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/'I <br /> . ,,-11 <br /> � .:.��/1��� <br /> �% ` � <br /> • `� <br /> •eacr b. � . <br /> iT�TE �.F `.\��HINGL"�`� <br /> �EPARTMEVT Gf ti.ViLDLIFE <br /> 1601E' �1�11 Creck Pl�d., �fill Creek. WA 9801'_ Tel. (:061 775•I311 <br /> March 6, 1992 i <br /> Hr. Max Patwelar I <br /> Boaing Commercial Glrplanes <br /> P. O. Box 3701, ::S�OH-24 � <br /> Seattle, Haahington 98124-2207 <br /> Rfii MITIGATION FOR THE FILLING OF JAPANSSfi GULCH CREEK AS SPECIFIED <br /> IN HYDRAULIC PROJECT APPROVAL (HPA) 076849 AND G76974 <br /> Dear Max� <br /> Tha HPA for the [llling end culverting oE Jap�nese Gulch Craek <br /> tcquired BoainQ to etudy end perform o!t-alte mitigation. Boaing <br /> submlttad to WDW "Mltigation Plan for BoalnQ South 68-Aera Earcal" in <br /> which Boaing Compeny egraed to restara ■r.d anh�nca tleh habit�t in <br /> Powder Hill Creek (PMC) to [ulfill mltiyetion responaibilitias <br /> required by the HPA. Further review o! the EMC by Dep�rtmant of <br /> FSeheries •nd ND4I biologiete and enginaars reve�lad th�t it was not <br /> precticel to eat�bllah •nadromoue fish runa Ln PHC. As a reeult of <br /> thie nea information, Boeing was advised that it wat not Eea�ible to <br /> do the mitigatfon in PMC. Tha aganciee and tha local �urledictione <br /> decided thet wa would look for and eoliclt for other mitigation <br /> optiona that may or may not ba in Che vicinity of !hs Boeing pro�act. <br /> Five pro�ecta were proposed For mitiQation. These pro�ects lrcluded� <br /> • etra�m and watlend ra�toration on a Cributary to ths Duwami.h Aivar <br /> by ths I'm a P�1 Found�tSoni ■n lntarpretiva contar ln Carkaek Park 6y <br /> Seattle Perke Depar[ment and the Carkeek liaterahed Community Action <br /> ProJecti a culvert lnetallation pro�act th�t vould provida lSeh <br /> paeeage undet Mukilteo Boulevard on 2lgaon Creak ql by C1[y of <br /> Everett� conatructlon of a fiah ladder to provide tlsh pasaaga over a <br /> falle on Woods Creak north of Monroe by tha Dep�rtment of Fitharies� <br /> and •n interpretive •nd envlronmental educ�tion e�nter at HcCollum <br /> Eark in aouth Snohomish Co�nty by tha Adopt-A-Stream Foundation. Tha <br /> merita of each of theae proJecta were weighad with the •gencias' <br /> mitigation goels !n mind end the Adopt-A-Stream Foundatlon pra�eet waa <br /> chosan. <br /> WDW and the Department af Fleheriea mltlg�tion requirementa can be <br /> tulfilled by contributing the emount of monay that v�a praposed for <br /> the PMC project to the Adopt-A-Stream FoundatSon Environmental Cantar. <br /> Thla project will provide an excellent opportunity Lo train <br /> participanta ln vaterahed ■nd habitat lesuee and provids • vatar <br /> : , <br />