(1) When PLIA is the lead agency, PLIA personnel shall distribute SEPA documents as required by chapter
197-11 WAC unless another agency is nominal colead with PLIA. The following are acceptable methods of distribution:
(a) Email environmental documents including attached checklists and backup materials provided the recipient agency or interested party has made its email address available to PLIA;
(b) Mail environmental documents, including attached checklists and backup materials, on CDs or as hardcopies to agency mailing lists that include either general lists or lists for specific proposals or subject areas.
(2) A requestor asking for additional hard copies of a SEPA document may be required to pay additional copying fees per WAC
197-11-504.
(3) PLIA shall use reasonable methods to inform the public when PLIA issues a DNS under WAC
197-11-340, a mitigated DNS under WAC
197-11-350, a scoping notice under WAC
197-11-360, a draft EIS under WAC
197-11-455, a draft supplemental EIS under WAC
197-11-620, a final EIS under WAC
197-11-460, or when PLIA schedules a public hearing under WAC
197-11-502,
197-11-535, and
197-11-610. PLIA shall use two or more of the following reasonable methods of public notice, taking into consideration the geographic area affected by the proposal, the size and complexity of the proposal, the public notice requirements associated with PLIA's non-SEPA decision (underlying governmental decision), public interest expressed in the proposal, and whether the proposal is a project or regulation:
(a) Notify persons or groups who have expressed interest in the proposal or in the type of proposal being considered, who have expressed interest in proposals located in the affected geographic area, and who PLIA has identified as potentially interested parties;
(b) Publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the proposal will be implemented;
(c) Post the property with appropriate signage;
(d) Post notices and environmental documents on PLIA's website.
(4) As required under WAC
197-11-508 for state agencies, PLIA shall submit the following environmental documents to the department of ecology for publication in the SEPA register:
[Statutory Authority: RCW
43.21C.120. WSR 20-02-007, § 374-100-090, filed 12/18/19, effective 1/18/20.]