SEPA Dispositive Motion

On April 20 FoSV and Futurewise filed a Dispositive SEPA Motion which asked the GMHB to require the County to do an environmental impact study. [A “dispositive” motion in our favor means the Board ruled in our favor without hearing further testimony.] You may recall that the County filled out the required State Environmental Protection Act (SEPA) checklist by answering “does not apply” to almost all (over 80) questions. In other words, the County said, “nothing to see here – the Ordinance will have no environmental impacts.” We of course know this is not true, and furthermore the County did not properly follow the legally required steps.

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