5900 36TH AVE W SEPA 015 - 034 - SOUNDVIEW BUSINESS CAMPUS - VERITAS Land Use Decision Documents 2025-04-22

individual 401 review is required for activities in or affecting the following aquatic resources (and not ' prohibited by Regional Condition 1): (a) Wetlands with special characteristics (as defined in the Washington State Wetland Rating Systems for western and eastern Washington, Ecology Publications #04-06-025 and #04-06-015): ' • Estuarine wetlands • Natural Heritage wetlands • Bogs ' • Old -growth and mature forested wetlands • Wetlands in coastal lagoons • lnterdunal wetlands • Vernal pools • Alkali wetlands ' (b) Fens, aspen -dominated wetlands, camas prairie wetlands, and marine water with eelgrass (Zostera niarina) beds (except for NWP 48). ' (c) Category l wetlands (d) Category II wetlands with a habitat score > 29 points. This State General Condition does not apply to the following Nationwide Permits: NWP 20 —Response Operations for Oil and Hazardous Substances NWP 32 -- Completed Enforcement Actions 5. Mitigation. For prcjects requiring Individual 401 review, adequate compensatory mitigation must be provided for wetland and other water quality -related impacts of projects or activities authorized under the NWP Program, ' (a) Mitigation plans submitted for Ecology review and approval shall be based on the guidance provided in Wetland Mitigation in Washington State, Pails 1 and 2 (Ecology Publications #06-06- 011 a and #06-06-01 lb) and shall, at a minimum, include the following: ' i. A description of the measures taken to avoid and minimize impacts to wetlands and other waters of the U.S. ' ii. The nature of the proposed impacts (i.e., acreage of wetlands and functions lost or degraded) iii. The rationale for the mitigation site that was selected ' iv. The goals and objectives of the compensatory mitigation project ' v. How the mitigation project will be accomplished, including construction sequencing, best management practices to protect water quality, proposed performance standards for measuring success and the proposed buffer widths tvi. How it will be :maintained and monitored to assess progress towards goals and objectives. Monitoring will generally be required for a minimum of five years. For forested and scrub - shrub wetlands, 10 years of monitoring will often be necessary. ' 16