A 2006 Pilot Study of Hydraulic Permit Compliance, Implementation, and Effectiveness in Region 6

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SUMMARY We conducted a pilot study of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Hydraulic Project Approval (HPA) program compliance, implementation, and effectiveness by reviewing 58 recently completed HPA permits. The review process evaluated projects by measuring the type of provisions in the permit (provision rate); the compliance rate, which measured the type and number of provisions that were followed in the field; and the implementation rate, which measured project outcomes regardless of whether those outcome s were associated with provisions. In addition, we qualitatively judged the effectiveness of projects to meet standards defined in the language of the Hydraulic Code rules (WAC 220-110). Effectiveness was ranked on a scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high) based on three criteria: 1) Ability of the provisions to protect public resources, 2) Ability of provisions to meet no net loss of habitat/function, and 3) Ability of mitigation to compensate impacts beyond avoid and minimize. We evaluated five project types including 15 fresh water bank protection, 14 from marine bank protection, 14 from culvert installation, 9 from bridge construction, and 6 marine over-water projects. Including process, travel, and evaluation time, a single HPA assessment required approximately seven person hours to complete. In general, permits contained approximately 75% of the important and applicable provisions for each permit type with marine bank protection tending to have the highest and culvert projects the lowest provision rates. Provision, compliance, and implementation rates were highest for marine bank protection followed by fresh water bank protection and then culverts.

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