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within two hundred (200) feet of designated shorelines as well as certain wetlands, river deltas, floodways and floodplains associated with such shorelines. The SMA establishes a balance of authority between local and state governments. Cities and counties have the primary review responsibility for development along their shorelines, and the state (through the Washington State Department of Ecology) has authority to review local master programs and local shoreline development permit decisions. (Ord. 2016-006, 2016) 17B.01.020 Scope and jurisdiction of the Shoreline master program. The Shoreline Management Act (SMA) applies to all 39 counties and more than 200 cities in Washington State that have "shorelines of the state" (RCW 90.58.030(2)) within their jurisdictional boundaries. Shorelines of the state include: • All marine waters; • Streams with greater than twenty cubic feet per second (20 cfs) mean annual flow; • Lakes twenty (20) acres or larger; • Upland areas called shorelands that extend two hundred (200) feet landward, in all directions on a horizontal plane, from the edge of the ordinary high water mark (OHWM) of these waters; and • The following areas when they are associated with one of the above: o Wetlands and river deltas; and o Floodways and contiguous floodplain areas landward two hundred (200) feet from such floodways. The Act recognizes that certain waters are so important to citizens that they necessitate a special status for classification and protection. These are "shorelines of statewide significance." The Act lists the following criteria for defining "shorelines of statewide significance" in Eastern Washington: Any [natural rivers or segments thereof] east of the crest of the Cascade range downstream of a point where the annual flow is measured at two hundred cubic feet per second or more, or those portions of rivers east of the crest of the Cascade range downstream from the first three hundred square miles of drainage area, whichever is longer. (RCW 90.58.030(2)(f)(v)(B)) All or portions of the following water bodies in Kittitas County are shorelines of statewide significance: • Cle Elum River • Columbia River • Kachess River • Little Naches River • Teanaway River • Yakima River • Priest Rapids Dam Reservoir • Wanapum Dam Reservoir • Cle Elum Lake • Keechelus Lake • Kachess Lake