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<br /> <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />Chapter 6 114 <br />March 7, 2016 <br />Kittitas County Board of County Commissioners Shoreline Master Program Adopting Ordinance <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program Exhibit A | March 2016 | Page 114 of 339 <br />6. A professionally engineered design is required for any proposed in-stream structure. <br />7. The design of all dams and the suitability of the proposed site for dam construction <br />shall be certified by a professional engineer licensed in the state of Washington. The <br />professional design shall include a maintenance schedule. <br />8. For all dams that are not regulated by either the Federal Energy Regulatory <br />Commission licensing procedures, or the Washington State Department of Ecology <br />reservoir permit requirements, a maintenance agreement and construction bond for <br />one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the cost of the structure shall be filed with the <br />Administrator prior to construction. The maintenance agreement shall specify who is <br />responsible for maintenance, shall incorporate the maintenance schedule specified <br />by the design engineer, shall require annual inspections by a civil engineer licensed <br />in the state of Washington and shall stipulate abandonment procedures which shall <br />include, where appropriate, provisions for site restoration. <br />9. No in-stream structure shall commence without having obtained all applicable <br />federal, state, and local permits and approvals, including but not limited to a <br />hydraulic project approval (HPA) from the Washington State Department of Fish and <br />Wildlife. <br />10. Shoreline modification projects shall be designed and constructed to avoid or <br />minimize impacts to sediment transport. <br />6.12 Mining <br />A. Policies <br />1. Mining and associated activities shall be designed and conducted to result in no net <br />loss of shoreline ecological functions and processes. Mining should not be approved <br />where it could interfere with shoreline ecological functions or processes or cause <br />irreparable damage to shoreline resources or features. Application of this policy shall <br />include avoidance and mitigation of adverse impacts during the course of mining and <br />reclamation. The determination of whether there will be no net loss of ecological <br />function shall be based on an evaluation of the reclamation plan required for the site <br />and shall consider impacts on ecological functions during operation. Preference shall <br />be given to mining proposals that result in the creation, restoration, or enhancement <br />of habitat for priority species. <br />2. Mineral prospecting shall be allowed according to the provisions of WAC 220-110- <br />200 through 220-110-206. <br />3. Mining should not be located on shorelines where unavoidable adverse impacts on <br />other users or resources taken together equal or outweigh the benefits from mining. <br />4. Mining should not interfere with public recreation on the shoreline.