((Figure 1. Stream boundary line))
PROPOSED RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 06-17-071.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Rule changes relating to hydraulic project approvals for mineral prospecting activities. Includes WAC 220-110-020, 220-110-030, 220-110-031, 220-110-200, 220-110-201, 220-110-202, 220-110-203, 220-110-340, 220-110-350, and 220-110-360; also repeals WAC 220-110-204, 220-110-205, 220-110-206, 220-110-207, 220-110-208, and 220-110-209.
Hearing Location(s): Natural Resources Building, Room 172, 1111 Washington Avenue S.W., Olympia, 98504, on February 1-2, 2008, at 8:00 a.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: March 7, 2008.
Submit Written Comments to: Lisa Wood, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, e-mail sepadesk@dfw.wa.gov, fax (360) 902-2946, by January 23, 2008.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Susan Yeager at TTY (360) 902-2207 or (360) 902-2267.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: The current rules on this subject were adopted in 1998 and do not reflect the current knowledge of impacts to fish life and habitat caused by mineral prospecting. The proposed rules modify permitted activities, equipment and tools, timing and location of authorized mineral prospecting activities under authority of the Gold and Fish pamphlet, application procedures for standard and pamphlet hydraulic project approvals, appeal procedures, and violation penalties.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: The proposed rules reflect the most reasonable methods of allowing mineral prospecting activities as required by RCW 77.55.091 while also protecting fish life from the impacts of those activities. The proposed rules also clarify various administrative procedures associated with applying for, or appealing, standard and pamphlet hydraulic project approvals.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020.
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 77.55.091.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: Washington department of fish and wildlife, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting: Pat Chapman, 1111 Washington Street, Olympia, (360) 902-2571; Implementation: Greg Hueckel, 1111 Washington Street, Olympia, (360) 902-2416; and Enforcement: Bruce Bjork, 1111 Washington Street, Olympia, (360) 902-2373.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. The Washington department of fish and wildlife, in conjunction with the group of stakeholders who helped develop the proposed rules, determined that the rules will not significantly impact businesses required to follow the rules.
A cost-benefit analysis is required under RCW 34.05.328. A preliminary cost-benefit analysis may be obtained by contacting Lisa Wood, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, phone (360) 902-2260, fax (360) 902-2946, e-mail sepadesk@dfw.wa.gov.
December 14, 2007
Loreva M. Preuss
Rules Coordinator
OTS-1252.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 98-252, filed 12/16/98,
effective 1/16/99)
WAC 220-110-206
Authorized work times and
((watercourses)) mineral prospecting equipment restrictions by
specific state waters for mineral prospecting and placer
mining projects ((by specific watercourse, except the Columbia
and Snake rivers, lakes, salt waters and waters within
National Park boundaries using Class I and II equipment)).
Mineral prospecting and placer mining ((using Class I and II
equipment pursuant to WAC 220-110-203 and 220-110-204)) under
WAC 220-110-202 shall only occur in ((watercourses)) the state
waters, with the equipment restrictions, and during the times
specified in the following table((:)).
(1) The general work time for a county applies to all
((streams)) state waters within that county, unless otherwise
indicated ((under specific stream and tributary work times))
in the table.
(2) The work time for a listed ((stream)) state water
applies to all its tributaries, unless otherwise indicated.
Some ((streams flow through)) state waters occur in multiple
counties. Check the listing for the county in which mineral
prospecting or placer mining is to be conducted to determine
the work time for that ((stream)) state water.
(3) Where a tributary is listed as a boundary, that
boundary shall be the line perpendicular to the receiving
stream that is projected from the most upstream point of the
tributary mouth to the opposite bank of the receiving stream.
((())See Figure 1(())).
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(4) Mineral prospecting and placer mining within (( Height=200 valign="center">
two
hundred feet landward of the ordinary high water line in))
state waters listed as "submit application" ((or "closed" is))
are not authorized under the Gold and Fish pamphlet. Site
review and a written HPA ((is)) are required for these state
waters.
(5) Mineral prospecting using mineral prospecting equipment with four inch maximum suction intake hose diameters is authorized only in the listed state waters, and any tributaries to them, unless otherwise indicated in the table.
(6) Mineral prospecting using mineral prospecting equipment with five inch maximum suction intake hose diameters is authorized only in the listed state waters in the following table. You may not use mineral prospecting equipment with suction intake hose diameters greater than four inches in tributaries of these state waters.
((AUTHORIZED WORK TIMES FOR MINERAL PROSPECTING AND PLACER MINING USING CLASS I AND II
EQUIPMENT
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AUTHORIZED WORK TIMES AND MINERAL PROSPECTING EQUIPMENT RESTRICTIONS BY SPECIFIC
STATE WATERS FOR MINERAL PROSPECTING AND PLACER MINING PROJECTS
| Washington Counties and
State Waters Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) in parentheses |
Mineral Prospecting Is Allowed Only Between These Dates | State Waters (and tributaries, unless otherwise indicated) in Which You May Use Mineral Prospecting Equipment With a Four Inch Maximum Suction Intake Hose Diameter | State Waters (NOT including tributaries) in Which You May Use Mineral Prospecting Equipment With a Five Inch Maximum Suction Intake Hose Diameter |
| Adams County | July 1 - October 31 | X | – |
| Crab Creek (41.0002) | July 16 - February 28 | X | X |
| Esquatzel Creek (36.MISC) | June 1 - February 28 | X | X |
| Palouse River (34.0003) | July 16 - February 28 | X | X |
| Asotin County | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Snake River (35.0002) | See below | – | – |
| Alpowa Creek (35.1440) | July 16 - December 15 | X | – |
| Asotin Creek (35.1716) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Couse Creek (35.2147) | July 16 - December 15 | X | – |
| Grande Ronde River (35.2192) | July 16 - September 15 | X | X |
| Tenmile Creek (35.2100) | July 16 - December 15 | X | – |
| Benton County | June 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Columbia River | See below | – | – |
| Glade Creek (31.0851) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Yakima River (37.0002) | June 1 - September 15 | X | X |
| Amon Creek (37.0009) | June 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Corral Creek (37.0002) | June 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Spring Creek (37.0205) | June 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Chelan County | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Columbia River | See below | – | – |
| Antoine Creek (49.0294) - Mouth to falls at river mile 1.0 | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Antoine Creek (49.0294) - Upstream of falls at river mile 1.0 | July 1 - March 31 | X | – |
| Chelan River (47.0052) - Mouth to Chelan Dam | July 16 - September 30 | X | X |
| Colockum Creek (40.0760) | July 1 - October 31 | X | – |
| Entiat River (46.0042) - Mouth to Entiat Falls | July 16 - July 31 | X | X |
| Entiat River (46.0042) - Upstream of Entiat Falls | July 16 - March 31 | X | – |
| Crum Canyon (46.0107) | July 16 - March 31 | X | – |
| Mad River (46.0125) | July 16 - July 31 | X | – |
| Indian Creek (46.0128) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Lake Chelan (47.0052) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Railroad Creek (47.0410) | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Stehekin River (47.0508) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Twenty-five Mile Creek (47.0195) | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Other Lake Chelan tributaries outside of North Cascades National Park | July 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Other Lake Chelan tributaries within North Cascades National Park | Submit Application | – | – |
| Number 1 Canyon (45.0011) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Number 2 Canyon (45.0012) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Squilchuck Creek (40.0836) - Mouth to South Wenatchee Avenue | July 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Squilchuck Creek (40.0836) - Upstream of South Wenatchee Avenue | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Stemilt Creek (40.0808) - Mouth to falls | July 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Stemilt Creek (40.0808) - Upstream of falls | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Wenatchee River (45.0030) - Mouth to Lake Wenatchee | July 1 - July 31 | X | X |
| Beaver Creek (45.0751) | July 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Chiwaukum Creek (45.0700) | July 1 - July 31 | X | – |
| Chiwawa River (45.0759) - Mouth to Phelps Creek | July 1 - July 31 | X | X |
| Chiwawa River (45.0759) - Upstream of Phelps Creek | July 1 - July 31 | X | – |
| Deep Creek (45.0764) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Phelps Creek (45.0875) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Icicle Creek (45.0474) - Mouth to Johnny Creek | July 1 - July 31 | X | X |
| Icicle Creek (45.0474) - Upstream of Johnny Creek | July 1 - July 31 | X | – |
| Fourth of July Creek (45.0525) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Lake Wenatchee (45.0030) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Little Wenatchee (45.0985) - Mouth to Wilderness Boundary | July 1 - July 31 | X | X |
| Little Wenatchee (45.0985) - Upstream of Wilderness Boundary | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| White River (45.1116) - Mouth to White River Falls | July 1 - July 31 | X | X |
| White River (45.1116) - Upstream of White River Falls | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Nason Creek (45.0888) | July 1 - July 31 | X | – |
| Peshastin Creek (45.0232) - Mouth to Negro Creek | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Peshastin Creek (45.0232) - Upstream of Negro Creek | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Ingalls Creek (45.0273) - Mouth to Cascade Creek | Submit Application | – | – |
| Ingalls Creek (45.0273) - Upstream of Cascade Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Negro Creek (45.0323) - Mouth to falls at stream mile 2.9 | Submit Application | – | – |
| Negro Creek (45.0323) - Upstream of falls at stream mile 2.9 | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Ruby Creek (45.0318) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Tronson Creek (45.0346) | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Scotty Creek (45.0376) | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Shaser Creek (45.0365) | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Clallam County | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Clallam River (19.0129) | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Dungeness River (18.0018) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Independent Creek (18.MISC) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Elwha River (18.0272) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Hoko River (19.0148) | August 1 - September 15 | X | – |
| Jimmycomelately Creek (17.0285) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Lake Ozette (20.0046) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Little Quilcene River (17.0076) | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Lake Ozette tributaries | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Lyre River (19.0031) | August 1 - September 15 | X | – |
| McDonald Creek (18.0160) | August 1 - September 15 | X | – |
| Morse Creek (18.0185) | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Ozette River (20.0046) | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Pysht River (19.0113) | August 1 - September 15 | X | – |
| Quillayute River (20.0096, 20.0162, 20.0175) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Bogachiel River (20.0162) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Calawah River (20.0175) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Salmon Creek (17.0245) | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Sekiu River (19.0203) | August 1 - September 15 | X | – |
| Snow Creek (17.0219) | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Sol Duc River (20.0096) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Lake Pleasant (20.0313) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Lake Pleasant tributaries | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Sooes River (20.0015) | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Clark County | July 16 - September 30 | – | – |
| Columbia River | See below | – | – |
| Lacamas Creek (28.0160) - Mouth to dam | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Lacamas Creek (28.0160) - Upstream of dam | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Lewis River (27.0168) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| East Fork Lewis River (27.0173) - Mouth to Lucia Falls | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| East Fork Lewis River (27.0173) - Lucia Falls to Sunset Falls | August 1 - February 28 | X | X |
| East Fork Lewis River (27.0173) - Upstream of Sunset Falls | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Lake River (28.0020) | January 1 - December 31 | X | X |
| Burnt Bridge Creek (28.0143) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Salmon Creek (28.0059) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Whipple Creek (28.0038) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| North Fork Lewis River (27.0334) - Confluence of East Fork to Merwin Dam | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Cedar Creek (27.0339) | August 1 - September 15 | X | – |
| North Fork Lewis River (27.0334) - Merwin Dam to Lower Falls | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Canyon Creek (27.0442) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| North Fork Lewis River (27.0168) - Upstream of Lower Falls | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Washougal River (28.0159) - Mouth to Dougan Creek | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Washougal River (28.0159) - Upstream of Dougan Creek | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Columbia County | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Touchet River (32.0097) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Grande Ronde River tributaries (35.2192) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| North Fork Touchet/Wolf Fork (32.0761) | Submit Application | – | – |
| South Fork Touchet (32.0708) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Tucannon River (35.0009) | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Walla Walla River (32.0008) - Mouth to Oregon State line | July 16 - September 15 | X | X |
| Mill Creek (32.1436) - Mouth to Oregon State line | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Cowlitz County | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Chehalis River (22.0190/23.0190) - South Fork Chehalis River - Mouth to Fisk Falls | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Chehalis River (22.0190/23.0190) - South Fork Chehalis River - Upstream of Fisk Falls | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Columbia River | See below | – | – |
| Abernathy Creek (25.0297) | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Burke Creek (27.0148) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Burris Creek (27.0151) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Bybee Creek (27.0142) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Canyon Creek (27.0147) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Coal Creek (25.0340) | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Clark Creek (25.0371) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Cowlitz River (26.0002) - Mouth to barrier dam at river mile 49.5 | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Coweeman River (26.0003) - Mouth to Baird Creek | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Coweeman River (26.0003) - Upstream of Baird Creek | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Cowlitz River (26.0002) - Tributaries below barrier dam to mouth | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Owl Creek (26.1441) | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Toutle River (26.0227) | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| North Fork Toutle River (26.0314) - Mouth to Debris Dam | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| North Fork Toutle River (26.0314) - Upstream of Debris Dam | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Green River (26.0323) - Mouth to Shultz Creek | July 16 - September 30 | X | X |
| Green River (26.0323) - Upstream of Shultz Creek | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| South Fork Toutle (26.0248) - Mouth to Bear Creek | July 16 - September 15 | X | X |
| South Fork Toutle (26.0248) - Upstream of Bear Creek | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Tributaries to Silver Lake | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Germany Creek (25.0313) | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Kalama River (27.0002) - Mouth to Kalama Falls | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Kalama River (27.0002) - Upstream of Kalama Falls | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Lewis River (27.0168) - Mouth to East Fork Lewis River | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| North Fork Lewis River (27.0334) - Confluence of East Fork to Merwin Dam | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| North Fork Lewis River (27.0334) - Merwin Dam to Lower Falls | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Mill Creek (25.0284) | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Schoolhouse Creek (27.0139) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Douglas County | July 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Columbia River | See below | – | – |
| Douglas Creek Canyon (44.0146) | May 16 - January 31 | X | – |
| Foster Creek (50.0065) | August 1 - April 15 | X | – |
| McCarteney Creek (44.0002) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Pine/Corbaley Canyon Creek (44.0779) | September 16 - April 15 | X | – |
| Rock Island Creek (44.0630) | July 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Ferry County | July 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Columbia River | See below | – | – |
| Kettle River (60.0002) | June 16 - August 31 | X | X |
| Boulder Creek (60.0130) - Mouth to Hodgson Road Bridge | Submit Application | – | – |
| Boulder Creek (60.0130) - Upstream of Hodgson Road Bridge | June 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Deadman Creek (60.0008) - Mouth to SR395 Crossing | Submit Application | – | – |
| Deadman Creek (60.0008) - Upstream of SR395 | June 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Goosmus Creek (60.0254) | June 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Toroda Creek (60.0410) | July 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| San Poil River (52.0004) | June 16 - September 30 | X | X |
| Granite Creek (52.0099) - Mouth to Powerhouse Dam | June 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Granite Creek (52.0099) - Upstream of Powerhouse Dam | June 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| West Fork San Poil River (52.0192) - Mouth to Deep Creek |
June 16 - September 30 | X | X |
| West Fork San Poil River (52.0192) - Upstream of Deep Creek | June 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Gold Creek (52.0197) | June 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Franklin County | June 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Columbia River | See below | – | – |
| Snake River | See below | – | – |
| Palouse River (34.0003) | July 16 - February 28 | X | X |
| North bank tributaries of the lower Snake River between Palouse River and the mouth of the Snake River | June 16 - October 31 | X | – |
| Garfield County | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Snake River (35.0003) | See below | – | – |
| Alpowa Creek (35.1440) | July 16 - December 15 | X | – |
| Asotin Creek (35.1716) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Deadman Creek (35.0688) | July 16 - December 15 | X | – |
| Grande Ronde River tributaries (35.2192) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Meadow Creek (35.0689) | July 16 - December 15 | X | – |
| Tucannon River (35.0009) - Mouth to Panjab Creek | July 16 - August 31 | X | X |
| Tucannon River (35.0009) - Upstream of Panjab Creek | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Pataha Creek (35.0123) - Mouth to Pataha Creek | January 1 - December 31 | X | – |
| Pataha Creek (35.0123) - Upstream of Pataha Creek | July 16 - December 31 | X | – |
| Grant County | July 1 - October 31 | X | – |
| Columbia River | See below | – | – |
| Crab Creek (41.0002) | July 16 - September 15 | X | X |
| Grays Harbor County | July 16 - October 15 | X | – |
| Chehalis River (22.0190/23.0190) - Mouth to Porter Creek | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Chehalis River (22.0190/23.0190) - Porter Creek to Fisk Falls | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Chehalis River (22.0190/23.0190) - Upstream of Fisk Falls | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Cedar Creek (23.0570) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Cloquallum Creek (22.0501) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Porter Creek (23.0543) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Satsop River (22.0360) | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Wishkah River (22.0191) | August 1 - October 15 | X | X |
| Wynoochee River (22.0260) | August 1 - September 30 | X | X |
| Copalis River (21.0767) | August 1 - October 15 | X | X |
| Elk River (22.1333) | July 1 - October 31 | X | X |
| Hoquiam River (22.0137) | August 1 - October 15 | X | X |
| Humptulips River (22.0004) - Mouth to Forks | August 1 - September 30 | X | X |
| Humptulips River (22.0004) - Upstream of Forks | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Johns River (22.1270) | August 1 - September 30 | X | X |
| Moclips River (21.0731) | August 1 - October 15 | X | X |
| North River (24.0034) | August 1 - September 30 | X | X |
| Queets River (21.0001) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Quinault River (21.0398) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Raft River (21.0337) | August 1 - October 15 | X | X |
| Island County | June 16 - October 15 | X | – |
| Cavalero Creek (06.0065) | June 16 - December 15 | X | – |
| Chapman Creek (06.0070) | June 16 - December 15 | X | – |
| Crescent Creek (06.0002) | June 16 - December 15 | X | – |
| Cultus Creek (06.0026) | June 16 - March 15 | X | – |
| Deer Creek (06.0024) | June 16 - March 15 | X | – |
| Dugualla Creek (06.0001) | June 16 - March 15 | X | – |
| Glendale Creek (06.0025) | June 16 - December 15 | X | – |
| Kristoferson Creek (06.0062-06.0063) | May 1 - December 15 | X | – |
| Maxwelton Creek (06.0029) | June 16 - December 15 | X | – |
| North Bluff Creek (06.0006) | June 16 - March 15 | X | – |
| Old Clinton Creek (06.0023) | June 16 - March 15 | X | – |
| Jefferson County | July 16 - October 31 | X | – |
| Big Quilcene River (17.0012) - Mouth to Falls | July 16 - August 31 | X | X |
| Big Quilcene River (17.0012) - Falls to Forks | August 1 - February 28 | X | X |
| Big Quilcene River (17.0012) - Upstream of Forks | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Bogachiel River (20.0162) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Chimacum Creek (17.0203) | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Donovan Creek (17.0115) | July 1 - October 15 | X | – |
| Dosewallips River (16.0442) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Duckabush River (16.0351) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Dungeness River (18.0018) | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Elwha River (18.0272) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Goodman Creek (20.0406) | August 1 - September 15 | X | – |
| Hoh River (20.0422) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Little Quilcene River (17.0076) | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Queets River (21.0001) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Matheny Creek (21.0165) | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Sams River (21.0205) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Quinault River (21.0398) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Salmon Creek (17.0245) | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Skokomish River (16.0001) | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Snow Creek (17.0219) | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Tarboo Creek (17.0129) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Thorndyke Creek (17.0170) | August 1 - October 15 | X | – |
| King County | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Cedar River (08.0299) - Mouth to Forks | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Cedar River (08.0299) - Upstream of Forks | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Issaquah Creek (08.0178) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Sammamish River (08.0057) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Steele Creek (08.0379) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Green River (Duwamish River) (09.0001) - Mouth to Sawmill Creek | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Green River (Duwamish River) (09.0001) - Upstream of Sawmill Creek | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Lake Washington tributaries (08.LKWA) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Snoqualmie River (07.0219) - Mouth to Snoqualmie Falls | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Snoqualmie River (07.0219) - Snoqualmie Falls to mouth of South Fork | July 16 - February 28 | X | X |
| Patterson Creek (07.0376) | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Middle Fork Snoqualmie River (07.0219) - Mouth to Taylor Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | X |
| Middle Fork Snoqualmie River (07.0219) - Upstream of Taylor Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Goat Creek (07.0754) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| North Fork Snoqualmie River (07.0527) - Mouth to Lennox Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | X |
| North Fork Snoqualmie River (07.0527) - Upstream of Lennox Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Deep Creek (07.0562) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Illinois Creek (07.0624) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Lennox Creek (07.0596) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Bear Creek (07.0606) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Raging River (07.0384) | August 1 - September 15 | X | X |
| South Fork Skykomish River (07.0012) - Mouth to Sunset Falls | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| South Fork Skykomish River (07.0012) - Upstream of Sunset Falls | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Beckler River (07.1413) - Mouth to Boulder Creek | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Beckler River (07.1413) - Upstream of Boulder Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Rapid River (07.1461) - Mouth to Meadow Creek | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Rapid River (07.1461) - Upstream of Meadow Creek | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Index Creek (07.1264) - Mouth to Mud Lake Creek | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Index Creek (07.1264) - Upstream of Mud Lake Creek including Salmon Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Miller River (07.1329) - Mouth to Forks | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Miller River (07.1329) - Upstream of Forks | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Coney Creek (07.1347) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| East Fork Miller River (07.1329) - Mouth to Great Falls Creek | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| East Fork Miller River (07.1329) - Upstream of Great Falls Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Foss River (07.1562) - Mouth to Forks | July 16 - August 31 | X | X |
| East Fork Foss River (07.1562) - Mouth to Burn Creek | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| East Fork Foss River (07.1562) - Upstream of Burn Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| West Fork Foss River (07.1573) - Mouth to falls at River Mile 2.0 | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| West Fork Foss River (07.1573) - Upstream of falls at River Mile 2.0 | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| West Fork Miller River (07.1335) | July 16 - February 28 | X | X |
| Money Creek (07.1300) - Mouth to 0.5 mile upstream of Kimball Creek | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Money Creek (07.1300) - Upstream of 0.5 mile upstream of Kimball Creek | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Kimball Creek (07.1301) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Tye River (07.0012) - Mouth to Alpine Falls | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Tye River (07.0012) - Upstream of Alpine Falls | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| South Fork Snoqualmie River (07.0467) | July 16 - February 28 | X | X |
| Denny Creek (07.0517) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Tolt River (07.0291) - Mouth to forks | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| North Fork Tolt River (07.0291) - Mouth to Yellow Creek | July 16 - September 15 | X | X |
| North Fork Tolt River (07.0291) - Upstream of Yellow Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| South Fork Tolt River (07.0302) - Mouth to dam | July 16 - September 15 | X | X |
| South Fork Tolt River (07.0302) - Upstream of Tolt Reservoir | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Yellow Creek (07.0337) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| White River (10.0031) | July 16 - August 31 | X | X |
| Greenwater River (10.0122) | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Kittitas County | July 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Brushy Creek (40.0612) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Colockum Creek (40.0760) | July 1 - October 31 | X | – |
| Quilomene Creek (40.0613) | July 1 - October 31 | X | – |
| Stemilt Creek (40.0808) - Upstream of falls | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Tarpiscan Creek (40.0723) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Tekiason Creek (40.0686) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Whisky Dick Creek (40.0591) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Yakima River (39.0002) - Roza Dam to Teanaway River | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Naches River (38.0003) - Tieton River to Bumping River | July 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Little Naches River (38.0852) - Mouth to Matthew Creek | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Little Naches River (38.0852) - Upstream of Matthew Creek | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Pileup Creek (38.0932) | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Gold Creek (38.MISC) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Swauk Creek (39.1157) | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Baker Creek (39.1157) | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| First Creek (39.1157) | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Iron Creek (39.1157) | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Williams Creek (39.1157) | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Boulder Creek (39.1157) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Cougar Gulch (39.1157) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Lion Gulch (39.1157) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Yakima River (39.0002) - Teanaway River to Easton Dam | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Yakima River (39.0002) - Upstream of Easton Dam | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Cle Elum River (39.1434) - Mouth to Dam | July 16 - August 31 | X | X |
| Cle Elum River (39.1434) - Upstream of Cle Elum Dam | July 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Big Boulder Creek (39.1434MISC) | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Camp Creek (39.1434MISC) | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Fortune Creek (39.1434MISC) | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| South Fork Fortune Creek (39.1434MISC) | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Howson Creek (39.1434) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Little Salmon Le Sac Creek (39.1482) | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Paris Creek (39.1434MISC) | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Salmon Le Sac Creek (39.1520) | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Kachess River (39.1739) - Upstream of Lake Kachess | Submit Application | – | – |
| Kachess River (39.1739) - Below Dam | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Box Canyon Creek (39.1765) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Mineral Creek (39.1792) | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Lake Keechelus (39.1842) tributaries | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Gold Creek (Lake Keechelus) (39.1842) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Manastash Creek (39.0988) | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Naneum Creek (39.0821) | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Taneum Creek (39.1081) - Mouth to I-90 | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Taneum Creek (39.1157) - Upstream of I-90 | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Teanaway River (39.1236) | July 16 - August 31 | X | X |
| NF Teanaway River (39.1260) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Umtanum Creek (39.0553) | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Wenas Creek, Below Dam (39.0032) | July 16 - October15 | X | – |
| Wenas Creek, Upstream of Wenas Lake (39.0032) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Other Yakima River tributaries not listed | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Kitsap County | July 16 - October 15 | X | – |
| Anderson Creek (15.0211) | August 1 - November 15 | X | – |
| Barker Creek (15.0255) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Big Beef Creek (15.0389) | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Big Scandia Creek (15.0280) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Blackjack Creek (15.0203) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Burley Creek (15.0056) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Chico Creek (15.0229) | August 1 - October 15 | X | – |
| Clear Creek (15.0249) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Curley Creek (15.0185) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Dewatto River (15.0420) | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Dogfish Creek (15.0285) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Gorst Creek (15.0216) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Grovers Creek (15.0299) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Johnson Creek (15.0387) | August 1 - October 31 | X | – |
| Ollala Creek (15.0107) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Ross Creek (15.0209) | August 1 - November 15 | X | – |
| Salmonberry Creek (15.0188) | August 1 - November 30 | X | – |
| Seabeck Creek (15.0400) | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Steele Creek (15.0273) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Tahuya River (15.0446) | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Union River (15.0503) | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Klickitat County | July 15 - September 30 | X | – |
| Alder Creek (31.0459) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Chapman Creek (31.0192) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Glade Creek (31.0851) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Juniper Canyon Creek (31.0378) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Klickitat River (30.0002) - Mouth to Klickitat hatchery | Submit Application | – | – |
| Klickitat River (30.0002) - Upstream of Klickitat hatchery | Submit Application | – | – |
| Little White Salmon River (29.0131) - Mouth to Cabbage Creek | July 16 - January 31 | X | X |
| Little White Salmon River (29.0131) - Upstream of Cabbage Creek | July 16 - January 31 | X | – |
| Pine Creek (31.0354) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Rock Creek (31.0014) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Six Prong Creek (31.0465) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| White Salmon River (29.0160) - Mouth to Cascade Creek | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| White Salmon River (29.0160) - Upstream of Cascade Creek | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Wood Gulch Creek (31.0263) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Lewis County | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Chehalis River (22.0190/23.0190) - Mouth to South Fork Chehalis River | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Chehalis River (22.0190/23.0190) - Upstream of South Fork Chehalis River | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Newaukum River (23.0882) - Mouth to South Fork | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Newaukum River (23.0882) - Upstream of South Fork | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Skookumchuck River (23.0761) | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Cowlitz River (26.0002) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Cispus River (26.0668) - Mouth to Squaw Creek (26.1010) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Cispus River (26.0668) - Squaw Creek to Chambers Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | X |
| Cispus River (26.0668) - Upstream of Chambers Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Yellowjacket Creek (26.0757) | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| McCoy Creek (26.0766) - Mouth to lower falls | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| McCoy Creek (26.0766) - Upstream of lower falls | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Walupt Creek (26.1010) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Packwood Lake Tributaries | August 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Tilton River (26.0560) - Mouth to North Fork | August 1 - September 30 | X | X |
| Tilton River (26.0560) - Upstream of North Fork | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Toutle River (26.0227) | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| North Fork Toutle River (26.0314) | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Green River (26.0323) | July 16 - September 30 | X | X |
| Deschutes River (13.0028) | July 16 - August 31 | X | X |
| Little Deschutes River (13.0110) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Nisqually River (11.0008) - Upstream of Alder Lake | July 16 - September 30 | X | X |
| Lincoln County | June 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Columbia River | See below | – | – |
| Hawk Creek (53.0101) - Mouth to falls | June 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Hawk Creek (53.0101) - Upstream of falls | June 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Upper Crab Creek (42.0001) | June 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Wilson Creek (43.0020) | June 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Mason County | August 1 - October 15 | X | – |
| Cloquallum Creek (22.0501) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Coulter Creek (15.0002) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Dewatto River (15.0420) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Goldsborough Creek (14.0035) | August 1 - October 15 | X | – |
| John Creek (16.0253) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Hamma Hamma River (16.0251) - Mouth to falls | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Johns Creek (14.0049) | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Lilliwaup River (16.0230) - Mouth to falls | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Lilliwaup River (16.0230) - Upstream of falls | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Mill Creek (14.0029) | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Satsop River (22.0360) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Schaerer Creek (16.0326) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Sherwood Creek (14.0094) | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Skokomish River (16.0001) - Mouth to Forks | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Skokomish River (16.0001) - Upstream of Forks | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Tahuya River (15.0446) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Twanoh Creek (14.0134) | August 1 - October 31 | X | – |
| Union River (15.0503) | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Okanogan County | July 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Aneas Creek (49.0243) - Mouth to falls | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Aneas Creek (49.0243) - Upstream of falls | July 1 - March 31 | X | – |
| Chewiliken Creek (49.0232) - Mouth to falls | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Chewiliken Creek (49.0232) - Upstream of falls | July 1 - March 31 | X | – |
| Chiliwist Creek (49.0034) - Mouth to falls | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Chiliwist Creek (49.0034) - Upstream of falls | July 1 - March 31 | X | – |
| Foster Creek (50.0065) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Methow River (48.0007) - Columbia confluence to Twisp River | July 1 - July 31 | X | X |
| Methow River tributaries between Black Canyon Creek and Gold Creek | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Black Canyon Creek (48.0015) - Mouth to Left Fork | Submit Application | – | – |
| Black Canyon Creek (48.0015) - Upstream of Left Fork | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Gold Creek (48.0104) - Mouth to Foggy Dew Creek | Submit Application | – | – |
| Foggy Dew Creek (48.0153) - Mouth to Foggy Dew Falls | Submit Application | – | – |
| Foggy Dew Creek (48.0153) - Upstream of Foggy Dew Falls | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Middle Fork Gold Creek (48.0139) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| North Fork Gold Creek (48.0104) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Crater Creek (48.0177) - Mouth to Martin Creek | Submit Application | – | – |
| Crater Creek (48.0177) - Upstream of Martin Creek | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Martin Creek (48.0177) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| South Fork Gold Creek (48.0105) - Mouth to Rainy Creek | Submit Application | – | – |
| South Fork Gold Creek (48.0105) - Upstream of Rainy Creek | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Rainy Creek (48.0105) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| McFarland Creek (48.0090) - Mouth to Vinegar Gulch | Submit Application | – | – |
| McFarland Creek (48.0090) - Upstream of Vinegar Gulch | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Methow River tributaries between Libby Creek and Beaver Creek | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Beaver Creek (48.0307) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Frazer Creek (48.0309) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Lightning Creek (48.0361) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Middle Fork Beaver Creek (48.0307) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| South Fork Beaver Creek (48.0342) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Libby Creek (48.0203) - Mouth to Hornet Draw Creek | Submit Application | – | – |
| Libby Creek (48.0203) - Upstream of Hornet Draw | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Methow River (48.0007) - Twisp River to Goat Creek | July 1 - July 31 | X | X |
| Methow River (48.0007) - Upstream of Goat Creek | July 1 - July 31 | X | – |
| Chewuch River (48.0728) - Mouth to Meadow Creek | July 1 - July 31 | X | X |
| Chewuch River (48.0728) - Upstream of Meadow Creek | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Early Winters Creek (48.1408) - Mouth to Silver Star Creek | Submit Application | – | – |
| Early Winters Creek (48.1408) - Upstream of Silver Star Creek | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Goat Creek (48.1364) - Mouth to 500' upstream of Montana Creek | Submit Application | – | – |
| Goat Creek (48.1364) - 500' Upstream of Montana Creek to Roundup Creek | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Goat Creek (48.1364) - Upstream of Roundup Creek | Submit Application | – | – |
| Lost River (48.0592) | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Twisp River (48.0374) | July 1 - July 31 | X | X |
| Buttermilk Creek (48.0466) | Submit Application | – | – |
| North Creek (48.0674) | Submit Application | – | – |
| North Fork Twisp River (48.0691) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| South Creek (48.0641) - Upstream of Louis Creek | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| South Creek (48.0641) - Mouth to Louis Creek | Submit Application | – | – |
| South Fork Twisp River (48.0698) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Wolf Creek (48.1300) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Myers Creek (60.0517) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Bolster Creek (60.0517) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Ethel Creek (60.0517) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Gold Creek (60.0517) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Mary Ann Creek (60.0517) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| North Fork Mary Ann Creek (60.0517) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Okanogan River (49.0019) - Mouth to Zosel Dam | July 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Antoine Creek (49.0294) - Mouth to velocity gradient at river mile 1.0 | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Antoine Creek (49.0294) - Upstream of falls | July 1 - March 31 | X | – |
| Bonaparte Creek (49.0246) - Upstream of falls | July 1 - March 31 | X | – |
| Bonaparte Creek (49.0246) - Mouth to Bonaparte Falls at river mile 1.0 | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Loup Loup Creek (49.0048) - Mouth to Loup Loup Falls at river mile 2.4 | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Loup Loup Creek (49.0048) - Upstream of Loup Loup Falls at river mile 2.4 | July 1 - March 31 | X | – |
| Mosquito Creek (49.0321) - Mouth to falls | July 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Mosquito Creek (49.0321) - Upstream of falls | July 1 - March 31 | X | – |
| Nine Mile Creek (49.0516) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Omak Creek (49.0138) - Mouth to Mission Falls at river mile 5.4 | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Omak Creek (49.0138) - Upstream of falls | July 1 - March 31 | X | – |
| Salmon Creek (49.0079) - Mouth to diversion | July 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Salmon Creek (49.0079) - Upstream of diversion | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Similkameen River (49.0325) - Mouth to Enloe Dam | July 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Similkameen River (49.0325) - Upstream of Enloe Dam | July 1 - October 31 | X | X |
| Sinlahekin Creek (49.0349) - Mouth to barrier dam at Connors Lake | July 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Cecile Creek (49.0447) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Chopaka Creek (49.0357) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Toats Coulee Creek (49.0368) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Cougar Creek (49.0368) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Siwash Creek (49.0284) - Falls to headwaters | July 1 - March 31 | X | – |
| Siwash Creek (49.0284) - Mouth to falls at river mile 1.4 | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Tonasket Creek (49.0501) - Mouth to Tonasket Falls at river mile 1.8 | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Tonasket Creek (49.0501) - Upstream of Tonasket Falls at river mile 1.8 | July 1 - March 31 | X | – |
| Tunk Creek (49.0211) - Mouth to falls | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Tunk Creek (49.0211) - Upstream of falls | July 1 - March 31 | X | – |
| San Poil River (52.0004) | June 16 - September 30 | X | X |
| West Fork San Poil (52.0192) | June 16 - September 30 | X | X |
| Gold Creek (52.0197) | June 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Toroda Creek (60.0410) | July 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Pacific County | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Bear River (24.0689) | August 1 - September 30 | X | X |
| Bone River (24.0405) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Chehalis River (22.0190/23.0190) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Columbia River | See below | – | – |
| Chinook River (24.MISC) | August 1 - September 30 | X | X |
| Grays River (25.0093) | July 16 - September 15 | X | X |
| Naselle River (24.0543) | August 1 - September 15 | X | X |
| Nemah River (24.0460) | August 1 - September 30 | X | X |
| Niawiakum River (24.0417) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| North River (24.0034) | August 1 - September 30 | X | X |
| Palix River (24.0426) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Willapa River (24.0251) | August 1 - September 30 | X | X |
| Pend Oreille County | July 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Little Spokane River (55.0003) | August 1 - March 15 | X | – |
| West Branch Little Spokane River (55.0439) | August 1 - March 15 | X | – |
| Harvey Creek (62.0310) - Mouth to Rocky Fork of Harvey Creek | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Harvey Creek (62.0310) - Upstream of Rocky Fork of Harvey Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Pend Oreille River (62.0002) | January 1 - December 31 | X | X |
| Big Muddy Creek (62.0279) | August 1 - March 15 | X | – |
| Bracket Creek (62.0815) | August 1 - March 15 | X | – |
| Calispel Creek (62.0628) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Exposure Creek (62.0261) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Kent Creek (62.0819) | August 1 - March 15 | X | – |
| Le Clerc Creek (62.0415) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Lime Creek (62.0014) | August 1 - March 15 | X | – |
| Lodge Creek (62.0859) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Lost Creek (62.0322) | August 1 - March 15 | X | – |
| Marshall Creek (62.0842) | August 1 - March 15 | X | – |
| Pee Wee Creek (62.0007) - Mouth to falls | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Pee Wee Creek (62.0007) - Upstream of falls | August 1 - March 15 | X | – |
| Renshaw Creek (62.0310) | August 1 - March 15 | X | – |
| Sullivan (O'Sullivan) Creek (62.0074) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| North Fork Sullivan Creek (62.0075) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Tributaries of Deep Creek in Pend Oreille County (61.0195) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Currant Creek (61.0249) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Meadow Creek (61.0351) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Rocky Creek (61.0364) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Silver Creek (61.0195) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Smackout Creek (61.0226) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Pierce County | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Chambers/Clover Creek Watershed (12.MISC) | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Flett Creek (12.0009) | July 16 - October 31 | X | – |
| Leach Creek (12.0008) | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Nisqually River (11.0008) - Mouth to Alder Lake | July 16 - August 31 | X | X |
| Nisqually River (11.0008) - Upstream of Alder Lake | July 16 - September 30 | X | X |
| Mashel River (11.0101) - Mouth to Busy Wild Creek | July 16 - September 30 | X | X |
| Mashel River (11.0101) - Upstream of Busy Wild Creek | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Puyallup River (10.0021) - Mouth to PSE Electron Powerhouse Outfall | July 16 - August 31 | X | X |
| Puyallup River (10.0021) - Upstream of PSE Electron Powerhouse Outfall | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Carbon River (10.0413) | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Cayada Creek (10.0525) - Mouth to falls about 800 feet upstream | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Cayada Creek (10.0525) - Upstream of the falls | January 1 - December 31 | X | – |
| South Prairie Creek (10.0429) - Mouth to Dam at Buckley | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| South Prairie Creek (10.0429) - Upstream of Dam at Buckley | July 16 - January 15 | X | – |
| Voight Creek (10.0414) - Mouth to falls at River Mile 4.0 | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Voight Creek (10.0414) - Upstream of falls River Mile 4.0 | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| White River (10.0031) | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Clearwater River (10.0080) | July 16 - August 31 | X | X |
| Greenwater River (10.0122) | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Huckleberry Creek (10.0253) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| West Fork White River (10.0186) | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Sequalitchew Creek (12.0019) | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| San Juan County | July 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Cascade Creek (02.0057), Orcas Island - Upstream of lower falls | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Cascade Creek (02.0057), Orcas Island, Buck Bay to falls located approximately 300 feet above mouth | July 1 - October 31 | X | – |
| Doe Creek (02.MISC), San Juan Island, Westcott Bay to falls (approximately 250 feet from mouth) | June 16 - October 15 | X | – |
| False Bay Creek (02.MISC) - San Juan Island; Mouth to lake | July 1 - October 31 | X | – |
| Glenwood Springs, Orcas Island; direct tributary to Eastsound Bay | July 1 - October 15 | X | – |
| Moran Creek (02.MISC) - Orcas Island; from Cascade Lake delta upstream 1/4 mile | July 1 - October 15 | X | – |
| Unnamed Creek (02.0041) - San Juan Island; Mouth to lake | July 1 - October 15 | X | – |
| Skagit County | August 1 - September 15 | X | – |
| Granite Creek (04.2313) - Upstream of East Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| North Fork Stillaguamish River (05.0135) - Mouth to Cascade Creek | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| North Fork Stillaguamish River (05.0135) - Cascade Creek to Squire Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | X |
| North Fork Stillaguamish River (05.0135) - Upstream of Squire Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Samish River (03.0005) | August 1 - September 15 | X | – |
| Skagit River (03.0176/04.0176) - Mouth to Sauk River (04.0673) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Skagit River (03.0176/04.0176) - Sauk River to Gorge Dam | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Baker River (04.0435) - Mouth to Baker Dam | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Cascade River (04.1411) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Day Creek (03.1435) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Lookout Creek (04.1447) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Sibley Creek (04.1481) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Day Creek (03.0299) - Mouth to Rocky Creek | Submit Application | – | – |
| Day Creek (03.0299) - Upstream of Rocky Creek | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Finney Creek (04.0392) - Mouth to Big Fir Creek | Submit Application | – | – |
| Finney Creek (04.0392) - Upstream of Big Fir Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Illabot Creek (04.1346) | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Sauk River (04.0673) - Mouth to Forks | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Sauk River (04.0673) - Upstream of Forks | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Suiattle River (04.0710) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Wiseman Creek (03.0280) - Mouth to SR20 | Submit Application | – | – |
| Wiseman Creek (03.0280) - Upstream of SR20 | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| South Fork Nooksack River (01.0246) - Mouth to falls at River Mile 30 | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| South Fork Nooksack River (01.0246) - Falls at River Mile 30 to Wanlick Creek | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| South Fork Nooksack River (01.0246) - Upstream of Wanlick Creek | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Skamania County | July 15 - September 15 | X | – |
| Columbia River | See below | – | – |
| Cispus River (26.0668) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Cispus River (26.0668) tributaries located in Skamania County | August 1 - October 31 | X | – |
| East Fork Lewis River (27.0173) - Lucia Falls to Sunset Falls | August 1 - February 28 | X | X |
| East Fork Lewis River (27.0173) - Upstream of Sunset Falls | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Green River (26.0323) (Tributary of North Fork Toutle River) | July 16 - September 30 | X | X |
| Hamilton Creek (28.0303) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Hardy Creek (28.0303) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Little White Salmon River (29.0131) - Mouth to Hatchery | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Little White Salmon River (29.0131) - Hatchery to Cabbage Creek | July 16 - January 31 | X | X |
| Little White Salmon River (29.0131) - Upstream of Cabbage Creek | July 16 - January 31 | X | – |
| North Fork Lewis River (27.0168) - Merwin Dam to Lower Falls | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Canyon Creek (27.0442) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| North Fork Lewis River (27.0168) - Upstream of Lower Falls | July 16 - February 28 | X | X |
| Washougal River (28.0159) - Mouth to Stebbins Creek | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Washougal River (28.0159) - Upstream of Stebbins Creek | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| White Salmon River (29.0160) - Mouth to Cascade Creek | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| White Salmon River (29.0160) - Upstream of Cascade Creek | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Wind River (29.0023) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Woodward Creek (28.0298) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Snohomish County | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Lake Washington tributaries | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Sauk River (04.0673) - Mouth to Forks | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Sauk River (04.0673) - Upstream of Forks | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Suiattle River (04.0710) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Snohomish River (07.0012) - Mouth to Highway 9 | August 1 - October 31 | X | X |
| Snohomish River (07.0012) - Upstream of Highway 9 | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Pilchuck River (07.0125) - Mouth to City of Snohomish diversion dam | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Pilchuck River (07.0125) - City of Snohomish diversion dam to Boulder Creek | August 1 - September 15 | X | X |
| Pilchuck River (07.0125) - Upstream of Boulder Creek | August 1 - September 15 | X | – |
| Skykomish River (07.0012) - Mouth to forks | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Deer Creek (05.0173) - Mouth to stream mile 0.5 | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Deer Creek (05.0173) - Upstream of stream mile 0.5 | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| North Fork Skykomish River (07.0982) - Mouth to Bear Creek Falls | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| North Fork Skykomish River (07.0982) - Bear Creek Falls to Deer Falls | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| North Fork Skykomish River (07.0982) - Deer Falls to West Cady Creek | August 1 - February 28 | X | X |
| North Fork Skykomish River (07.0982) - Upstream of West Cady Creek | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Howard Creek (07.1042) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Silver Creek (07.1053) - Mouth to Lake Gulch | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Silver Creek (07.1053) - Upstream of Lake Gulch | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Troublesome Creek (07.1085) | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| West Fork Troublesome Creek (07.1092) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| South Fork Skykomish River (07.0012) - Mouth to Sunset Falls | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Beckler River (07.1413) - Mouth to Boulder Creek | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Beckler River (07.1413) - Upstream of Boulder Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Rapid River (07.1461) - Mouth to Meadow Creek | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Rapid River (07.1461) - Upstream of Meadow Creek | August 1 - February 28 | X | X |
| Sultan River (07.0881) - Mouth to Diversion Dam at river mile 9.4 | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Sultan River (07.0881) - Diversion Dam to Elk Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | X |
| Sultan River (07.0881) - Upstream of Elk Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Wallace River (07.0940) - Mouth to Wallace Falls | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Wallace River (07.0940) - Upstream of Wallace Falls | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Olney Creek (07.0946) - Mouth to Olney Falls | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Olney Creek (07.0946) - Upstream of Olney Falls | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Snoqualmie River Mouth to Falls (07.0219) | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| All other Snohomish River tributaries | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Stillaguamish River (05.0001) - Mouth to forks | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| North Fork Stillaguamish River (05.0135) - Mouth to Cascade Creek | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| North Fork Stillaguamish River (05.0135) - Cascade Creek to Squire Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | X |
| North Fork Stillaguamish River (05.0135) - Upstream of Squire Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| South Fork Stillaguamish River (05.0001) - Mouth to Deer Creek | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| South Fork Stillaguamish River (05.0001) - Upstream of Deer Creek | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Spokane County | June 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Latah Creek (56.0003) | June 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Little Spokane River (55.0600) - Mouth to Deer Creek | June 16 - August 31 | X | X |
| Little Spokane River (55.0600) - Upstream of Deer Creek | June 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Spokane River (57.0001) | June 16 - August 31 | X | X |
| Stevens County | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Columbia River | See below | – | – |
| Big Sheep Creek (61.0150) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Colville River (59.0002) - Mouth to the Falls | July 16 - September 30 | X | X |
| Colville River (59.0002) - Upstream of the Falls | July 16 - September 30 | X | X |
| Deep Creek (61.0195) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Onion Creek (61.0098) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Sheep Creek (59.0861) | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Lake Roosevelt tributaries from the mouth of the Spokane River to mouth of the Colville River | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Lake Roosevelt tributaries from the mouth of the Colville River north to the B.C. Border | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Tributaries of Little Spokane River (55.0600) | June 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Calispel Creek (62.0628) | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Other tributaries to the Pend Oreille River in Stevens County | July 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Thurston County | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Cedar Creek (23.0570) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Chehalis River (22.0190/23.0190) - Upstream of Porter Creek | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Skookumchuck River (23.0761) - Mouth to Skookumchuck Reservoir | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| Skookumchuck River (23.0761) - Upstream of Skookumchuck Reservoir | August 1 - August 31 | X | – |
| Deschutes River (13.0028) - Mouth to Deschutes Falls | July 16 - August 31 | X | X |
| Deschutes River (13.0028) - Upstream of Deschutes Falls | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Ellis Creek (13.0022) | May 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Little Deschutes River (13.0110) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| McLane Creek (13.0138) | August 1 - October 31 | X | – |
| Percival Creek (13.0029) | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Nisqually River (11.0008) | July 16 - August 31 | X | X |
| Tributaries of Nisqually River (11.0008) | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Porter Creek (23.0543) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Schneider Creek (14.0009) | August 1 - October 31 | X | – |
| Waddell Creek (23.0677) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Woodard Creek (13.0012) | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Woodland Creek (13.0006) | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Wahkiakum County | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Columbia River | See below | – | – |
| Abernathy Creek (25.0297) | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Deep River (25.0011) | July 16 - September 15 | X | X |
| Elochoman River (25.0236) | July 16 - September 15 | X | X |
| Grays River (25.0093) | July 16 - September 15 | X | X |
| Mill Creek (25.0284) | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Naselle River (24.0543) | August 1 - September 15 | X | X |
| Skamokowa Creek (25.0194) | July 16 - September 15 | X | – |
| Walla Walla County | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Walla Walla River (32.0008) - Mouth to Oregon state line | July 16 - September 15 | X | X |
| Mill Creek (32.1436) - Mouth to Oregon state line | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Touchet River (32.0097) - Mouth to Forks | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| North Fork Touchet/Wolf Fork (32.0761) | Submit Application | – | – |
| South Fork Touchet (32.0708) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Whatcom County | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Damfino Creek (00.0032) | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Nooksack River (01.0120) | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Cascade Creek (02.0057) - Mouth to FR 37 | Submit Application | – | – |
| Cascade Creek (02.0057) - Upstream of FR 37 | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Middle Fork Nooksack River (01.0339) - Mouth to City of Bellingham Diversion Dam | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Middle Fork Nooksack River (01.0339) - Upstream of City of Bellingham Diversion Dam | Submit Application | – | – |
| North Fork Nooksack River (01.0120) - Mouth to Nooksack Falls | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| North Fork Nooksack River (01.0120) - Upstream of Nooksack Falls | Submit Application | – | – |
| Barometer Creek (01.0513) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Ruth Creek (01.0531) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Swamp Creek (01.0518) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Wells Creek (02.0057) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Bar Creek (01.0500) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| South Fork Nooksack (01.0246) - Mouth to Wanlick Creek | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| South Fork Nooksack (01.0246) - Upstream of Wanlick Creek | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Samish River (03.0005) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Skagit River (03.0176) - Mouth to Sauk River | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Skagit River (03.0176) - Sauk River to Gorge Dam | August 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Skagit River (03.0176/04.0176) - Gorge Dam to Ross Dam | Submit Application | – | – |
| Baker River (04.0435) - Mouth to Baker Lake Dam (04.0435) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Baker River (04.0435) - Baker Lake to national park boundary | Submit Application | – | – |
| Boulder Creek (04.0499) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Park Creek (04.0506) - Mouth to fish passage barrier at river mile 1.6 | Submit Application | – | – |
| Park Creek (04.0506) - Upstream of river mile 1.6 | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Swift Creek (04.0509) - Mouth to Rainbow Creek | Submit Application | – | – |
| Swift Creek (04.0509) - Upstream of Rainbow Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Ross Lake (03.0176/04.0176) tributaries | Submit Application | – | – |
| Ruby Creek (04.2199) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Canyon Creek (04.2458) - Mouth to Barron Creek | Submit Application | – | – |
| Canyon Creek (04.2458) - Upstream of Barron Creek and tributaries | October 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Barron Creek (04.2591) | October 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Boulder Creek (04.2478) - Mouth to 300 feet upstream | Submit Application | – | – |
| Boulder Creek (04.2478) - 300 feet upstream of mouth to headwaters | October 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Friday Creek (04.2549) - Mouth to 300 feet upstream | Submit Application | – | – |
| Friday Creek (04.2549) - 300 feet upstream of mouth to headwaters | October 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Holmes Creek (04.2473) - Mouth to 300 feet upstream | Submit Application | – | – |
| Holmes Creek (04.2473) - 300 feet upstream of mouth to headwaters | October 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Mill Creek (04.2504) - Mouth to 300 feet upstream | Submit Application | – | – |
| Mill Creek (04.2504) - 300 feet upstream of mouth to headwaters | October 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Nickol Creek (04.2476) - Mouth to 300 feet upstream | Submit Application | – | – |
| Nickol Creek (04.2476) - 300 feet upstream of mouth to headwaters | October 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| North Fork Canyon Creek (04.2583) - Mouth to Elk Creek | Submit Application | – | – |
| Cascade Creek (05.2584) | October 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| North Fork Canyon Creek (04.2583) - Upstream of Elk Creek | October 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Slate Creek (04.2557) - Mouth to falls at River Mile 0.6 | Submit Application | – | – |
| Slate Creek (04.2557) - Upstream of falls at River Mile 0.6 | October 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Granite Creek (04.2313) - Mouth to East Creek | Submit Application | – | – |
| Granite Creek (04.2313) - Upstream of East Creek and tributaries | October 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Saar Creek (00.0003) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Silesia Creek (00.0042) - Canadian Border to Middle Fork | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Silesia Creek (00.0042) - Middle Fork to national park boundary | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Rapid Creek (00.0048) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| West Fork Silesia Creek (00.0044) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Winchester Creek (00.0045) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Whitman County | July 16 - December 15 | X | – |
| Snake River (35.0002) | See below | – | – |
| Alkali Flats Creek (35.0570) | July 16 - December 15 | X | – |
| Almota Creek (35.1017) | July 16 - December 15 | X | – |
| Little Almota Creek (35.1018) | July 16 - December 15 | X | – |
| Palouse River (34.0003) - Mouth to Palouse Falls | July 16 - September 30 | X | X |
| Palouse River (34.0003) - Upstream of Palouse Falls | July 16 - February 28 | X | X |
| Penewawa Creek (35.0916) | July 16 - December 15 | X | – |
| Wawawi Canyon Creek (35.1165) | July 16 - December 15 | X | – |
| Yakima County | June 1 - September 15 | X | – |
| Glade Creek (31.0851) | August 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| Klickitat River (30.0002) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Yakima River (37.0002/38.0002/39.0002) - Mouth to Roza Dam | June 1 - September 15 | X | X |
| Ahtanum Creek (37.1382) | June 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| North Fork Ahtanum Creek (37.1382) | June 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| North Fork Ahtanum Creek (37.1382) - Mouth to Foundation Creek | Submit Application | – | – |
| North Fork Ahtanum Creek (37.1382) - Upstream of Foundation Creek | Submit Application | – | – |
| South Fork Ahtanum Creek (37.1382) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Naches River (38.0003) - Mouth to Tieton River | July 1 - October 15 | X | X |
| Naches River (38.0003) - Upstream of mouth of Tieton River to Bumping River | July 1 - August 15 | X | X |
| Bumping River (38.0998) | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| American River (38.1000) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Gold Creek (38.MISC) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Kettle Creek (38.1033) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Miner Creek (38.1027) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Morse Creek (38.1072) - Mouth to SR410 Crossing | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Morse Creek (38.1072) - Upstream of SR410 Crossing | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Rock Creek (38.MISC) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Timber Creek (38.1062) | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Union Creek (38.1045) - Upstream of 500' above falls | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Union Creek (38.1045) - Mouth to 500' above falls | Submit Application | – | – |
| Other American River tributaries not listed | August 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| Deep Creek (38.MISC) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Copper Creek (38.MISC) | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Cowiche Creek (38.0005) - Mouth to South Fork Cowiche Creek | July 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| North Fork Cowiche Creek (38.0008) | July 1 - February 28 | X | – |
| South Fork Cowiche Creek (38.0031) - Mouth to Reynolds Creek | July 1 - September 30 | X | – |
| South Fork Cowiche Creek (38.0031) - Upstream of Reynolds Creek | July 16 - October 31 | X | – |
| Granite Creek (38.MISC) | August 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Little Naches River (38.0852) - Mouth to Matthews Creek | July 16 - August 15 | X | X |
| Little Naches River (38.0852) - Upstream of Matthews Creek | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Crow Creek (38.0858) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Nile Creek (38.0692) | July 16 - October 15 | X | – |
| Rattlesnake Creek (38.0518) | July 16 - August 15 | X | – |
| Tieton River (38.0166) - Mouth to Rimrock Dam | July 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| North Fork Tieton River (38.0291) - Below Clear Lake Dam | Submit Application | – | – |
| North Fork Tieton River (38.0291) - Upstream of Clear Lake | July 1 - August 15 | X | – |
| Clear Creek (38.0317) | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| South Fork Tieton River (38.0374) - Below South Fork Falls | Submit Application | – | – |
| South Fork Tieton River (38.0374) - Upstream of South Fork Falls | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Indian Creek (38.0302) | Submit Application | – | – |
| Tributaries of Tieton River below Rimrock Dam | July 16 - February 28 | X | – |
| Umtanum Creek (39.0553) | July 16 - September 30 | X | – |
| Wenas Creek (39.0032) | July 16 - October 15 | X | – |
| Other Yakima River tributaries | July 16 - August 31 | X | – |
| Columbia River | – | X | – |
| Mouth to the I-205 Bridge | August 1 - March 31 | X | X |
| I-205 Bridge to Bonneville Dam | July 16 - September 15 | X | X |
| Bonneville Dam to Snake River | July 16 - February 28 | X | X |
| Snake River to Priest Rapids Dam | July 16 - September 30 | X | X |
| Priest Rapids Dam to Mouth of Crab Creek | July 16 - February 28 | X | X |
| Mouth of Crab Creek to Wanapum Dam | July 16 - September 30 | X | X |
| Wanapum Dam to Chief Joseph Dam | July 16 - February 28 | X | X |
| Chief Joseph Dam to Grand Coulee | June 16 - February 28 | X | X |
| Upstream of Grand Coulee to Onion Creek | Submit Application | – | – |
| Onion Creek to Canadian Border | January 1 - December 31 | X | X |
| All Columbia River tributaries | See county listings | – | – |
| Snake River | – | X | – |
| Mouth to Ice Harbor Dam | July 16 - September 30 | X | X |
| Ice Harbor Dam to Mouth of Clearwater River | July 16 - March 31 | X | X |
| Mouth of Clearwater River to State Line | August 1 - August 31 | X | X |
| All Snake River tributaries | See county listings | – | – |
| Lakes | Submit Application | – | – |
| Salt water | Submit Application | – | – |
| All waters within national park, state park, or wilderness boundaries | Submit Application | – | – |
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 75.20.100 and 75.20.330. 99-01-088 (Order 98-252), § 220-110-206, filed 12/16/98, effective 1/16/99.]
OTS-1257.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 98-252, filed 12/16/98,
effective 1/16/99)
WAC 220-110-020
Definitions.
As used in this chapter,
unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "Abandoning an excavation site" means not working an excavation site for forty-eight hours or longer.
(2) "Aggregate" means a mixture of minerals separable by mechanical or physical means.
(((2))) (3) "Aquatic beneficial plant" means native and
nonnative aquatic plants not prescribed by RCW 17.10.010(10),
and that are of value to fish life.
(((3))) (4) "Aquatic noxious weed" means an aquatic weed
on the state noxious weed list as prescribed by RCW 17.10.010(10).
(((4))) (5) "Aquatic plant" means any aquatic noxious
weed and aquatic beneficial plant that occurs within the
ordinary high water line of waters of the state.
(((5))) (6) "Artificial materials" means clean, inert
materials that you use to construct diversion structures for
mineral prospecting.
(7) "Bank" means any land surface above the ordinary high
water line that adjoins a body of water and contains it except
during floods. Bank also includes all land surfaces of
islands above the ordinary high water line that adjoin a
((water)) body of water and that are below the flood elevation
of their surrounding ((water)) body of water.
(((6))) (8) "Beach area" means the beds between the
ordinary high water line and extreme low tide.
(((7))) (9) "Bed" means the land below the ordinary high
water lines of state waters. This definition shall not
include irrigation ditches, canals, storm water run-off
devices, or other artificial watercourses except where they
exist in a natural watercourse that has been altered by man.
(((8))) (10) "Bed materials" means naturally occurring
material, including, but not limited to, gravel, cobble, rock,
rubble, sand, mud and aquatic plants, found in the beds of
state waters. Bed materials may be found in deposits or bars
above the wetted perimeter of water bodies.
(((9))) (11) "Biodegradable" means material that is
capable of being readily decomposed by biological means, such
as by bacteria.
(((10))) (12) "Bioengineering" means project designs or
construction methods which use live woody vegetation or a
combination of live woody vegetation and specially developed
natural or synthetic materials to establish a complex root
grid within the existing bank which is resistant to erosion,
provides bank stability, and maintains a healthy riparian
environment with habitat features important to fish life. Use
of wood structures or limited use of clean angular rock may be
allowable to provide stability for establishment of the
vegetation.
(((11))) (13) "Bottom barrier or screen" means synthetic
or natural fiber sheets of material used to cover and kill
plants growing on the bottom of a watercourse.
(((12))) (14) "Boulder" means a stream substrate particle
larger than ten inches in diameter.
(((13))) (15) "Bulkhead" means a vertical or nearly
vertical erosion protection structure placed parallel to the
shoreline consisting of concrete, timber, steel, rock, or
other permanent material not readily subject to erosion.
(((14))) (16) "Classify" means to sort aggregate through
a screen, grizzly, or similar device to remove the larger
material and concentrate the remaining aggregate.
(17) "Cofferdam" means a temporary enclosure used to keep water from a work area.
(18) "Complete written application" means any document that serves as application for a written hydraulic project approval under WAC 220-110-030 which is signed and dated by the applicant and authorized agent, and contains general plans for the overall project, complete plans and specifications for the proposed construction or work waterward of the MHHW line in salt water, or waterward of the ordinary high water line in fresh water, complete plans and specifications for the proper protection of fish life, and notice of compliance with any applicable requirements of the State Environmental Policy Act, unless otherwise provided for in chapter 77.55 RCW.
(19) "Concentrator" means a device used to physically or
mechanically separate and enrich the valuable mineral content
of aggregate. ((Pans, sluice boxes and mini-rocker boxes are
examples of concentrators.
(15) "Cofferdam" means a temporary enclosure used to keep water from a work area.
(16))) (20) "Control" means level of treatment of aquatic noxious weeds as prescribed by RCW 17.10.010(5).
(((17))) (21) "Crevicing" means removing aggregate from
cracks and crevices using hand-held mineral prospecting tools
or water pressure.
(22) "Department" means the Washington department of fish and wildlife.
(((18))) (23) "Diver-operated dredging" means the use of
portable suction or hydraulic dredges held by SCUBA divers to
remove aquatic plants.
(((19))) (24) "Drawdown" means decreasing the level of
standing water in a watercourse to expose bottom sediments and
rooted plants.
(((20))) (25) "Dredging" means removal of bed material
using other than hand-held tools.
(((21))) (26) "Early infestation" means an aquatic
noxious weed whose stage of development, life history, or area
of coverage makes one hundred percent control and eradication
as prescribed by RCW 17.10.010(5) likely to occur.
(((22))) (27) "Emergency" means an immediate threat to
life, public or private property, or an immediate threat of
serious environmental degradation, arising from weather or
stream flow conditions, other natural conditions, or fire.
(((23))) (28) "Entrained" means the entrapment of fish
into a watercourse diversion without the presence of a screen,
into high velocity water along the face of an improperly
designed screen, or into the vegetation cut by a mechanical
harvester.
(((24))) (29) "Equipment" means any device powered by
internal combustion; hydraulics; electricity, except less than
one horsepower; or livestock used as draft animals, except
saddle horses; and the lines, cables, arms, or extensions
associated with the device.
(((25))) (30) "Eradication((.))": See "control."
(((26))) (31) "Established ford" means a crossing place
in a watercourse that was in existence and annually used prior
to 1986 or subsequently permitted by the department, and((,))
has identifiable approaches on the banks.
(((27))) (32) "Excavation site" means the pit, furrow, or
hole from which ((aggregate is being removed for the
processing and recovery of)) you remove aggregate in order to
process and recover minerals.
(((28))) (33) "Extreme low tide" means the lowest level
reached by a receding tide.
(((29))) (34) "Farm and agricultural land" means those
lands identified as such in RCW 84.34.020.
(((30))) (35) "Filter blanket" means a layer or
combination of layers of pervious materials (organic, mineral,
or synthetic) designed and installed in such a manner as to
provide drainage, yet prevent the movement of soil particles
due to flowing water.
(((31))) (36) "Fish life" means all fish species,
including but not limited to food fish, shellfish, game fish,
and other nonclassified fish species and all stages of
development of those species.
(((32))) (37) "Fishway" means any facility or device that
is designed to enable fish to effectively pass around or
through an obstruction without undue stress or delay.
(((33))) (38) "Food fish" means those species of the
classes Osteichthyes, Agnatha, and Chondrichthyes that shall
not be fished for except as authorized by rule of the director
of the Washington department of fish and wildlife.
(((34))) (39) "Frequent scour zone" means the area
between the wetted perimeter and the toe of the slope,
comprised of aggregate, boulders, or bedrock. Organic soils
are not present in the frequent scour zone.
(40) "Freshwater area" means those state waters and associated beds below the ordinary high water line that are upstream of river mouths including all lakes, ponds, and streams.
(((35))) (41) "Game fish" means those species of the
class Osteichthyes that shall not be fished for except as
authorized by rule of the Washington fish and wildlife
commission.
(((36))) (42) "Ganged equipment" means two or more pieces
of mineral prospecting equipment coupled together to increase
efficiency. An example is adding a second sluice to a
high-banker within the flow of water and aggregate.
(43) "General provisions" means those provisions that are contained in every HPA.
(((37))) (44) "Gold and Fish pamphlet" means a document
that details the rules for conducting small-scale and other
prospecting and mining activities, and which serves as the
hydraulic project approval for certain mineral prospecting and
mining activities in Washington state.
(45) "Habitat improvement structures or stream channel improvements" means natural or human-made materials placed in or next to water bodies to make existing conditions better. Rock flow deflectors, engineered logjams, and artificial riffles are examples.
(46) "Hand cutting" means the removal or control of aquatic plants with the use of hand-held tools or equipment, or equipment that is carried by a person when used.
(((38) "Hand-held tools" means tools that are held by
hand and are not powered by internal combustion, hydraulics,
pneumatics, or electricity. Some examples of hand-held tools
are shovels, rakes, hammers, pry bars and cable winches.
(39))) (47) "Hand-held mineral prospecting tools" means:
(a) Tools that you hold by hand and are not powered by internal combustion, hydraulics, or pneumatics. Examples include metal detectors, shovels, trowels, rakes, hammers, pry bars, hand-operated winches, and battery-operated pumps specific to prospecting; and
(b) Vac-pacs.
(48) "Hatchery" means any water impoundment or facility used for the captive spawning, hatching, or rearing of fish and shellfish.
(((40) "Highbanker" means a stationary concentrator
capable of being operated outside the wetted perimeter of the
water body from which water is removed, and which is used to
separate gold and other minerals from aggregate with the use
of water supplied by hand or pumping, and consisting of a
sluice box, hopper, and water supply. Aggregate is supplied
to the highbanker by means other than suction dredging. This
definition excludes mini-rocker boxes.
(41) "Highbanking" means the use of a highbanker for the recovery of minerals.
(42))) (49) "High-banker" means a stationary concentrator that you can operate outside the wetted perimeter of the body of water from which the water is removed, using water supplied by hand or by pumping. A high-banker consists of a sluice box, hopper, and water supply. You supply aggregate to the high-banker by means other than suction dredging. This definition excludes rocker boxes. See Figure 1.
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(50) "High-banking" means using a high-banker to recover minerals.
(51) "Hydraulic project" means construction or performance of other work that will use, divert, obstruct, or change the natural flow or bed of any of the salt or fresh waters of the state. Hydraulic projects include forest practice activities, conducted pursuant to the forest practices rules (TITLE 222 WAC), that involve construction or performance of other work in or across the ordinary high water line of:
(a) Type 1-3 waters; or
(b) Type 4 and 5 waters with identifiable bed or banks where there is a hatchery water intake within two miles downstream; or
(c) Type 4 and 5 waters with identifiable bed or banks within one-fourth mile of Type 1-3 waters where any of the following conditions apply:
(i) Where the removal of timber adjacent to the stream is likely to result in entry of felled trees into flowing channels;
(ii) Where there is any felling, skidding, or ground lead yarding through flowing water, or through dry channels with identifiable bed or banks with gradient greater than twenty percent;
(iii) Where riparian or wetland leave trees are required and cable tailholds are on the opposite side of the channel;
(iv) Where road construction or placement of culverts occurs in flowing water;
(v) Where timber is yarded in or across flowing water;
(d) Type 4 and 5 waters with identifiable bed or banks that are likely to adversely affect fish life, where the HPA requirement is noted by the department in response to the forest practice application.
Hydraulic projects and associated permit requirements for specific project types are further defined in other sections of this chapter.
(((43) "Hydraulic project application" means a form
provided by and submitted to the department of fish and
wildlife accompanied by plans and specifications of the
proposed hydraulic project.
(44))) (52) "Hydraulic project approval" (HPA) means:
(a) A written approval for a hydraulic project signed by the director of the department of fish and wildlife, or the director's designates; or
(b) A verbal approval for an emergency hydraulic project from the director of the department of fish and wildlife, or the director's designates; or
(c) The following printed pamphlet approvals ((and any
supplemental approvals to them. See "supplemental
approval")):
(i) A "Gold and Fish" pamphlet issued by the department, which identifies and authorizes specific minor hydraulic project activities for mineral prospecting and placer mining; or
(ii) An "Irrigation and Fish" pamphlet issued by the department, which identifies and authorizes specific minor hydraulic project activities; or
(iii) An "Aquatic Plants and Fish" pamphlet and any supplemental approvals to it issued by the department, which identifies and authorizes specific aquatic noxious weed and aquatic beneficial plant removal and control activities.
(((45) "Hydraulicing" means the use of water spray or
water under pressure to dislodge minerals and other material.
(46))) (53) "Job site" means the space of ground
including and immediately adjacent to the area where work is
conducted under the authority of ((a hydraulic project
approval)) an HPA. For mineral prospecting and placer mining
projects, the job site includes the excavation site.
(((47))) (54) "Joint aquatic resources project
application" or "JARPA" means a form provided by the
department and other agencies which an applicant submits when
requesting a written HPA for a hydraulic project.
(55) "Lake" means any natural or impounded body of standing freshwater, except impoundments of the Columbia and Snake rivers.
(((48))) (56) "Large woody material" means trees or tree
parts larger than four inches in diameter and longer than six
feet, and rootwads, wholly or partially waterward of the
ordinary high water line.
(((49))) (57) "Mean higher high water" or "MHHW," means
the tidal elevation obtained by averaging each day's highest
tide at a particular location over a period of nineteen years.
It is measured from the MLLW = 0.0 tidal elevation.
(((50))) (58) "Mean lower low water" or "MLLW," means the
0.0 tidal elevation. It is determined by averaging each
((days')) day's lowest tide at a particular location over a
period of nineteen years. It is the tidal datum for vertical
tidal references in the saltwater area.
(((51))) (59) "Mechanical harvesting and cutting" means
the partial removal or control of aquatic plants with the use
of aquatic mechanical harvesters, which cut and collect
aquatic plants, and mechanical cutters, which only cut aquatic
plants.
(((52) "Mineral prospecting equipment" means any natural
or manufactured device, implement, or animal other than the
human body used in any aspect of prospecting for or recovering
minerals. Classifications of mineral prospecting equipment
are as follows:
(a) Class 0 - nonmotorized pans.
(b) Class I.
(i) Pans.
(ii) Nonmotorized sluice boxes, concentrators and mini-rocker boxes with a riffle area not exceeding ten square feet, and not exceeding fifty percent of the width of the wetted perimeter of the stream.
(c) Class II.
(i) Suction dredges with a maximum nozzle size of four inches inside diameter.
(ii) Highbankers or suction dredge/highbanker combinations with a maximum water intake size of two and one-half inches inside diameter, when operated wholly below the ordinary high water line.
(d) Class III.
(i) Highbankers supplied with water from a pump with a maximum water intake size of two and one-half inches inside diameter, when used to process aggregate at locations two hundred feet or greater landward of the ordinary high water line.
(ii) Suction dredge/highbanker combinations supplied with water from a pump with a maximum water intake size of two and one-half inches inside diameter, when used to process aggregate at locations two hundred feet or greater landward of the ordinary high water line.
(iii) Other concentrators supplied with water from a pump with a maximum water intake size of two and one-half inches inside diameter, when used to process aggregate at locations two hundred feet or greater landward of the ordinary high water line.
(53))) (60) "Mineral prospect" means to excavate, process, or classify aggregate using hand-held mineral prospecting tools and mineral prospecting equipment.
(61) "Mineral prospecting equipment" means any natural or manufactured device, implement, or animal (other than the human body) that you use in any aspect of prospecting for or recovering minerals.
(62) "Mini high-banker" means a high-banker with a riffle area of three square feet or less. See Figure 2.
(63) "Mini(( Height=195 valign="center">
-))rocker box" means a ((nonmotorized
concentrator operated with a rocking motion and consisting of
a hopper attached to a cradle and a sluice box with a riffle
area not exceeding ten square feet. The mini-rocker box shall
only be supplied with water by hand and be capable of being
carried by one individual. A mini-rocker box shall not be
considered a highbanker.
(54))) rocker box with a riffle area of three square feet or less. See Figure 3.
(64) "Mining" means the production activity that follows
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(65) "Mitigation" means actions ((which)) that shall be
required as provisions of the HPA to avoid or compensate for
impacts to fish life resulting from the proposed project
activity. The type(s) of mitigation required shall be
considered and implemented, where feasible, in the following
sequential order of preference:
(a) Avoiding the impact altogether by not taking a certain action or parts of an action;
(b) Minimizing impacts by limiting the degree or magnitude of the action and its implementation;
(c) Rectifying the impact by repairing, rehabilitating, or restoring the affected environment;
(d) Reducing or eliminating the impact over time by preservation and maintenance operations during the life of the action;
(e) Compensating for the impact by replacing or providing substitute resources or environments; or
(f) Monitoring the impact and taking appropriate corrective measures to achieve the identified goal.
For projects with potentially significant impacts, a mitigation agreement may be required prior to approval. Replacement mitigation may be required to be established and functional prior to project construction.
(((55))) (66) "Natural conditions" means those conditions
((which)) that arise in or are found in nature. This is not
meant to include artificial or manufactured conditions.
(((56))) (67) "No-net-loss" means:
(a) Avoidance or mitigation of adverse impacts to fish life; or
(b) Avoidance or mitigation of net loss of habitat functions necessary to sustain fish life; or
(c) Avoidance or mitigation of loss of area by habitat type.
Mitigation to achieve no-net-loss should benefit those organisms being impacted.
(((57))) (68) "Ordinary high water line" means the mark
on the shores of all waters that will be found by examining
the bed and banks and ascertaining where the presence and
action of waters are so common and usual and so long continued
in ordinary years, as to mark upon the soil or vegetation a
character distinct from that of the abutting upland((:)),
provided((,)) that in any area where the ordinary high water
line cannot be found, the ordinary high water line adjoining
saltwater shall be the line of ((mean higher high water))
MHHW, and the ordinary high water line adjoining freshwater
shall be the elevation of the mean annual flood.
(((58))) (69) "Pan" means ((the following equipment used
to separate gold or other metal from aggregate by washing:
(a) An open, metal or plastic dish operated by hand; or
(b) A motorized rotating open, metal or plastic dish without pumped or gravity-fed water supplies.
(59))) an open metal or plastic dish that you operate by hand to separate gold or other minerals from aggregate by washing the aggregate. See Figure 4.
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(((60))) (71) "Person" means an individual or a public or
private entity or organization. The term "person" includes
local, state, and federal government agencies, and all
business organizations.
(((61))) (72) "Placer" means a glacial or alluvial
deposit of gravel or sand containing eroded particles of
minerals.
(((62))) (73) "Pool" means a portion of the stream with
reduced current velocity, often with water deeper than the
surrounding areas.
(((63))) (74) "Power sluice" means "high-banker."
(75) "Power sluice/suction dredge combination" means a machine that can be used as a power sluice, or with minor modifications, as a suction dredge. See Figure 5.
(76) "Process aggregate" or "processing aggregate" means
the physical or mechanical separation or enrichment of the
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(77) "Prospecting" means the exploration for minerals and mineral deposits.
(78) "Protection of fish life" means prevention of loss or injury to fish or shellfish, and protection of the habitat that supports fish and shellfish populations.
(((64))) (79) "Purple loosestrife" means Lythrum
salicaria and Lythrum virgatum as prescribed in RCW 17.10.010(10) and defined in RCW 17.26.020 (5)(b).
(((65))) (80) "Redd" means a nest made in gravel,
consisting of a depression dug by a fish for egg deposition,
and associated gravel mounds. See Figure 6.
(81) "Riffle" means the bottom of a concentrator
containing a series of interstices or grooves to catch and
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(((66))) (82) "River or stream." See "watercourse."
(((67))) (83) "Rocker box" means a nonmotorized
concentrator consisting of a hopper attached to a cradle and a
sluice box that you operate with a rocking motion. See Figure
7.
(84) "Rotovation" means the use of aquatic rotovators
which have underwater rototiller-like blades to uproot aquatic
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(((68))) (85) "Saltwater area" means those state waters
and associated beds below the ordinary high water line and
downstream of river mouths.
(((69))) (86) "Shellfish" means those species of
saltwater and freshwater invertebrates that shall not be taken
except as authorized by rule of the director of the department
of fish and wildlife. The term "shellfish" includes all
stages of development and the bodily parts of shellfish
species.
(((70))) (87) "Slope" means:
(a) Any land surface above the frequent scour zone and wetted perimeter that adjoins a body of water. Slope also includes land surfaces of islands above the frequent scour zone that adjoin a body of water; or
(b) A stretch of ground forming a natural or artificial incline.
(88) "Sluice ((box))" means a trough equipped with
riffles across its bottom, ((used to recover gold and other
minerals with the use of water.
(71) "Sluicing" means the use of a sluice box for the recovery of gold and other minerals.
(72) "Small scale mineral prospecting equipment" encompasses the equipment included in "mineral prospecting equipment, Class I."
(73))) which you use to recover gold and other minerals with the use of flowing water. See Figure 8.
(89) "Spartina" means Spartina alterniflora, Spartina
anglica, Spartina x townsendii, and Spartina patens as
prescribed in RCW 17.10.010(10) and defined in RCW 17.26.020
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(((74))) (90) "Special provisions" means those conditions
that are a part of the HPA, but are site- or project-specific,
and are used to supplement or amend the technical provisions.
(((75))) (91) "Spiral wheel" means a battery powered
rotating pan that you use to recover gold and minerals with
the help of water. See Figure 9.
(92) "Stream-bank stabilization" means those projects
which prevent or limit erosion, slippage, and mass
wasting(( Height=102 valign="center">
;)), including, but not limited to, bank resloping,
log and debris relocation or removal, planting of woody
vegetation, bank protection (physical armoring of banks using
rock or woody material, or placement of jetties or groins),
gravel removal, or erosion control.
(((76))) (93) "Suction dredge" means a machine ((equipped
with an internal combustion engine or electric motor powering
a water pump which is used)) that you can use to move
submerged ((bed materials by means of)) aggregate via
hydraulic suction. ((These bed materials are processed)) You
process the aggregate through an attached sluice box for the
recovery of gold and other minerals. See Figure 10.
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(77))) (94) "Suction dredging" means ((the use of))
using a suction dredge for the recovery of gold and other
minerals.
(((78))) (95) "Supplemental approval" means a written
addendum issued by the department to ((a)) an Aquatic Plants
and Fish pamphlet HPA for approved exceptions to conditions of
that pamphlet HPA or for any additional authorization by the
department when required by ((a)) the pamphlet HPA. See
"hydraulic project approval."
(((79))) (96) "Tailings" means the waste material
((remaining)) that remains after ((processing)) you process
aggregate for minerals.
(((80))) (97) "Technical provisions" means those
conditions that are a part of the HPA and apply to most
projects of that nature.
(((81))) (98) "Toe of the bank" means the distinct break
in slope between the stream bank or shoreline and the stream
bottom or marine beach or bed, excluding areas of sloughing. For steep banks that extend into the water, the toe may be
submerged below the ordinary high water line. For artificial
structures, such as jetties or bulkheads, the toe refers to
the base of the structure, where it meets the stream bed or
marine beach or bed.
(((82))) (99) "Toe of the slope" means the base or bottom
of a slope at the point where the ground surface abruptly
changes to a significantly flatter grade.
(100) "Unstable slope" means a slope with visible evidence of slumping, sloughing or other movement. Evidence of unstable slopes includes landslides, uprooted or tilted trees, exposed soils, water-saturated soils, and mud, or the recent erosion of soils and sediment. Woody vegetation is typically not present on unstable slopes.
(101) "Vac-pac" means a motorized, portable vacuum used for prospecting. See Figure 11.
(102) "Viable" means that any plant or plant part is
capable of taking root or living when introduced into a body
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(((83))) (103) "Watercourse" and "river or stream" means
any portion of a channel, bed, bank, or bottom waterward of
the ordinary high water line of waters of the state, including
areas in which fish may spawn, reside, or ((through which they
may)) pass, and tributary waters with defined bed or banks,
which influence the quality of fish habitat downstream. This
includes watercourses which flow on an intermittent basis or
which fluctuate in level during the year and applies to the
entire bed of such watercourse whether or not the water is at
peak level. This definition does not include irrigation
ditches, canals, storm water run-off devices, or other
entirely artificial watercourses, except where they exist in a
natural watercourse ((which)) that has been altered by humans.
(((84))) (104) "Water right" means a certificate of water
right, a vested water right or a claim to a valid vested water
right, or a water permit, pursuant to Title 90 RCW.
(((85))) (105) "Waters of the state" or "state waters"
means all salt waters and fresh waters waterward of ordinary
high water lines and within the territorial boundaries of the
state.
(((86))) (106) "Water type" means water categories as
defined in WAC 222-16-030 of the forest practice rules and
regulations.
(((87))) (107) "Weed rolling" means the use of a
mechanical roller designed to control aquatic plant growth.
(((88))) (108) "Wetted perimeter" means the areas of a
watercourse covered with flowing or nonflowing water((,
flowing or nonflowing)).
(109) "Woody vegetation" means perennial trees and shrubs having stiff stems and bark. Woody vegetation does not include grasses, forbs, or annual plants.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 75.20.100 and 75.20.330. 99-01-088 (Order 98-252), § 220-110-020, filed 12/16/98, effective 1/16/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-13-001 (Order 97-84), § 220-110-020, filed 6/4/97, effective 7/5/97; 94-23-058 (Order 94-160), § 220-110-020, filed 11/14/94, effective 12/15/94; 87-15-086 (Order 87-48), § 220-110-020, filed 7/20/87. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.012, 75.08.080 and 75.20.100. 84-04-047 (Order 84-04), § 220-110-020, filed 1/30/84. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.20.100 and 75.08.080. 83-09-019 (Order 83-25), § 220-110-020, filed 4/13/83.]
(2) ((A person seeking an HPA shall submit)) Receipt by
the department of any one of the following documents
constitutes an application for a written HPA:
(a) A joint aquatic resources permit application (JARPA) submitted to the department;
(b) A forest practice application submitted to the department of natural resources, if the hydraulic project is part of a forest practice as defined in WAC 222-16-010; or
(c) A section 10 or 404 public notice circulated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers or United States Coast Guard.
(3) You shall request a written HPA by submitting a
complete written application to the department. ((The)) You
shall request a pamphlet HPA by following the procedures in
WAC 220-110-031. Your application for a written HPA shall
contain general plans for the overall project, complete plans
and specifications for the proposed construction or work
waterward of the ((mean higher high water)) MHHW line in salt
water, or waterward of the ordinary high water line in fresh
water, ((and)) complete plans and specifications for the
proper protection of fish life, and notice of compliance with
any applicable requirements of the State Environmental Policy
Act, unless otherwise provided for in chapter 77.55 RCW. You
and your agent must sign and date the application ((shall be
signed and dated by the applicant or their agent.
(3) Receipt of any one of the following documents constitutes application for an HPA:
(a) A completed hydraulic project application submitted to the department;
(b) A completed forest practice application submitted to the department of natural resources, if the hydraulic project is part of a forest practice as defined in WAC 222-16-010; or
(c) A section 10 or 404 public notice circulated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers or United States Coast Guard)).
(4) The department shall grant or deny approval within
forty-five calendar days of the receipt of a complete written
application ((and notice of compliance with any applicable
requirements of the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)
(chapter 43.21C RCW))). The department shall strive to issue
HPAs in less than thirty days. The forty-five day requirement
shall be suspended if:
(a) ((An incomplete application is received;
(b))) The site is physically inaccessible for inspection;
(((c))) (b) You or your agent remains unavailable or
unable to arrange for a timely field evaluation of the
proposed project after ten working days of the department's
receipt of the application((, the applicant remains
unavailable or unable to arrange for a timely field evaluation
of the proposed project));
(((d) The applicant)) (c) You or your agent requests a
delay;
(d) The department is issuing a permit for a storm water discharge and is complying with the requirements of RCW 77.55.161 (3)(b); or
(e) The department is reviewing the application as part of a multiagency permit streamlining effort and all participating permitting agencies and the permit applicant agree to an extended timeline longer than forty-five calendar days.
(5) Immediately upon determination that the forty-five day period is suspended, the department shall notify the applicant in writing of the reasons for the delay.
(6) The department or the county legislative authority may determine an imminent danger exists. The county legislative authority shall notify the department, in writing, if it determines that an imminent danger exists. In cases of imminent danger, the department shall issue an expedited written permit, upon request, for work to remove any obstructions, repair existing structures, restore banks, protect fish resources, or protect property.
(7) The department may issue an expedited written HPA in
those instances where normal processing would result in
((unanticipated extreme)) significant hardship for the
applicant, or unacceptable environmental damage would occur. ((An expedited HPA may be granted upon request for work to
repair existing structures, move obstructions, restore banks,
protect property, or protect fish resources that are subject
to imminent danger by weather, flow, or other natural
conditions.))
(8) Expedited HPA requests require a complete written
application and shall take precedence over other nonemergency
applications ((and)). These will ((normally)) be issued
within ((ten)) fifteen calendar days of ((request)) receipt of
a complete written application. ((All SEPA requirements shall
be met prior to issuance of an expedited HPA.)) The provisions
of the State Environmental Policy Act, chapter 43.21C RCW, are
not required for expedited written HPAs.
(((7))) (9) The county legislative authority or the
department may declare an emergency or continue an existing
declaration of an emergency where there is an immediate threat
to life, the public, property, or of environmental
degradation. Upon the declaration of an emergency, the
department shall grant verbal approval ((shall be granted))
immediately upon request for ((emergency work to repair
existing structures, move obstructions, restore banks, or
protect property that is subject to immediate danger by
weather, flow, or other natural conditions. Verbal approval
shall be granted immediately upon request for driving across a
stream during an emergency, as defined in WAC 220-110-020)) a
stream crossing, or work to remove any obstructions, repair
existing obstructions, restore streambanks, protect fish life,
or protect property threatened by the stream or a change in
the stream flow. The verbal approval shall be obtained prior
to commencing emergency work and the department must issue a
written HPA reflecting the conditions of the verbal approval
within thirty days. The provisions of the State Environmental
Policy Act, chapter 43.21C RCW, are not required for emergency
HPAs.
(((8))) (10) The department may accept written or verbal
requests for time extensions, renewals, or alterations of an
existing HPA. The request must be processed within forty-five
calendar days of receipt of the request. Approvals of such
requests shall be in writing. Transfer of an HPA to a new
permittee requires written request by the original permittee
or their agent and such request shall include the HPA number. This written request shall be in a form acceptable to the
department and shall ((contain an affirmation by)) include a
statement that the new permittee ((that he/she)) agrees to be
bound by the conditions ((on)) in the HPA. ((Project
activity)) The new permittee shall not ((be conducted by the
new permittee)) conduct any project activities until
((approval has been issued by)) the department has issued
approval.
(((9))) (11) Each HPA is usually specific to a
watercourse, stating the exact location of the project site,
and usually consists of general, technical, and special
provisions.
(((10))) (12) The written HPA, or clear reproduction,
shall be on the project site when work is being conducted and
shall be immediately available for inspection.
(((11) All)) (13) The department may grant HPAs ((may be
granted)) for a period of up to five years. Permittees shall
demonstrate substantial progress on construction of that
portion of the project relating to the (HPA) within two years
of the date of issuance. The following types of HPAs issued
under RCW ((75.20.103)) 77.55.021 shall remain in effect
without the need for periodic renewal, provided the permittee
notifies the department before commencing ((the)) work each
year((.)):
(a) Work of a seasonal nature that diverts water for
irrigation or stock watering purposes((.)); and
(b) Stream-bank stabilization projects if the problem
causing the erosion occurs on an annual or more frequent basis
as demonstrated by the applicant. Evidence of erosion may
include, but is not limited to, history of permit application,
approval, or photographs. Periodic ((flood waters))
floodwaters by themselves do not constitute ((the)) a problem
that requires ((a)) an HPA.
(((12) A hydraulic project application)) (14) An HPA
shall be denied when, in the judgment of the department, the
project will result in direct or indirect harm to fish life,
unless adequate mitigation can be assured by conditioning the
HPA or modifying the proposal. If approval is denied, the
department shall provide the applicant, in writing, a
statement of the specific reason(s) why and how the proposed
project would adversely affect fish life.
(((13))) (15) Protection of fish life shall be the only
grounds upon which the department may deny or condition an HPA
((may be denied or conditioned)).
(((14))) (16) The department may place specific time
limitations on project activities in HPAs ((may have specific
time limitations on project activities)) to protect fish life.
(((15))) (17) HPAs do not exempt the applicant from
obtaining other appropriate permits and following the rules or
regulations of local, federal, and other Washington state
agencies.
(((16) Administration of)) (18) The department shall
administer this chapter ((shall be conducted)) in compliance
with SEPA, chapter 43.21C RCW, and chapters 197-11, 220-100,
and 232-19 WAC.
(((17) All HPAs issued pursuant to RCW 75.20.100 and
75.20.160 may be subject to additional restrictions,
conditions, or revocation if the department determines that
new biological or physical information indicates the need for
such action. The permittee has the right to request an
informal or formal appeal in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW. All HPAs issued pursuant to RCW 75.20.103 may be
modified by the department due to changed conditions after
consultation with the permittee: Provided however, That
modifications of HPAs issued pursuant to RCW 75.20.103 and
75.20.160 shall be subject to appeal to the hydraulic appeals
board established in RCW 75.20.130.)) (19) The department may,
after consultation with the permittee, modify an HPA due to
changed conditions. The modification becomes effective unless
appealed to the department or the hydraulic appeals board as
specified in RCW 77.55.021(4), 77.55.301(5), WAC 220-110-340
and 220-110-350.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-23-058 (Order 94-160), § 220-110-030, filed 11/14/94, effective 12/15/94; 87-15-086 (Order 87-48), § 220-110-030, filed 7/20/87. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.012, 75.08.080 and 75.20.100. 84-21-060 (Order 84-176), § 220-110-030, filed 10/15/84; 84-04-047 (Order 84-04), § 220-110-030, filed 1/30/84. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.20.100 and 75.08.080. 83-09-019 (Order 83-25), § 220-110-030, filed 4/13/83.]
(2) You may submit requests for pamphlet HPAs to the department verbally or in writing.
(3) The department may grant exceptions to a pamphlet HPA
if you apply for a written HPA as described in WAC 220-110-030, or for supplemental approvals to the Aquatic
Plants and Fish pamphlet HPA as defined in WAC 220-110-020(((44))) (52) and 220-110-020(((78))) (95).
Exceptions to a pamphlet HPA shall require written
authorization by the department.
(((3))) (4) You may submit applications ((submitted to
the department)) for Aquatic Plants and Fish pamphlet
supplemental approvals ((may be verbal or written)) verbally
or in writing to the department.
(a) Your supplemental approval application((s)) shall
specify the requested exception or request for additional
authorization and shall include ((the applicant's)) your name,
address and phone number. You shall sign and date written
applications ((shall be signed and dated)).
(b) The department shall grant or deny a request for a supplemental approval within forty-five calendar days of the receipt of a request for supplemental approval.
(((4) The supplemental approval shall be attached to the
pamphlet HPA and shall be on the job site when work is being
conducted and shall be immediately available for inspection.))
(5) Except as provided in WAC 220-110-201, you shall have
the pamphlet HPA, ((or clear reproduction, shall be)) and any
supplemental approvals to it on the job site when work is
being conducted and shall ((be)) make them immediately
available for inspection upon request.
(6) ((The pamphlet HPA shall be conditioned to ensure
protection of fish life.
(7))) Pamphlet HPAs do not exempt ((the applicant)) you
from obtaining other appropriate permits and following the
rules ((or)) and regulations of local, federal, and other
Washington state agencies.
(((8) Administration of this chapter shall be conducted
in compliance with SEPA, chapter 43.21C RCW, and chapters
197-11, 220-100, and 232-19 WAC.))
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 75.20.100 and 75.20.330. 99-01-088 (Order 98-252), § 220-110-031, filed 12/16/98, effective 1/16/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-13-001 (Order 97-84), § 220-110-031, filed 6/4/97, effective 7/5/97.]
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 75.20.100 and 75.20.330. 99-01-088 (Order 98-252), § 220-110-200, filed 12/16/98, effective 1/16/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-23-058 (Order 94-160), § 220-110-200, filed 11/14/94, effective 12/15/94; 87-15-086 (Order 87-48), § 220-110-200, filed 7/20/87. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.20.100 and 75.08.080. 83-09-019 (Order 83-25), § 220-110-200, filed 4/13/83.]
(1) Excavation, collection and processing of aggregate from the bed shall comply with the timing and location restrictions specified in WAC 220-110-206 through 220-110-209. Excavation, collection and processing of aggregate within the wetted perimeter shall only occur between 5:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.
(2) Excavation sites shall be separated by at least two hundred feet.
(3) There shall be no excavation, collection or processing of aggregate within four hundred feet of any fishway, dam or hatchery water intake.
(4) Except as specified in WAC 220-110-203, aggregate collected from outside the bed shall not be washed, sluiced, processed or deposited within two hundred feet landward of the ordinary high water line.
(5) A maximum of five individuals eight years of age and over may collect and process aggregate from any excavation site. No more than one pit, furrow or pothole at a time shall be excavated by any one individual.
(6) Excavations shall not occur between the ordinary high water line and two hundred feet landward of the ordinary high water line. Excavations between the ordinary high water line and the toe of the bank shall not result in undercutting below the ordinary high water line or in disturbance of land surfaces above the ordinary high water line.
(7) There shall be no disturbance of live rooted vegetation of any kind. Woody debris jams and large woody material shall not be disturbed in any manner.
(8) With the exception of aggregate excavated by a suction dredge, all excavations of aggregate shall only be performed by hand or with hand-held tools. A maximum of one hand-operated cable, chain or rope winch may be used to move bed material below the ordinary high water line. Additional safety cables, chains or ropes may be attached to this material provided they do not offer a mechanical advantage and are used solely to hold material in place. The use of horses, other livestock or motorized mineral prospecting equipment, except those specifically authorized under WAC 220-110-203 through 220-110-205, is prohibited. Materials too large to be moved with a single hand-operated cable, chain or rope winch shall not be disturbed.
(9) Boulders may be moved only to facilitate collection of aggregate underneath them. Boulders shall be immediately replaced in their original location prior to working another excavation site or leaving the excavation site. Not working the excavation site for more than sixteen hours constitutes leaving the site.
(10) Only equipment, methods, locations and timing for processing aggregate specified in WAC 220-110-201 through 220-110-209 are authorized. Exceptions shall require additional authorization from the department in the form of a supplemental approval to the Gold and Fish pamphlet or a written HPA. A written HPA shall be required for exceptions in cases where "submit application" or "closed" is listed for state waters in WAC 220-110-206 through 220-110-209. Only the following exceptions may be authorized through a supplemental approval to the Gold and Fish pamphlet:
(a) Timing and location only for Class I and Class II mineral prospecting equipment.
(b) Location only for Class III mineral prospecting equipment.
(11) With the exception of sieves for classifying aggregate, mineral prospecting equipment shall not be combined in series, joined or ganged with additional mineral prospecting equipment to increase the riffle area or efficiency of mineral recovery of a single piece of mineral prospecting equipment.
(12) There shall be no damming or diversion of the flowing stream except as provided in WAC 220-110-203 (4)(d).
(13) Prior to working another excavation site or leaving the excavation site, tailings of aggregate collected from below the ordinary high water line shall be returned to the location from which the aggregate was originally collected. Sand and lighter material washed away by the streamflow during aggregate processing and tailings resulting from suction dredging may be left where processed.
(14) Except as required in subsection (13) of this section, tailings shall not be deposited in existing pools.
(15) Incubating fish eggs or fry shall not be disturbed. If fish eggs or fry are encountered during excavation of the bed, operations shall immediately cease and the department shall be notified immediately. No further excavations shall occur until all eggs and fry have emerged from the gravel. Further approval shall be required by the department prior to resuming mineral prospecting or placer mining activities in that stream.
(16) Beds containing live freshwater mussels shall not be disturbed. If live mussels are encountered during excavation of the bed, operations shall immediately cease and shall be relocated a minimum of two hundred feet from them.
(17) All pits, furrows, tailing piles, and potholes created during excavation or processing of aggregate shall be leveled or refilled with bed materials or tailings prior to working another excavation site or leaving the excavation site. Not working the excavation site for more than sixteen hours constitutes leaving the site. No more than one pit, furrow or pothole at a time shall be excavated.
(18) Fish entrapped within pits, furrows or potholes created during excavation or processing of aggregate shall immediately be safely collected and returned to flowing waters and the pits, furrows or potholes leveled or filled.
(19) At no time shall mining or prospecting activity create a blockage or hindrance to either the upstream or downstream passage of fish.
(20) If at any time as a result of project activities or water quality problems, fish life are observed in distress or a fish kill occurs, operations shall cease and both the department and the department of ecology shall be notified of the problem immediately. Work shall not resume until further approval is given by the department. Additional measures to mitigate impacts may be required.
(21) No motorized, tracked, or wheeled vehicles shall be:
(a) Operated or allowed below the ordinary high water line of the stream; or
(b) Be operated so as to affect the bed or flow of waters of the state in any way.
(22) Entry onto private property or removal of minerals from an existing mining claim or state-owned lands without the permission of the landowner or claim holder is not authorized. The permittee is responsible for determining land ownership, land status (i.e., open to entry under the mining laws) and the status and ownership of any mining claims.
(23) Mercury and other hazardous materials shall not be used on the job site for amalgamating minerals.
(24) Mercury, lead and other hazardous materials removed from aggregate or collected in concentrators during processing of aggregate shall not be returned to waters of the state and shall be disposed of as specified by the department of ecology. Contact the department of ecology for direction on disposal.
(25) Once mining or prospecting at a job site is completed, or mining or prospecting is not conducted at the job site for more than one week, the job site shall be restored to preproject conditions, all disturbed areas shall be protected from erosion and revegetated with native plants, and all pits, furrows, tailing piles, and potholes shall be leveled or refilled as required in subsection (17) of this section.)) You may mineral prospect year-round in all waters of the state, except lakes or salt waters. You must follow the rules listed below, but you do not need to have the rules with you or on the job site.
(1) You may use only hand-held mineral prospecting tools and the following mineral prospecting equipment when mineral prospecting without timing restrictions:
(a) Pans;
(b) Spiral wheels;
(c) Sluices, concentrators, mini rocker boxes, and mini high-bankers with riffle areas totaling three square feet or less, including ganged equipment.
(2) You may not use vehicle-mounted winches. You may use one motorized winch and one hand-operated winch to move boulders and large woody material that is not embedded, and additional cables, chains, or ropes to stabilize them.
(3) You may not disturb fish life or redds. If you observe or encounter fish life, redds, or actively spawning fish when collecting or processing aggregate, you must relocate your operations.
(4) Rules for excavating:
(a) You may excavate only by hand or with hand-held mineral prospecting tools.
(b) You may not excavate, collect, or remove aggregate from within the wetted perimeter. See Figures 1 and 2.
(c) Only one excavation site per individual is allowed.
However, you may use a second excavation site as a settling
pond. Multiple individuals may work within a single
excavation site. Height=483 valign="center">
(d) You may not stand within, or allow aggregate to enter, the wetted perimeter when collecting or excavating aggregate.
(e) You must fill all excavation sites and level all tailing piles prior to moving to a new excavation site or abandoning an excavation site. If you move boulders, you must return them, as best as you can, to their approximate, original location.
(f) You may not undermine, move, or disturb large woody material embedded in the slopes or located wholly or partially within the wetted perimeter. You may move large woody material and boulders located entirely within the frequent scour zone, but you must keep them within the frequent scour zone. You may not cut large woody material. See Figure 2.
(g) You may not undermine, cut, or disturb live, rooted
woody vegetation of any kind. Height=483 valign="center">
(h) You may not excavate or collect aggregate from an unstable slope, the toe of the slope, or a portion of the slope that delivers, or has the potential to deliver, sediment to the wetted perimeter or frequent scour zone. See Figures 3 and 4.
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(5) Rules for processing aggregate: Height=483 valign="center">
(a) You may not stand within the wetted perimeter when processing aggregate.
(b) You may not level or disturb tailing piles that remain within the wetted perimeter after processing aggregate.
(c) You must classify aggregate at the collection or excavation site prior to processing, if you collected or excavated it outside the frequent scour zone.
(d) You may process only classified aggregate within the wetted perimeter when using a sluice.
(e) You may not process directly on redds or disturb incubating fish life. You may not allow tailings, or a visible sediment plume (visibly muddy water), to enter redds or areas where fish life are located within the bed.
(f) The maximum width of a sluice, measured at its widest point, including attachments, shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the width of the wetted perimeter at the point of placement.
(g) You may process with a sluice only in areas within the wetted perimeter that are composed solely of boulders and bedrock. You must separate sluice locations by at least fifty feet. You may not place structures within the wetted perimeter to check or divert the water flow.
(h) You may operate mini high-bankers or other concentrators only outside the wetted perimeter. You may only supply water to this equipment by hand or by a battery-operated pump with a screened intake. You may not allow visible sediment or muddy water to enter the wetted perimeter. A second excavation site may be used as a settling pond.
(i) Under RCW 77.57.010 and 77.57.070, any device you use for pumping water from fish-bearing waters must be equipped with a fish guard to prevent passage of fish into a pump intake. To prevent fish life from entering the system, you must screen the pump intake with either:
(i) Six one-hundredths inch (eighteen gauge) woven wire mesh with openings no greater than eighty-seven one-thousandths inches; or
(ii) A perforated plate with openings no greater than ninety-four one-thousandths inch (three thirty-seconds inch); or
(iii) A profile bar with openings no greater than one and seventy-five one-hundredths millimeter (sixty-nine one-thousandths inch).
The screened intake shall consist of a structure with sufficient surface area to ensure that the velocity through the screen is less than four-tenths feet per second. You must maintain screens to prevent injury to or entrapping fish life, and you must keep screens in place whenever water is withdrawn through a pump intake.
For every cubic foot per second (cfs) of water drawn through the pump, you must have at least two and one-half square feet of screen with holes of the correct size and spacing. Check the ratings plate on your pump or in the operator's manual to determine the maximum listed capacity. Size your screen according to that capacity, even if you don't normally run the pump that high. Be sure to use the pump intake rating and not the dredge capacity or water volume through the sluice.
Here are some helpful formulas and standards:
One cubic foot per second (cfs) equals four hundred fifty gallons per minute (gpm).
Minimum screen area = (Maximum pump intake volume in cfs) ÷ (four-tenths feet per second velocity through screen).
Screen must be at least two and one-half square feet per cfs of pump intake capacity.
The following example may help you calculate the minimum screen area for your pump intake:
| Example: | |
| • Your dredge pump manufacturer rates its maximum capacity at 250 gpm. | |
| • By dividing 250 gpm by 450 gpm, you know that your pump draws 0.56 cfs. |
(k) You may not disturb existing habitat improvement structures or stream channel improvements.
(l) If at any time, as a result of project activities, you observe a fish kill or fish life in distress, you must immediately cease operations and notify the Washington department of fish and wildlife, and the Washington military department emergency management division, of the problem. You may not resume work until the Washington department of fish and wildlife gives approval. The Washington department of fish and wildlife may require additional measures to mitigate the prospecting impacts.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 75.20.100 and 75.20.330. 99-01-088 (Order 98-252), § 220-110-201, filed 12/16/98, effective 1/16/99.]
(1) The common technical provisions as specified in WAC 220-110-201 and the timing and location restrictions as specified in WAC 220-110-209 shall apply to all mineral prospecting and placer mining projects conducted with Class 0 equipment.
(2) The use of a single hand-operated nonmotorized pan is authorized.
(3) Collection and processing of aggregate shall be limited to that portion of the bed above the wetted perimeter.)) You may mineral prospect only in the waters, during the times, and with the mineral prospecting equipment limitations identified in WAC 220-110-206. You must follow the rules listed below, and you must have the rules with you or on the job site.
(1) You may use only hand-held mineral prospecting tools and the following mineral prospecting equipment when mineral prospecting with timing restrictions:
(a) Pans;
(b) Spiral wheels;
(c) Sluices, concentrators, mini rocker boxes, and mini high-bankers with riffle areas totaling ten square feet or less, including ganged equipment;
(d) Suction dredges that have suction intake hoses with nominal inside diameters of five inches or less as measured at the junction of the nozzle and the hose, or by measuring the inside diameter of the hose. See Figure 1.
(e) Power sluice/suction dredge combinations that have
riffle areas totaling ten square feet or less, including
ganged equipment, suction intake hoses with nominal inside
diameters of five inches or less as measured at the junction
of the nozzle and the hose, and pump intake hoses with inside
diameters of four inches or less; Height=200 valign="center">
(f) High-bankers and power sluices that have riffle areas totaling ten square feet or less, including ganged equipment, and pump intake hoses with inside diameters of four inches or less.
(2) The widest point of a sluice, including attachments, shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the wetted perimeter at the point of placement.
(3) The suction intake hose diameter of suction dredges and power sluice/suction dredge combinations must not exceed the diameter allowed in the listing for the stream or stream reach where you are operating, as identified in WAC 220-110-206.
(4) You may not use vehicle-mounted winches. You may use one motorized winch and one hand-operated winch to move boulders and large woody material that is not embedded, and additional cables, chains, or ropes to stabilize them.
(5) Equipment separation:
(a) With the exception of sluices and rocker boxes with a riffle area exceeding three square feet, suction dredges, power sluice/suction dredge combinations, high-bankers, and power sluices, you may use mineral prospecting equipment as close to other mineral prospecting equipment as desired.
(b) You must separate by a minimum of two hundred feet as measured as a radius from the equipment all sluices and rocker boxes with a riffle area exceeding three square feet, suction dredges, power sluice/suction dredge combinations, high-bankers, and power sluices operating within the wetted perimeter. However, you may locate this equipment closer than two hundred feet if only one piece of equipment is operating. See Figure 2.
(c) You must separate by a minimum of two hundred feet as measured as a radius from the equipment all sluices and rocker boxes with a riffle area exceeding three square feet, suction dredges, power sluice/suction dredge combinations, high-bankers, and power sluices operating outside of the wetted perimeter that discharges tailings or wastewater to the wetted perimeter. However, you may locate this equipment closer than two hundred feet if only one piece of equipment is operating. See Figure 2.
(6) Under RCW 77.57.010 and 77.57.070, any device you use
for pumping water from fish-bearing waters must be equipped
with a fish guard to prevent passage of fish into a pump
intake. To prevent fish life from entering the system, you
must screen the pump intake with either: Height=192 valign="center">
(a) Six one-hundredths inch (eighteen gauge) woven wire mesh with openings no greater than eighty-seven one-thousandths inches; or
(b) A perforated plate with openings no greater than ninety-four one-thousandths inch (three thirty-seconds inch); or
(c) A profile bar with openings no greater than one and seventy-five one-hundredths millimeter (sixty-nine one-thousandths inch).
The screened intake shall consist of a structure with sufficient surface area to ensure that the velocity through the screen is less than four-tenths feet per second. You must maintain screens to prevent injury to or entrapping fish life, and you must keep screens in place whenever water is withdrawn through a pump intake.
For every cubic foot per second (cfs) of water drawn through the pump, you must have at least two and one-half square feet of screen with holes of the correct size and spacing. Check the ratings plate on your pump or in the operator's manual to determine the maximum listed capacity. Size your screen according to that capacity, even if you don't normally run the pump that high. Be sure to use the pump intake rating and not the dredge capacity or water volume through the sluice.
Here are some helpful formulas and standards:
One cubic foot per second (cfs) equals four hundred fifty gallons per minute (gpm).
Minimum screen area = (Maximum pump intake volume in cfs) ÷ (four-tenths feet per second velocity through screen).
Screen must be at least two and one-half square feet per cfs of pump intake capacity.
The following example may help you calculate the minimum screen area for your pump intake:
| Example: | |
| • Your dredge pump manufacturer rates its maximum capacity at 250 gpm. | |
| • By dividing 250 gpm by 450 gpm, you know that your pump draws 0.56 cfs. |
(8) You may work within the wetted perimeter only from one-half hour before official sunrise to one-half hour after official sunset. If your mineral prospecting equipment exceeds one-half the width of the wetted perimeter of the stream, you must remove the equipment from the wetted perimeter or move it so that a minimum of fifty percent of the wetted perimeter is free of equipment between one-half hour after official sunset to one-half hour prior to official sunrise.
(9) You may not excavate, collect, or process aggregate within four hundred feet of any fishway, dam, or hatchery water intake.
(10) You must not disturb existing habitat improvement structures or stream channel improvements.
(11) You may not undermine, move, or disturb embedded large woody material. You may move large woody material and boulders that are not embedded, provided you return them as close to their original location as possible prior to abandoning the site or working another excavation site. You may not cut large woody material.
(12) You may not undermine, cut, or disturb live, rooted woody vegetation of any kind.
(13) Only one excavation site per individual is permitted. However, you may use a second excavation site as a settling pond. Multiple individuals may work within a single excavation site.
(14) You must fill all excavation sites and level all tailing piles prior to working another excavation site or abandoning the excavation site.
(15) You may not excavate or collect aggregate from an unstable slope, the toe of the slope, or a portion of the slope that delivers, or has the potential to deliver, sediment to the wetted perimeter or frequent scour zone. See Figures 3 and 4.
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(16) You may partially divert a body of water into
mineral prospecting equipment. However, at no time may the
diversion structure be greater than fifty percent of the width
of the wetted perimeter, including the width of the equipment.
You may not divert the body of water outside of the wetted
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(17) You may use materials only from within the wetted perimeter, or artificial materials from outside the wetted perimeter, to construct the diversion structure. You must remove artificial materials used in the construction of a diversion structure and restore the site to its approximate original condition prior to abandoning the site.
(18) You may process aggregate collected from the frequent scour zone:
(a) At any location if you use pans; spiral wheels; or sluices, concentrators, rocker boxes, and high-bankers with riffle areas totaling ten square feet or less, including ganged equipment.
(b) Only in the frequent scour zone or upland areas landward of the frequent scour zone if you use power sluice/suction dredge combinations, high-bankers, or power sluices. You may not discharge tailings to the wetted perimeter when using this equipment. However, you may discharge wastewater to the wetted perimeter as provided in subsection (5) of this section.
(19) You may process aggregate collected from upland areas landward of the frequent scour zone:
(a) At any location if you use pans; spiral wheels; or sluices, concentrators, mini rocker boxes, and mini high-bankers with riffle areas totaling three square feet or less, including ganged equipment. You must classify the aggregate at the excavation site prior to processing with this equipment within the wetted perimeter or frequent scour zone.
(b) Only at an upland location landward of the frequent scour zone if you use power sluice/suction dredge combinations; high-bankers; power sluices; or rocker boxes that have riffle areas totaling more than three, but less than ten, square feet. You may not allow tailings or wastewater to enter the wetted perimeter or frequent scour zone.
(c) Within the wetted perimeter or frequent scour zone with a sluice with a riffle area greater than three square feet. You must classify the aggregate at the excavation site prior to processing with a sluice with a riffle area exceeding three square feet.
(20) You may use pressurized water only for crevicing or for redistributing dredge tailings within the wetted perimeter. No other pressurized water use (jet or nozzle) is permitted.
(21) You may conduct crevicing in the wetted perimeter, in the frequent scour zone, or landward of the frequent scour zone. The hose connecting fittings of crevicing tools may not have an inside diameter larger than three-quarters of an inch. If you crevice landward of the frequent scour zone, you may not discharge sediment or wastewater to the wetted perimeter or the frequent scour zone.
(22) You must avoid areas containing live freshwater mussels. If you encounter live mussels during excavation, you must relocate your operations.
(23) You may not disturb redds. If you observe or encounter redds, or actively spawning fish when collecting or processing aggregate, you must relocate your operations.
(24) If at any time, as a result of project activities, you observe a fish kill or fish life in distress, you must immediately cease operations and notify the Washington department of fish and wildlife, and the Washington military department emergency management division of the problem. You may not resume work until the Washington department of fish and wildlife gives approval. The Washington department of fish and wildlife may require additional measures to mitigate the prospecting impacts.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 75.20.100 and 75.20.330. 99-01-088 (Order 98-252), § 220-110-202, filed 12/16/98, effective 1/16/99.]
All parties are encouraged to take advantage of ((this))
the informal appeal process prior to initiating a formal
appeal. However, ((this)) the informal appeal process is not
mandatory, and a person may proceed directly to a formal
appeal.
(1) The following procedures shall govern informal
appeals of department actions taken ((pursuant to)) under RCW
((75.20.100, 75.20.103, 75.20.106, and 75.20.160)) 77.55.021,
77.55.141, 77.55.151, 77.55.161(2), 77.55.181, and 77.55.291. This rule does not apply to the department's decisions
regarding whether hydraulic projects qualify for processing
under RCW 77.55.181, governing certain fish habitat
enhancement projects. This rule also does not apply to any
provisions or conditions in pamphlet((s)) HPA or supplemental
approvals as defined in WAC 220-110-020 (((44))) (52)(c) and
(95). A person who disagrees with a provision or condition in
a pamphlet HPA or its supplemental approval may apply for an
individual, written HPA. A person who is aggrieved or
adversely affected by the following department actions may
request an informal ((review)) appeal:
(a) The denial or issuance of an HPA, or the conditions or provisions made part of an HPA; or
(b) An order imposing civil penalties.
(2) A request for an informal ((review)) appeal shall be
in writing and shall be received by the department within
thirty days of the denial or issuance of an HPA or receipt of
an order imposing civil penalties. The thirty-day time
requirement may be stayed by the department if negotiations
are occurring between the aggrieved party and the habitat
biologist and/or their supervisor. Requests for informal
((review)) appeal shall be mailed to HPA Appeals Coordinator,
Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat ((and Lands
Services)) Program, 600 Capitol Way, N., Olympia, Washington
98501-1091, or hand-delivered to 1111 Washington Street, S.E.,
Habitat ((and Lands Services)) Program, Fifth floor.
(3) The written request for an informal appeal shall be plainly labeled as "Request for Informal Appeal" and shall contain the following:
(a) The name, address, e-mail address (if available), and phone number of the person requesting the appeal;
(b) The specific agency action that the person contests, such as denial of an HPA, a particular condition in an HPA, or an order imposing civil penalties;
(c) Whether the person is the permittee, HPA applicant, landowner, resident, or other basis for the person's interest in the agency action in question;
(d) The date of denial, issuance, or condition of an HPA, or date the department issued the notice of civil penalty;
(e) Specific relief requested; and
(f) The attorney's name, address, e-mail address (if available) and phone number, if the person is represented by legal counsel.
(4) Upon receipt of a written request for informal
((agency review)) appeal, the department shall initiate a
review of the agency decision. ((This review)) If agreed to
by the appellant, and the appellant applied for the HPA,
resolution of the appeal may be facilitated through an
informal conference. The informal conference is a discussion
between the appellant and the area habitat biologist mediated
by the biologist's supervisor. The time period for the
department to issue a decision on an informal appeal is
suspended during the informal conference process. If
resolution is not reached through the informal conference, the
appellant is not the person who applied for the HPA, or the
appeal involves an order imposing civil penalties, an informal
appeal hearing shall be conducted by the ((regulatory services
division manager or the division manager's)) HPA appeals
coordinator or designee. Upon completion of the
((comprehensive review)) informal appeal hearing, the
((division manager)) HPA appeals coordinator, or designee
shall recommend a decision to the director or the director's
designee. This recommended decision shall be approved or
disapproved by the director or the director's designee within
sixty days of the date the informal appeal was received by the
department, unless an extension of time is agreed to by the
appellant. The department shall notify the appellant in
writing of the decision of the director or the director's
designee.
(((4))) (5) If, following this informal ((agency review))
appeal process, the appellant still wishes to contest the
agency action, a formal appeal may be initiated ((pursuant
to)) under WAC 220-110-350. Formal review must be requested
within the time periods specified in WAC 220-110-350.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 75.20.100 and 75.20.330. 99-01-088 (Order 98-252), § 220-110-340, filed 12/16/98, effective 1/16/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-23-058 (Order 94-160), § 220-110-340, filed 11/14/94, effective 12/15/94; 87-15-086 (Order 87-48), § 220-110-340, filed 7/20/87. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.012, 75.08.080 and 75.20.100. 84-04-047 (Order 84-04), § 220-110-340, filed 1/30/84. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.20.100 and 75.08.080. 83-09-019 (Order 83-25), § 220-110-340, filed 4/13/83.]
(a) A person who is aggrieved or adversely affected by the following department actions may request a formal appeal:
(((a))) (i) The denial or issuance of an HPA, or the
conditions or provisions made part of an HPA;
(((b))) (ii) An order imposing civil penalties; or
(((c))) (iii) Any other (("))agency action((")) by the
department's habitat program for which an adjudicative
proceeding is required under the Administrative Procedure Act,
chapter 34.05 RCW.
(((2))) (b) As required by the Administrative Procedure
Act, the department shall inform the permittee, HPA applicant
or person subject to civil penalty ((or)) order of the
department, of the opportunity for appeal, the time within
which to file a written request for an appeal, and the place
to file it.
(((3))) (c) A request for an appeal shall be in writing
and shall be received during office hours by the department
within thirty days of the agency action that is being
challenged. Requests for appeal shall be mailed to HPA
Appeals Coordinator, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat
((and Lands Services)) Program, 600 Capitol Way, N., Olympia,
Washington 98501-1091, or hand-delivered to 1111 Washington
Street S.E., Habitat ((and Lands Services)) Program, Fifth
floor. If there is no timely request for an appeal, the
agency action shall be final and unappealable.
(((4))) (d) The time period for requesting a formal
appeal is suspended during consideration of a timely informal
appeal. If there has been an informal appeal, the deadline
for requesting a formal appeal shall be within thirty days of
the date of the department's written decision in response to
the informal appeal.
(((5))) (e) The written request for an appeal shall be
plainly labeled as "Request for Formal Appeal" and shall
contain the following:
(((a))) (i) The name, address, e-mail address (if
available) and phone number of the person requesting the
appeal;
(((b))) (ii) The specific agency action that the person
contests((; for example)), such as denial of an HPA, a
particular condition in an HPA, an order imposing civil
penalties, etc.;
(((c))) (iii) Whether the person is the permittee, HPA
applicant, landowner, resident, or other basis for the
person's interest in the agency action in question;
(((d))) (iv) The date of denial, issuance, or condition
of an HPA, if the person is contesting denial, issuance, or
conditioning of an HPA;
(((e))) (v) Specific relief requested; and
(((f))) (vi) The attorney's name, address, e-mail address
(if available) and phone number, if the person is represented
by legal counsel.
(((6))) (f) The appeal may be conducted by the director,
the director's designee, or by an administrative law judge
(ALJ) appointed by the office of administrative hearings. If
conducted by an ALJ, the ALJ shall issue an initial order
((pursuant to)) under RCW 34.05.461. The director or the
director's designee shall review the initial order and enter a
final order as provided by RCW 34.05.464.
(((7))) (g) All hearings conducted by the director, the
director's designee, or an ALJ ((pursuant to)) under
subsection (6) of this section, shall comply with the
Administrative Procedure Act and the model rules of procedure,
chapter 10-08 WAC.
(2) The hydraulic appeals board hears appeals of the following permits:
(a) Under RCW 77.55.021 for the diversion of water for agricultural irrigation or stock watering purposes or when associated with streambank stabilization to protect farm and agricultural land as defined in RCW 84.34.020;
(b) Under RCW 77.55.241 for off-site mitigation proposals;
(c) Under RCW 77.55.141 for single family marine bulkheads or rockwalls;
(d) Under RCW 77.55.181 for fish habitat enhancement project HPA conditions or denials.
The appeal procedures for the board are found in WAC 259-04-060 and chapter 371-08 WAC.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 75.20.100 and 75.20.330. 99-01-088 (Order 98-252), § 220-110-350, filed 12/16/98, effective 1/16/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-23-058 (Order 94-160), § 220-110-350, filed 11/14/94, effective 12/15/94; 87-15-086 (Order 87-48), § 220-110-350, filed 7/20/87. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.012, 75.08.080 and 75.20.100. 84-04-047 (Order 84-04), § 220-110-350, filed 1/30/84. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.20.100 and 75.08.080. 83-09-019 (Order 83-25), § 220-110-350, filed 4/13/83.]
(2) The department may impose a civil penalty of up to
one hundred dollars per day for a violation ((or continuing
violation)) of ((RCW 75.20.100 or 75.20.103, or any provision
or condition of an HPA)) any provisions of RCW 77.55.021. The
department shall impose the civil penalty with an order in
writing delivered by certified mail or personal service to the
person who is penalized. The notice shall describe the
violation, identify the amount of the penalty, identify how to
pay the penalty, and identify informal ((or)) and formal
appeal rights for the person penalized. If the violation is
an ongoing violation, the penalty shall accrue for each
additional day of violation. For ongoing violations, the
civil penalty may continue to accrue during any appeal process
unless the accrual is stayed in writing by the department.
(3) If not timely appealed under WAC 220-110-340 or
220-110-350, the civil penalty order is final and
unappealable. If appealed, the civil penalty becomes final
upon issuance of a final order not subject to any further
administrative appeal. When a civil penalty order becomes
final, it is due and payable. If the civil penalty is not
paid within thirty days after it becomes due and payable, the
department may seek enforcement of the order ((pursuant to))
under RCW ((75.20.106)) 77.55.291 and 34.05.578.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-23-058 (Order 94-160), § 220-110-360, filed 11/14/94, effective 12/15/94.]
The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed:
| WAC 220-110-203 | Use of Class I mineral prospecting equipment. |
| WAC 220-110-204 | Use of Class II mineral prospecting equipment. |
| WAC 220-110-205 | Use of Class III mineral prospecting equipment. |
| WAC 220-110-207 | Authorized work times and watercourses for mineral prospecting and placer mining projects in the Columbia and Snake rivers, lakes, salt waters and waters within National Park boundaries using Class I and II equipment. |
| WAC 220-110-208 | Authorized work times and watercourses for mineral prospecting and placer mining projects using Class III equipment only. |
| WAC 220-110-209 | Authorized work times and watercourses for mineral prospecting and placer mining projects using Class 0 equipment only. |