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Table 5.2-1. Wetland Buffers for Wetlands in Shoreline Jurisdiction Wetland Category Low Intensity Use and Development Moderate Intensity Use and Development* High Intensity Use and Development* Category I 125 feet 190 feet 250 feet Category II 100 feet 150 feet 200 feet Category III 75 feet 110 feet 150 feet Category IV 25 feet 40 feet 50 feet * For the purposes of Section 5.2, high intensity use and developments include: commercial, urban, industrial, institutional, retail sales, residential (more than 1 unit/acre), conversions from non- agricultural lands to high intensity agriculture (dairies, animal feed lots, nurseries and green houses, and like uses), high intensity recreation (golf courses, ball fields, and like uses) and hobby farms. Moderate intensity use and developments include: residential (1unit/acre or less), moderate intensity open space (parks with biking, jogging, and like uses), conversion from non-agricultural lands to moderate intensity agriculture (orchard, hay fields, and like uses), paved trails, building of logging roads, and utility corridor or right-of-way shared by several utilities and including access/maintenance roads. Low intensity use and developments include: forestry (cutting of trees only), low intensity open space (hiking, bird-watching, and like uses), unpaved trails, and utility corridor without a maintenance road and little or no vegetation management. SEPA MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE (letter Dated August 29, 2006) The August 29, 2006 letter concerning the Kittitas County SEPA Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance stated in Section IIIB dictated that a minimum 80 foot buffer “shall be maintained from the wetlands”. Priest Rapids Hydroelectric Project (P-2114) Shoreline Management Plan License Article 419 A review of the subject management plan (GCPUD and Alliance Consulting Group 2010), dated March 2010, documented that GCPUD designates lands as Project Facilities, Public Recreation Development, and Resources Management. Excerpts from the subject management plan relevant to lands adjacent to the Vantage Bay Development (e.g., Reaches R4 & R5, Attachment D) include the following: “Most of the water’s edge has a fairly well developed riparian area, albeit with a significant amount of non-native species (GPUD data), including poplar trees along the north half of this section. Towards the southern end the riparian area increases and includes some wetland areas. Index #9