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