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<br /> <br />Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />Chapter 7 147 <br />March 7, 2016 <br />Washington State Department of Ecology determines that the <br />scale of the project raises concerns regarding public health and <br />safety; and <br />The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife shall develop <br />size or scale threshold tests to determine if projects accomplishing <br />any of these tasks should be evaluated under the process created in <br />this Section or under other project review and approval processes. A <br />project proposal shall not be reviewed under the process created in <br />this Section if the Washington State Department of Ecology <br />determines that the scale of the project raises concerns regarding <br />public health and safety; and <br />(2) A fish habitat enhancement project must be approved in one of the <br />following ways: <br />(i) By the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife <br />pursuant to RCW Chapter 77.95 or 77.100; <br />(ii) By the sponsor of a watershed restoration plan as provided in <br />RCW Chapter 89.08; <br />(iii) By the Washington State Department of Ecology Fish and <br />Wildlife as a WDFW-sponsored fish habitat enhancement or <br />restoration project; <br />(iv) Through the review and approval process for the Jobs for the <br />Environment Program; <br />(v) Through the review and approval process for conservation <br />district-sponsored projects, where the project complies with <br />design standards established by the Conservation <br />Commission through interagency agreement with the U. S. <br />Fish and Wildlife Service and the Natural Resource <br />Conservation Service; <br />(vi) Through a formal grant program established by the Legislature <br />or the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife for <br />fish habitat enhancement or restoration; and <br />(vii) Through other formal review and approval processes <br />established by the Legislature.Through the Department of <br />Transportation’s environmental retrofit program as a stand- <br />alone fish passage barrier correction project; and <br />(viii) Through a local, state, or federally approved fish barrier <br />removal grant program designed to assist local governments <br />in implementing stand-alone fish barrier corrections; and <br />(ix) By a city or county for a stand-alone fish passage barrier <br />correction project funded by the city or county; and <br />(vii)(x) Through the approval process established for forest <br />practices hydraulic projects in Chapter 76.08 RCW. <br /> <br />(b) Fish habitat enhancement projects meeting the criteria of p.iv.A of this <br />subsection are expected to result in beneficial impacts to the