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v. Through the review and approval process for conservation district- sponsored projects, where the project complies with design standards established by the Conservation Commission through interagency agreement with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Natural Resou rce Conservation Service; vi. Through a formal grant program established by the Legislature or the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife for fish habitat en hancement or restoration; and vii. Threugh ether ferma retrofit program as a stand-alone fish passage barrier correction project; and viii. Through a local, state, or federally approved fish barrier removal grant program designed to assist local governments in implementing stand- alone fish passage barrier corrections; and ix. By a city or county for a stand-alone fish passage barrier correction project funded by the city of county; and vii.x. fhrough the app projects in chapter 76.08 RCW. b. Fish habitat enhancement projects meeting the criteria of p.iv(a) of this subsection are expected to result in beneficial impacts to the environment. Decisions pertaining to fish habitat enhancement projects meeting the criteria of p.iv(a) of this subsection and being reviewed and approved according to the provisions of this Section are not subject to the requirements of RCW 43.21C.030 (2Xc). c. A hydraulic project approval (HPA) permit is required for projects that meet the criteria of p.iv(a) of this subsection and are being reviewed and approved under this Section. An applicant shall use a joint aquatic resource permit (JARPA) application form developed by the Office of Regulatory Assistance to apply for approval under this chapter. On the same day, the applicant shall provide copies of the completed application form to the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife and to each appropriate local government agency. Local governments shall accept the application as notice of the proposed project. The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife shall provide a fifteen-(1S)-day comment period during which it will receive comments regarding environmental impacts. Within forty-five (45) days, the Washington State Department of .Eeelegry Fish and Wildlife shall either issue a permit, with or without conditions, deny approval, or make a determination that the review and approval process created by this Section is not appropriate for the proposed project. Eee{regyWQflAlshall base this determination on identification during the comment period of adverse impacts that cannot be mitigated by the conditioning of a permit. lf Eee+egy WDFW determines that the review and approval process created by this Section is not appropriate for the proposed project, eeebgliWDEMlshall notify the applicant and the appropriate local governments of its determination. The applicant may reapply for approval of the project under other review and approval processes. Any person aggrieved by the approval, denial, conditioning,