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April 28, 2011 Proposed combined sewer overflow projects pose no significant environmental impacts Environmental Impact Statement not needed; public comment period to run from April 28 through May 16King County’s Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) today issued an environmental review of two proposed projects to control combined sewer overflows (CSOs) in Puget Sound near West Seattle and North Beach. The reviews were conducted in accordance with the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA). King County issued a SEPA Determination of Non-Significance, or DNS, for the Murray Avenue CSO project in West Seattle, which would entail building a 1-million-gallon storage tank beneath private property across from Seattle’s Lowman Beach Park. A DNS was also issued for a proposal to build a 230,000-gallon underground storage tank in the street right-of-way adjacent to the North Beach Pump Station in northwest Seattle. The SEPA process requires WTD to fully evaluate the environmental impacts of its projects and to document and make public the findings. The DNS was issued after the agency determined that the projects do not have probable significant adverse impacts on the environment, and that an Environmental Impact Statement for the projects isn’t required under the conditions of state law. King County is proposing these projects to protect public health and the environment by reducing the volumes of untreated combined sanitary sewage and stormwater released to Puget Sound during heavy rains. People can find additional information about the proposed projects on the Web at
http://www.kingcounty.gov/csobeachprojects. To review the projects’ SEPA documents, please visit the Web at http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wtd/Programs/EnvPlanning.aspx. Documents for the Murray CSO project will also be available to review at the Seattle Public Library West Seattle Branch, 2306 42nd Ave. S.W., Seattle. Documents for the North Beach project can be viewed at the Seattle Public Library Ballard Branch, 5614 22nd Ave. N.W. People can submit written comments on the SEPA determinations by mail through May 16, 2011, to: Wesley Sprague, Supervisor, Community Services and Environmental Planning
King County Wastewater Treatment Division
201 South Jackson Street, MS: KSC-NR-0505
Seattle, WA 98104-3855. For more information about the Murray Basin and North Beach CSO Control Project environmental reviews please contact Sue Meyer at 206-684-1171 or email sue.meyer@kingcounty.gov. For general information about the Murray Basin CSO Control Project, please contact Doug Marsano at 206-684-1235 or doug.marsano@kingcounty.gov. For general information about the North Beach CSO Control Project, please contact Monica Van der Vieren at 206-263-7301 or monica.vandervieren@kingcounty.gov. Note to editors and reporters: Visit the WTD Newsroom, a portal to information for the news media about the Wastewater Treatment Division, King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks: http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wtd/Newsroom.aspx ### People enjoy clean water and a healthy environment because of King County's wastewater treatment program. The county’s Wastewater Treatment Division protects public health, the environment and the economy by serving 17 cities, 17 local sewer districts and more than 1.5 million residents in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties. Formerly called Metro, the regional clean-water agency now operated by King County has been preventing water pollution for nearly 50 years. Related information
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