Tribe Access Road Determination LetterCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 33325 8th Avenue South Federal Way, WA 98003-6325
253-835-7000
www.cityoffederalway.com
Jim Ferrell, Mayor
August 26, 2021
Drew Harris
Momentum Civil Engineering Consultants
1145 Broadway, Suite 115
Tacoma, WA 98402
drewh@momentumcivil.com
Re: File #21-101955-00-SE; SEPA THRESHOLD DETERMINATION
Puyallup Tribe Cemetery Access Road, South 376th Street, Federal Way
Dear Drew Harris:
The city has reviewed the environmental checklist submitted for the Puyallup Tribe Cemetery Access
Road. It has been determined that the proposal will not have a probable significant adverse impact on
the environment. As a result, an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is not required to comply
with the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA). A copy of the Determination of Nonsignificance
(DNS) is enclosed.
A 14-day comment period is required by the SEPA rules (WAC 197-11-340). A notice inviting
comments will be published in the Federal Way Mirror, posted onsite, posted on the official public
notification board, city website, and mailed to all property owners within 300 feet of the site on
August 27, 2021. At the end of the comment period, the department will determine if the DNS
should be withdrawn, modified, or issued as proposed. All final determinations may be appealed
within 21 days (October 1, 2021) following the comment deadline. No licenses, permits, or
approvals will be issued until completion of the appeal period.
Our decision not to require an EIS does not mean that the license, permit, or approval you are seeking
from the city has been granted. Approval or denial of the proposal will be made by the appropriate
administrative or legislative body vested with that authority.
After a final decision has been made on your proposal (i.e., after a permit has been issued), you may,
but are not required to, publish a Notice of Action as set forth in RCW 43.21C.075. The Notice of
Action sets forth a time period after which no legal challenges regarding the proposal’s compliance
Drew Harris
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with SEPA can be made. A copy of the Notice of Action form and copies of RCW 43.21C.080 and
WAC 197-11-680 providing instructions for giving this notice are available from the Department of
Community Development.
The city is not responsible for publishing the Notice of Action. However, the city is responsible for
giving a notice (to parties of record) stating the date for commencing a judicial appeal (including the
SEPA portion of that appeal) if your proposal is one for which the city’s action on it has a specified
time period within which any court appeals must be made.
Questions regarding the environmental review component should be directed to me at 253-835-
2652, or jim.harris@cityoffederalway.com.
Sincerely,
Jim Harris
Senior Planner
Enc: DNS
c: Andrew.Strobel@PuyallupTribe-nsn.gov