NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE

Project: A Preliminary Subdivision in order to create sixteen (16) new residential lots from two (2) existing parcels (totaling approximately 43.79 acres) in the Urban Residential 2 zoning district of Grant County.

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: A Preliminary Subdivision in order to create sixteen (16) new residential lots from two (2) existing parcels (totaling approximately 43.79 acres) in the Urban Residential 2 zoning district of Grant County. The subject area is located approximately 2.75 miles southwest of the intersection of Interstate 90 and State Highway 17 (Exit 179), and approximately 0.25 miles southwest of the intersection of Pelican Place NE, Pelican Drive SE, and Goodrich Road SE. It is also located approximately 0.08 miles northwest of the intersection of Viewmont Drive SE and Dune Lake Road SE, and in the NW quarter of Section 3, Township 18 North, Range 28 East, and in the NE quarter of Section 4, Township 18 North, Range 28 East, WM, Grant County, WA (Parcels #17-0070-002 & #17-0075-003).

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 #14-6033) are available at no charge from the Grant County Planning Department, 264 West Division Avenue, PO Box 37, Ephrata, WA 98823, (509)754-2011, ext. 2522. Office hours: 8 am-12 noon, 1-4 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 August 19, 2015.

#08022/4593652

Pub.: August 10, 2015