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Cushman Hydroelectric Project, FERC No CushmanCushman HydroelectricHydroelectric ProjectProject FERCFERC ProjectProject No.No. 460460 SSHORELINEHORELINE MMANAGEMENTANAGEMENT PPLANLAN Prepared by SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PLAN CUSHMAN PROJECT FERC PROJECT NO. 460 Prepared for: Tacoma Power 3628 South 35th Street Tacoma, WA 98409-3192 Prepared by: July 2012 Tacoma Power Cushman Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 460 Tacoma Power Cushman Project FERC No. 460 Shoreline Management Plan Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................1-1 1.1. Project Description ............................................................................................1-1 1.2. Regulatory Setting ............................................................................................1-2 2. PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PLAN ......................2-1 2.1. Shoreline Management Plan Goal and Objectives ............................................2-1 2.2. FERC Jurisdiction .............................................................................................2-2 2.3. Scope of Shoreline Management Plan ..............................................................2-2 2.4. Other Applicable Regulations and Management Policies ..................................2-3 3. CONSULTATION .........................................................................................................3-1 4. PROJECT SETTING AND RESOURCES ....................................................................4-1 4.1. Regional Setting ...............................................................................................4-1 4.2. Environmental Resources .................................................................................4-1 4.2.1. Aquatic Resources ................................................................................4-1 4.2.2. Terrestrial Resources ............................................................................4-2 4.3. Land Use ..........................................................................................................4-3 4.4. Aesthetics .........................................................................................................4-4 4.5. Recreation ........................................................................................................4-4 4.6. Cultural Resources ...........................................................................................4-5 5. SHORELINE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES FOR LANDS WITHIN THE PROJECT BOUNDARY ...............................................................................................5-1 5.1. Shoreline Management Classifications .............................................................5-1 5.1.1. “A” Management Classification ..............................................................5-1 5.1.2. “B” Management Classification ..............................................................5-2 5.1.3. Resource Management Classification ...................................................5-3 5.1.4. Operational Lands Classification ...........................................................5-4 5.2. Determination of Allowable Uses ......................................................................5-4 5.3. Allowable Uses within Specific Management Classifications .............................5-4 5.4. Prohibited Shoreline Structures, Uses, and Activities ........................................5-7 6. TACOMA POWER’S AUTHORITY TO AUTHORIZE NON-PROJECT USES ...............6-1 6.1. The Shoreline Use Permit Program ..................................................................6-1 6.2. Other Types of Authorization for Non-Project Uses ...........................................6-1 6.3. FERC Authorization of Non-Project Uses ..........................................................6-1 7. SHORELINE USE EVALUATION PROCESS ...............................................................7-1 7.1. Criteria for Issuing a Shoreline Use Permit........................................................7-1 7.2. Agency Consultation for Proposed Commercial Uses .......................................7-2 7.3. Prior Existing Uses ............................................................................................7-2 Cushman Project i Shoreline Management Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT’D) 7.4. Temporary Activity Permits ...............................................................................7-3 7.5. License Implementation Measures and Project Operations ...............................7-3 7.6. Permit Conditions ..............................................................................................7-3 8. OTHER AGENCY REGULATORY REVIEW AND PERMITTING .................................8-1 8.1. Army Corps of Engineers ..................................................................................8-1 8.2. Washington Department of Ecology ..................................................................8-2 8.3. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife .....................................................8-3 8.4. Washington Department of Natural Resources .................................................8-3 8.5. Washington Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation/State Historic Preservation Office ...............................................................................8-4 8.6. Local Government .............................................................................................8-4 9. BUFFER ZONES, VEGETATION MODIFICATION, AND EROSION CONTROL .........9-1 9.1. Shoreline Buffer Zones .....................................................................................9-1 9.2. Vegetation Modification .....................................................................................9-2 9.3. Dead or Dangerous Trees .................................................................................9-2 9.4. Vista Pruning ....................................................................................................9-2 9.5. Clearing for Shoreline Access Paths .................................................................9-2 9.6. Landscape Planting ..........................................................................................9-2 9.7. Shoreline Debris ...............................................................................................9-3 9.8. Erosion Control and Shoreline Stabilization ......................................................9-3 10. ENFORCEMENT OF THE SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................10 -1 11. MONITORING/AMENDMENT PROCESS ..................................................................11 -1 11.1. Overall Land Use Monitoring ...........................................................................11 -1 11.2. Triggers for Minor Modification ........................................................................11 -1 11.3. Triggers for SMP Amendment .........................................................................11 -2 11.4. Amendment Process .......................................................................................11 -2 12. BIBLIOGRAPHY .........................................................................................................12 -1 List of Tables Table 5-1. Allowable Shoreline Structures, Uses, and Activities .........................................5-6 List of Figures Figure 1-1. Project Location ................................................................................................1-3 List of Appendices Appendix A Shoreline Management Classification Maps Appendix B Relevant FERC License Articles and Language Appendix C Consultation Record Appendix D Existing Resources and Shoreline Use Maps Cushman Project ii Shoreline Management Plan Tacoma Power Cushman Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 460 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS LIST BIA Bureau of Indian Affairs BMP Best Management Practice cfs cubic feet per second DAHP Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation DNS Determination of Non-Significance ESA Endangered Species Act FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FPA Federal Power Act GIS Geographic information system HPMP Historic Properties Management Plan LCC Lake Cushman Company LCMC Lake Cushman Maintenance Company msl mean sea level MW Megawatt NHPA National Historic Preservation Act NRHP National Register of Historic Places NPS National Park Service OHW Ordinary high water ONF Olympic National Forest ONP Olympic National Park PD Project Datum RRMP Recreation Resource Management Plan RT&E Rare, threatened, and endangered SEPA State Environmental Policy Act SHPO State Historic Preservation Office SMC Shoreline Management Classifications SMP Shoreline Management Plan USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers USFWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service USFS United Stated Forest Service WDOE Washington Department of Ecology WDFW Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife WDNR Washington Department of Natural Resources WHE Plan Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Plan WMA Wildlife Management Area Cushman Project iii Shoreline Management Plan Tacoma Power Cushman Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 460 STANDARD TERMS LIST Terms defined in the Federal Power Act and the Project License have the same meaning in this document unless defined differently below. Acre-Feet The amount of water required to cover one acre of ground (43,560 square feet) to a depth of one foot. Allowable Use A Non-Project Use or activity that may occur on land within the Project Boundary but
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