📸Notice of Marine Mammal Photography Permit Application
Notice is hereby given that Matthieu Haentjens, Friends of San Juan Island, 707 Boyce Road, Friday Harbor, WA 98250, has applied in due form for a permit to conduct commercial and educational photography on marine mammals.
Learn More🌬️EPA Approves Washington State SIP Revisions for Clean Air Compliance
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving Washington State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions to the Southwest Clean Air Agency (SWCAA) air quality regulations submitted by the State of Washington, through the Department of Ecology (Ecology) on June 22, 2023. The revisions were submitted in part to respond to the EPA's June 12, 2015 "SIP call" in which the EPA found a provision in the Washington SIP applicable in the area regulated by SWCAA to be substantially inadequate, providing affirmative defenses that operate to limit the jurisdiction of the Federal court in an enforcement action related to excess emissions during startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) events. The EPA's approval of the SIP revisions to the substantially inadequate provision corrects the SWCAA deficiency identified in the 2015 SSM SIP call and the EPA's January 2022 finding of failure to submit. Washington withdrew some portions of the revisions submitted that were not identified in the 2015 SSM SIP call and therefore the EPA is not approving those withdrawn portions. The EPA proposed to approve this action on December 10, 2024, and received no comments.
Learn More🚧Federal Actions on Transportation Projects in Washington State
This notice announces actions taken by the FHWA that are final. The action relates to the SR 510 Yelm Loop--New Alignment Phase 2 Project, located in the City of Yelm, Thurston County. The Project will construct approximately three miles of new highway composed of one travel lane in each direction, starting at Cullens Road (at the terminus of Phase 1) and ending at the intersection of SR 507 and 170th Street. The highway will be classified limited access between Cullens Road and 103rd Avenue, and managed access between 103rd Avenue and SR 507. The FHWA's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) provides details on the Selected Alternative for the proposed improvements.
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