SEPA Part 1: Activities before 13-Dec-2010 (Date County Appeal Writ of Certiorari was Denied and SEPA Process was Restarted)

SEPA Review of New Shine Quarry Application for Permit Iron Mountain Quarry, under lease from Pope Resources, must apply to Jefferson County for State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) permit. This archive collection includes documents that may be relevant to various environmental issues in the this process.

• IMQ SEPA Checklist Application to Jefferson County 28-Feb-2008 [IMQ's original SEPA filing]

IMQ 2010 Permit Application Documents in Complete Volumes (Very Large Downloads). Also, Hard Copy at Desk in each Club House

• NSQ SEPA Vol-1 Stormwater Management Permit Application Complete 17MB 25-Feb-2010
• NSQ SEPA Vol-2 Extended SEPA Checklist Portfolio 65MB 25-Feb-2010
• NSQ SEPA Vol-3 Wetland Mitigation-Plan-and-Impacts-Inventory Portfolio 54MB 25-Feb-2010

February 25, 2010: IMQ Permit Application Links to Individual Sections (Smaller Downloads) in following 3-Volume New Shine Quarry Permit Application Table of Contents:

Volume 1: Stormwater Management Permit Application

• Sec 0 Application Cover Letter [4 Pages, 1.3 MB]
• Sec 1 Master Permit Application, Extended Answers and Legal Description [3 Pages, 0.7 MB]
• Sec 2 Stormwater Site Plan [1 Pages, 5.7 MB]
• Sec 3 Operation and Reclamation Narrative [12 Pages, 5.7 MB]
• Sec 4 Stormwater Management Plans [12 Pages, 20.4 MB]
• Sec 5 Stormwater Management Plan Forms [11 Pages, 1 MB]
• Sec 6 Shine Quarry Phase 1A Drainage Control Report, Layton and Sell, Inc. P.S., February 2010 [55 Pages, 5.6 MB]

Volume 2: Expanded SEPA Environmental Checklist

• Sec 0 Expanded SEPA Environmental Checklist [13 Pages, 1 MB]
• Sec 1 General Site Plan [1 Pages, 2.4 MB]
• Sec 2 Geologic and Geohazard Assessment, AMEC, February 26, 2008 [14 Pages, 1.4 MB]
• Sec 3 New Shine Quarry Wetland Delineation and Inventory, Environ, July 2009 [24 Pages, 22.7 MB] (Report with out appendices. For full report with appendices, and additional information, see Volume 3)
• Sec 4 Hydrogeology Report (Ground Water Technical Memo), Environ, June 16, 2009 [13 Pages, 1.7 MB]
• Sec 5 Critical Aquifer Recharge Area Report for the New Shine Quarry, Environ, February 2, 2010 [21 Pages, 13.7 MB]
• Sec 6 Existing habitats, plants and animals at the proposed New Shine Quarry site in Jefferson County, Washington, Environ, January 13, 2010 [8 Pages, 1.9 MB]
• Sec 7 Community Noise Assessment for the Proposed Iron Mountain Quarry, Shine, Washington, AMEC, December 2009 [42 Pages, 12.5 MB]
• Sec 8 Visual Impact of Proposed New Shine Quarry, Centre Point Consultants, Inc. P.S, November 24, 2009 [13 Pages, 7.2 MB]
• Sec 9 Iron Mountain Quarry Traffic Impact Analysis, Transportation Solutions, Inc., December 3, 2009 [13 Pages, 0.9 MB]

Volume 3: Full Wetland Delineation and Mitigation Plans

• Sec 0 Wetland Mitigation Sequencing Analysis, GordonDerr, February 2010 [6 Pages, 1 MB]
• Sec 1 Wetland Sequencing Exhibits 1, 2 and 3 [3 Pages, 11.8 MB]
• Sec 2 Conceptual Wetland Mitigation Plan and Indirect Impacts Analysis, Environ, February 2010 [12 Pages, 14 MB]
• Sec 3A New Shine Quarry Wetland Delineation and Inventory Environ July 2009 [24 Pages, 22.7 MB] (Portfolio)
• Sec 3B New Shine Quarry Wetland Delineation and Inventory Environ Jul-2009 [24 Pages, .94 MB] (Full report)

Environmental Impact Statement

• Jefferson County Determination of Significance (DS) and Request for Comments on Scope of EIS March 22, 2010
• EIS Scoping Package #1 (Includes Tometich, Meade, et al)
• EIS Scoping Package #2 (Includes Traci, Chen, Severson, et al)
• EIS Scoping Package #3 - Report Re SEPA and Scope EIS by PLVC April 20, 2010
• SEPA EIS Comments re IMQ NSQ by Traci, Traci, and Karp 23-Apr-2010
• SEPA EIS Comments re Pope SR-104 Access by Severson WSDOT 23-Apr-2010
• SEPA EIS Comments re IMQ NSQ by SBCA 17-Apr-2010

Iron Mountain Quarry and Pope Resources Writ of Certiorari with Damages against Jefferson County (Cause No. 10-2-00181-5)

• Petition by IMQ and Pope for Writ of Certiorari with Damages Against JeffCo 6-Apr-2010
• Declaration of Dale N. Johnson 7-Apr-2010 [630 Pages, 31 MB]
• Motion and Affidavit of Prejudice against Judge Verser 22-Apr-2010
• Declaration of Stacie L Hoskins JeffCo SEPA Responsible Officer 28-May-2010
• Declaration of Dale Johnson re Hoskins Declaration Content 15-Jun-2010
• Application to Intervene Powers Memorandum of Points and Authorities 17-Aug-2010
• IMQ-Pope Opening Brief re Writ of Certiorari 13-Aug-2010
• Declaration of Anthony Simpson Supporting PLVC Intervention 17-Aug-2010
• JeffCo Response Brief re Writ of Certiorari 1-Sept-2010
• JeffCo Answer Affirmative-Defense and Counterclaim to Writ 1-Sep-2010
• PLVC Intervention in IMQ v JeffCo Certiorari Writ Denied Transcript 3-Sep-2010
• WFLC Amicus Brief re IMQ-Pope Writ of Certiorari 14-Sep-2010
• WFLC Amicus Declaration of Karl Forsgaard 14-Sep-2010
• PLVC Motion for Reconsideration as Intervener Denied 14-Sep-2010
• Superior Court Opinion re IMQ-Pope Writ against JeffCo DCD DS by Judge Laurie 5-Oct-2010
• Notice of Appeal re Motion to Intervene to Court of Appeals Division II 12-Oct-2010
• Notice of Review to Court of Appeals re IMQ-Pope Writ v JeffCo DCD DS Laurie Decision 25-Oct-2010
• JeffCo Appeal for Review of Order Vacating IMQ SEPA DS Denied 13-Dec-2010
• Stipulated Dismissal of Appeal re Motion to Intervene to Court of Appeals Division II 28-Feb-2011

SEPA Procedure References

• SEPA Citizens Guide to Review and Commenting May-17-2004 [Read first]]
• State Environmental Policy RCW 43.21C [Citation source]
• SEPA Rules WAC 197-11 [Citation source]
• SEPA Handbook [Detailed]

Jefferson County Department of Community Development Documents

• PRR 10-57 DCD Exemption Log 10-May-2010
• PRR 10-57 DCD GordonDerr 10-May-2010
• Mats-Mats Glacier Northwest Quarry Final EIS DNR April-2003 [Partial–461 Pages, 22MB]
• Mats-Mats Glacier Northwest Quarry Final EIS DNR Complete 60-MB April-2003 [Complete–1031 Pages, 51 MB]

Restart of NSQ SEPA Process Following (1) Judge Laurie's Order of 5-Oct-2010 that JeffCo's NSQ DS and EIS Requirement is Vacate and (2) Decision by Court of Appeals (Division II) on 13-Dec-2010 to deny JeffCo's Motion for Discretionary Revue. In General, Subsequent Materials are in SEPA Part 2.