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NOTICE of PUBLIC MEETING & SEPA THRESHOLD DETERMINATION

NOTICE of PUBLIC

MEETING & SEPA

THRESHOLD

DETERMINATION

Pursuant to RCW 43.21C.080,

notice is hereby given that

Adams County did on March 8,

2023 make a Determination of

Nonsignificance (DNS) for the

following non-project action: Adams

County Multi-Jurisdictional

Hazard Mitigation Plan. The Adams

County Multi-Jurisdictional

Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP)

is a document that outlines

the risks of natural hazards

within Adams County. The

HMP was prepared through

a stakeholder committee process

with representation from

the county, cities/towns, special

districts and members of

the public. The stakeholder

committee developed goals

and objectives to reduce Adams

County’s risk to natural

hazards.

The HMP includes information

about the risk, exposure, and

vulnerability of the planning area

to dam failure, drought, flooding,

earthquake, landslide, severe

weather and wildfire. Based on

the risk assessment, the HMP

identifies mitigation actions that

can be implemented to reduce

risks and damage from natural

hazards.

This DNS is issued under 197-

11-340 (2). The lead agency will

not act on this proposal for 14

Days. The pubic is encouraged

to provide input on the draft

plan during the 14-day comment

period which begins on March

8, 2023 and ends on March

22, 2023. A brief presentation

of the draft plan will be held at

the Adams County Board of

County Commissioner’s meeting

on Wednesday March 15th

at 9:30am. The draft plan can

be downloaded at the County’s

Emergency Management website:

https://www.co.adams.

wa.us/departments/emergency_

services.

S/Adams County Planning Dept.

To be published in the Ritzv

i l l e J o u r n a l , Wednesday,

March 08, 2023 and

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

 

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