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-4- • 1 Section 3 . Additional Definitions 2 In addition to those definitions contained within WAC 197-10-040 , 3 the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the 4, context indicates otherwise: 5 A. "SEPA Guidelines" means WAC 197-10 adopted by by the State Council on Environmental Policy. 6 B. "Environmental Review Committee" means the Committee 7 of the City of Everett whose responsibility is to over- see environmental considerations of the City and to 8 hear appeals of determinations made by the responsi- ble official and initiated by members of the public . 9 C. "City" means City of Everett. 10 D. "Responsible Official" means the person designated by 11 the Mayor who shall carry out the duties and functions of the City when it is acting as the lead agency under 12 this Ordinance. 13 Section 4 . Integration of SEPA Procedures with Other Governmental Operations 14 A. To the fullest extent possible, the procedures required 15 by this Ordinance shall be integrated with existing planning and licensing procedures utilized by the City. 16 These procedures should be initiated early, and under- taken in conjunction with other governmental operations 17 to avoid lengthy time delays and unnecessary duplication of effort. A private applicant may, and is encouraged 18 to, file a completed environmental checklist prior to the filing of an application for a license. 19 B. When required to be prepared, the Declaration of 20 Signficance or Non-Significance, the EIS, or. a pre- viously circulated EIS being utilized pursuant to 21 WAC 197-10-660 , shall accompany a proposal through the existing review process . 22 C. Each Department shall submit a list of licenses and 23 procedures to the Responsible Official who shall indicate for each process or license the point at 24 which the EIS or Environmental Checklist shall be required. 25 Section 5 . Timing of the Environmental Review Process 26 A. The primary purpose of the EIS process is to provide 27 environmental information to governmental decision makers to be considered prior to making their deci- 28 sion. The actual decision to proceed with many actions may involve a series of individual approvals 29 or decisions . The threshold determination and the EIS, if required, should ideally be completed at the 30 beginning of this process. The threshold determina- tion and the EIS (if required) should be completed 31 at the earliest point in the planning and decision- making process at which principal features of a pro- 32 posal and its impacts upon the environmental can be