AMENDED NOTICE OF APPLICATION& SEPA THRESHOLD DETERMINATION

AMENDED

NOTICE OF APPLICATION&

SEPA THRESHOLD DETERMINATION

Pursuant to RCW 43.21C.080,

notice is hereby given that Adams

County did on March 15,

2024, make a Determination of

Nonsignificance (DNS), for the

following amended application.

Description of proposal: Adams

County Building and Planning

received an amended SEPA

checklist for the Port of Othello

Bruce Water Tower Project.

The Port of Othello will be adding

an additional 200,000-gallon

elevated steel reservoir. The

reservoir will be connected

to the existing water supply

system in conjunction with the

200,000-gallon reservoir tower

already in place. Additionally

included in the project will be a

19,000 LF of 12-inch PVC water

mainline.

Proponent: Port of Othello

509-488-2544

c/o Chris Faix

705 E Hemlock Street

Othello WA, 99344

Amended Site Location: The

Reservoir will be located in the

southwest portion of Parcel C

as shown in Auditor file No.

248679 records of Adams County,

Washington. The portion is

legally described as follows:

Commencing on the NW corner

of SW ¼ of Section 27 and

angle point W boundary of FU

38; S88o 45’34” E,30’ to E R/W

boundary of Booker Rd; S00o

35’07” W, coinciding with E R/W

boundary of Booker Rd, 679.26’,

course being parallel with and

30’ E of W boundary of SW ¼

if Section 27 and 30’ E of W

boundary of FU68; S89o24’53”

E, 928.81’ to centerline east low

canal and E boundary of FU 68;

Sely, coincident with east low

canal and E boundary of FU68.

The transmission main is

planned to be a 12-inch diameter

pipe running east-west from

Booker Rd. to the proposed

reservoir. Subsequently, a perpendicular

10- inch diameter

pipe will run north-south, connecting

to the 12-inch pipe and

heading south to Lee Rd. At Lee

Rd. the 10-inch pipe will head

west and intersect at Booker Rd.

Additionally, A 16-inch diameter

pipe parallel to Booker Rd. will

connect form the existing water

system extents and head north

terminating at Foley Rd.

Lead Agency: Adams County

Planning Department

Adams County has determined

that this proposal will not have

a probable significant adverse

impact on the environment. An

environmental impact statement

(EIS) is not required under RCW

43.21C.030(2)(c). This decision

was made after the review of

a completed environmental

checklist and other information

on file with the lead agency. This

information is available to the

public upon request.

Threshold Determination:

Pursuant to WAC 197-11-

340(2), Adams County will not

act on this proposal for 14 days

from March 20, 2024. Timely

comments on this threshold determination

must be received no

later than 4:00 PM, April 3,2024

Copies of the SEPA checklist

and other documentation are

available through the Adams

County Website at https://www.

co.adams.wa.us/ or the Adams

County Building and Planning

Department located at 449 E

Cedar Blvd, Othello, Washington

99344, 509-488-9441.

S/Adams County Planning Dept.

To be published in the Ritzville

Journal, Wednesday, March 20,

2024 and Wednesday, March

27, 2024

Published March 20 and 27, 2024