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Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program RCW Chapter 43.21C, the state Environmental Policy Act. p. The external or internal retrofittinq of an existinq structure with the exclusive purpose of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.) or to otherwise provide phvsical access to the structure bv individuals with disabilities. e&_A public or private project that is designed to improve fish or wildlife habitat or fish passage, when all of the following apply: i. The project has been approved in writing by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife;ii. The project has received hydraulic project approval by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife pursuant to RCW Chapter 77.55; andiii. The County determines that the project is substantially consistent with the Shoreline Master Program. The County shall make such determination in a timely manner and provide it by letter to the project proponent. iv. Fish habitat enhancement projects that conform to the provisions of RCW 77.55.181 are determined to be consistent with local shoreline Master Programs, as follows: (a) ln order to receive the permit review and approval process created in this Section, a fish habitat enhancement project must meet the criteria under p.iv(a)(1) and (2) of this subsection: (1) A fish habitat enhancement project must be a project to accomplish one or more of the following tasks: (i) Elimination of human-made fish passage barriers, including culvert repair and replacement, and fish passaqe b removal proiects that complv with the forest practices rules. as the term "forest practices rules" is defined bv RCW 76.09.020: 9L;(ii) Restoration of an eroded or unstable stream bank employing the principle of bioengineering, including limited use of rock as a stabilization only at the toe of the bank, and with primary emphasis on using native vegetation to control the erosive forces of flowing water; or(iii) Placement of woody debris or other instream structures that benefit naturally reproducing fish stocks. ne+ivet€Afstefs- ({tt{jyl_The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife shall develop size or scale threshold tests to determine if projects accomplishing any of these tasks should be evaluated under the process created in this Section or under other project review and approval processes. A project proposal shall not be reviewed under the process created in this Section if the Chapter 7 March 7,2016 146