following circumstances exist, provided you can comply with the Hydraulic Project Approval provisions : a. When installing a coffer dam, bypass or similar structure would cause greater impacts to fish life than it would prevent; b. When the work area is in deep or swiftly flowing water; c. When turbidity is not a concern (i.e. the stream is dry, very slow flow); d. When fish can be excluded by nets or screens; or e. When fish are not present; orf. When conducting work with hand-held tools only.

19. Install a cofferdam or similar device at the upstream and downstream end of the bypass to prevent backwater from entering the work area.

20. Minimize the length of any bypass. Return diverted water to the channel immediately downstream of the work area. Dissipate flow energy from the diversion to prevent scour or erosion of the channel and bank.

21. Route construction water (wastewater) from the project to an upland area above the limits of anticipated floodwater. Remove fine sediment and other contaminants before discharging the construction water to waters of the state.

22. All work below the OHWL must be completed prior to releasing the water flow to the project area.

23. Upon completion of the project, remove all materials or equipment from the site and dispose of all excess spoils and waste materials in an upland area above the limits of anticipated floodwater.

24. Return water flow slowly to the bypassed work area to prevent the downstream release of sediment laden water. If necessary, install silt fencing above the bypass outlet to capture sediment during re-watering of the channel.

EQUIPMENT25. Limit the use of equipment waterward of the ordinary high water line to hand-held tools and hand-held equipment whenever site conditions and the maintenance activity to be conducted can be completed without larger equipment.

26. With the exception of bypass pumps, establish staging areas (used for equipment storage, vehicle storage, fueling, servicing, and hazardous material storage) in a location and manner that will prevent contaminants such as petroleum products, hydraulic fluid, fresh concrete, sediments, sediment-laden water, chemicals, or any other toxic or harmful materials from entering waters of the state.

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27. Station and operate equipment on the WSDOT Right of WAY (ROW), pre-constructed access points, or adjacent properties with written landowner permission. Minor grading of the bank to allow temporary access for equipment is allowed provided no materials are brought in from off-site and the site is restored to its pre-existing condition and revegetated as required below upon project completion. Access construction outside the ROW for equipment is not authorized.

28. Equipment used for this project may operate waterward of the wetted perimeter, provided the drive mechanisms (wheels, tracks, tires, etc.) do not enter or operate waterward of the wetted perimeter.

29. Remove soil or debris from the drive mechanisms (wheels, tires, tracks, etc.) and undercarriage of equipment prior to operating the equipment waterward of the ordinary high water line. Equipment may not be left unattended within the stream channel.

30. Check equipment daily for leaks and complete any required repairs in an upland location before using the equipment in or near the water.

SEDIMENT 31. Any bedload sediments, small woody material, or debris not conforming to pre-existing fishway design conditions may be removed from the fishway, and within 25 feet of the fishway inlet and outlet.

32. Sediment removal from the fishway must not result in a head cut in the channel that erodes upstream, or damage to the toe of bank downstream of the site of sediment removal.

33. A Vactor or similar vacuum excavation vehicle may be used to remove sediments. Jetting of material from within the fishway must be performed in the dry, or when water quality can be maintained immediately downstream of the work site. All sediments jetted or vactored from the structure must be removed from the channel.

34. Sediment removal must be limited to restoring the fishway to its pre-existing condition with a gradual taper of ground line to meet the native stream bed to minimize the potential of inducing head cutting and fish entrapment during low flows. Overburden material resulting from the project must be deposited beyond the limits of flood waters or in a way that does not adversely affect the bed or flow of the stream, or the riparian corridor.

35. To avoid fish stranding, the bed must not contain pits, potholes, or large depressions upon completion of the dredging.

WOODY MATERIAL AND DEBRIS36. This HPA does not authorize the cutting of LWM to a length less than the channel width; root wads may not be removed from the LWM trunk; the diameter of the root wad may not be reduced. These actions require a separate individual HPA. Pieces already shorter than the channel width may be cut to facilitate floating or repositioning the LWM away from the fishway, or to eliminate a fish passage barrier. Cutting must be maintained as a final option only when other methods have failed.

37. LWM not conforming to pre-existing fishway design conditions within 25 feet of the fishway inlet and outlet may be moved except: LWM embedded in the bank or stream bed must be left undisturbed and intact.

38. LWM repositioning must be minimized as much as possible. If LWM must be moved it must be repositioned within the channel, floated free, or placed in the channel as near the wetted perimeter as possible immediately downstream of the work site, but shall not be removed from the stream.

39. Woody material not meeting the definition of LWM may be repositioned within the stream, floated downstream, or

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removed.

40. LWM must be floated free or lifted with full suspension to avoid bed and bank disturbance. Do not drag large woody material. Suspend large woody material during placement, repositioning, or removal so it does not damage the bed or banks. A yarding corridor or full suspension is required to protect riparian zone vegetation. Full suspension can be achieved with hand-operated or heavy equipment or aerial log yarding towers.

41. LWM must be repositioned gradually and in a controlled manner to prevent a sudden release of any impounded water, bed, logs, other material or sediments which may result in downstream bed and bank degradation, sedimentation or flooding.

42. Deposit all trash from the project at an appropriate upland disposal location.

EROSION43. Work below the OHWL must be limited to the area within the pre-existing footprint and may not exceed that necessary to restore the site to its pre-existing function and condition. Material types not previously authorized for use at the site are not authorized for use under this HPA except: Riprap may be placed to stabilize erosion to protect the fishway.

44. Where riprap is used for bank protection, the following apply: a. River gravels may not be used as exterior armor.b. Riprap must be sized to withstand peak flows. c. The toe must be constructed to protect the integrity of the bank.d. Riprap must only be placed between the toe of the bank and up to the OHWL or to armor the inlet/outlet of the fishway.e. Riprap placement may not constrict the channel or fishway.f. Native plant material, in conjunction with structural components when necessary, must be used for bank stabilization or repair above the OHWL within riparian areas.

45. Do not release overburden material into the waters of the state when resloping the bank.

VEGETATION46. Riparian vegetation outside of the work area may not be removed or disturbed.

47. Avoid damaging existing vegetation. Riparian vegetation must be straddled with heavy equipment or be pruned as necessary without damaging the roots, to allow the operation of heavy equipment. When possible, vegetation disturbance should be limited to the shaded side of the channel.

48. Protect all disturbed areas from erosion. Maintain erosion and sediment control until all work and cleanup of the job site is complete.

49. All woody plants on the banks or in the bed of state waters damaged by the work beyond their capability to regenerate must be replaced in-kind or with locally-sourced native species. Woody plants must be replaced and maintained at a ratio of at least 1:1 by the end of the first growing season after impact. If replacement plants fail after the end of the growing season, additional plantings, or natural recruitment, are required during the next planting season to achieve and maintain at least 1:1 replacement.

50. Trees with a diameter at breast height larger than 4 inches that are required to be removed as part of this project must be treated as potentially recruited large woody material, and be positioned within the channel as such. Removed trees must also be replaced in-kind or with locally-sourced native species and survival must be maintained at a ratio of

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at least 4:1 by the end of the first growing season after impact. If replacement plants fail, additional plantings, or natural recruitment is required prior to the next growing season to achieve and maintain at least 4:1 replacement. Plantings must be located at the work site, but such that future maintenance will not impact the replacement vegetation.

51. ANNUAL REPORTING: A calendar year annual report in unlocked Microsoft Excel (*.xls) format must be uploaded to Application ID 15399 in the Aquatic Protection Permitting System (APPS) or emailed to [email protected] by February 28 of the following year. In the final year of the HPA, the report must be submitted prior to the expiration date. Reporting debris removal that is part of culvert inspection work using only hand--held equipment and hand-held tools is not required. An annual report is required even if no work was conducted. The annual report must include:a. Permittee, contact person, address, telephone number, date of report, time period.b. The permit number for this HPA, summary of the total number of individual projects by region and statewide.c. Problem(s) encountered: Such as inability to comply with provisions, lack of notification to WDFW, corrective action taken to rectify problems, and impacts to fish life and water quality from activity. If the Environmental Compliance Assurance Procedure (ECAP) or similar procedure was used, state the activity that triggered the procedure.d. Recommendations for improvement to best management practices and permit provisions.e. List of individual projects completed: By region including water body name, road number and milepost if applicable, latitude and longitude, start and end date of work, description of work, including quantity of sediment removed, quantity and disposition of LWM moved, or quantity of bank protection material placed.f. Fish exclusion work conducted under this permit must be submitted, but may be submitted in a separate report.

DEFINITIONSAnticipated floodwater: The highest level of stream flow expected to occur while the bypass system is in place.

Channelized stream: A man-made feature that intercepts and conveys a natural stream. If a channel conveys water through a jurisdictional wetland it will be considered a channelized stream.

Debris: Inorganic material including trash, tires and garbage, etc. This definition does not include Large Woody Material (LWM), woody material smaller than LWM, woody material resulting from beaver activity, or woody material placed in channels for an environmentally beneficial purpose.

Embedded: Secured or fixed within the streambed.

Environmental Compliance Assurance Procedure (ECAP): WSDOT communication protocol to monitor and measure compliance performance.

Hand-held equipment: Equipment held by hand and powered by internal combustion, hydraulics, pneumatics, or electricity. Examples are chainsaws, drills, and grinders.

Hand-held tools: Tools held by hand and are not powered by internal combustion, hydraulics, pneumatics, or electricity. Examples are shovels, rakes, hammers, pry bars, and cable winches.

Jetting: Flushing sediment from a confined space using a high pressure water jet.

Large Woody Material (LWM): Trees or tree parts larger than four inches in diameter and longer than six feet in length, including root wads. This material is located wholly or partially waterward of the Ordinary High Water Line (OHWL).

Ordinary High Water Line (OHWL): The mark on the shores of all waters that will be found by examining the bed and banks and ascertaining where the presence and action of waters are so common and usual and so long continued in

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APPLY TO ALL HYDRAULIC PROJECT APPROVALS

This Hydraulic Project Approval pertains only to those requirements of the Washington State Hydraulic Code, specifically Chapter 77.55 RCW. Additional authorization from other public agencies may be necessary for this project. The person(s) to whom this Hydraulic Project Approval is issued is responsible for applying for and obtaining any additional authorization from other public agencies (local, state and/or federal) that may be necessary for this project.

LOCATION #1: , , WA

WORK START: May 20, 2019 WORK END: May 19, 2024

WRIA Waterbody: Tributary to:

1/4 SEC: Section: Township: Range: Latitude: Longitude: County:

Statewide

Location #1 Driving Directions

ordinary years, as to mark upon the soil or vegetation a character distinct from that of the abutting upland provided that in any area where the ordinary high water line cannot be found the ordinary high water line adjoining saltwater shall be the line of mean higher high water and the ordinary high water line adjoining freshwater shall be the elevation of the mean annual flood.

Riprap: Clean, angular natural rock used for bank protection. This does not include waste concrete or asphalt material.

Sediment(s): Settled particulate matter located in the predominant biologically active aquatic zone, or exposed to the water column. Sediment also includes settled particulate matter exposed by human activity (e.g., dredging) to the biologically active aquatic zone or to the water column.

Toe of Bank: The distinct break in slope between the stream bank or shoreline and the stream bottom or marine beach or bed, excluding areas of sloughing. For steep banks that extend into the water, the toe may be submerged below the ordinary high water line. For artificial structures, such as jetties or bulkheads, the toe refers to the base of the structure, where it meets the stream bed or marine beach or bed.

Wetted Perimeter: The areas of a watercourse covered with flowing or non-flowing water.

WSDOT Right of Way: The area of land dedicated for public use or secured by the public for purposes of ingress and egress to abutting property and other public purposes. ROW includes area maintained by WSDOT through prescriptive rights. It includes the structures necessary to keep the transportation system operational.

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This Hydraulic Project Approval shall be available on the job site at all times and all its provisions followed by the person(s) to whom this Hydraulic Project Approval is issued and operator(s) performing the work.

This Hydraulic Project Approval does not authorize trespass.

The person(s) to whom this Hydraulic Project Approval is issued and operator(s) performing the work may be held liable for any loss or damage to fish life or fish habitat that results from failure to comply with the provisions of this Hydraulic Project Approval.

Failure to comply with the provisions of this Hydraulic Project Approval could result in a civil penalty of up to one hundred dollars per day and/or a gross misdemeanor charge, possibly punishable by fine and/or imprisonment.

All Hydraulic Project Approvals issued under RCW 77.55.021 are subject to additional restrictions, conditions, or revocation if the Department of Fish and Wildlife determines that changed conditions require such action. The person(s) to whom this Hydraulic Project Approval is issued has the right to appeal those decisions. Procedures for filing appeals are listed below.

MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS HPA: You may request approval of minor modifications to the required work timing or to the plans and specifications approved in this HPA unless this is a General HPA. If this is a General HPA you must use the Major Modification process described below. Any approved minor modification will require issuance of a letter documenting the approval. A minor modification to the required work timing means any change to the work start or end dates of the current work season to enable project or work phase completion. Minor modifications will be approved only if spawning or incubating fish are not present within the vicinity of the project. You may request subsequent minor modifications to the required work timing. A minor modification of the plans and specifications means any changes in the materials, characteristics or construction of your project that does not alter the project's impact to fish life or habitat and does not require a change in the provisions of the HPA to mitigate the impacts of the modification. If you originally applied for your HPA through the online Aquatic Protection Permitting System (APPS), you may request a minor modification through APPS. A link to APPS is at http://wdfw.wa.gov/licensing/hpa/. If you did not use APPS you must submit a written request that clearly indicates you are seeking a minor modification to an existing HPA. Written requests must include the name of the applicant, the name of the authorized agent if one is acting for the applicant, the APP ID number of the HPA, the date issued, the permitting biologist, the requested changes to the HPA, the reason for the requested change, the date of the request, and the requestor's signature. Send by mail to: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, PO Box 43234, Olympia, Washington 98504-3234, or by email to [email protected]. You should allow up to 45 days for the department to process your request.

MAJOR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS HPA: You may request approval of major modifications to any aspect of your HPA. Any approved change other than a minor modification to your HPA will require issuance of a new HPA. If you originally applied for your HPA through the online Aquatic Protection Permitting System (APPS), you may request a major modification through APPS. A link to APPS is at http://wdfw.wa.gov/licensing/hpa/. If you did not use APPS you must submit a written request that clearly indicates you are requesting a major modification to an existing HPA. Written requests must include the name of the applicant, the name of the authorized agent if one is acting for the applicant, the APP ID number of the HPA, the date issued, the permitting biologist, the requested changes to the HPA, the reason for the requested change, the date of the request, and the requestor's signature. Send your written request by mail to: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, PO Box 43234, Olympia, Washington 98504-3234. You may email your request for a major modification to [email protected]. You should allow up to 45 days for the department to process your request.

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APPEALS INFORMATION

If you wish to appeal the issuance, denial, conditioning, or modification of a Hydraulic Project Approval (HPA), Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) recommends that you first contact the department employee who issued or denied the HPA to discuss your concerns. Such a discussion may resolve your concerns without the need for further appeal action. If you proceed with an appeal, you may request an informal or formal appeal. WDFW encourages you to take advantage of the informal appeal process before initiating a formal appeal. The informal appeal process includes a review by department management of the HPA or denial and often resolves issues faster and with less legal complexity than the formal appeal process. If the informal appeal process does not resolve your concerns, you may advance your appeal to the formal process. You may contact the HPA Appeals Coordinator at (360) 902-2534 for more information.

A. INFORMAL APPEALS: WAC 220-660-460 is the rule describing how to request an informal appeal of WDFW actions taken under Chapter 77.55 RCW. Please refer to that rule for complete informal appeal procedures. The following information summarizes that rule.

A person who is aggrieved by the issuance, denial, conditioning, or modification of an HPA may request an informal appeal of that action. You must send your request to WDFW by mail to the HPA Appeals Coordinator, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Program, PO Box 43234, Olympia, Washington 98504-3234; e-mail to [email protected]; fax to (360) 902-2946; or hand-delivery to the Natural Resources Building, 1111 Washington St SE, Habitat Program, Fifth floor. WDFW must receive your request within 30 days from the date you receive notice of the decision. If you agree, and you applied for the HPA, resolution of the appeal may be facilitated through an informal conference with the WDFW employee responsible for the decision and a supervisor. If a resolution is not reached through the informal conference, or you are not the person who applied for the HPA, the HPA Appeals Coordinator or designee may conduct an informal hearing or review and recommend a decision to the Director or designee. If you are not satisfied with the results of the informal appeal, you may file a request for a formal appeal.

B. FORMAL APPEALS: WAC 220-660-470 is the rule describing how to request a formal appeal of WDFW actions taken under Chapter 77.55 RCW. Please refer to that rule for complete formal appeal procedures. The following information summarizes that rule.

A person who is aggrieved by the issuance, denial, conditioning, or modification of an HPA may request a formal appeal of that action. You must send your request for a formal appeal to the clerk of the Pollution Control Hearings Boards and serve a copy on WDFW within 30 days from the date you receive notice of the decision. You may serve WDFW by mail to the HPA Appeals Coordinator, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Program, PO Box 43234, Olympia, Washington 98504-3234; e-mail to [email protected]; fax to (360) 902-2946; or hand-delivery to the Natural Resources Building, 1111 Washington St SE, Habitat Program, Fifth floor. The time period for requesting a formal appeal is suspended during consideration of a timely informal appeal. If there has been an informal appeal, you may request a formal appeal within 30 days from the date you receive the Director's or designee's written decision in response to the informal appeal.

C. FAILURE TO APPEAL WITHIN THE REQUIRED TIME PERIODS: If there is no timely request for an appeal, the WDFW action shall be final and unappealable.

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Habitat Biologist [email protected] for Director

WDFWJeffrey Kamps 360-757-3034

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Date Received: 2019-04-05

Application ID :15399

Online Submission

Application technically complete and accepted for further processing

Standard Hydraulic Project

01. ApplicationInformation

* Application Type:

Standard

* I am applying for a General HPA.

Yes

* Site Description:

Fishway structures within WSDOT's Right-Of-Way.

* Are you applying for a long-term HPA for agricultural irrigation or stock watering purposesunder RCW 77.55.021 (9)(c)?

No

02. Project Identification * Project Name (A name for your project that you create. Examples: Smith’s Dock or Seabrook Lane Development)

Fishway Maintenance

* NonSimplified Project Type(s) (check all that apply):

Fishways

* Simplified Project Type(s) (check all that apply):

Road Maintenance Work

03. Applicant * Business Name (if applicable)

WSDOT

* First Name

Virginia

* Last Name

Stone

* Address 1


* City

Olympia

* State/Province

WA

* Zip Code (12345 or 12345-1234)

98501-2348

* Country

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* Primary Phone No (555-555-5555 Ext.)

360-704-6312

* Mobile Phone No (555-555-5555)

* Email

[email protected]

04. Applicant AccountType

* Please select one applicant account type

Government – State

05. Authorized Agent orContact

* No agent will be acting on behalf of the Applicant

Yes

* Business Name (if applicable)

WSDOT

* First Name

Virginia

* Last Name

Stone

* Address 1


* City

Olympia

* State/Province

WA

* Zip Code (12345 or 12345-1234)

98501-2348

* Country

United States


360-704-6312


* Email

[email protected]

06. Property Owner(s) * Check here if Property Owner is the same as Applicant

Yes

* Business Name (if applicable)

WSDOT

* First Name

Virginia

* Last Name

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Stone

* Address 1


* City

Olympia

* State/Province

WA

* Zip Code (12345 or 12345-1234)

98501-2348

* Country

United States


360-704-6312


* Email

[email protected]

07. Project Location * Location

Site Name: Work Start Date: Work End Date:

Address: , Statewide, WA, United States Latitude: Longtitude:

WRIA: Stream Number: Stream Name: Parcel No: 100 Year Flood: Drive Direction: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

08. Project Description * Will you be operating equipment in water?

Yes

* Type of equipment used

Debris will be removed using hand tools, wenches, chain saws, backhoe, excavator, crane, or other equipment as required.

* Summarize the overall project.

Maintenance and repair of fishway structures within WSDOT's Right-Of-Way.

* Describe how you plan to construct each project element. Include specific construction methodsand equipment to be used. Identify where each element will occur in relation to the nearestwaterbody. Indicate which activities are within the 100-year flood plain.

Maintenance and repair of fishway structures will be performed to restore flows to preexisting conditions and stop adverse impacts associated with siltation from washouts (erosion of the bank), major reconstruction of the infrastructure caused by erosion, and stranding of fish associated with the waterbody overtopping its banks.

Activities includes repair of weir/pool, pool/chutes, baffle or streambed control, blasted chutes, concrete

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weir, sill, wall, log or rock controls, and stop logs using the equipment listed above. It also includes the removal of bedload material when necessary to make the fishway function properly. Minor repair of erosion may be necessary adjacent to the structure to ensure the structural integrity of the fishway and embankments supporting the roadway structure.

* Requested Project Start Date:

05/20/2019

* Requested Project End Date:

05/19/2024

09. Waterbodies (other than wetlands): Impacts and Mitigation

* Describe how the project is designed to avoid and minimize adverse impacts to the aquatic environment. We will minimize impacts to the aquatic system by:

• Using appropriate BMPs from Part 2 of the Regional Road Maintenance Program to control erosion, sedimentation, and equipment fluids. • Following WDFW’s Allowable Freshwater Work Times for in-water work in fish bearing streams and the installation of diversion structures, when appropriate, for working in the dry. • Removing fish from the work area when in water work is performed using WSDOT’s Standard Fish Moving Protocol and Guidelines when fish exclusion or stream bypass is required. • Using a qualified biologist to lead fish moving activities per the Fish Moving Protocol and Guidelines. • Placing fish screen on the intake hose of water diversion pumps. • Installing block nets to prevent fish from re-entering the work area for stream bypasses. • Using nets to move fish and only use electrofishing if other options are not feasible. • Releasing water slowly from stream bypasses so the actions for this maintenance activity does not exceed water quality standards or release sediment into waterbodies. • Monitoring release of stream bypass to avoid fish stranding. • Avoiding placement of rip rap below the ordinary high water line. • Minimizing damage to native riparian woody species. • Replacing destroyed plants at a 1:1 ratio. • Seeding, mulching, and using other approved BMPs to control erosion of the streambank and stream siltation. • Repositioning large woody material below the OHWL that is creating a blockage system to a location that will not impact the roadway structure. This will ensure a no net loss of habitat structures in the stream. LWM will only be cut if it is not feasible to reposition it.

* Will your project impact a waterbody or the area around a waterbody?

Yes

* Describe how your project will impact a waterbody or the area around a waterbody.

See above.

* Describe impact(s) that cannot be avoided through project design and implementation. For each location, please include the following:General location description where the impact(s) will occur(e.g. stream bank, beach front, 2-foot strip from bank, portion of gravel bar, etc.)Provide length, quantities, and/or area of impact The least impacting methods will be used to avoid impacts to fish life and the stream as listed above. Plants

destroyed by the activity will be replaced at a 1:1 ratio. All areas of bare soils caused by the maintenance activity will be seeded, mulched, or other approved BMPs to control erosion of the bank and siltation of the stream. Trees that need to be removed from the bank will be replaced at a 4:1 ratio that meet LWM criteria.

* Have you prepared a mitigation plan to compensate for the project’s adverse impacts to non-wetland waterbodies? NA

* Have you prepared a mitigation plan to compensate for the project’s adverse impacts to non-wetland waterbodies? The plans, specifications, avoidance and minimization measures, and the GHPA provisions address impacts

to fish life according to the Hydraulic Code. Therefore, activities covered by this GHPA does not require

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compensatory mitigation or a mitigation plan.

* Describe the source and nature of any fill material, amount (in cubic yards) you will use, and how and where it will be placed into the waterbody. Any slope stabilization activities will be conducted within the original project footprint. Rip rap will not be

placed below the OHWL. Fill will come from an approved source. * For all excavating or dredging activities, describe the method for excavating or dredging type and

amount of material you will remove, and where the material will be disposed. Debris will be removed using hand tools, wenches, chain saws, backhoe, excavator, crane, or other

equipment as required. The least impacting method will be used to perform these activities. Type of material removed may include bedload material (rocks, gravels, sands, and silts), small woody material, and manmade debris such as shopping carts. Large Woody Material will be repositioned below the OHWL.

10. SEPA Compliance * Compliance with the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA). For more information about SEPA, go to "http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/sepa/e-review.html" This project is exempt. I will upload, mail, or deliver a draft of the SEPA Letter of Exemption as part of this

application. * Choose Type Of Exemption.

Categorical Exemption

* Under what section of the SEPA administrative code (WAC) is it exempt?

WAC 468-12-800(1)(u)

Best Management Practices Field Guide for ESA § 4 (d) Habitat Protection June 2018

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Contents

GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................... 5

INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................... 6

MAINTENANCE & RMEC COORDINATION .......................................................................................... 9

#1: ROADWAY SURFACE ....................................................................................................................... 10

ACTIVITIES: ............................................................................................................................................... 10 BMP TABLE: ............................................................................................................................................. 10

#2: ENCLOSED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS ............................................................................................... 14


#3: CLEANING ENCLOSED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS .......................................................................... 17


#4: OPEN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS .......................................................................................................... 19


#5: WATERCOURSES AND STREAMS ............................................................................................... 23


#6: STREAM CROSSINGS ...................................................................................................................... 27


#7: GRAVEL SHOULDERS ..................................................................................................................... 31


#8: STREET SURFACE CLEANING ...................................................................................................... 34


#9: BRIDGE MAINTENANCE .................................................................................................................. 36


#10: SNOW AND ICE CONTROL ........................................................................................................... 40


#11: EMERGENCY SLIDE/WASHOUT REPAIR ................................................................................. 42


#12: CONCRETE ....................................................................................................................................... 45


#13: SEWER SYSTEMS........................................................................................................................... 48

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#14: WATER SYSTEMS ........................................................................................................................... 51


#15: VEGETATION ................................................................................................................................... 54


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Glossary of Acronyms

BMPs Best Management Practices ESA Endangered Species Act Highway Activity HATS Tracking System HPA Hydraulic Project Approval IRVM Integrated Roadside Vegetation Plan LWM Large Woody Material RMEC Regional Maintenance Environmental Coordinator RRMP Regional Road Maintenance ESA Program Guidelines ROW Right-of-Way WDFW Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife WSDOT Washington State Department of Transportation

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Introduction This guide is intended for WSDOT maintenance crews and regional maintenance environmental coordinators who work within sensitive priority areas – these locations are identified on the Highway Activity Tracking System (HATS) base map. This guide was developed to train and alert staff as to when and where to apply and report implementation of the Regional Road Maintenance Endangered Species Act (ESA) Program Guidelines (RRMP) Best Management Practices (BMPs). Knowing the location of aquatic habitat within the Right-of-Way (ROW) and using BMPs during maintenance activities in these sensitive priority areas will conserve listed ESA threatened salmonids species habitat. The BMPs are not prescriptive, but are outcome based. The best professional judgment of trained maintenance personnel is instrumental in meeting the BMP outcomes (minimize erosion and sedimentation, contain pollutants and minimize impacts to vegetation root zone). This guide provides instructions for completing records using the HATS program and documenting WSDOT compliance with ESA § 4(d) "take" limits for the RRMP. This document constitutes the proof of your compliance with RRMP. Following the Guide will not only conserve listed salmonids, but help protect water quality and quantity, aquatic and shoreline habitats and the traveling public safety. Failure to document compliance could result in a violation under the ESA.

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Instructions for Maintenance Crews on How to Complete Records for ESA Compliance

Use IPAD HATS program to determine the location of proposed work. The Roadside Sensitive Maintenance Areas are identified on the base map as a green lineal feature. Is work located within a sensitive area? If yes, does the work meet one of the work operation descriptions below? If yes, then complete the HATS form for the work below which will satisfy compliance with the ESA program. The 3rd column to the right describes the form in HATS to use for documenting compliance. If work does not meet the work operation list below, but has the potential to disturb/expose soils, discharge pollutants, disturb vegetation root systems, or could impact water then complete a stand-alone record using the *ESA Compliance form in HATS. Work Operation Code Work Description HATS Form 1142, 1143, 1144, 1212

Shoulder Maintenance Shoulder Maintenance

1211, 1213, 1214 Slide Cleanup / Rip Rap Cribbing / Rockfall Containment

Slide Cleanup / Rip Rap Cribbing / Rockfall Containment

1311 Ditch Maintenance Ditch Maintenance 1329 Channel Maintenance Channel

Maintenance 1332, 1333, 1337, 1337

Culvert / Pipe Maintenance

Culvert

1900 Series Bridge Maintenance HPA 1390 Beaver Dam Removal HPA Fishway Maintenance HPA or Culvert * * Other work that disturbs

soil discharges pollutants or located within natural waters

ESA Compliance

In the HATS form:

• Select the appropriate site specific BMPs for your worksite. • Write in other site specific BMPs used that aren't listed in the pull

down menu.

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• Write in any comments regarding process or observations on BMPs that can improve the program.

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Maintenance & RMEC Coordination

1. Maintenance notifies RMEC with proposed in water work activity or potential work activity that could impact water. The notification will include maintenance contact and location (Highway # and mile post). Go to step 2.

2. Review work for consistency with programmatic permits. If no, go to step 3. If yes, go to step 5.

3. RMEC or appropriate individual submits individual permit application. Go to Step 4.

4. RMEC or appropriate individual receives permit approval. Go to Step 5.

5. RMEC or appropriate individual contacts maintenance crew to inform them that work is covered under a programmatic or individual permit. Provide a copy of the applicable permit to the crews. Go to step 6.

6. Maintenance goes to work with copies of the appropriate permits on site.

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#1: Roadway Surface

Activities:

Activities include the following: pothole and square cut patching; removing paved surface or roadway base; repairing roadway base; repaving; adding gravel or grading roads, access roads, or ROW surfaces; dust control; extending pavement edge; paving gravel shoulder; crack sealing; overlay; chip seal; resurfacing; pavement marking and traffic channelization; traffic control features.

BMP Table:

Routine BMPs BMPs Description

Maintenance of Roadway Surfaces

Perform repairs, replacement and maintenance of roadway surface.

Shoulder Work Maximize opportunities for shoulder work, which will increase infiltration or bio-filtration. (See also Maintenance Category #7, Gravel Shoulders)

Equipment/ Tools

Tools and equipment clean up procedures: • Routinely inspect equipment, tools and vehicles

for leaks or damage. • Keep clean up materials, such as dry absorbent

materials, on site to allow prompt clean up of spills.

• Promptly repair or replace leaking connections, pipes, hoses and/or valves.

Vehicle and equipment maintenance, repair and/or service will be performed at designated repair facilities whenever possible. Use the following practices to reduce the potential for discharge of pollutants to watercourses or streams from vehicle and equipment maintenance, service and repair operations:

• Prohibit discharge of any wastewaters to stormwater drains. Do not pour material down drains or hose down work areas. Use either dry sweeping or damp mopping.

• Remove buildup of oils and grease on equipment. • Perform equipment and vehicle maintenance in

areas that prevent discharges to the storm drain system.

• Use drip pans under equipment when

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maintaining, repairing or servicing in the field. • Use non-toxic solvents whenever possible. • Clean maintenance area storm drain grates

regularly. • Collect and properly manage (recycle or dispose of)

used materials: grease, oil, oil filters, antifreeze, cleaning solutions, lead-acid batteries, tires, hydraulic and transmission fluids.

Equipment/ Tools

• Surfaces shall be cleaned following any discharge or spill incident.

At end of shift, park equipment in designated areas. Clean equipment and tools offsite in an area where pollutants can be contained. If unable to move tools and equipment off site, control and remove cleaning by-products.

Material/ Debris Disposal

After repairs are completed, remove construction/maintenance waste materials from work site and dispose of and/or recycle. If area is swept with a pick-up sweeper, the material will be hauled out of the area to appropriate disposal site.

Painting/ Marking

Follow state and federal guidelines for handling paint and other traffic marking material. Stripe roadways in dry weather.

Spill Prevention & Control Continued on next page.

Carry spill kit used for small spills related to equipment failure. At a minimum, WSDOT will carry a five-gallon capacity spill kit designed for petroleum products that will be carried on vehicle or with equipment. Desired outcome is to control, absorb or contain spill for clean up and disposal.

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Site Specific BMPs BMPs Description

Are you disturbing soils?

Exposed and unworked soils shall be stabilized by application of BMPs that protect soil from the erosive forces of raindrop impact and flowing water:

• During winter season – October through June – no soils shall remain exposed and unworked for more than two days.

• During the summer season – July through September – no soils shall remain exposed and unworked for more than seven days.

• These conditions apply to all soils on site, whether or not at final grade.

Prior to BMP removal, clean up accumulated sediments and seed or replant disturbed area.

Site Specific BMPs Continued on next page.

Use any of the three BMP outcome categories at or around the work site to reduce turbidity, sediment and/or pollutants from entering watercourses, streams, wetlands, lakes or other water bodies: “Filter/Perimeter Protection”

Coir Inlet Protection Continuous Berm Kimble Filter Pipe Curb Inlet Sediment Trap Silt Fence Excelsior Filled Sediment Trap Silt Mat Filter Fabric Straw Bale Barrier (1)

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Site Specific BMPs .

Grass Lined Channel Straw Bale Barrier (2) Gravel Lined Channel Straw Bale Barrier (3) Gravel Filled Sump Straw Log Half Round Filter Washed Rock

“Reduce Potential for Soil Erosion” Back of Slope Planting Live Staking Construction Access Road Mulching Ditch Lining Plastic Covering Dust Control Soil Stabilization

(Blankets/Matting) Filter Fabric Surface Roughening Grass Lined Channel Sweeping Hand Seeding Vegetative Buffer Hydroseeding

“Reduce Water Velocity/Erosive Forces” Back of Slope Planting Sandbag Coir Fabric Silt Fence Coir Log Silt Mat Continuous Berm Straw Bale Barrier (1) Ditch Lining Straw Bale Barrier (2) Excelsior Filled Log Straw Bale Barrier (3) Hand Seeding Straw Log Hydroseeding Stream Bank Bio-Engineering Large Woody Material Surface Roughening Live Staking Triangular Silt Dike Mulching Turbidity Curtain Rip Rap Vegetative Buffer Rock Check Dam

Go to http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/maintenance/roadside/esa.htm For Part 2 BMP installation guidelines.

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#2: Enclosed Drainage Systems

Activities: Enclosed drainage systems include the following: facilities, retention/detention facilities, pollution control devices, manholes, catch basins, vaults, pipes, access roads and inlets/outlets.

BMP Table:


Maintaining Enclosed Drainage Systems

Perform repairs, replacement and maintenance of enclosed drainage systems.

Equipment/ Tools



materials, on site to allow prompt clean up of spills. • Promptly repair or replace leaking connections,

pipes, hoses and/or valves. Vehicle and equipment maintenance, repair and/or service will be performed at designated repair facilities whenever possible. Use the following practices to reduce the potential for discharge of pollutants to watercourses or streams from vehicle and equipment maintenance, service and repair operations:




• Use drip pans under equipment when maintaining, repairing or servicing in the field.

• Use non-toxic solvents whenever possible. • Clean maintenance area storm drain grates

regularly. • Collect and properly manage (recycle or dispose

of) used materials: grease, oil, oil filters, antifreeze, cleaning solutions, lead-acid batteries, tires, hydraulic and transmission fluids.

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At the end of shift, park equipment in designated areas.

Equipment/ Tools

Clean equipment and tools off site in an area where pollutants can be contained. If unable to move tools and equipment off site, control and remove cleaning by-products.

Material/Debris Disposal

After repairs are completed, remove construction/maintenance waste materials from work site and dispose of and/or recycle.

Spill Prevention & Control


Site Specific BMPs

BMPs Description Are you disturbing soils?


• During winter season – October through June – no soil shall remain exposed and unworked for more than two days.

• During the summer season – July through September –

no soils shall remain exposed and unworked for more than seven days.



Site Specific BMPs Continued on next page

Use any of the following three BMP outcome categories at or around the work site to reduce turbidity, sediment and/or pollutants from entering watercourses, streams, wetlands, lakes, or other water bodies: “Filter/Perimeter Protection”

Coir Log Inlet Protection Continuous Berm Kimble Filter Pipe Curb Inlet Sediment Trap Silt Fence Excelsior Filled Sediment Trap Silt Mat Filter Fabric Straw Bale Barrier (1)

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Grass Lined Channel Straw Bale Barrier (2) Gravel Lined Channel Straw Bale Barrier (3) Gravel Filled Sump Straw Log Half Round Filter Washed Rock

Site Specific BMPs

“Reduce Potential for Soil Erosion” Back of Slope Planting Live Staking Construction Access Road Mulching Ditch Lining Plastic

Covering Dust Control Soil

Stabilization (Blankets/Matting)

Filter Fabric Surface Roughening Grass Lined Channel

Sweeping Hand Seeding Vegetative

Buffer Hydroseeding

“Keep Water from Work Area” Aqua Barrier Plastic Covering Coffer Dam Sandbag Dewatering Stream Bypass Diversion Berm Vactoring Diversion Channel

Go to http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/maintenance/roadside/esa.htm

For Part 2 BMP installation guidelines.

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#3: Cleaning Enclosed Drainage Systems

Activities: Removing debris, sediments and liquids from enclosed drainage systems using a vacuum/flush truck ("Vactor"), by hand or other mechanical means. Enclosed drainage systems include the following: facilities, retention/detention facilities, manholes, catch basins, vaults, pipes, access roads, pollution control devices and inlets.

BMP Table:


Cleaning Enclosed Drainage Systems

Maintain drainage systems.

Pre-Activity Cleaning Enclosed Drainage Systems: Use BMPs that include, but are not limited to:

• Blocking facility outlet. • Using less water. • Blocking downgradient end of pipe.

Equipment/ Tools Continued on next page.

When using high-pressure flushing equipment, vacuum out solids to reduce sediment and turbidity from moving downgrade throughout the drainage system. Tools and equipment clean up procedures:

• Routinely inspect equipment, tools and vehicles for leaks or damage.

• Keep clean up materials, such as dry absorbent materials, on site to allow prompt clean up of spills.




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• Remove buildup of oils and grease on equipment.

• Perform equipment and vehicle maintenance in areas that prevent discharges to the storm drain system.


• Use non-toxic solvents whenever possible. Equipment/ Tools

• Clean maintenance area storm drain grates regularly.

• Collect and properly manage (recycle or dispose of) used materials: grease, oil, oil filters, antifreeze, cleaning solutions, lead-acid batteries, tires, hydraulic and transmission fluids.


At the end of shift, park equipment in designated areas. Clean equipment and tools off site in an area where pollutants can be contained. If unable to move tools and equipment off site, control and remove cleaning by-products.


Remove and dispose of collected materials and liquids off site. Solid materials removed from the site will be taken to a disposal or recycling area.



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#4: Open Drainage Systems

Activities: These systems include facilities, retention/detention facilities, swales, pollution control devices, manholes, catch basins, vaults, pipes, culverts, ditches and inlets/outlets. (Open drainage systems that are part of the watercourses and streams systems are covered in Maintenance Category #5, Watercourses and Streams.)

BMP Table: Routine BMPs

BMPs Description Maintaining Open Drainage Systems

Maintain drainage systems.

Permits Maintenance activities within waters of the state will be covered under Maintenance Category #5, Watercourses and Streams.

Scheduling Plan and schedule work in dry conditions, except in emergency situations.


Vehicle and equipment maintenance, repair and/or service will be performed at designated repair facilities whenever possible. Use the following practices to reduce the potential for discharge of pollutants to watercourses or streams from vehicle and equipment maintenance, service and repair operations.

• Prohibit discharge of any wastewaters to stormwater. • Prohibit discharge of any wastewaters to

stormwater drains. Do not pour material down drains or hose down work areas. Use either dry sweeping or damp mopping.



• Collect and properly manage (recycle or dispose of) used materials: grease, oil, oil filter, antifreeze, cleaning solutions lead-acid batteries, tires, hydraulic and transmission fluid.

• Surfaces shall be cleaned following the discharge

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or spill incident. At the end of shift, park equipment in designated areas. Clean equipment and tools off site in an area where pollutants can be contained. If unable to move equipment and tools off site, control and remove cleaning by-products.

Follow invasive species prevention guidelines

Material/Debris Disposal .

Remove and dispose of collected materials and liquids off site. Solid materials removed from the site will be taken to a disposal or recycling area.





Exposed and unworked soils shall be stabilized by application of BMPs that protect the soil from the erosive forces of raindrop impact and flowing water:

• During winter season – October through June – no soils shall remain exposed and unworked for more than two days.


• These conditions apply to all soils onsite, whether or not at final grade.

Leave vegetative buffer outside of work zone to provide biofiltration and shading outside of the back slope of ditch. Leave vegetative buffer of grasses and small forbs between the shoulder and ditch if the area is wide enough. Leave vegetated sections of grasses and small forbs in ditchline where sediment buildup does not impede flow or infiltration. After removal of sediments from ditch line, consider replanting disturbed soils with grasses and small forbs. Prior to BMP removal, clean up accumulated sediments and seed or replant disturbed area.

Site Specific Use any of the four BMP outcome categories at or

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BMPs

around the work site to reduce turbidity, sediment and/or pollutants from entering watercourses or streams, wetlands, lakes or other waterbodies: “Filter/Perimeter Protection”

Coir Log Inlet Protection Continuous Berm Kimble Filter Pipe Curb Inlet Sediment Trap Silt Fence Excelsior Filled Sediment Trap Silt Mat Filter Fabric Straw Bale Barrier (1) Grass Lined Channel Straw Bale Barrier (2) Gravel Lined Channel Straw Bale Barrier (3) Gravel Filled Sump Straw Log Half Round Filter Washed Rock



“Reduce Potential for Soil Erosion” Back of Slope Planting Live Staking Construction Access Road Mulching Ditch Lining Plastic Covering Dust Control Soil Stabilization


“Reduce Water Velocity/Erosive Forces” Back of Slope Planting Sandbag Coir Fabric Silt Fence Coir Log Silt Mat Continuous Berm Straw Bale Barrier (1) Ditch Lining Straw Bale

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Barrier (2) Excelsior Filled Log Straw Bale Barrier (3) Hand Seeding Straw Log Hydroseeding Stream Bank Bio-

Engineering Large Woody Material Surface Roughening Live Staking Triangular Silt Dike Mulching Turbidity Curtain Rip Rap Vegetative Buffer Rock Check Dam

Go to http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/maintenance/roadside/esa.htm

For Part 2 BMP installation guidelines.

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#5: Watercourses and Streams

Activities: These activities may include structural repair/replacement, slope stabilization, sediment removal, vegetation management, debris removal, access road maintenance, habitat maintenance and improvements (for example, fish ladders, weirs and large woody material).

BMP Table:


Maintenance of Watercourses & Streams

Maintain drainage systems that are watercourses and/or streams.

Permits

Maintenance activities within waters of the state will be reviewed by WDFW and permitted with an HPA, as necessary. When required, habitat restoration will be designed and constructed in accordance with applicable permits.

Scheduling Plan and schedule work in dry conditions or when flows are anticipated to be at their lowest when possible.

Fish Exclusion Follow "Fish Exclusion Protocol" (RRMP Appendix E) and permit conditions during maintenance activities. Fish will be excluded from the construction area using appropriate methods such as the use of nets, dewatering at a controlled rate and removal of stranded fish according to HPA permit conditions.

Equipment/ Tools




• Perform equipment and vehicle maintenance in

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regularly.

Equipment/ Tools



At the end of shift, park equipment in designated areas. Clean equipment and tools off site in an area where pollutants can be contained. If unable to move tools and equipment off site, control and remove cleaning by-products. Follow invasive species prevention guidelines






Are you disturbing soils? Continued on next page.





Minimize disturbance to riparian vegetation: • Mark job site.

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• Flag work area. • Operate equipment to minimize damage to

riparian habitat. Leave vegetative buffer of grasses and small forbs between the shoulder and ditch if the area is wide enough. Leave vegetated section in ditchline, where sediment buildup does not impede flow or infiltration. Leave vegetative buffer outside of work zone to provide biofiltration and shading outside of the back slope of ditch. Monitor water quality in accordance with permit requirements.


Monitor plantings in accordance with permit requirements. Prior to BMP removal, clean up accumulated sediments and seed or replant disturbed area.


Use any of the four BMP outcome categories at or around the work site to reduce turbidity, sediment and/or pollutants from entering watercourses or streams, wetlands, lakes or other waterbodies: “Filter/Perimeter Protection”

Coir Log Inlet Protection Continuous Berm Kimble Filter Pipe Curb Inlet Sediment Trap Silt Fence Excelsior Filled Sediment Trap Silt Mat Filter Fabric. Straw Bale Barrier (1) Grass Lined Channel Straw Bale Barrier (2) Gravel Lined Channel Straw Bale Barrier (3) Gravel Filled Sump Straw Log Half Round Filter Washed Rock


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"Habitat Protection/Maintenance" Coir Fabric Hydroseeding Coir Log Large Woody Material Excelsior Filled Log Live Staking Hand Seeding Streambed Gravel

“Reduce Water Velocity/Erosive Forces” Back of Slope Planting Sandbag Coir Fabric Silt Fence Coir Log Silt Mat Continuous Berm Straw Bale Barrier (1) Ditch Lining Straw Bale Barrier (2) Excelsior Filled Log Straw Bale Barrier (3) Hand Seeding Straw Log Hydroseeding Stream Bank Bio-

Engineering Site Specific BMPs Continued on next page.

Large Woody Material Surface Roughening Live Staking Triangular Silt Dike Mulching Turbidity Curtain Rip Rap Vegetative Buffer Rock Check Dam


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#6: Stream Crossings

Activities: Repair, cleaning, maintenance, installation or replacement/upgrade of stream crossing facilities, such as pipes, arch pipes, box culverts, fish ladders, weirs, sediment pools, access roads and bridges. Maintenance within waters of the state will be reviewed by the WDFW.


BMPs Description Permits

Maintenance activities within waters of the state will be reviewed by WDFW and permitted with an HPA, as necessary. When required, habitat restoration will be designed and constructed in accordance with applicable permits.

Scheduling

If seasonal watercourses or stream, schedule work during dry conditions. Plan and schedule work in dry conditions or low flow conditions except in emergency situations if possible (HPA).

Fish Exclusion Follow “Fish Exclusion Protocol” (See RRMP Appendix E) and permit conditions during maintenance activities. Fish will be excluded from the construction area using appropriate methods such as the use of nets, dewatering at a controlled rate and removal of stranded fish according to HPA permit conditions.






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Equipment/ Tools.


At the end of shift, park equipment in designated areas. Clean equipment and tools off site in an area where pollutants can be contained. If unable to move tools and equipment off site, control and remove cleaning by-products. Follow invasive species prevention guidelines











Minimize disturbance to riparian vegetation: • Mark job site. • Flag work area. • Position equipment to protect riparian habitat.

Monitor water quality. Restore vegetation appropriate for site conditions within

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riparian areas. Protect outflows by bio-vegetation techniques or armoring to reduce erosion. Monitor vegetation and stream habitat in accordance with permit conditions. Prior to BMP removal, clean up accumulated sediments and seed or replant disturbed area.

Site Specific BMPs

Use any of the 4 BMP outcome categories at or around the work site to reduce turbidity, sediment and/or pollutants from entering watercourses or streams, wetlands, lakes or other water bodies.


“Filter/Perimeter Protection” Coir Log Inlet Protection Continuous Berm Kimble Filter Pipe Curb Inlet Sediment Trap Silt Fence Excelsior Filled Sediment Trap Silt Mat Filter Fabric Straw Bale Barrier (1) Grass Lined Channel Straw Bale Barrier (2) Gravel Lined Channel Straw Bale Barrier (3) Gravel Filled Sump Straw Log Half Round Filter Washed Rock


"Habitat Protection/Maintenance" Coir Fabric Hydroseeding Coir Log Large Woody Material Excelsior Filled Log Live Staking Hand Seeding Streambed Gravel

“Reduce Water Velocity/Erosive Forces” Back of Slope Planting Sandbag Coir Fabric Silt Fence Coir Log Silt Mat Continuous Berm Straw Bale Barrier (1) Ditch Lining Straw Bale Barrier

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(2) Excelsior Filled Log Straw Bale Barrier (3) Hand Seeding Straw Log Hydroseeding Stream Bank Bio-



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#7: Gravel Shoulders

Activities: Maintenance tasks performed on gravel shoulders improve drainage, restore proper grade, restore filtering capability, maintain vegetation to provide adequate site distance, smooth rutting and remove buildup of sediment before entering drainage system.

BMP Table:


Maintenance of Gravel Shoulders

Perform maintenance. Remove built up sediment and sod. Restore gravel shoulder. Roll shoulder material to ensure proper grade and retention of sediment control qualities.

Scheduling Periodically remove sediment deposits and vegetation during the dry season when possible with a motor grader.

Equipment/ Tools








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Equipment/ Tools



After repairs are completed, remove construction/maintenance waste materials from work site and dispose of and/or recycle. Use pickup sweepers to remove materials from roadway in assigned areas.









Prior to BMP removal, clean up accumulated sediments and seed or replant disturbed area. Minimize disturbance to vegetation outside of shoulder area. Leave vegetative strip where possible between the gravel and ditch line for biofiltration.

Site Specific BMPs Continued on

Use the BMP outcome category listed below at or around the work site to reduce turbidity, sediment and/or pollutants from entering watercourses or

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streams, wetlands, lakes or other waterbodies: “Filter/Perimeter Protection”

Coir Log Inlet Protection Continuous Berm Kimble Filter Pipe Curb Inlet Sediment Trap Silt Fence Excelsior Filled Sediment Trap Silt Mat Filter Fabric Straw Bale Barrier (1) Grass Lined Channel Straw Bale Barrier (2)

Site Specific BMPs .

Gravel Lined Channel Straw Bale Barrier (3) Gravel Filled Sump Straw Log Half Round Filter Washed Rock

Go to http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Maintenance/Roadside/Esa.htm RRMP Part 2 BMPs for installation guidelines.

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#8: Street Surface Cleaning

Activities: Removing soil, organic material, dust, trash and other debris to keep road surfaces clean and remove sediment from the roadway before it enters the storm drain system, surface water system, watercourses, streams or other waterbodies. The removal of dust also reduces airborne pollution and sediment loading.


BMPs Description Pre-Activity Use clean up procedures that protect water quality.


Control speed of sweeper to minimize airborne particulates and remove maximum amount of debris. Use water spray system on sweeper to reduce dust. Use pickup sweepers to remove materials from roadway in assigned areas. Vehicle and equipment maintenance, repair and/or service will be performed at designated repair facilities whenever possible. Use the following practices to reduce the potential for discharge of pollutants to watercourses or streams from vehicle and equipment maintenance, service and repair operations:







of) used materials: grease, oil, oil filters,

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antifreeze, cleaning solutions, lead-acid batteries, hydraulic and transmission fluids and tires.



Equipment/ Tools






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#9: Bridge Maintenance

Activities: Bridge maintenance activities include inspecting, testing, repairing, replacing, cleaning, maintaining, painting or resurfacing components of the bridge such as the electrical system, substructure, superstructure, surface footing, piers, supports, access roads, abutments, ramps and vegetation management.

BMP Table:


Permits Bridge maintenance activities requiring an HPA will be reviewed with the WDFW and permitted prior to construction in accordance with the HPAs.

Scheduling If bridge maintenance is to be performed in a seasonal watercourse or stream, schedule the work during dry conditions if possible.

Habitat Measures

Maintain or add areas of spawning, migration, feeding, or rearing habitat as directed by WDFW (HPA) permit, public safety and ROW structure conditions allow. Place appropriate streambed material (HPA).







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Equipment • Surfaces shall be cleaned following any discharge or spill incident.

• At the end of shift, park equipment in designated areas.

• Clean equipment and tools off site in an area where pollutants can be contained.

• If unable to move tools and equipment off site, control and remove cleaning by-products.

• Follow invasive species prevention guidelines











Minimize disturbance to riparian vegetation: • Mark job site.

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• Flag work area. • Operate equipment to minimize damage to

riparian habitat. • Monitor water quality in accordance with permit

requirements. • Restore vegetation where appropriate for site

conditions within riparian areas (HPA). • Prior to BMP removal, clean up accumulated

sediments and seed or replant disturbed area.


Use any of the five BMP outcome categories at or around the work site to reduce turbidity, sediment and/or pollutants from entering watercourses or streams, wetlands, lakes or other waterbodies: “Filter/Perimeter Protection”


“Reduce Potential for Contaminants Falling into Water”

Diaper Netting Plywood Work Platform

"Settling,"

Coir Fabric Silt Mat Continuous Berm Siltation Pond/Tank Curb Inlet Sediment Trap Straw Bale Barrier (1) Excelsior Filled Log Straw Bale Barrier (2) Filter Fabric Straw Bale Barrier (3)

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Rock Check Dam Straw Log Sandbag Temporary Sediment Trap Sedimentation Sump Triangular Silt Dike Silt Fence Turbidity Curtain

"Habitat Protection/Maintenance"

Coir Fabric Hydroseeding Coir Log Large Woody Material Excelsior Filled Log Live Staking Hand Seeding Streambed Gravel

“Reduce Water Velocity/Erosive Forces”

Back of Slope Planting Sandbag Coir Fabric Silt Fence Coir Log Silt Mat Continuous Berm Straw Bale Barrier (1) Ditch Lining Straw Bale Barrier (2)


Excelsior Filled Log Straw Bale Barrier (3) Hand Seeding Straw Log Hydroseeding Stream Bank Bio-



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#10: Snow and Ice Control

Activities: Activities include snow blowing, plowing drift removal, winter sand cleanup, sanding anti-icing and de-icing application.

BMP Table:


Operational

Minimize use of salt by reducing salt-to-sand ratios. Treat sand clean up as part of the emergency: remove sand as a priority in order to remove sediments. Plow snow in areas that allow vegetation to filter and contain sand. Prioritize clean up efforts to aquatic habitat areas to minimize impacts. Prioritize clean up in areas without sediment collection

systems. Equipment/ Tools Continued on next page.

Tool and Equipment clean up procedures: • Routinely inspect equipment, tools and vehicles


materials, onsite to allow prompt cleanup of spills. • Promptly repair or replace leaking connections,

pipes, hoses and/or valves. Vehicle and equipment maintenance, repair and/or service will be performed at designated repair facilities whenever possible. Use the following practices to reduce the potential for discharge of pollutants to watercourses or streams from vehicle and equipment maintenance, service and repair operations:





• Use non-toxic solvents whenever possible.

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Equipment/ Tools


At the end of shift, park equipment in designated areas. Clean equipment and tools off site in an area where pollutants can be contained. If unable to move equipment and tools off site, control and remove cleaning by-products.


Remove construction/maintenance waste materials from work site and dispose of and/or recycle.



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#11: Emergency Slide/Washout Repair

Activities: Slides and washout repair activities may include the following: removal of slide/washout material from ROW; backfilling or stabilizing slope, reestablishment of damaged roadway structures; repairing and cleaning drainage system; restoring access road; revegetating and/or armoring with rock. BMP Table:


Permits Follow regions notification procedures. Maintenance within waters of the state will be reviewed by WDFW and permitted with an HPA, as necessary. When required habitat restoration will be designed and constructed in accordance with applicable permits.

Fish Exclusion Where practical and without jeopardizing the emergency response, in a timely manner, "Fish Exclusion Protocol" (See RRMP Appendix E) and permit conditions will be followed during maintenance activities. Fish will be excluded from the construction area using appropriate methods such as the use of net, dewatering at a controlled rate and removal of stranded fish according to HPA permit conditions.






• Use drip pans under equipment when

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maintaining, repairing or servicing in the field. • Use non-toxic solvents whenever possible. • Clean maintenance area storm drain grates



Equipment/ Tools


• At the end of shift, park equipment in designated areas.

• Clean equipment and tools off site in an area where pollutants can be contained.

• If unable to move tools and equipment off site, control and remove cleaning by-products.


After repairs are completed, remove construction/maintenance waste materials from site for disposal or recycling.











Use any of the three BMP outcome categories at or around the work site to reduce turbidity, sediment and/or pollutants from entering watercourses or streams, wetlands, lakes or other waterbodies: “Filter/Perimeter Protection”

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Site Specific BMPs


“Reduce Water Velocity/Erosive Forces” Back of Slope Planting Sandbag Coir Fabric Silt Fence Coir Log Silt Mat Continuous Berm Straw Bale Barrier (1) Ditch Lining. Straw Bale Barrier (2) Excelsior Filled Log Straw Bale Barrier (3) Hand Seeding Straw Log Hydroseeding Stream Bank Bio-



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#12: Concrete

Activities: Maintenance activities performed on the concrete structures, such as concrete roadways, sidewalks, driveways, curb and gutter sections include the following: removal or repair of damaged sections and installation of new structures.

BMP Table:













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After repairs are complete, remove construction/maintenance waste materials from site for disposal or recycling.

Spill Prevention & Control Continued on next page.










Use any of the two BMP outcomes categories at or around the work site to reduce turbidity, sediment and/or worksite pollutants from entering watercourses or streams, wetlands, lakes or other waterbodies: “Filter/Perimeter Protection”


"Containment" Concrete Containment (1) Vactoring

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Concrete Containment (2) Go to http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Maintenance/Roadside/Esa.htm RRMP Part 2 BMPs for installation guidelines.

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#13: Sewer Systems

Activities: Repair, replace, install and maintain operating components of sewer facilities, including, but not limited to, treatment facilities, lift stations, pump stations, main lines, collection lines, interceptors, lake line, access roads, associated ROW and storage/detention facilities.

BMP Table:


Maintenance of Sewer Systems

Maintain sewer system.

Equipment/ Tools



materials, on site to allow promptly clean up of spills.









of) used materials: grease, oil, oil filters, antifreeze, cleaning solutions, lead-acid

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batteries, tires, hydraulic and transmission fluids. • Surfaces shall be cleaned following any

discharge or spill incident. At the end of shift, park equipment in designated areas.

Equipment/ Tools














Use any of the three BMP outcome categories at or around the work site to reduce turbidity, sediment and/or pollutants from entering watercourses, streams, wetlands, lakes or other water bodies:

“Filter/Perimeter Protection” Coir Log Inlet Protection Continuous Berm Kimble Filter Pipe Curb Inlet Sediment Trap Silt Fence

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Excelsior Filled Sediment Trap Silt Mat Filter Fabric Straw Bale Barrier (1) Grass Lined Channel Straw Bale Barrier (2) Gravel Lined Channel Straw Bale Barrier (3) Gravel Filled Sump Straw Log Half Round Filter Washed Rock

Site Specific BMPs


“Reduce Potential for Soil Erosion”

Back of Slope Planting Live Staking Construction Access Road Mulching Ditch Lining Plastic Covering Dust Control Soil Stabilization



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#14: Water Systems

Activities: Repair, replace, install and maintain operating components of water system facilities including, but not limited to, treatment plant, transmission mains, distribution lines, fire flow systems, reservoirs, tunnels, pump stations, meters, flushing, dewatering, services, access roads and associated ROWs or water system structures.

BMP Table:


Water Systems Maintain sewer system.

Operational Develop protocols for dechlorination of water. Develop a flushing program.




materials, on site to allow promptly clean up of spills.








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Equipment/ Tools














Use any of the three BMP outcome categories at or around the work site to reduce turbidity, sediment and/or pollutants from entering watercourses, streams, wetlands, lakes or other water bodies: “Filter/Perimeter Protection”

Coir Log Inlet Protection Continuous Berm Kimble Filter Pipe

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Curb Inlet Sediment Trap Silt Fence Excelsior Filled Sediment Trap Silt Mat Filter Fabric Straw Bale Barrier (1) Grass Lined Channel Straw Bale Barrier (2) Gravel Lined Channel Straw Bale Barrier (3) Gravel Filled Sump Straw Log Half Round Filter Washed Rock


“Keep Water from Work Area” Aqua Barrier Plastic Covering Coffer Dam Sandbag Dewatering Stream Bypass Diversion Berm. Vactoring Diversion Channel

“Reduce Potential for Soil Erosion”

Back of Slope Planting Live Staking Construction Access Road Mulching Ditch Lining Plastic Covering Dust Control Soil Stabilization



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#15: Vegetation

Activities: Activities include repair, replacement, installation, removal and/or maintenance of the vegetation within the ROW. Vegetation is an integral part of the road ROW structure. Vegetation maintenance includes, but is not limited to, mechanical, chemical, cultural and biological control. It also includes the systems and structures that support the vegetation.


BMPs Description Maintenance of ROW

Perform repairs, replacement and maintenance of roadway vegetation.

Maintenance of Shoulder Work

Maximize opportunities for shoulder work, which will increase infiltration or bio-filtration. (See also Category #7, Gravel Shoulders.)




materials; on site to allow promptly clean up of spill.







• Use non-toxic solvents whenever possible.

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Equipment/ Tools




After repairs are completed, remove construction/maintenance waste materials from site for disposal or recycling. If area is swept with a pick-up sweeper, the material will be hauled out of the area to appropriate disposal site.











Use any of the three BMP outcome categories at or around the work site to reduce turbidity, sediment and/or pollutants from entering watercourses, streams, wetlands, lakes or other water bodies:

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“Filter/Perimeter Protection” Coir Log Inlet Protection Continuous Berm Kimble Filter Pipe Curb Inlet Sediment Trap Silt Fence Excelsior Filled Sediment Trap Silt Mat Filter Fabric Straw Bale Barrier (1) Grass Lined Channel Straw Bale Barrier (2)


Gravel Lined Channel Straw Bale Barrier (3) Gravel Filled Sump Straw Log Half Round Filter Washed Rock

“Reduce Potential for Soil Erosion” Back of Slope Planting Live Staking Construction Access Road Mulching Ditch Lining Plastic Covering Dust Control Soil Stabilization (Blankets/Matting) Filter Fabric Surface Roughening Grass Lined Channel Sweeping Hand Seeding Vegetative Buffer Hydroseeding

“Reduce Water Velocity/Erosive Forces”

Back of Slope Planting Sandbag Coir Fabric Silt Fence Coir Log Silt Mat Continuous Berm Straw Bale Barrier (1) Ditch Lining Straw Bale Barrier (2) Excelsior Filled Log. Straw Bale Barrier (3) Hand Seeding Straw Log Hydroseeding Stream Bank Bio-

Engineering Large Woody Material Surface Roughening Live Staking Triangular Silt Dike Mulching Turbidity Curtain

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Rip Rap Vegetative Buffer Rock Check Dam


Mowing

Follow IRVM

Brush Cutting

Follow IRVM

Hand Cutting

Follow IRVM

Seeding

Follow IRVM

Chipping Follow IRVM

Chemical Application

Follow IRVM

ALLOWABLE FRESHWATER WORK TIMES May 2018

Check the listing for the county in which you propose to work to determine the work time for that water.

1. The identified time for a county applies to all streams within that county, unless a specific time is given for a listed stream in that county. The time for a listed stream applies to all its tributaries, unless a tributary of that stream is also listed.

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Washington Counties and State Waters, Including Tributaries, Unless Otherwise Indicated1

Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) is given in parentheses

Work Is Allowed Only Between These Dates

“Project-specific Work Time Required” means:

Individual site HPA Required

Adams County July 1 - October 31

Crab Creek (41.0002) July 16 - February 28

Esquatzel Creek (36.MISC) June 1 - February 28

Palouse River (34.0003) July 16 - February 28

Asotin County July 16 - September 15

Snake River (35.0002) See below

Alpowa Creek (35.1440) July 16 - December 15

Asotin Creek (35.1716) July 16 - August 15

Couse Creek (35.2147) July 16 - December 15

Grande Ronde River (35.2192) July 16 - September 15

Tenmile Creek (35.2100) July 16 - December 15

Benton County June 1 - September 30

Columbia River See below

Glade Creek (31.0851) August 1 - September 30

Yakima River (37.0002) June 1 - September 15

Amon Creek (37.0009) June 1 - September 30




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Corral Creek (37.0002) June 1 - September 30

Spring Creek (37.0205) June 1 - September 30

Chelan County July 16 - August 15


Antoine Creek (49.0294) - Mouth to falls at river mile 1.0 July 1 - February 28

Antoine Creek (49.0294) - Upstream of falls at river mile 1.0 July 1 - March 31

Chelan River (47.0052) - Mouth to Chelan Dam July 16 - September 30

Colockum Creek (40.0760) July 1 - October 31

Entiat River (46.0042) - Mouth to Entiat Falls July 16 - July 31

Entiat River (46.0042) - Upstream of Entiat Falls July 16 - March 31

Crum Canyon (46.0107) July 16 - March 31

Mad River (46.0125) July 16 - July 31

Indian Creek (46.0128) July 16 - February 28

Lake Chelan (47.0052) Project-specific Work Time Required

Railroad Creek (47.0410) July 16 - September 30

Stehekin River (47.0508) Project-specific Work Time Required

Twenty-five Mile Creek (47.0195) July 16 - September 30

Other Lake Chelan tributaries outside North Cascades National Park July 1 - August 15

Other Lake Chelan tributaries within North Cascades National Park Project-specific Work Time Required

Number 1 Canyon (45.0011) July 1 - February 28

Number 2 Canyon (45.0012) July 1 - February 28

Squilchuck Creek (40.0836) - Mouth to South Wenatchee Avenue July 1 - September 30

Squilchuck Creek (40.0836) - Upstream of South Wenatchee Avenue July 1 - February 28

Stemilt Creek (40.0808) - Mouth to falls July 1 - September 30

Stemilt Creek (40.0808) - Upstream of falls July 1 - February 28

Wenatchee River (45.0030) - Mouth to Hwy 2 Bridge in Leavenworth July 15 - September 30




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Individual site HPA Required Wenatchee River (45.0030) - Hwy 2 Bridge in Leavenworth to Lake

Wenatchee July 15 – August 15

Beaver Creek (45.0751) July 1 - September 30

Chiwaukum Creek (45.0700) July 1 - July 31

Chiwawa River (45.0759) - Mouth to Phelps Creek July 1 - July 31

Chiwawa River (45.0759) - Upstream of Phelps Creek July 1 - July 31

Deep Creek (45.0764) July 1 - February 28

Phelps Creek (45.0875) July 16 - August 15

Icicle Creek (45.0474) - Mouth to Johnny Creek July 1 - July 31

Icicle Creek (45.0474) - Upstream of Johnny Creek July 1 - July 31

Fourth of July Creek (45.0525) July 1 - February 28

Lake Wenatchee (45.0030) Project-specific Work Time Required

Little Wenatchee (45.0985) - Mouth to Wilderness Boundary July 1 - July 31

Little Wenatchee (45.0985) - Upstream of Wilderness Boundary Project-specific Work Time Required

White River (45.1116) - Mouth to White River Falls July 1 - July 31

White River (45.1116) - Upstream of White River Falls July 1 - February 28

Nason Creek (45.0888) July 1 - July 31

Peshastin Creek (45.0232) - Mouth to Negro Creek July 16 - August 15

Peshastin Creek (45.0232) - Upstream of Negro Creek August 1 - February 28

Ingalls Creek (45.0273) - Mouth to Cascade Creek Project-specific Work Time Required

Ingalls Creek (45.0273) - Upstream of Cascade Creek July 16 - February 28

Negro Creek (45.0323) - Mouth to falls at stream mile 2.9 Project-specific Work Time Required

Negro Creek (45.0323) - Upstream of falls at stream mile 2.9 July 16 - February 28

Ruby Creek (45.0318) July 16 - February 28

Tronson Creek (45.0346) August 1 - February 28

Scotty Creek (45.0376) August 1 - February 28




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Shaser Creek (45.0365) August 1 - February 28

Clallam County July 16 - September 15

Clallam River (19.0129) August 1 - August 15

Dungeness River (18.0018) Project-specific Work Time Required

Independent Creek (18.MISC) August 1 - August 31

Elwha River (18.0272) August 1 - August 15

Hoko River (19.0148) August 1 - September 15

Jimmycomelately Creek (17.0285) August 1 - August 31

Lake Ozette (20.0046) Project-specific Work Time Required

Little Quilcene River (17.0076) July 16 - August 31

Lake Ozette tributaries July 16 - September 15

Lyre River (19.0031) August 1 - September 15

McDonald Creek (18.0160) August 1 - September 15

Morse Creek (18.0185) August 1 - August 15

Ozette River (20.0046) July 16 - September 15

Pysht River (19.0113) August 1 - September 15

Quillayute River (20.0096, 20.0162, 20.0175) August 1 - August 15

Bogachiel River (20.0162) Project-specific Work Time Required

Calawah River (20.0175) August 1 - August 15

Salmon Creek (17.0245) July 16 - August 31

Sekiu River (19.0203) August 1 - September 15

Snow Creek (17.0219) July 16 - August 31

Sol Duc River (20.0096) Project-specific Work Time Required

Lake Pleasant (20.0313) Project-specific Work Time Required

Lake Pleasant tributaries July 16 - September 15




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Sooes River (20.0015) July 16 - September 15

Clark County July 16 - September 30


Lacamas Creek (28.0160) - Mouth to dam August 1 - August 31

Lacamas Creek (28.0160) - Upstream of dam August 1 - September 30

Lewis River (27.0168) August 1 - August 15

East Fork Lewis River (27.0173) - Mouth to Lucia Falls August 1 - August 15

East Fork Lewis River (27.0173) - Lucia Falls to Sunset Falls August 1 - February 28

East Fork Lewis River (27.0173) - Upstream of Sunset Falls August 1 - February 28

Lake River (28.0020) January 1 - December 31

Burnt Bridge Creek (28.0143) August 1 - August 31

Salmon Creek (28.0059) August 1 - August 31

Whipple Creek (28.0038) August 1 - September 30 North Fork Lewis River (27.0334) - Confluence of East Fork to Merwin

Dam August 1 - August 15

Cedar Creek (27.0339) August 1 - September 15

North Fork Lewis River (27.0334) - Merwin Dam to Lower Falls July 16 - August 15

Canyon Creek (27.0442) July 16 - February 28

North Fork Lewis River (27.0168) - Upstream of Lower Falls July 16 - August 15

Washougal River (28.0159) - Mouth to headwaters August 1 - August 31

Columbia County July 16 - September 30

Touchet River (32.0097) August 1 - August 15

Grande Ronde River tributaries (35.2192) July 16 - August 15

North Fork Touchet/Wolf Fork (32.0761) Project-specific Work Time Required

South Fork Touchet (32.0708) Project-specific Work Time Required

Tucannon River (35.0009) July 16 - August 15

Walla Walla River (32.0008) - Mouth to Oregon State line July 16 - September 15




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Mill Creek (32.1436) - Mouth to Oregon State line August 1 - August 15

Cowlitz County July 16 - September 30 Chehalis River (22.0190/23.0190) - South Fork Chehalis River - Mouth to Fisk Falls August 1 - August 31

Chehalis River (22.0190/23.0190) - South Fork Chehalis River - Upstream of Fisk Falls August 1 - August 31


Abernathy Creek (25.0297) July 16 - September 15

Burke Creek (27.0148) August 1 - August 31

Burris Creek (27.0151) August 1 - August 31

Bybee Creek (27.0142) August 1 - August 31

Canyon Creek (27.0147) August 1 - August 31

Coal Creek (25.0340) July 16 - September 15

Clark Creek (25.0371) August 1 - August 31

Cowlitz River (26.0002) - Mouth to barrier dam at river mile 49.5 July 16 - August 15

Coweeman River (26.0003) - Mouth to Baird Creek August 1 - August 31

Coweeman River (26.0003) - Upstream of Baird Creek August 1 - August 31

Cowlitz River (26.0002) - Tributaries below barrier dam to mouth July 16 - September 30

Owl Creek (26.1441) July 16 - September 15

Toutle River (26.0227) July 16 - August 15

North Fork Toutle River (26.0314) - Mouth to Debris Dam July 16 - August 15

North Fork Toutle River (26.0314) - Upstream of Debris Dam July 16 - August 15

Green River (26.0323) - Mouth to Shultz Creek July 16 - September 30

Green River (26.0323) - Upstream of Shultz Creek July 16 - September 30

South Fork Toutle (26.0248) - Mouth to Bear Creek July 16 - September 15

South Fork Toutle (26.0248) - Upstream of Bear Creek July 16 - September 15

Tributaries to Silver Lake July 16 - September 30

Germany Creek (25.0313) July 16 - September 15




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Kalama River (27.0002) - Mouth to Kalama Falls August 1 - August 15

Kalama River (27.0002) - Upstream of Kalama Falls August 1 - August 15

Lewis River (27.0168) - Mouth to East Fork Lewis River August 1 - August 15 North Fork Lewis River (27.0334) - Confluence of East Fork to Merwin Dam August 1 - August 15


Mill Creek (25.0284) July 16 - September 15

Schoolhouse Creek (27.0139) August 1 - August 31

Douglas County July 1 - September 30


Douglas Creek Canyon (44.0146) May 16 - January 31

Foster Creek (50.0065) August 1 - April 15

McCarteney Creek (44.0002) July 1 - February 28

Pine/Corbaley Canyon Creek (44.0779) September 16 - April 15

Rock Island Creek (44.0630) July 1 - September 30

Ferry County July 1 - August 31


Kettle River (60.0002) June 16 - August 31

Boulder Creek (60.0130) - Mouth to Hodgson Road Bridge Project-specific Work Time Required

Boulder Creek (60.0130) - Upstream of Hodgson Road Bridge June 16 - February 28

Deadman Creek (60.0008) - Mouth to SR395 Crossing Project-specific Work Time Required

Deadman Creek (60.0008) - Upstream of SR395 June 16 - February 28

Goosmus Creek (60.0254) June 16 - February 28

Toroda Creek (60.0410) July 1 - September 30

SanPoil River (52.0004) June 16 - September 30

Granite Creek (52.0099) - Mouth to Powerhouse Dam June 16 - September 30

Granite Creek (52.0099) - Upstream of Powerhouse Dam June 16 - February 28




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West Fork River SanPoil (52.0192) - Mouth to Deep Creek June 16 - September 30

West Fork San Poil River (52.0192) - Upstream of Deep Creek June 16 - September 30

Gold Creek (52.0197) June 16 - February 28

Franklin County June 1 - September 30


Snake River See below

Palouse River (34.0003) July 16 - February 28 North bank tributaries of the lower Snake River between Palouse River

and the mouth of the Snake River June 16 - October 31

Garfield County July 16 - September 30


Alpowa Creek (35.1440) July 16 - December 15

Asotin Creek (35.1716) July 16 - August 15

Deadman Creek (35.0688) July 16 - December 15

Grande Ronde River tributaries (35.2192) July 16 - August 15

Meadow Creek (35.0689) July 16 - December 15

Tucannon River (35.0009) - Mouth to Panjab Creek July 16 - August 15

Tucannon River (35.0009) - Upstream of Panjab Creek July 16 - August 15

Pataha Creek (35.0123) - Mouth to Pataha Creek January 1 - December 31

Pataha Creek (35.0123) - Upstream of Pataha Creek July 16 - December 31

Grant County July 1 - October 31


Crab Creek (41.0002) July 16 - September 15

Grays Harbor County July 16 - October 15

Chehalis River (22.0190/23.0190) - Mouth to Porter Creek August 1 - August 31

Chehalis River (22.0190/23.0190) - Porter Creek to Fisk Falls August 1 - August 15

Chehalis River (22.0190/23.0190) - Upstream of Fisk Falls August 1 - August 15




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Cloquallum Creek (22.0501) August 1 - September 30

Porter Creek (23.0543) August 1 - September 30

Satsop River (22.0360) August 1 - August 31

Wishkah River (22.0191) August 1 - October 15

Wynoochee River (22.0260) August 1 - September 30

Copalis River (21.0767) August 1 - October 15

Elk River (22.1333) July 1 - October 31

Hoquiam River (22.0137) August 1 - October 15

Humptulips River (22.0004) - Mouth to Forks August 1 - September 30

Humptulips River (22.0004) - Upstream of Forks August 1 - September 30

Johns River (22.1270) August 1 - September 30

Moclips River (21.0731) August 1 - October 15

North River (24.0034) August 1 - September 30

Queets River (21.0001) August 1 - August 15

Quinault River (21.0398) August 1 - August 15

Raft River (21.0337) August 1 - October 15

Island County June 16 - October 15

Cavalero Creek (06.0065) June 16 - December 15

Chapman Creek (06.0070) June 16 - December 15

Crescent Creek (06.0002) June 16 - December 15

Cultus Creek (06.0026) June 16 - March 15

Deer Creek (06.0024) June 16 - March 15

Dugualla Creek (06.0001) June 16 - March 15

Glendale Creek (06.0025) June 16 - December 15

Kristoferson Creek (06.0062-06.0063) May 1 - December 15




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Maxwelton Creek (06.0029) June 16 - December 15

North Bluff Creek (06.0006) June 16 - March 15

Old Clinton Creek (06.0023) June 16 - March 15

Jefferson County July 16 - October 31

Big Quilcene River (17.0012) - Mouth to Falls July 16 - August 31

Big Quilcene River (17.0012) - Falls to Forks August 1 - February 28

Big Quilcene River (17.0012) - Upstream of Forks August 1 - February 28

Bogachiel River (20.0162) Project-specific Work Time Required

Chimacum Creek (17.0203) July 16 - September 15

Donovan Creek (17.0115) July 1 - October 15

Dosewallips River (16.0442) July 16 - August 15

Duckabush River (16.0351) July 16 - August 15

Dungeness River (18.0018) August 1 - August 15

Elwha River (18.0272) August 1 - August 15

Goodman Creek (20.0406) August 1 - September 15

Hoh River (20.0422) August 1 - August 15

Little Quilcene River (17.0076) July 16 - August 31

Queets River (21.0001) August 1 - August 15

Matheny Creek (21.0165) August 1 - August 15

Sams River (21.0205) August 1 - August 15

Quinault River (21.0398) August 1 - August 15

Salmon Creek (17.0245) July 16 - August 31

Skokomish River (16.0001) August 1 - August 31

Snow Creek (17.0219) July 16 - August 31

Tarboo Creek (17.0129) August 1 - September 30

Thorndyke Creek (17.0170) August 1 - October 15




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King County July 16 - September 30

Cedar River (08.0299) - Mouth to Forks August 1 - August 31

Cedar River (08.0299) - Upstream of Forks August 1 - August 31

Issaquah Creek (08.0178) August 1 - August 31

Sammamish River (08.0057) August 1 - August 31

Steele Creek (08.0379) July 16 - February 28

Green River (Duwamish River) (09.0001) - Mouth to Sawmill Creek August 1 - August 31

Green River (Duwamish River) (09.0001) - Upstream of Sawmill Creek August 1 - August 31

Lake Washington tributaries (08.LKWA) August 1 - August 31

Snoqualmie River (07.0219) - Mouth to Snoqualmie Falls August 1 - August 15

Snoqualmie River (07.0219) - Snoqualmie Falls to mouth of South Fork July 16 - February 28

Patterson Creek (07.0376) July 16 - September 30

Middle Fork Snoqualmie River (07.0219) - Mouth to Taylor Creek July 16 - February 28

Middle Fork Snoqualmie River (07.0219) - Upstream of Taylor Creek July 16 - February 28

Goat Creek (07.0754) July 16 - February 28

North Fork Snoqualmie River (07.0527) - Mouth to Lennox Creek July 16 - February 28

North Fork Snoqualmie River (07.0527) - Upstream of Lennox Creek July 16 - February 28

Deep Creek (07.0562) July 16 - February 28

Illinois Creek (07.0624) July 16 - February 28

Lennox Creek (07.0596) July 16 - February 28

Bear Creek (07.0606) July 16 - February 28

Raging River (07.0384) August 1 - September 15

South Fork Skykomish River (07.0012) - Mouth to Sunset Falls August 1 - August 15

South Fork Skykomish River (07.0012) - Upstream of Sunset Falls August 1 - August 15

Beckler River (07.1413) - Mouth to Boulder Creek August 1 - August 15

Beckler River (07.1413) - Upstream of Boulder Creek July 16 - February 28




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Rapid River (07.1461) - Mouth to Meadow Creek August 1 - August 31

Rapid River (07.1461) - Upstream of Meadow Creek August 1 - February 28

Index Creek (07.1264) - Mouth to Mud Lake Creek August 1 - August 31 Index Creek (07.1264) - Upstream of Mud Lake Creek including Salmon Creek July 16 - February 28

Miller River (07.1329) - Mouth to Forks August 1 - August 15

Miller River (07.1329) - Upstream of Forks August 1 - August 15

Coney Creek (07.1347) July 16 - February 28

East Fork Miller River (07.1329) - Mouth to Great Falls Creek July 16 - August 15

East Fork Miller River (07.1329) - Upstream of Great Falls Creek July 16 - February 28

Foss River (07.1562) - Mouth to Forks July 16 - August 31

East Fork Foss River (07.1562) - Mouth to Burn Creek July 16 - August 15

East Fork Foss River (07.1562) - Upstream of Burn Creek July 16 - February 28

West Fork Foss River (07.1573) - Mouth to falls at River Mile 2.0 July 16 - August 31 West Fork Foss River (07.1573) - Upstream of falls at River Mile 2.0 July 16 - February 28

West Fork Miller River (07.1335) July 16 - February 28 Money Creek (07.1300) - Mouth to 0.5 mile upstream of Kimball Creek August 1 - August 31 Money Creek (07.1300) - Upstream of 0.5 mile upstream of Kimball Creek August 1 - February 28

Kimball Creek (07.1301) August 1 - August 31

Tye River (07.0012) - Mouth to Alpine Falls August 1 - August 31

Tye River (07.0012) - Upstream of Alpine Falls July 16 - February 28

South Fork Snoqualmie River (07.0467) July 16 - February 28

Denny Creek (07.0517) July 16 - February 28

Tolt River (07.0291) - Mouth to forks August 1 - August 31

North Fork Tolt River (07.0291) - Mouth to Yellow Creek July 16 - September 15

North Fork Tolt River (07.0291) - Upstream of Yellow Creek July 16 - February 28

South Fork Tolt River (07.0302) - Mouth to dam July 16 - September 15




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South Fork Tolt River (07.0302) - Upstream of Tolt Reservoir July 16 - February 28

Yellow Creek (07.0337) July 16 - February 28

White River (10.0031) July 16 - August 15

Greenwater River (10.0122) July 16 - August 15

Kittitas County July 1 - September 30

Brushy Creek (40.0612) July 1 - February 28

Colockum Creek (40.0760) July 1 - October 31

Quilomene Creek (40.0613) July 1 - October 31

Stemilt Creek (40.0808) - Upstream of falls July 1 - February 28

Tarpiscan Creek (40.0723) July 1 - February 28

Tekiason Creek (40.0686) July 1 - February 28

Whisky Dick Creek (40.0591) July 1 - February 28

Yakima River (39.0002) - Roza Dam to Teanaway River August 1 - August 31

Naches River (38.0003) - Tieton River to Bumping River July 1 - August 15

Little Naches River (38.0852) - Mouth to Matthew Creek July 16 - August 15

Little Naches River (38.0852) - Upstream of Matthew Creek July 16 - August 15

Pileup Creek (38.0932) July 16 - August 31

Gold Creek (38.MISC) July 16 - February 28

Swauk Creek (39.1157) July 16 - September 30

Baker Creek (39.1157) July 16 - September 30

First Creek (39.1157) July 16 - September 30

Iron Creek (39.1157) July 16 - September 30

Williams Creek (39.1157) July 16 - September 30

Boulder Creek (39.1157) July 16 - February 28

Cougar Gulch (39.1157) July 16 - February 28

Lion Gulch (39.1157) July 16 - February 28




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Yakima River (39.0002) - Teanaway River to Easton Dam August 1 - August 31

Yakima River (39.0002) - Upstream of Easton Dam August 1 - August 31

Cle Elum River (39.1434) - Mouth to Dam July 16 - August 31

Cle Elum River (39.1434) - Upstream of Cle Elum Dam Project-specific Work Time Required

Big Boulder Creek (39.1434MISC) August 1 - February 28

Camp Creek (39.1434MISC) August 1 - February 28

Fortune Creek (39.1434MISC) August 1 - August 15

South Fork Fortune Creek (39.1434MISC) August 1 - February 28

Howson Creek (39.1434) July 16 - February 28

Little Salmon Le Sac Creek (39.1482) August 1 - August 15

Paris Creek (39.1434MISC) August 1 - February 28

Salmon Le Sac Creek (39.1520) August 1 - February 28

Kachess River (39.1739) - Upstream of Lake Kachess Project-specific Work Time Required

Kachess River (39.1739) - Below Dam July 16 - August 15

Box Canyon Creek (39.1765) Project-specific Work Time Required

Mineral Creek (39.1792) August 1 - August 15

Lake Keechelus (39.1842) tributaries July 16 - August 15

Gold Creek (Lake Keechelus) (39.1842) Project-specific Work Time Required

Manastash Creek (39.0988) July 16 - September 30

Naneum Creek (39.0821) July 16 - September 30

Taneum Creek (39.1081) - Mouth to I-90 July 16 - August 31

Taneum Creek (39.1157) - Upstream of I-90 July 16 - September 30

Teanaway River (39.1236) July 16 - August 31

NF Teanaway River (39.1260) Project-specific Work Time Required

Umtanum Creek (39.0553) July 16 - September 30




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Wenas Creek, Below Dam (39.0032) July 16 - October15

Wenas Creek, Upstream of Wenas Lake (39.0032) July 16 - February 28

Other Yakima River tributaries not listed July 16 - August 31

Kitsap County July 16 - October 15

Anderson Creek (15.0211) August 1 - November 15

Barker Creek (15.0255) August 1 - September 30

Big Beef Creek (15.0389) August 1 - August 15

Big Scandia Creek (15.0280) August 1 - September 30

Blackjack Creek (15.0203) August 1 - September 30

Burley Creek (15.0056) August 1 - September 30

Chico Creek (15.0229) August 1 - October 15

Clear Creek (15.0249) August 1 - September 30

Curley Creek (15.0185) August 1 - September 30

Dewatto River (15.0420) August 1 - August 15

Dogfish Creek (15.0285) August 1 – August 15

Gorst Creek (15.0216) August 1 - August 15

Grovers Creek (15.0299) August 1 – August 31

Johnson Creek (15.0387) August 1 - October 31

Ollala Creek (15.0107) August 1 - September 30

Ross Creek (15.0209) August 1 - November 15

Salmonberry Creek (15.0188) August 1 - November 30

Seabeck Creek (15.0400) August 1 - August 15

Steele Creek (15.0273) August 1 - September 30

Tahuya River (15.0446) August 1 - August 31

Union River (15.0503) August 1 - August 31

Klickitat County July 15 - September 30




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Alder Creek (31.0459) August 1 - September 30

Chapman Creek (31.0192) August 1 - September 30


Juniper Canyon Creek (31.0378) August 1 - September 30

Klickitat River (30.0002) - Mouth to Klickitat hatchery Project-specific Work Time Required

Klickitat River (30.0002) - Upstream of Klickitat hatchery Project-specific Work Time Required

Little White Salmon River (29.0131) - Mouth to Cabbage Creek July 16 - January 31

Little White Salmon River (29.0131) - Upstream of Cabbage Creek July 16 - January 31

Pine Creek (31.0354) August 1 - September 30

Rock Creek (31.0014) August 1 - September 30

Six Prong Creek (31.0465) August 1 - September 30

White Salmon River (29.0160) - Mouth to Cascade Creek July 16 - August 15

White Salmon River (29.0160) - Upstream of Cascade Creek July 16 - August 15

Wood Gulch Creek (31.0263) August 1 - September 30

Lewis County August 1 - September 30

Chehalis River (22.0190/23.0190) - Mouth to South Fork Chehalis River August 1 - August 15

Chehalis River (22.0190/23.0190) - Upstream of South Fork Chehalis River August 1 - August 31

Newaukum River (23.0882) - Mouth to South Fork August 1 - August 31

Newaukum River (23.0882) - Upstream of South Fork August 1 - August 31

Skookumchuck River (23.0761) August 1 - August 31

Cowlitz River (26.0002) August 1 - August 15

Cispus River (26.0668) - Mouth to Squaw Creek (26.1010) August 1 - August 15

Cispus River (26.0668) - Squaw Creek to Chambers Creek July 16 - February 28

Cispus River (26.0668) - Upstream of Chambers Creek July 16 - February 28

Yellowjacket Creek (26.0757) August 1 - August 15

McCoy Creek (26.0766) - Mouth to lower falls August 1 - August 15




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McCoy Creek (26.0766) - Upstream of lower falls July 16 - February 28

Walupt Creek (26.1010) Project-specific Work Time Required

Packwood Lake Tributaries August 16 - September 15

Tilton River (26.0560) - Mouth to North Fork August 1 - September 30

Tilton River (26.0560) - Upstream of North Fork August 1 - September 30

Toutle River (26.0227) August 1 - August 31

North Fork Toutle River (26.0314) July 16 - August 15

Green River (26.0323) July 16 - September 30

Deschutes River (13.0028) July 16 - August 31

Little Deschutes River (13.0110) July 16 - February 28

Nisqually River (11.0008) - Upstream of Alder Lake July 16 - September 30

Lincoln County June 16 - February 28


Hawk Creek (53.0101) - Mouth to falls June 16 - August 31

Hawk Creek (53.0101) - Upstream of falls June 16 - February 28

Upper Crab Creek (42.0001) June 16 - February 28

Wilson Creek (43.0020) June 16 - February 28

Mason County August 1 - October 15

Cloquallum Creek (22.0501) August 1 - September 30

Coulter Creek (15.0002) August 1 - August 31

Dewatto River (15.0420) August 1 - August 31

Goldsborough Creek (14.0035) August 1 - October 15

John Creek (16.0253) August 1 - August 31

Hamma Hamma River (16.0251) - Mouth to falls August 1 - August 31

Johns Creek (14.0049) August 1 - August 15

Lilliwaup River (16.0230) - Mouth to falls August 1 - August 31




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Lilliwaup River (16.0230) - Upstream of falls August 1 - February 28

Mill Creek (14.0029) August 1 - August 15

Satsop River (22.0360) August 1 - August 31

Schaerer Creek (16.0326) August 1 - August 31

Sherwood Creek (14.0094) August 1 - August 15

Skokomish River (16.0001) - Mouth to Forks August 1 - August 31

Skokomish River (16.0001) - Upstream of Forks August 1 - August 31

Tahuya River (15.0446) August 1 - August 31

Twanoh Creek (14.0134) August 1 - October 31

Union River (15.0503) August 1 - August 31

Okanogan County July 1 - August 15

Aneas Creek (49.0243) - Mouth to falls July 16 - August 31

Aneas Creek (49.0243) - Upstream of falls July 1 - March 31

Chewiliken Creek (49.0232) - Mouth to falls July 16 - August 31

Chewiliken Creek (49.0232) - Upstream of falls July 1 - March 31

Chiliwist Creek (49.0034) - Mouth to falls July 16 - August 31

Chiliwist Creek (49.0034) - Upstream of falls July 1 - March 31

Foster Creek (50.0065) July 1 - February 28

Methow River (48.0007) - Columbia confluence to Twisp River July 1 - July 31

Methow River tributaries between Black Canyon Creek and Gold Creek July 1 - February 28

Black Canyon Creek (48.0015) - Mouth to Left Fork Project-specific Work Time Required

Black Canyon Creek (48.0015) - Upstream of Left Fork July 1 - February 28

Gold Creek (48.0104) - Mouth to Foggy Dew Creek Project-specific Work Time Required

Foggy Dew Creek (48.0153) - Mouth to Foggy Dew Falls Project-specific Work Time Required

Foggy Dew Creek (48.0153) - Upstream of Foggy Dew Falls July 1 - February 28

Middle Fork Gold Creek (48.0139) July 1 - February 28




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North Fork Gold Creek (48.0104) Project-specific Work Time Required

Crater Creek (48.0177) - Mouth to Martin Creek Project-specific Work Time Required

Crater Creek (48.0177) - Upstream of Martin Creek July 1 - February 28

Martin Creek (48.0177) July 1 - February 28

South Fork Gold Creek (48.0105) - Mouth to Rainy Creek Project-specific Work Time Required

South Fork Gold Creek (48.0105) - Upstream of Rainy Creek July 1 - February 28

Rainy Creek (48.0105) July 1 - February 28

McFarland Creek (48.0090) - Mouth to Vinegar Gulch Project-specific Work Time Required

McFarland Creek (48.0090) - Upstream of Vinegar Gulch July 1 - February 28

Methow River tributaries between Libby Creek and Beaver Creek July 1 - February 28

Beaver Creek (48.0307) Project-specific Work Time Required

Frazer Creek (48.0309) July 1 - February 28

Lightning Creek (48.0361) July 1 - February 28

Middle Fork Beaver Creek (48.0307) July 1 - February 28

South Fork Beaver Creek (48.0342) July 1 - February 28

Libby Creek (48.0203) - Mouth to Hornet Draw Creek Project-specific Work Time Required

Libby Creek (48.0203) - Upstream of Hornet Draw July 1 - February 28

Methow River (48.0007) - Twisp River to Goat Creek July 1 - July 31

Methow River (48.0007) - Upstream of Goat Creek July 1 - July 31

Chewuch River (48.0728) - Mouth to Meadow Creek July 1 - July 31

Chewuch River (48.0728) - Upstream of Meadow Creek July 1 - February 28

Early Winters Creek (48.1408) - Mouth to Silver Star Creek Project-specific Work Time Required

Early Winters Creek (48.1408) - Upstream of Silver Star Creek July 1 - February 28

Goat Creek (48.1364) - Mouth to 500' upstream of Montana Creek Project-specific Work Time Required

Goat Creek (48.1364) - 500' Upstream of Montana Creek to Roundup Creek July 1 - February 28




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Goat Creek (48.1364) - Upstream of Roundup Creek Project-specific Work Time Required

Lost River (48.0592) July 16 - August 15

Twisp River (48.0374) July 1 - July 31

Buttermilk Creek (48.0466) Project-specific Work Time Required

North Creek (48.0674) Project-specific Work Time Required

North Fork Twisp River (48.0691) July 1 - February 28

South Creek (48.0641) - Upstream of Louis Creek July 1 - February 28

South Creek (48.0641) - Mouth to Louis Creek Project-specific Work Time Required

South Fork Twisp River (48.0698) July 1 - February 28

Wolf Creek (48.1300) Project-specific Work Time Required

Myers Creek (60.0517) July 1 - February 28

Bolster Creek (60.0517) July 1 - February 28

Ethel Creek (60.0517) July 1 - February 28

Gold Creek (60.0517) July 1 - February 28

Mary Ann Creek (60.0517) July 1 - February 28

North Fork Mary Ann Creek (60.0517) July 1 - February 28

Okanogan River (49.0019) - Mouth to Zosel Dam July 1 - August 31

Antoine Creek (49.0294) - Mouth to velocity gradient at river mile 1.0 July 1 - February 28

Antoine Creek (49.0294) - Upstream of falls July 1 - March 31

Bonaparte Creek (49.0246) - Upstream of falls July 1 - March 31

Bonaparte Creek (49.0246) - Mouth to Bonaparte Falls at river mile 1.0 July 1 - February 28

Loup Loup Creek (49.0048) - Mouth to Loup Loup Falls at river mile 2.4 July 1 - February 28 Loup Loup Creek (49.0048) - Upstream of Loup Loup Falls at river mile

2.4 July 1 - March 31

Mosquito Creek (49.0321) - Mouth to falls July 1 - August 31

Mosquito Creek (49.0321) - Upstream of falls July 1 - March 31




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Nine Mile Creek (49.0516) July 1 - February 28

Omak Creek (49.0138) - Mouth to Mission Falls at river mile 5.4 July 1 - February 28

Omak Creek (49.0138) - Upstream of falls July 1 - March 31

Salmon Creek (49.0079) - Mouth to diversion July 1 - August 31

Salmon Creek (49.0079) - Upstream of diversion July 1 - February 28

Similkameen River (49.0325) - Mouth to Enloe Dam July 1 - August 31

Similkameen River (49.0325) - Upstream of Enloe Dam July 1 - October 31

Sinlahekin Creek (49.0349) - Mouth to barrier dam at Connors Lake July 1 - August 31

Cecile Creek (49.0447) July 1 - February 28

Chopaka Creek (49.0357) July 1 - February 28

Toats Coulee Creek (49.0368) July 1 - February 28

Cougar Creek (49.0368) July 1 - February 28

Siwash Creek (49.0284) - Falls to headwaters July 1 - March 31

Siwash Creek (49.0284) - Mouth to falls at river mile 1.4 July 1 - February 28

Tonasket Creek (49.0501) - Mouth to Tonasket Falls at river mile 1.8 July 1 - February 28

Tonasket Creek (49.0501) - Upstream of Tonasket Falls at river mile 1.8 July 1 - March 31

Tunk Creek (49.0211) - Mouth to falls July 1 - February 28

Tunk Creek (49.0211) - Upstream of falls July 1 - March 31

San Poil River (52.0004) June 16 - September 30

West Fork SanPoil (52.0192) June 16 - September 30

Gold Creek (52.0197) June 16 - February 28

Toroda Creek (60.0410) July 1 - September 30

Pacific County August 1 - September 30

Bear River (24.0689) August 1 - September 30

Bone River (24.0405) August 1 - September 30

Chehalis River (22.0190/23.0190) August 1 - August 15




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Chinook River (24.MISC) August 1 - September 30

Grays River (25.0093) July 16 - September 15

Naselle River (24.0543) August 1 - September 15

Nemah River (24.0460) August 1 - September 30

Niawiakum River (24.0417) August 1 - September 30

North River (24.0034) August 1 - September 30

Palix River (24.0426) August 1 - September 30

Willapa River (24.0251) August 1 - September 30

Pend Oreille County July 1 - August 31

Little Spokane River (55.0003) August 1 - March 15

West Branch Little Spokane River (55.0439) August 1 - March 15

Harvey Creek (62.0310) - Mouth to Rocky Fork of Harvey Creek August 1 - August 31

Harvey Creek (62.0310) - Upstream of Rocky Fork of Harvey Creek July 16 - February 28

Pend Oreille River (62.0002) Project-specific Work Time Required

Big Muddy Creek (62.0279) August 1 - March 15

Bracket Creek (62.0815) August 1 - March 15

Calispel Creek (62.0628) August 1 - August 31

Exposure Creek (62.0261) August 1 - August 31

Kent Creek (62.0819) August 1 - March 15

Le Clerc Creek (62.0415) August 1 - August 31

Lime Creek (62.0014) August 1 - March 15

Lodge Creek (62.0859) August 1 - August 31

Lost Creek (62.0322) August 1 - March 15

Marshall Creek (62.0842) August 1 - March 15

Pee Wee Creek (62.0007) - Mouth to falls August 1 - August 31




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Pee Wee Creek (62.0007) - Upstream of falls August 1 - March 15

Renshaw Creek (62.0310) August 1 - March 15

Sullivan (O'Sullivan) Creek (62.0074) August 1 - August 31

North Fork Sullivan Creek (62.0075) August 1 - August 31

Tributaries of Deep Creek in Pend Oreille County (61.0195) July 16 - August 15

Currant Creek (61.0249) July 16 - August 15

Meadow Creek (61.0351) July 16 - August 15

Rocky Creek (61.0364) July 16 - August 15

Silver Creek (61.0195) July 16 - August 15

Smackout Creek (61.0226) July 16 - August 15

Pierce County July 16 - August 31

Chambers/Clover Creek Watershed (12.MISC) July 16 - September 30

Flett Creek (12.0009) July 16 - October 31

Leach Creek (12.0008) July 16 - September 30

Nisqually River (11.0008) - Mouth to Alder Lake July 16 - August 31

Nisqually River (11.0008) - Upstream of Alder Lake July 16 - September 30

Mashel River (11.0101) - Mouth to Busy Wild Creek July 16 - September 30

Mashel River (11.0101) - Upstream of Busy Wild Creek July 16 - September 30

Puyallup River (10.0021) - Mouth to PSE Electron Powerhouse Outfall July 16 - August 31

Puyallup River (10.0021) - Upstream of PSE Electron Powerhouse Outfall July 16 - August 15

Carbon River (10.0413) July 16 - August 15

Cayada Creek (10.0525) - Mouth to falls about 800 feet upstream July 16 - August 31

Cayada Creek (10.0525) - Upstream of the falls January 1 - December 31

South Prairie Creek (10.0429) July 16 - August 15

Voight Creek (10.0414) - Mouth to falls at River Mile 4.0 July 16 - August 31

Voight Creek (10.0414) - Upstream of falls River Mile 4.0 July 16 - February 28




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White River (10.0031) July 16 - August 15

Clearwater River (10.0080) July 16 - August 15

Greenwater River (10.0122) July 16 - August 15

Huckleberry Creek (10.0253) July 16 - August 15

West Fork White River (10.0186) July 16 - August 15

Sequalitchew Creek (12.0019) July 16 - September 30

San Juan County July 1 - August 31

Cascade Creek (02.0057) Orcas Island - Upstream of lower falls July 1 - February 28 Cascade Creek (02.0057) Orcas Island - Buck Bay to falls located approximately 300 feet above mouth July 1 - October 31

Doe Creek (02.MISC) San Juan Island - Westcott Bay to falls (approximately 250 feet from mouth) June 16 - October 15

False Bay Creek (02.MISC) San Juan Island - Mouth to lake July 1 - October 31

Glenwood Springs Orcas Island - direct tributary to Eastsound Bay July 1 - October 15 Moran Creek (02.MISC) Orcas Island - from Cascade Lake delta upstream 1/4 mile July 1 - October 15

Unnamed Creek (02.0041) San Juan Island - Mouth to lake July 1 - October 15

Skagit County August 1 - September 15

Granite Creek (04.2313) - Upstream of East Creek July 16 - February 28

North Fork Stillaguamish River (05.0135) - Mouth to Squire Creek August 1 - August 15

North Fork Stillaguamish River (05.0135) - Squire Creek to Cascade Creek August 1 - August 15

North Fork Stillaguamish River (05.0135) - Upstream of Cascade Creek July 16 - February 28

Samish River (03.0005) August 1 - September 15

Skagit River (03.0176/04.0176) Project-specific Work Time Required

Baker River (04.0435) - Mouth to Baker Dam Project-specific Work Time Required

Cascade River (04.1411) Project-specific Work Time Required

Day Creek (03.1435) July 16 - February 28

Lookout Creek (04.1447) July 16 - February 28




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Sibley Creek (04.1481) July 16 - February 28

Day Creek (03.0299) - Mouth to Rocky Creek Project-specific Work Time Required

Day Creek (03.0299) - Upstream of Rocky Creek August 1 - February 28

Finney Creek (04.0392) - Mouth to Big Fir Creek Project-specific Work Time Required

Finney Creek (04.0392) - Upstream of Big Fir Creek July 16 - February 28

Illabot Creek (04.1346) Project-specific Work Time Required

Sauk River (04.0673) - Mouth to Forks Project-specific Work Time Required

Sauk River (04.0673) - Upstream of Forks August 1 - August 15

Suiattle River (04.0710) Project-specific Work Time Required

Wiseman Creek (03.0280) - Mouth to SR20 Project-specific Work Time Required

Wiseman Creek (03.0280) - Upstream of SR20 July 16 - February 28

South Fork Nooksack River (01.0246) - Mouth to falls at River Mile 30 Project-specific Work Time Required

South Fork Nooksack River (01.0246) - Falls at River Mile 30 to Wanlick Creek

Project-specific Work Time Required

South Fork Nooksack River (01.0246) - Upstream of Wanlick Creek Project-specific Work Time Required

Skamania County July 15 - September 15


Cispus River (26.0668) August 1 - August 15

Cispus River (26.0668) tributaries located in Skamania County August 1 - October 31

East Fork Lewis River (27.0173) - Lucia Falls to Sunset Falls August 1 - February 28

East Fork Lewis River (27.0173) - Upstream of Sunset Falls August 1 - February 28

Green River (26.0323) (Tributary of North Fork Toutle River) July 16 - September 30

Hamilton Creek (28.0303) August 1 - August 31

Hardy Creek (28.0303) August 1 - August 31

Little White Salmon River (29.0131) - Mouth to Hatchery July 16 - August 15

Little White Salmon River (29.0131) - Hatchery to Cabbage Creek July 16 - January 31




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Little White Salmon River (29.0131) - Upstream of Cabbage Creek July 16 - January 31


Canyon Creek (27.0442) July 16 - February 28

North Fork Lewis River (27.0168) - Upstream of Lower Falls July 16 - February 28

Washougal River (28.0159) - Mouth to Stebbins Creek August 1 - August 31

Washougal River (28.0159) - Upstream of Stebbins Creek August 1 - August 31

White Salmon River (29.0160) - Mouth to Cascade Creek July 16 - August 15

White Salmon River (29.0160) - Upstream of Cascade Creek July 16 - August 15

Wind River (29.0023) August 1 - August 15

Woodward Creek (28.0298) August 1 - August 31

Snohomish County July 16 - September 15

Lake Washington tributaries August 1 - August 15

Sauk River (04.0673) - Mouth to Forks August 1 - August 15

Sauk River (04.0673) - Upstream of Forks August 1 - August 15

Suiattle River (04.0710) August 1 - August 15

Snohomish River (07.0012) - Mouth to Highway 9 August 1 - October 31

Snohomish River (07.0012) - Upstream of Highway 9 August 1 - August 15

Pilchuck River (07.0125) - Mouth to City of Snohomish diversion dam August 1 - August 31 Pilchuck River (07.0125) - City of Snohomish diversion dam to Boulder

Creek August 1 - September 15

Pilchuck River (07.0125) - Upstream of Boulder Creek August 1 - September 15

Skykomish River (07.0012) - Mouth to forks August 1 - August 15

Deer Creek (05.0173) - Mouth to stream mile 0.5 August 1 - August 31

Deer Creek (05.0173) - Upstream of stream mile 0.5 August 1 - February 28

North Fork Skykomish River (07.0982) - Mouth to Bear Creek Falls August 1 - August 31 North Fork Skykomish River (07.0982) - Bear Creek Falls to Deer

Falls August 1 - August 31

North Fork Skykomish River (07.0982) - Deer Falls to West Cady Creek August 1 - February 28




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Individual site HPA Required North Fork Skykomish River (07.0982) - Upstream of West Cady

Creek August 1 - February 28

Howard Creek (07.1042) July 16 - February 28

Silver Creek (07.1053) - Mouth to Lake Gulch August 1 - August 31

Silver Creek (07.1053) - Upstream of Lake Gulch August 1 - February 28

Troublesome Creek (07.1085) August 1 - February 28

West Fork Troublesome Creek (07.1092) August 1 - August 31

South Fork Skykomish River (07.0012) - Mouth to Sunset Falls August 1 - August 15

Beckler River (07.1413) - Mouth to Boulder Creek August 1 - August 15

Beckler River (07.1413) - Upstream of Boulder Creek July 16 - February 28

Rapid River (07.1461) - Mouth to Meadow Creek August 1 - August 31

Rapid River (07.1461) - Upstream of Meadow Creek August 1 - February 28

Sultan River (07.0881) - Mouth to Diversion Dam at river mile 9.4 August 1 - August 31

Sultan River (07.0881) - Diversion Dam to anadromous fish blockage at river mile 15.7 (0.7 miles downstream of Culmback Dam) (7.0881)

August 1 - August 31

Sultan River (07.0881) – From anadromous fish blockage at river mile 15.7 (0.7 miles downstream of Culmback Dam) to Elk Creek (7.0881)

July 16 - February 28

Sultan River - Upstream of Elk Creek (7.0881) July 16 - February 28

Wallace River (07.0940) - Mouth to Wallace Falls August 1 - August 31

Wallace River (07.0940) - Upstream of Wallace Falls August 1 - February 28

Olney Creek (07.0946) - Mouth to Olney Falls August 1 - August 31

Olney Creek (07.0946) - Upstream of Olney Falls August 1 - February 28

Snoqualmie River Mouth to Falls (07.0219) August 1 - August 15

All other Snohomish River tributaries August 1 - August 31

Stillaguamish River (05.0001) - Mouth to forks August 1 - August 31

North Fork Stillaguamish River (05.0135) - Mouth to Squire Creek August 1 - August 15 North Fork Stillaguamish River (05.0135) - Squire Creek to Cascade

Creek August 1 - August 15

North Fork Stillaguamish River (05.0135) - Upstream of Cascade Creek July 16 - February 28

South Fork Stillaguamish River (05.0001) - Mouth to Deer Creek August 1 - August 15

South Fork Stillaguamish River (05.0001) - Upstream of Deer Creek August 1 - August 15




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Spokane County June 16 - August 31

Latah Creek (56.0003) June 16 - August 31

Little Spokane River (55.0600) - Mouth to Deer Creek June 16 - August 31

Little Spokane River (55.0600) - Upstream of Deer Creek June 16 - August 31

Spokane River (57.0001) June 16 - August 31

Stevens County July 16 - August 31


Big Sheep Creek (61.0150) July 16 - August 15

Colville River (59.0002) - Mouth to the Falls July 16 - September 30

Colville River (59.0002) - Upstream of the Falls July 16 - September 30

Deep Creek (61.0195) July 16 - August 15

Onion Creek (61.0098) July 16 - August 15

Sheep Creek (59.0861) July 16 - September 30 Lake Roosevelt tributaries from the mouth of the Spokane River to mouth of the Colville River July 16 - February 28

Lake Roosevelt tributaries from the mouth of the Colville River north to the B.C. Border July 16 - February 28

Tributaries of Little Spokane River (55.0600) June 16 - August 31

Calispel Creek (62.0628) August 1 - August 31

Other tributaries to the Pend Oreille River in Stevens County July 1 - August 31

Thurston County July 16 - September 15


Chehalis River (22.0190/23.0190) - Upstream of Porter Creek August 1 - August 15

Skookumchuck River (23.0761) - Mouth to Skookumchuck Reservoir August 1 - August 31

Skookumchuck River (23.0761) - Upstream of Skookumchuck Reservoir August 1 - August 31

Deschutes River (13.0028) - Mouth to Deschutes Falls July 16 - August 31

Deschutes River (13.0028) - Upstream of Deschutes Falls July 16 - August 31

Ellis Creek (13.0022) May 16 - September 30




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Little Deschutes River (13.0110) July 16 - February 28

McLane Creek (13.0138) August 1 - October 31

Percival Creek (13.0029) July 16 - August 31

Nisqually River (11.0008) July 16 - August 31

Tributaries of Nisqually River (11.0008) July 16 - August 31

Porter Creek (23.0543) August 1 - September 30

Schneider Creek (14.0009) August 1 - October 31

Waddell Creek (23.0677) August 1 - September 30

Woodard Creek (13.0012) July 16 - August 31

Woodland Creek (13.0006) July 16 - September 30

Wahkiakum County July 16 - September 15


Abernathy Creek (25.0297) July 16 - September 15

Deep River (25.0011) July 16 - September 15

Elochoman River (25.0236) July 16 - September 15

Grays River (25.0093) July 16 - September 15

Mill Creek (25.0284) July 16 - September 15

Naselle River (24.0543) July 16 - September 15

Skamokowa Creek (25.0194) July 16 - September 15

Walla Walla County July 16 - September 30

Walla Walla River (32.0008) - Mouth to Oregon state line July 16 - September 15

Mill Creek (32.1436) - Mouth to Oregon state line August 1 - August 15

Touchet River (32.0097) - Mouth to Forks August 1 - August 15

North Fork Touchet/Wolf Fork (32.0761) Project-specific Work Time Required

South Fork Touchet (32.0708) Project-specific Work Time Required

Whatcom County July 16 - August 15




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Damfino Creek (00.0032) July 16 - August 31

Nooksack River (01.0120) Project-specific Work Time Required

Cascade Creek (02.0057) - Mouth to FR 37 Project-specific Work Time Required

Cascade Creek (02.0057) - Upstream of FR 37 July 16 - February 28 Middle Fork Nooksack River (01.0339) - Mouth to City of Bellingham

Diversion Dam Project-specific Work Time

Required Middle Fork Nooksack River (01.0339) - Upstream of City of Bellingham

Diversion Dam Project-specific Work Time

Required

North Fork Nooksack River (01.0120) - Mouth to Nooksack Falls Project-specific Work Time Required

North Fork Nooksack River (01.0120) - Upstream of Nooksack Falls Project-specific Work Time Required

Barometer Creek (01.0513) July 16 - February 28

Ruth Creek (01.0531) July 16 - February 28

Swamp Creek (01.0518) July 16 - February 28

Wells Creek (02.0057) Project-specific Work Time Required

Bar Creek (01.0500) July 16 - February 28

South Fork Nooksack (01.0246) - Mouth to Wanlick Creek Project-specific Work Time Required

South Fork Nooksack (01.0246) - Upstream of Wanlick Creek Project-specific Work Time Required

Samish River (03.0005) July 16 - August 15

Skagit River (03.0176/04.0176) Project-specific Work Time Required

Baker River (04.0435) - Mouth to Baker Lake Dam (04.0435) Project-specific Work Time Required

Baker River (04.0435) - Baker Lake to national park boundary Project-specific Work Time Required

Boulder Creek (04.0499) July 16 - February 28

Park Creek (04.0506) - Mouth to fish passage barrier at river mile 1.6 Project-specific Work Time Required

Park Creek (04.0506) - Upstream of river mile 1.6 July 16 - February 28

Swift Creek (04.0509) - Mouth to Rainbow Creek Project-specific Work Time Required

Swift Creek (04.0509) - Upstream of Rainbow Creek July 16 - February 28




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Individual site HPA Required Washington Counties and State Waters, Including Tributaries, Unless

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Ross Lake (03.0176/04.0176) tributaries Project-specific Work Time Required

Ruby Creek (04.2199) Project-specific Work Time Required

Canyon Creek (04.2458) - Mouth to Barron Creek Project-specific Work Time Required

Canyon Creek (04.2458) - Upstream of Barron Creek and tributaries October 1 - February 28

Barron Creek (04.2591) October 1 - February 28

Boulder Creek (04.2478) - Mouth to 300 feet upstream Project-specific Work Time Required

Boulder Creek (04.2478) - 300 feet upstream of mouth to headwaters October 1 - February 28

Friday Creek (04.2549) - Mouth to 300 feet upstream Project-specific Work Time Required

Friday Creek (04.2549) - 300 feet upstream of mouth to headwaters October 1 - February 28

Holmes Creek (04.2473) - Mouth to 300 feet upstream Project-specific Work Time Required

Holmes Creek (04.2473) - 300 feet upstream of mouth to headwaters October 1 - February 28

Mill Creek (04.2504) - Mouth to 300 feet upstream Project-specific Work Time Required

Mill Creek (04.2504) - 300 feet upstream of mouth to headwaters October 1 - February 28

Nickol Creek (04.2476) - Mouth to 300 feet upstream Project-specific Work Time Required

Nickol Creek (04.2476) - 300 feet upstream of mouth to headwaters October 1 - February 28

North Fork Canyon Creek (04.2583) - Mouth to Elk Creek Project-specific Work Time Required

Cascade Creek (05.2584) October 1 - February 28

North Fork Canyon Creek (04.2583) - Upstream of Elk Creek October 1 - February 28

Slate Creek (04.2557) - Mouth to falls at River Mile 0.6 Project-specific Work Time Required

Slate Creek (04.2557) - Upstream of falls at River Mile 0.6 October 1 - February 28

Granite Creek (04.2313) - Mouth to East Creek Project-specific Work Time Required

Granite Creek (04.2313) - Upstream of East Creek and tributaries October 1 - February 28




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Saar Creek (00.0003) August 1 - September 30

Silesia Creek (00.0042) - Canadian Border to Middle Fork July 16 - August 15

Silesia Creek (00.0042) - Middle Fork to national park boundary July 16 - February 28




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Rapid Creek (00.0048) July 16 - February 28

West Fork Silesia Creek (00.0044) July 16 - February 28

Winchester Creek (00.0045) July 16 - February 28

Whitman County July 16 - December 15


Alkali Flats Creek (35.0570) July 16 - December 15

Almota Creek (35.1017) July 16 - December 15

Little Almota Creek (35.1018) July 16 - December 15

Palouse River (34.0003) - Mouth to Palouse Falls July 16 - September 30

Palouse River (34.0003) - Upstream of Palouse Falls July 16 - February 28

Penewawa Creek (35.0916) July 16 - December 15

Wawawi Canyon Creek (35.1165) July 16 - December 15

Yakima County June 1 - September 15


Klickitat River (30.0002) Project-specific Work Time Required

Yakima River (37.0002/38.0002/39.0002) - Mouth to Roza Dam June 1 - September 15

Ahtanum Creek (37.1382) June 16 - September 30

North Fork Ahtanum Creek (37.1382) Project-specific Work Time Required

South Fork Ahtanum Creek (37.1382) Project-specific Work Time Required

Naches River (38.0003) - Mouth to Tieton River July 1 - October 15 Naches River (38.0003) - Upstream of mouth of Tieton River to Bumping

River July 1 - August 15

Bumping River (38.0998) July 16 - August 15

American River (38.1000) Project-specific Work Time Required

Gold Creek (38.MISC) July 16 - February 28

Kettle Creek (38.1033) Project-specific Work Time Required




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Miner Creek (38.1027) July 16 - February 28

Morse Creek (38.1072) - Mouth to SR410 Crossing August 1 - August 15

Morse Creek (38.1072) - Upstream of SR410 Crossing August 1 - February 28

Rock Creek (38.MISC) July 16 - February 28

Timber Creek (38.1062) August 1 - August 15

Union Creek (38.1045) - Upstream of 500' above falls August 1 - February 28

Union Creek (38.1045) - Mouth to 500' above falls Project-specific Work Time Required

Other American River tributaries not listed August 1 - February 28

Deep Creek (38.MISC) Project-specific Work Time Required

Copper Creek (38.MISC) August 1 - August 15

Cowiche Creek (38.0005) - Mouth to South Fork Cowiche Creek July 1 - September 30

North Fork Cowiche Creek (38.0008) July 1 - February 28

South Fork Cowiche Creek (38.0031) - Mouth to Reynolds Creek July 1 - September 30

South Fork Cowiche Creek (38.0031) - Upstream of Reynolds Creek July 16 - October 31

Granite Creek (38.MISC) August 1 - August 15

Little Naches River (38.0852) - Mouth to Matthews Creek July 16 - August 15

Little Naches River (38.0852) - Upstream of Matthews Creek July 16 - August 15

Crow Creek (38.0858) July 16 - August 15

Nile Creek (38.0692) July 16 - October 15

Rattlesnake Creek (38.0518) July 16 - August 15

Tieton River (38.0166) - Mouth to Rimrock Dam July 1 - August 31

North Fork Tieton River (38.0291) - Below Clear Lake Dam Project-specific Work Time Required

North Fork Tieton River (38.0291) - Upstream of Clear Lake July 1 - August 15

Clear Creek (38.0317) July 16 - February 28

South Fork Tieton River (38.0374) - Below South Fork Falls Project-specific Work Time Required




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South Fork Tieton River (38.0374) - Upstream of South Fork Falls July 16 - February 28

Indian Creek (38.0302) Project-specific Work Time Required

Tributaries of Tieton River below Rimrock Dam July 16 - February 28

Umtanum Creek (39.0553) July 16 - September 30

Wenas Creek (39.0032) July 16 - October 15

Other Yakima River tributaries July 16 - August 31

Columbia River –

Mouth to the I-205 Bridge August 1 - March 31

I-205 Bridge to Bonneville Dam July 16 - September 15

Bonneville Dam to Snake River July 16 - February 28

Snake River to Priest Rapids Dam July 16 - September 30

Priest Rapids Dam to Mouth of Crab Creek July 16 - February 28

Mouth of Crab Creek to Wanapum Dam July 16 - September 30

Wanapum Dam to the SR 285 bridge in South Wenatchee July 16 - February 28

SR 285 bridge in South Wenatchee to the SR 2 bridge July 16 - September 30

SR 2 bridge to one mile downstream of the Chelan River July 16 - February 28

From one mile downstream of the Chelan River to the SR 97 bridge July 16 - September 30

From SR 97 bridge to Chief Joseph Dam July 16 - February 28

Chief Joseph Dam to Grand Coulee Dam June 16 - March 31

Grand Coulee Dam to Canadian border Project-specific Work Time Required

All Columbia River tributaries See county listings

Snake River –

Mouth to Ice Harbor Dam July 16 - September 30

Ice Harbor Dam to Mouth of Clearwater River July 16 - March 31

Mouth of Clearwater River to State Line August 1 - August 31

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Individual site HPA Required Lakes: Columbia and Snake River reservoirs are not considered lakes. Lake is defined in WAC 220-110-020(47) as any natural or impounded body of standing freshwater, except impoundments of the Columbia and Snake Rivers.

Project-specific Work Time

Required

All waters within Indian tribal reservation, national park, state park, or wilderness boundaries

Project-specific Work Time Required

WSDOT Fish Exclusion Protocols and Standards

Work below the Ordinary High-Water Mark (or Mean Higher High-Water Mark) shall, in

general, be conducted in isolation from flowing waters. Exceptions to this general rule or

performance measure include: 1) implementation of the work area isolation and fish

capture and removal protocols described in this document; 2) placement or removal of

small quantities of material (e.g., wood or rock), or structural best management practices

(e.g., turbidity curtain), under site conditions where potential exposures and effects to fish

life are minimized without isolation from flowing waters1; and, 3) work conducted under

a declared emergency, under emergency conditions, or where flow conditions prevent

safe implementation of work area isolation and fish capture and removal protocols.

Implementation of the work area isolation and fish capture and removal protocols shall be

planned and directed by a WSDOT biologist, or qualified biologist under contract to

WSDOT, possessing all necessary knowledge, training, and experience (the directing

biologist). If electrofishing will or may be used as a means of fish capture, the directing

biologist shall have a minimum of 100 hours electrofishing experience in the field using

similar equipment, and any individuals operating electrofishing equipment shall have a

minimum of 40 hours electrofishing experience under direct supervision. All individuals

participating in fish capture and removal operations shall have the training, knowledge,

skills, and ability to ensure safe handling of fish, and to ensure the safety of staff

conducting the operations.( See Appendix A for requirements)

The directing biologist shall work with Maintenance, Construction, and/or Environmental

staff (as appropriate) to plan the staging and sequence for work area isolation, fish

capture and removal, and dewatering. This plan should consider the size and channel

characteristics of the area to be isolated, the method(s) of dewatering (e.g., diversion with

bypass flume or culvert; diversion with sandbag, sheet pile or similar cofferdam; etc.),

and what sequence of activities will provide the best conditions for safe capture and

removal of fish. Where the area to be isolated is small, depths are shallow, and

conditions are conducive to fish capture, it may be possible to isolate the work area and

remove all fish life prior to dewatering or flow diversion. Where the area to be isolated is

large, depths are not shallow, where flow volumes or velocities are high, and/or

conditions are not conducive to easy fish capture, it may be necessary to commence with

dewatering or flow diversion staged in conjunction with fish capture and removal. The

directing biologist shall use his/her best professional judgment in deciding what sequence

of activities is likely to minimize exposure of fish to conditions causing stress or injury

(including stranding, exposure to extremes of temperature or reduced dissolved oxygen,

risk of injury resulting from electrofishing, etc.).

1 WSDOT shall make this determination with consultation or input from the regulatory agencies with

jurisdiction, including the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service (FWS), and NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) as appropriate; also, this

exception shall not permit work that requires in-water excavation or that presents a risk of increased

turbidity beyond the immediate work area or for a duration of more than 15 minutes.

WSDOT Fish Exclusion Protocols and Standard

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The directing biologist shall plan work area isolation, fish capture and removal, and

dewatering with consideration for the following: habitat connectivity and fish habitat

requirements; the duration and extent of planned in-water work; anticipated flow and

temperature conditions over the duration of planned in-water work; and, the risk of

exposure to turbidity or other unfavorable conditions during construction. If the area to

be isolated includes only a portion of the wetted channel width (e.g., large or deep rivers

where diversion from the entirety of the wetted channel is difficult or impossible), or if

the bypass flume or culvert will effectively maintain connectivity and fish passage for the

duration of construction activities, it may be less important whether the fish are herded

(and/or captured and released) upstream or downstream of the isolated work area.

However, if the area to be isolated includes the entire wetted channel width, and

especially if conditions make it unlikely that connectivity (i.e., upstream/downstream fish

passage) can be effectively maintained for the duration of construction activities, then the

directing biologist should carefully consider whether to herd fish (and/or capture and

release fish) upstream or downstream of the isolated work area.

If conditions upstream of the isolated work area will or may become unfavorable during

construction then fish should be herded or released to a downstream location; this

situation is probably most common where the waterbody in question is small, where

seasonal flows are substantially diminished, and conditions of elevated temperature

and/or reduced dissolved oxygen are foreseeable. However, the directing biologist shall

also consider whether planned in-water work presents a significant risk of downstream

turbidity and sedimentation; fish herded or released to a downstream location may be

exposed to these conditions.

If large numbers of fish are to be herded (and/or captured and released), and in order to

avoid overcrowding or concentrating fish in areas where their habitat needs cannot be

met, it may be appropriate to relocate fish both upstream and downstream of the isolated

work area. At locations where habitat connectivity or quality is poor, including along

reaches upstream and/or downstream of the isolated work area, the directing biologist

should carefully consider whether relocated fish can meet their minimum habitat

requirements for the duration of planned in-water work. On rare occasions it may be

appropriate to relocate fish at a greater distance upstream and/or downstream (e.g.,

thousands of feet or miles), so as to ensure fish are not concentrated in areas where their

habitat needs cannot be met, or where they may be exposed to unfavorable conditions

resulting from construction. On those rare occasions where relocation to a greater

distance is deemed necessary, the WSDOT shall provide notice to the agencies with

jurisdiction in advance of the operations.

Plans for staging work area isolation, fish capture and removal, and dewatering must

comply with WSDOT safety requirements. Safe implementation is a high priority. The

directing biologist shall design and adjust the plan as necessary to ensure the safety of all

individuals implementing the plan. Under some conditions it may be appropriate to

conduct work without isolation from flowing waters, without placement of block nets,

fish capture or removal; for a discussion of this topic see page 1.


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In order to comply with WSDOT safety requirements, work in or around water outside of

daylight hours is not generally permissible. If, under unusual circumstances, the

directing biologist identifies work that will or may be necessary outside of daylight hours,

he/she shall coordinate and gain approval for this work with appropriate managers

(including the WSDOT safety officer and/or supervisors with authority).

Work Area Isolation

The directing biologist shall determine appropriate locations for the placement of block

nets, based on site characteristics and a consideration of the type and extent of planned

in-water work. Sites that exhibit reduced flow volume or velocity, uniformity of depth,

and good accessibility are preferred; sites with heavy vegetation, large cobble or

boulders, undercut banks, deep pools, etc. should be avoided due to the difficulty of

securing and/or maintaining nets. Sites with a narrow channel cross-section

(“constriction”) should be avoided if foreseeable flow conditions might overwhelm or

dislodge the block nets, posts, or anchors.

Except when planning and intending to herd fish upstream, and upstream block net shall

be placed first. With a block net secured to prevent movement of fish into the work area

from upstream, a second block net should be used as a seine to herd fish in a downstream

direction. Where the area to be isolated includes a culvert(s), deep pools, undercut banks,

or other cover attractive to fish (e.g., thick overhanging vegetation, rootwads, logjams,

etc.) it may be appropriate to isolate a portion or portions of the work area, rather than

attempting to herd fish from the entirety of the work area in a single downstream pass.

Fish capture and removal will be most successful if an effort is made to strategically

focus and concentrate fish in areas where they can be easily seined and netted. Care shall

be taken not to concentrate fish where they are exposed to sources of stress or to leave

them concentrated in such areas for a long duration (e.g., more than 30 minutes).

Depending upon site characteristics, and the planned staging and sequence for work area

isolation and dewatering, it may or may not be necessary to place a downstream block

net. Typically, however, site characteristics and/or the duration of planned in-water work

will necessitate placement of a net(s) to prevent movement of fish into the work area

from downstream. If groundwater seepage or site drainage has a tendency to re-wet the

area, if the area to be isolated is low-gradient or subject to a backwatering influence, or if

the area to be isolated is large and considerable effort will be expended in capturing and

removing fish life, a downstream block net should be placed. If foreseeable flow

conditions over the duration of planned in-water work might enable fish to re-enter the

work area from downstream, a downstream block net should be placed.

In most instances where gradual dewatering or flow diversion is staged in conjunction

with fish capture and removal, it is appropriate to delay installation of the downstream

block net(s) until after fish have been given sufficient time to move downstream by their

own choosing. If flows are reduced gradually over the course of several hours, or the

length of an entire workday, some (perhaps many) fish will make volitional movements

downstream beyond the area to be isolated. Gradual dewatering can be an effective


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means by which to reduce the risk of fish stress or injury. Gradual dewatering and the

encouragement of volitional movement are particularly important where the area to be

isolated is large and may hold many fish. However, where the area to be isolated

includes a culvert(s), deep pools, undercut banks, or other cover attractive to fish, some

(perhaps many) fish will not choose to move downstream regardless of how gradually

flows are reduced. The directing biologist should use his/her best professional judgment

in deciding what sequence of activities is likely to minimize fish stress or injury

(including stranding).

Where the area to be isolated is small, depths are shallow, and conditions are conducive

to fish capture, it may be possible to remove all fish life prior to dewatering, or to

implement plans for dewatering staged with fish capture over a relatively short timeframe

(e.g., 1-2 hours). Where the area to be isolated is large, depths are not shallow, where

flow volumes or velocities are high, and/or conditions are not conducive to easy fish

capture, dewatering or flow diversion should be staged in conjunction with fish capture

and removal over a longer timeframe (e.g., 3-6 hours). The largest areas and/or most

difficult site conditions may warrant or require that plans for dewatering and fish capture

proceed over the length of an entire workday, or multiple workdays. Where this is the

case, fish should be given sufficient time and a means to move downstream by their own

choosing so as to reduce the total number of fish exposed to sources of stress and injury

(including fish handling).

The directing biologist shall select block nets that are appropriate for the site and fish

species present. Type of material, length, and depth may vary based on site conditions.

It may be necessary and appropriate to contact other WSDOT Regions or offices with

access to nets (or other materials) suitable for placement under unique or unusual

circumstances. Typically block nets will be composed of 9.5 millimeter stretched nylon

mesh and should be installed at an angle to the direction of flow (i.e., not directly

perpendicular to flow) so as to reduce the risk of impinging fish. Anchor bags filled (or

half-filled) with clean, washed gravel are preferred over sandbags, especially for nets and

anchors that will or may remain in-place for a long duration (i.e., more than two weeks).

Any use or movement of native substrates or other materials found on-site should be

incidental and shall not appreciably affect channel bed or bank conditions.

Block nets shall remain in place until work affecting fish habitat in that reach of stream is

complete and conditions are suitable for the reintroduction of fish2. Block nets require

frequent inspection and debris removal. A qualified biologist, or other field staff trained

in safe fish handling, shall be assigned the responsibility of inspecting the nets and safely

capturing and relocating any impinged fish. The frequency of these inspections shall be

determined on a case-by-case basis. However, block nets shall, at a minimum, be

2 If plans for work area isolation and fish capture and removal include the installation of temporary

cofferdams, and once the directing biologist has confirmed fish life have been successfully excluded from

the entire area enclosed by the cofferdam(s), it may be appropriate to remove block nets and allow fish to

re-enter the previously isolated work area; this approach is particularly relevant and appropriate where

many weeks or months of construction are planned for completion within temporary cofferdams (i.e.,

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inspected for impinged fish (especially juvenile fish) at least three times daily or when

requested by the Engineer. On working days, these inspections shall be performed at the

start, middle and end of the work day. On non-working days, these activities shall be

performed between 6:00 am and 8:00 am, between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm and between

4:00 pm and 6:00 pm. They may need to be checked more frequently for the first 24

hours after a significant rainfall (or change in flow volume or velocity). In the event fish

are found impinged on the net(s), or if weather or flow conditions change significantly,

the directing biologist shall reconsider and adjust the frequency of net inspections so as to

minimize the risk of impinging and injuring fish.

Field staff shall be assigned the responsibility of frequently checking and maintaining the

nets for accumulated debris, general stability, and proper function. The frequency of

these inspections shall be determined on a case-by-case basis, dependent upon the site,

seasonal, and weather conditions. Block nets must be secured along both banks and the

channel bottom to prevent failure as a result of debris accumulation, high flows, and/or

flanking. Some locations may require additional block net support (e.g., galvanized

hardware cloth, affixed metal fence posts, etc.).

Fish Capture and Removal

If dewatering and/or flow diversion is deemed necessary, this work (including related fish

capture and removal operations) shall comply with any provisions contained in the

Hydraulic Project Approval (HPA), or applicable General HPA, issued by the WDFW. If

the FWS and/or NMFS have provided relevant Terms and Conditions from a Biological

Opinion addressing the work (or action), this work shall also comply with those Terms

and Conditions.

If pumps are used to temporarily bypass water or to dewater residual pools or cofferdams,

pump intakes shall be screened to prevent aquatic life from entering the intake. Fish

screens or guards shall comply with Washington State law (RCW 77.57.010 and

77.57.070), with guidelines prescribed by the NMFS3, and any more stringent

requirements contained in the HPA or General HPA issued by the WDFW. If pumps are

to be used on a more permanent basis, as the primary or secondary method for diverting

flow around the isolated work area, plans for dewatering shall address contingencies (i.e.,

extremes of flow or weather). These plans shall include ready access to a larger or

additional “back-up” pump with appropriately screened intake. If the directing biologist

has confirmed that all fish life has been successfully excluded from the area, there is no

risk of entraining fish, and adequate plans are in-place to address contingencies

(including a routine schedule for inspection), then pumps may be operated without a

screened intake.

3 National Marine Fisheries Service. 2011. Anadromous Salmonid Passage Facility Design. Chapter 11:

Fish Screen and Bypass Facilities. NMFS Northwest Region, July 2011, 140 p..


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Fish Capture and Removal Methods:

Methods for safe capture and removal of fish from the isolated work area are described

below. These methods are given in order of preference. At most locations, a

combination of methods will be necessary. In order to avoid and minimize the risk of

injury to fish, attempts to seine and/or net fish should always precede the use of

electrofishing equipment. Visual observation techniques (e.g. snorkeling, surveying with

polarized glasses or Plexiglas bottomed buckets, etc.) may be used to assess the

effectiveness of these methods, to identify locations where fish are concentrating, or

otherwise adjust methods for greater effectiveness.

If the planned fish capture and removal methods have not been addressed through

consultation (or programmatic consultation), if seining and netting are impracticable (i.e.,

electrofishing is deemed the only viable means of fish capture), and fish listed under the

ESA may be present, the directing biologist shall provide notice to the FWS and/or

NMFS (as appropriate). This notice shall be provided in advance of the operations, and

shall include an explanation of the unique site conditions or circumstances. Work

conducted under a declared emergency (or emergency conditions) shall follow

established ESA notification protocols.

Where fish listed under the ESA will or may be present, the directing biologist shall

insure that fish capture and removal operations adhere to the following minimum

performance measures or expectations:

1) Only dip nets and seines composed of soft (non-abrasive) material shall be used.

2) The operations shall not resort to the use of electrofishing equipment unless other

less injurious methods have removed most or all of the adult and sub-adult fish

(i.e., fish in excess of 300 millimeters); the operations shall conduct a minimum

of three complete passes without capture using seines and/or nets.

3) The operations shall confirm success of fish capture and removal before

completely dewatering or commencing with other work within the isolated work

area; the operations shall conduct a minimum of two complete passes without

capture using electrofishing equipment.

4) Fish listed under the ESA shall not be held in containers for more than 10

minutes, unless those containers are dark-colored, lidded, and fitted with a

portable aerator.

5) A plan for achieving efficient return to appropriate habitat will be developed

before the capture and removal process.

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• Seining shall be the preferred method for fish capture. Other methods shall be used

when seining is not possible, or when/after attempts at seining have proven ineffective.

Seines, once pursed, should remain partially in the water while fish are removed with dip

nets. Seines with a “bag” minimize handling stress and are preferred. Seines with a bag

are also preferred where obstructions make access to the water (or deployment/retrieval

of the seine) difficult.

In general, seining will be more effective if fish, especially juvenile fish, are moved (or

“flushed”) out from under cover. Methods which may increase effectiveness and/or

efficiency include conducting seining operations at dawn or dusk (i.e., during low-light

conditions), in conjunction with snorkeling, and/or flushing of the cover. In flowing

waters and especially where flow volume or velocity is high or moderately-high, seines

that employ a heavy lead line and variable mesh size are preferred. Small mesh sizes are

more effective across the full range of fish size (and age class), but also increase

resistance and can make deployment/retrieval more difficult in flowing waters. Seines

which use a small mesh size in the bag (or body), and a larger, less resistant mesh size in

the wings may under some conditions be most effective and efficient.

• Baited Minnow Traps are typically used before and in conjunction with seining. Traps

may be left in the isolated work area overnight. Traps shall be inspected at least four

times daily to remove captured fish and thereby minimize predation within the trap.

Traps should be checked more frequently if temperatures are in excess of 15 degrees C

(59 F).

Predation within the trap may be an unacceptable risk when minnow traps are left in-

place overnight; large sculpin and other predators that feed on juvenile fish are typically

much more active at night. The directing biologist shall consider the need and plan for

work outside daylight hours (i.e., inspection and removal) before leaving minnow traps

in-place overnight.

• Dip Nets shall be used in conjunction with seining. This method is particularly

effective when employed during gradual dewatering or flow diversion. To be most

effective and to minimize stress and risk of injury to fish (including stranding), the

directing biologist shall coordinate fish capture operations with plans for dewatering or

flow diversion. Plans for dewatering and/or flow diversion should proceed at a measured

pace (within constraints), to encourage the volitional downstream movement of fish, and

reduce the risk of stranding. Plans for dewatering and/or flow diversion shall not proceed

unless there are sufficient staff and materials on-site to capture and safely remove fish in

a timely manner. Generally, this will require a minimum of two persons (three if

electrofishing), but the directing biologist may find that some sites (especially large or

complicated sites) warrant or require a more intensive effort (i.e., additional staffing).

Once netted, fish shall remain partially in water until transferred to a bucket, cooler, or

holding tank. Dip nets which retain a volume of water (“sanctuary nets”) are preferred.

However, sanctuary nets may be ineffective where flow volume or velocity is high or

moderately-high (i.e., increase resistance lessens ability to net or capture fish). In


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addition, where water depths are very shallow and/or fish are concentrated in very small

receding pools or coarse substrate, “aquarium” nets may be a better, more effective

choice. Use of dip nets in conjunction with snorkeling, flushing of the cover, or around

the hours of dawn or dusk (i.e., during low light conditions), can be effective for

capturing fish sheltered below cover.

• Connecting Rod Snakes may be used to flush fish out of stream crossing structures

(i.e., culverts). Connecting rod snakes are composed of wood sections approximately

three feet in length. Like other cover attractive to fish, culverts (especially long culverts),

can present a challenge to fish capture and removal operations. The directing biologist

should plan a strategy for focusing and concentrating fish in areas where they can be

easily seined and netted, and should take active steps to prevent fish from evading

capture. When first implementing plans for work area isolation, fish capture and

removal, and dewatering, it may be appropriate to place block nets immediately upstream

and/or downstream of culverts so as to minimize the number of fish that might seek cover

within the culvert(s). Once most or all of the fish have been removed from other parts of

the work area, the block net placed downstream of the culvert(s) should be removed to

encourage volitional downstream movement of fish.

• Electrofishing shall be performed only when other methods of fish capture and removal

have proven impracticable or ineffective at removing all fish. The directing biologist

shall ensure that attempts to seine and/or net fish always precede the use of electrofishing

equipment. Larger fish (i.e., adult and sub-adult fish with comparatively longer spine

lengths) are more susceptible to electrofishing injury than smaller fish. To minimize the

risk of injury (and the number of fish potentially injured), the directing biologist shall

confirm that other methods have been effective in removing most or all of the adult and

sub-adult fish before resorting to the use of electrofishing equipment; see the related

performance measure appearing on page 6. As a general rule or performance measure,

electrofishing should not be conducted under conditions that offer poor visibility (i.e.,

visibility of less than 0.5 meter).

The following performance measures shall apply to the use of electrofishing equipment

as a means of fish capture and removal:

1. If the planned fish capture and removal operations have not been addressed through

consultation (or programmatic consultation), and fish listed under the ESA may be

present, WSDOT shall provide notice to the FWS and/or NMFS prior to the initiation of

electrofishing attempts. Upon request, the WSDOT shall permit the FWS, NMFS, and/or

their designated representative to observe fish capture and removal operations. Work

conducted under a declared emergency (or emergency conditions) shall follow

established ESA notification protocols.

2. Electrofishing shall only be conducted when a biologist with at least 100 hours of

electrofishing experience is on-site to conduct or direct all related activities. The

directing biologist shall be familiar with the principles of electrofishing, including the

effects of voltage, pulse width and pulse rate on fish, and associated risk of injury or


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mortality. The directing biologist shall have knowledge regarding galvanotaxis, narcosis

and tetany, their relationships to injury/mortality rates, and shall have the ability to

recognize these responses when exhibited by fish.

3. The directing biologist shall ensure that electrofishing attempts use the minimum

voltage, pulse width, and rate settings necessary to create the desired response

(galvonotaxis). Water conductivity shall be measured in the field prior to each

electrofishing attempt to determine appropriate settings. Electrofishing methods and

equipment shall comply with guidelines outlined by the NMFS4.

4. The initial and maximum settings identified below shall serve as guidelines when

electrofishing in waters that may support ESA-listed fish. Only DC or pulsed DC current

shall be used. [Note: some newer, late-model electrofishing equipment includes a “set-

up” or initialization function; the directing biologist shall have the discretion to use this

function as a means to identify proper initial settings.]

Guidelines for initial and maximum settings for backpack electrofishing.5

Initial Settings Conductivity

(µS/cm)

Maximum Settings

Voltage 100 V < 300 800 V

>300 400 V

Pulse Width 500µs 5 ms

Pulse Rate 15 Hz 60 Hz (In general,

exceeding 40 Hz will

injure more fish)

Each attempt shall begin with low settings for pulse width and pulse rate. If fish present

in the area being electrofished do not exhibit a response, the settings shall be gradually

increased until the appropriate response is achieved (galvanotaxis). The lowest effective

settings for pulse width, pulse rate and voltage shall be used to minimize risks to both

personnel and fish. Safe implementation is a high priority. The directing biologist shall

ensure the safety of all individuals assisting with electrofishing attempts; this includes

planning for and providing all necessary safety equipment and materials (e.g., insulated

waders and gloves, first aid/CPR kit, a current safety plan with emergency contacts and

phone numbers, etc.). Only individuals that are trained and familiar with the use of

electrofishing equipment should provide direct assistance during electrofishing attempts.

5. Electrofishing shall not be conducted where spawning adults or redds with incubating

eggs may be exposed to the electrical current. As a general rule or performance measure,

waters that support anadromous salmon should not be electrofished from October 15

4 National Marine Fisheries Service. 2000. Guidelines for electrofishing waters containing salmonids

listed under the Endangered Species Act 5 Adapted from NMFS Backpack Electrofishing Guidelines, June 2000, and WDFW Electrofishing

Guidelines for Stream Typing, May 2001


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through May 15, and resident waters from November 1 through May 15. If located

within waters that may support bull trout, especially waters located within a local bull

trout population (i.e., that support spawning and rearing), seasonal limitations on the use

of electrofishing equipment may be more restrictive; if you have questions, contact the

FWS. If any, more restrictive work windows have been identified through consultation,

those windows shall apply. The directing biologist shall ensure that electrofishing

attempts are made only during appropriate times of year, and not where spawning adults

or redds with incubating eggs may be exposed to the electrical current.

6. An individual shall be stationed at the downstream block net(s) during electrofishing

attempts to recover stunned fish in the event they are flushed downstream and/or

impinged against the block net(s).

7. The operator shall use caution so as to prevent fish from coming into direct contact

with the anode. Under most conditions, the zone of potential fish injury extends

approximately 0.5 meter from the anode. Netting shall not be attached to the anode, as

this practice presents an increased risk of direct contact and injury. Extra care shall be

taken near in-water structures or undercut banks, in shallow waters, or where fish

densities are high. Under these conditions fish are more likely to come into close or

direct contact with the anode and/or voltage gradients may be intensified. Voltage and

other settings shall be readjusted to accommodate changing conditions in the field,

including channel depth. When electrofishing areas near undercut banks, overhanging

vegetation, large cobble or boulders, or where structures provide cover, fish that avoid

capture may be exposed to the electrical current repeatedly. Repeated or prolonged

exposures to the electrical current present a higher risk of injury, and therefore

galvanotaxis should be used to draw fish out of cover.

8. Electrofishing shall be conducted in a manner that minimizes harm to fish. Once an

appropriate fish response (galvanotaxis) is achieved, the isolated work area shall be

worked systematically. The number of passes shall be kept to a minimum, but is

dependent upon the numbers of fish and site characteristics and shall be at the discretion

of the directing biologist. Electrofishing shall not be conducted unless there are sufficient

staff and materials on-site, to both minimize the number of passes required and to locate,

net, recover, and release fish in a timely manner. Generally, this will require a minimum

of three persons, but the directing biologist may find that some sites (especially large or

complicated sites) warrant or require a more intensive effort (i.e., additional staffing).

Care shall be taken to remove fish from the electrical field immediately and to avoid

exposing the same fish repeatedly. Fish shall not be held in dip nets while electrofishing

is in progress (i.e., while continuing to capture additional fish). [Note: where flow

velocity or turbulence is high or moderately-high (e.g., within riffles) it may be difficult

to see and net fish; these fish may evade capture (resulting in repeated exposure), or may

become impinged on the downstream block net(s); a “frame” net, or small portable block

net approximately 3 feet in width, can be effective under these conditions when held

downstream in close proximity to the anode.]


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9. The condition of captured fish shall be carefully observed and documented. Dark

bands on the body and/or extended recovery times are signs of stress or injury. When

such signs are noted, settings for the electrofishing unit may require readjustment. The

directing biologist should also review and consider changes to the manner in which the

electrofishing attempt is proceeding. If adjustments to the electrofishing attempt do not

lessen the frequency (or severity) of observed stress, the directing biologist shall have the

authority to postpone fish capture and removal operations6. Each fish shall be capable of

remaining upright and actively swimming prior to release, and will be completely revived

in holding tanks as necessary (See Fish Handling, Holding and Release).

10. Electrofishing shall not be conducted when turbidity reduces visibility to less than

0.5 meter, when water conductivity exceeds 350 μS/cm, or when water temperature is

above 18°C (64 F) or below 4°C (39 F).

Fish Handling, Holding and Release:

• Fish handling shall be kept to the minimum necessary to remove fish from the isolated

work area. Fish capture and removal operations shall be planned and conducted so as to

minimize the amount and duration of handling. The operations shall maintain captured

fish in water to the maximum extent possible during seining/netting, handling, and

transfer for release.

• The directing biologist shall document and maintain accurate records of the operations,

including: fish species, number, age/size class estimate, condition at release, and release

location. Fish shall not be sampled or anesthetized, unless for valid purposes consistent

with the WSDOT’s Section 10 scientific collection permits.

• Individuals handling fish shall ensure that their hands are free of harmful and/or

deleterious products, including but not limited to sunscreen, lotion, and insect repellent.

• The operations shall ensure that water quality conditions are adequate in the

buckets, coolers, or holding tanks used to hold and transfer captured fish. The

operations shall use aerators to provide for clean, cold, well-oxygenated water,

and/or shall stage capture, temporary holding, and release to minimize the risks

associated with prolonged holding. The directing biologist shall ensure that

conditions in the holding containers are monitored frequently and operations

adjusted appropriately to minimize fish stress. If fish listed under the ESA will or

may be held for more than a few minutes prior to release, the directing biologist

should consider using dark-colored, lidded containers only. Fish listed under the

ESA shall not be held in containers for more than 10 minutes, unless those

containers are dark-colored, lidded, and fitted with a portable aerator; small

6 If the FWS and/or NMFS have provided an Incidental Take Statement from a Biological Opinion

addressing the work (or action), the directing biologist shall ensure limits on take have not been exceeded;

if the limits on take are exceeded, or if take is approaching these limits, the directing biologist shall

postpone fish capture and removal operations and immediately notify the federal agency (or agencies) with

jurisdiction.


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coolers meeting this description are preferred over buckets. Fish will be held for

the shortest time necessary for recovery and release.

• The operations shall provide a healthy environment for captured fish, including low

densities in holding containers to avoid effects of overcrowding. Large fish shall be kept

separate from smaller fish to avoid predation. The operations shall use water-to-water

transfers whenever possible.

• The release site(s) shall be determined by the directing biologist. The directing

biologist should consider both site characteristics (e.g., flow, temperature, available

refuge and cover, etc.) and the types of fish captured (e.g., out-migrating smolt, kelt,

prespawn migrating adult, etc.) when selecting a release site(s). More than one site may

be designated to provide for varying needs, and to separate prey-sized fish from larger

fish. The directing biologist shall consider habitat connectivity and fish habitat

requirements, seasonal flow and temperature conditions, and the duration and extent of

planned in-water work when selecting a fish release site(s). If conditions upstream of the

isolated work area will or may become unfavorable during construction, then fish should

not be released to an upstream location. However, the directing biologist shall also

consider whether planned in-water work presents a significant risk of downstream

turbidity and sedimentation; fish released to a downstream location may be exposed to

these conditions. Site conditions may warrant releasing fish both upstream and

downstream, or relocating fish at a greater distance (e.g., thousands of feet or miles), so

as to ensure fish are not concentrated in areas where their habitat needs cannot be met.

For a fuller discussion of this topic see page 2.

• The directing biologist shall ensure that each fish is capable of remaining upright and

has the ability to actively swim upon release.

• Any ESA-listed fish incidentally killed as a result of fish capture and removal

operations shall be preserved and delivered to the appropriate authority upon request (see

Documentation).

• If the limits on take of ESA-listed species are exceeded (harm or harassment), or if

incidental take is approaching and may exceed specified limits, the directing biologist

shall postpone fish capture and removal operations and immediately notify the federal

agency (or agencies) with jurisdiction. If dewatering or flow diversion is incomplete and

still in-progress, WSDOT shall take remedial actions directed at maintaining sufficient

quantity and quality of flow and lessening sources of fish stress and/or injury. If

conditions contributing to fish stress and/or injury may worsen before the federal agency

with jurisdiction can be contacted, WSDOT should attempt to move fish to a suitable

location near the capture site while keeping fish in water and reducing stress as much as

possible.


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Reintroduction of Flow and Fish to the Isolated Work Area

If conducting work in isolation from flowing waters has required placement of a block

net(s), fish capture and removal, and temporary dewatering, the directing biologist shall

ensure that the block net(s) remain in place until work is complete and conditions are

suitable for the reintroduction of fish. Flows shall be gradually reintroduced to the

isolated work area, so as to prevent channel bed or bank instability, excessive scour, or

turbidity and sedimentation. The directing biologist shall inspect the work area and

downstream reach to ensure no fish are stranded or in distress during reintroduction of

flows. If conditions causing or contributing to fish stress and/or injury are observed,

WSDOT shall take remedial actions directed at lessening these sources of stress. This

may include a more gradual reintroduction of flow, so as to reduce resulting turbidity and

sedimentation.

All temporary structures and materials (e.g., block nets, posts, and anchors; bypass flume

or culvert; sandbag, sheet pile or similar cofferdam; etc) shall be removed at the

completion of work. The directing biologist shall document in qualitative terms the final

condition of the isolated work area (including temporary bypass). The directing biologist

shall identify and document any obvious signs of channel bed or bank instability resulting

from the work, and shall report these conditions to the appropriate Maintenance,

Construction, and/or Environmental staff for remedy. WSDOT shall document any

additional actions taken to correct channel instability, and the final condition of the

isolated work area (including temporary bypass).

To avoid and minimize the risk of introducing or spreading nuisance or invasive species,

aquatic parasites, or disease, the directing biologist shall ensure that all equipment and

materials are cleaned and dried to protocol before transporting them for use at another

site or waterbody. Once equipment is fully dried, it should stay dry for at least 48 hours

before using in Washington waters. Biologists should avoid the use of felt-soled shoes

since they are difficult to decontaminate.

Documentation

• All work area isolation, and fish capture and handling shall be documented in a log

book with the following information: project location, date, methods, personnel, water

temperature, conductivity, visibility, electrofishing equipment settings, and other

comments.

• All fish captured or handled shall be documented: species, number of each species,

age/size class estimate, condition at release, and location of release.

• If at any time, fish are observed in distress, a fish kill occurs, or water quality problems

develop (including equipment leaks or spills), the directing biologist, if they are a

consultant shall immediate notify WSDOT who shall provide immediate notification to

the WDFW consistent with any provisions contained in the HPA (or applicable General

HPA). Notification shall consist of a phone call or voice mail message directed to the


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Area Habitat Biologist identified on the HPA and/or the Washington Military Department

Emergency Management Division at (800) 258-5990, as appropriate.

• Any ESA-listed species incidentally killed as a result of fish capture and removal

operations shall be documented with the notification provided to the appropriate authority

(FWS and/or NMFS) within two working days. If the directing biologist is a consultant,

they shall immediately notify WSDOT, who will notify the Services. The consultant shall

not independently contact other agencies. Initial notifications shall consist of a phone call

or voice mail message. Initial notifications shall be directed to the following: (FWS) the

nearest FWS Law Enforcement Office, and the Washington Fish and Wildlife Office at

(360) 753-9440; (NMFS) the NMFS Office of Law Enforcement at (800) 853-1964, and

the Washington State Habitat Office at (360) 753-9530. Any dead specimens shall be

kept whole and preserved on-ice or frozen until WSDOT receives a response and further

directions from the appropriate authority; if WSDOT receives no response within 5

working days, the directing biologist shall have the discretion to dispose of specimens.

Initial notifications shall be followed by a second notification in writing. All

notifications shall provide at a minimum the following: date, time, WSDOT point-of-

contact (the directing biologist and/or supervisor), project name (and FWS and/or NMFS

tracking number if available), precise location of any incidentally killed or injured and

unrecovered fish, number of specimens and species, and cause of death or unrecoverable

injury. If the limits on incidental take are exceeded (harm or harassment), the written

notification shall also include an explanation of the circumstances causing or contributing

to observed levels of take.

• The final condition of the isolated work area (including temporary bypass) shall be

documented in qualitative terms, including any obvious signs of channel bed or bank

instability resulting from the work. WSDOT shall document any additional actions taken

to correct channel instability, and the final condition of the isolated work area (including

temporary bypass).


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Appendix A

Requirements for Designated Lead Fish Moving Biologist (Directing Biologist)

Completion of a minimum of a two day electrofishing class.

Training in fish ecology and identification

100 hours of electrofishing experience in the Pacific Northwest, at least 20 hours

of which should have been in the last 5 years in the PNW.

Possession of a current CPR certification

Possession of a current first aid certification

Demonstrated understanding of aquatic invasive species and the appropriate

decontamination methods necessary to prevent introducing aquatic invasive

species into the work area.

Demonstrated ability to interpret contract plan sheets/specification, contactor

schedule and plans prepared by the contractor (e.g. Temporary Steam Diversion

Plan and Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan)

Ability to move fish per the most current version of the “WSDOT Fish

Exclusion Protocols and Standards”

Must develop and deliver on site field training for individuals assisting with fish

moving.

Requirements for Trained Personnel

Possess training, knowledge, skills and ability to ensure safe handling of fish and

to ensure the safety of staff conducting the operations.

Have a current first aid certification.

Training must be conducted on site by the Designated Lead Fish Moving

Biologist prior to initiation of the fish moving and must cover the following:

Review of site specific pre- activity safety plan

A site specific job site analysis and fish exclusion plan.

A discussion of roles, responsibilities, permit requirements, and

species expected.

Review of electrofishing guidelines and equipment manufactures

recommendations.

Definitions of basic terminology (galvanotaxis, narcosis, and

tetany) and an explanation of how electrofishing attracts fish.

A demonstration and discussion of the proper use of electrofishing

equipment (including an explanation of how gear can injure fish

and how to recognize signs of injury) and the role of each crew

member.

A demonstration of proper fish handling including proper netting,

sorting by size, keeping buckets cool, releasing small and large fish


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in different pools, not overcrowding buckets, avoiding sunscreens/

insect repellants etc on hands moving fish.

A review of common mistakes.

A discussion of the use of personal floatation devices.

A discussion of aquatic invasive species and the decontamination

methods necessary to prevent introducing aquatic invasives into

the work area.

Environmental Compliance Assurance Procedure (ECAP) for Maintenance Activities

Purpose

The purpose of this procedure is to avoid environmental problems that could occur during highway maintenance

activities and to understand the required communication and response measures to prevent violations. This procedure

is a supplement to the Programmatic Field Book for Maintenance Work and serves as ECAP for maintenance as

provisioned in WSDOT General HPA permits and consistent with Chapter 700 of the WSDOT Environmental Procedures

Manual (EPM).

Notification and Response Procedures

1. Spill Response Related To WSDOT Operations [Not third party spills]

All maintenance activities will have available spill kits used for small spills related to equipment failure. If you

have spilled oil or other hazardous material under the following circumstances the notification procedures

below shall be followed:

For spills into or that could enter state waters, municipal storm sewers, or you observe a sheen frompetroleum products on the water, immediately notify the RMEC AND the following 24 hour numbers:

o National Response Center – 1-800-424-8802o Washington Emergency Management – 1-800-258-5990o Ecology Regional Offices (See Ecology region map below)

o Southwest 1-360-407-6300o Northwest – 1-425-649-7000o Central – 1-509-575-2490o Eastern – 1-509-329-3400

When making notification, be prepared to give the following information: Where is the spill? What

spilled? How much spilled? How concentrated is the spilled material? Who spilled? Is anyone cleaning

up the spill? Are there resource damages (e.g. dead fish)? Who is reporting the spill? And how can we

get back to you?

For spills to soil, water or on the roadway that would require more than a basic spill kit to clean upimmediately contact the RMEC and Ecology Regional Office (see contact information above).

Notification is not necessary for spills that meet ALL of the following criteria:o The spill is located in an area that is fully contained (such as some maintenance yards, or

enclosed paved areas).o Can be cleaned up immediately by on-scene personnel using resources immediately available

(e.g. the spill kit in your truck); no additional personnel, equipment or resources required.o Can be disposed in existing drums used for absorbent materials.

RMEC Contact Information:

NWR Andrew Gross 206-440-4951

OR Scott Shannon 360-570-6707

SWR 360-905-2183

SCR 509-577-1758

NCR 509-667-3054

ER

Tom Kohl

Scott Anfinson

Joe Williams

Carson Welch 509-324-6133

Ecology Regional Offices 2018

2. Planned In-water Maintenance Work – Maintenance work in or adjacent to streams, wetlands, lakes, or

marine water may require some form of environmental review and/or notification. This is coordinated through

the Regional Maintenance Environmental Coordinator (RMEC). The RMEC must be notified before beginning

any work in watercourses or that could impact water. If prior notification is not possible due to an emergency

action, then follow the emergency notification procedures below.

3. Emergency In-water Maintenance Work – Emergency response notification procedures for in-water work

have been developed and are made available by each region environmental office. These notification

procedures must be followed for all emergency in-water work. The WDFW through the state Hydraulic Code

requires immediate notification for any emergency work in waters of the state. The WDFW emergency hotline

number is 360-902-2537. The RMEC or Region Environmental Office will make additional notifications as

necessary following their region emergency notification procedures [includes the Corps, NMFS, USFWS etc.]

Maintenance Non-Compliance and Violation Reporting

Compliance Monitoring and Adaptive Management – During the course of maintenance work, permit

provisions that apply to the work will be followed and any appropriate BMP’s will be installed and monitored for

effectiveness. If problems occur:

The site monitor (lead technician or designee) will immediately notify the Supervisor and RMEC (or designee

if the RMEC is not available) of any apparent failures to meet permit compliance or BMP outcomes.

The RMEC will provide recommendations for corrective action to avoid impacts and achieve BMP outcomes

as appropriate. The RMEC will determine whether the apparent failures to meet permit compliance or BMP

outcomes require notifying permit agencies.

In cases where regulations or permits are not complied with the RMEC will notify M&O Water Quality

Manager, Region Environmental Manager, Region Area Superintendent , and Region Maintenance Engineer.

Violation Reporting – If a maintenance action results in a notification from a resource agency that a violation has

occurred the following reporting process will be followed:

On-site maintenance personnel will immediately notify the RMEC, Region Environmental Manager,

Maintenance Superintendent, and Region Maintenance Engineer. Notification will include a description of

the activity that triggered the violation, time and location of work, potential solutions to the problem, how

to prevent the situation in the future, and any related constraints or safety issues.

The Region Environmental Manager and RMEC serves as the lead for resolving the issue that caused the

violation. The RMEC or Region Environmental Manager will notify the Headquarters Maintenance and

Operations Water Quality Manager and Director of Environmental Services. The Headquarters Maintenance

and Operations Water Quality Manager will notify the Director of Maintenance and Operations.

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