NOTICE OF ISSUANCE

| March 17, 2014 1:00 PM

MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE

Grant County has issued a Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance (MDNS) under the State Environmental Policy Act Rules (WAC Chapter 197-11) for the following project: The cutting and filling of approximately 48,400 cubic yards of earth for the purpose of creating a 15.9 acre-ft. (approximately 5,181,038 gallons) irrigation water retention pond on an 11.5-acre parcel in the Agriculture zoning district of Grant County. The subject area is a portion of Parcel #21-0050-002. The subject area is located approximately 3.8 miles northeast of Royal City, WA, and approximately 4 miles north of the intersection of State Highway 26 and Dodson Road SW, and approximately 0.70 miles east of the intersection of Dodson Road SW and Road 10 SW, and in the north half of Section 27, Township 17 North, Range 26 East, WM, Grant County, WA.

After a review of a completed Environmental Checklist and other information on file with the Planning Department, Grant County has determined that this proposal does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment as conditioned.

Copies of the MDNS (File #13-5824) are available at no charge from the Grant County Planning Department, 457 1st Avenue NW, PO Box 37, Ephrata, WA 98823, (509)754-2011, ext. 622. Office hours: 8 am–12 noon, 1–5 pm, M-F. The public is invited to comment on this MDNS by submitting written comments to Rick Rettig at the above address no later than 5 pm on March 31, 2014.

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Pub.: March 17, 2014