The Washington Department of Ecology is conducting an interim update to the Central Puget Sound Geographic Response Plan (GRP). An important part of the update process is hearing from the people who live, work, and play in the GRP area. To facilitate this, a public comment period will be open from Friday 1/31/2025 at 8:00AM to 3/1/2025 at 5:00PM.
Description of the Planning Area
The CPS-GRP boundary spans the marine waters between Norma Beach in Snohomish County to the north, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to the south, the Montlake Bridge to the east, and Dyes Inlet to the west. It shares borders with several other GRPs, including Admiralty Inlet, Hood Canal, Lake Washington, Green River/Duwamish, Puyallup/White Rivers, and South Puget Sound. The larger communities include Lynnwood, Edmonds, Shoreline, Indianola, Poulsbo, Bainbridge, Bremerton, Port Orchard, Silverdale, Seattle, Burien, Vashon, Federal Way, Tacoma, and Gig Harbor, as well as portions of Snohomish County, King County, Kitsap County, and Pierce County.
What are Geographic Response Plans?
Geographic Response Plans (GRPs) are used to guide early response actions in the event of an oil spill. Ecology develops and updates GRPs in collaboration with state, local and federal agencies and tribes. Each GRP is written for a specific area (for example a river, a lake, or section of Puget Sound), and includes tactical response strategies tailored to a particular shore or waterway at risk of injury from oil.
GRPs have two main objectives:
Identify sensitive natural, cultural or significant economic resources at risk of injury from oil spills.
Describe and prioritize response strategies in an effort to reduce injury to sensitive natural, cultural, and certain economic resources at risk from oil spills.
The Washington Department of Ecology is conducting an interim update to the Central Puget Sound Geographic Response Plan (GRP). An important part of the update process is hearing from the people who live, work, and play in the GRP area. To facilitate this, a public comment period will be open from Friday 1/31/2025 at 8:00AM to 3/1/2025 at 5:00PM.
Description of the Planning Area
The CPS-GRP boundary spans the marine waters between Norma Beach in Snohomish County to the north, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to the south, the Montlake Bridge to the east, and Dyes Inlet to the west. It shares borders with several other GRPs, including Admiralty Inlet, Hood Canal, Lake Washington, Green River/Duwamish, Puyallup/White Rivers, and South Puget Sound. The larger communities include Lynnwood, Edmonds, Shoreline, Indianola, Poulsbo, Bainbridge, Bremerton, Port Orchard, Silverdale, Seattle, Burien, Vashon, Federal Way, Tacoma, and Gig Harbor, as well as portions of Snohomish County, King County, Kitsap County, and Pierce County.
What are Geographic Response Plans?
Geographic Response Plans (GRPs) are used to guide early response actions in the event of an oil spill. Ecology develops and updates GRPs in collaboration with state, local and federal agencies and tribes. Each GRP is written for a specific area (for example a river, a lake, or section of Puget Sound), and includes tactical response strategies tailored to a particular shore or waterway at risk of injury from oil.
GRPs have two main objectives:
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