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Endangered" species protected under the Endangered Species Act. (These definitions and regulations are applicable in all areas of shoreline jurisdiction, except the Marshland Subarea.) • Planning Director's Interpretation 2-2000, (PDI 2-2000) Interim Procedures, Endangered Species Act Listing for Chinook Salmon and Bull Trout, or a subsequent procedure consistent with National Marine Fisheries Service(NMFS)4d rule. The PDI 2-2000 sets forth a procedure for reviewing projects that emulates the Section 7 consultation procedures practiced by NMFS. PDI 2-2000 requires a biological evaluation to be performed on all projects within shoreline jurisdiction and may require a more detailed biological assessment if circumstances warrant. Projects may be conditioned and or mitigation measures prescribed that exceed those in the City's critical areas ordinance(EMC 19.37). • Planning Director's Interpretation 01-005, (PDI 01-005). Standard Buffer Width Reduction. • EMC 19.37 Critical Areas and applicable definitions in EMC 19.04 in effect on April 28, 2006 (Applicable in Marshland Subarea only). • The Snohomish Estuary Wetland Integration Plan (SEWIP)including the SEWIP Salmon Overlay published in February 2001. The SEWIP work will serve as the primary inventory information and"Best Available Science" for those areas included in the SEWIP study area. • Marshland Subarea Plan. As stated above,these policies and regulations apply to all activities and uses in all environmental designations of the Shoreline Master Plan. Where conflict exists between any of these documents, the most protective of shoreline resources shall apply. This may mean that every parcel is not developable or fully developable as desired by a project proponent. Project proponents will be responsible for providing sufficient scientific information to document the environmental impacts and appropriate mitigation measures for their proposals. The City may deny projects that will result in significant ecological impacts that are not fully mitigated, even though the project is consistent with the use provisions of this SMP. The following goals, objectives,policies and regulations are in addition to those incorporated above. SECTION 6: Section 3.9 of the Shoreline Master Program, Exhibit A to Ordinance No. 2600- 02, as amended (Section II.I of Chapter 3 Shoreline Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan), is hereby amended by the addition of the following Objective: 9. Encourage restoration by limiting impacts on properties that are not being restored. SECTION 7: Policy 3 in Section 3.9 of the Shoreline Master Program, Exhibit A to Ordinance No. 2600-02, as amended (Section II.I of Chapter 3 Shoreline Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan), which currently reads as follows: 3. Highest priority should be given to the protection and restoration of fish and wildlife conservation areas as defined in EMC 19.37. These include • Habitats of primary association(A critical component(s)of the habitats of federally or state-listed endangered, threatened, candidate, sensitive, priority, and monitored 14