Department Of Ecology Budget And Program Overview 2001-03 Page 29
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69Shorelands and Environmental Assistance Program
Shorelands and Environmental Assistance Program
Shorelands and Environmental Assistance Program
Shorelands and Environmental Assistance Program
Contact: Gordon White, Program Manager, (360) 407-6977
Program Mission
Authorizing Laws
• Chapter 90.58 RCW, Shoreline Management
The mission of the Shorelands and Environmental
Assistance (SEA) Program is to work in
Act
• Chapter 90.82 RCW, Watershed Planning Act
partnership with communities to support healthy
• Chapter 86.16 RCW, Floodplain Management
watersheds and promote statewide environmental
interests.
Act
• Chapter 86.26 RCW, State Participation in
Environmental Threats
Flood Control Maintenance
• Chapter 90.71 RCW, Puget Sound Water
Washington State is blessed with an abundance of
Quality Program
rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands, and marine
• Chapter 43.220 RCW, Washington
waters. These priceless shoreline and aquatic
resources are part of the natural beauty that
Conservation Corps
• Chapter 90.48 RCW, Water Pollution Control
attracts people to the state. Ironically, this
attraction presents the greatest threat to the very
Act
• Chapter 43.21 RCW, State Environmental
resources that create the allure.
Policy Act
st
• Chapter 90.84 RCW, Wetlands Mitigation
By the middle of the 21
century, Washington’s
Banking
population is expected to
• Chapters 90.03.265 and 43.21a.690 RCW,
double, adding the
Cost Reimbursement
equivalent of 29 cities the
• Transportation Streamlining (ESB 6188, 2001
size of Tacoma.
Legislative Session)
Increased population
• Coastal Zone Management Act, 16 U.S.C.
leads to increased
1451 et seq.
development and places a
growing strain on existing
Constituents/Interested Parties
utilities, infrastructure,
• Local Government
and natural resources. On
• State and Federal Resource Agencies
average, more than 700
• Tribes
shoreline permits and 600
• Business
water quality
Population Projection
• Environmental Organizations
certifications are written
• Citizens/Property Owners
each year for development and other activities
along rivers, lakes, and marine shorelines.
Increased demand for energy and transportation
Major Activities
improvements place added stress on aquatic
resources.
Help Communities Improve Shoreline
Management
The challenge facing the citizens of Washington is
The Shoreline Management Act (SMA)
how best to allow and support appropriate
establishes a cooperative program between local
development while ensuring the long-term health
and state governments, in which local
of watersheds. This includes preventing the
governments develop and administer local
incremental degradation of fish and wildlife
shoreline master programs, and the agency
habitat and water quality. It also means reducing
provides support and oversight. This includes
the threats of flooding and erosion to public safety
updating state guidelines, as needed (see major
and property.
Shorelands and Environmental Assistance Program
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