Extcutiv* Ordtr 90-04 



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Section B. Tb« Oepartment of Agricuiturt shall develop a permit system for application 

 of pesticides on or near wetlands by licensed applicators in order to assist in evaluating 

 the type, amount, and impact of pesticides used in wetlands. The Department of 

 Agriculture shall also develop a program to assess the amount of pesticides applied by 

 non-licensed persons on or near wetland areas through required reporting of sales 

 volume of pesticide products not requiring licensure for purchase; 



Section 9. The Forest Practices Board, with assistance from th« Department of 

 Ecology, is encouraged to amend both the forest practices rules and the best 

 management practices for forest practices to protect wetlands in a manner consistent 

 with this executive order; 



Section 10. The Department of Community Development shall adopt standards 

 establishing wetlands protection criteria for administration and issuance of funds 

 through its public works trust fund, community development block grant program, and 

 housing trust fund; and the Department of Trade and Economic Development shall work 

 with the Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) to develop and adopt 

 wetlands protection criteria for administration and issuance of CERB loans and grants; 



Section 11. The Department of Ecology shall give special consideration and allowance 

 to those Centennial Clean Water Act grant proposals containing wetlands protection 

 elements and shall condition any grant approvals to assure wetlands protection; 



Section 12. All state agencies shall use the following definition of mitigation, in th« 

 following order of preference: 



(1) Avoiding the impact altogether by not taking a certain action or part of an action; 



(2) Minimizing impacts by limiting the degree or magnitude of the action and its 

 implementation, by using appropriate technology, or by taking affirmative steps to 

 avoid or reduce impacts; 



(3) Rectifying the impact by repairing, rehabilitating, or restoring the affected 

 environment; 



(4) Reducing or eliminating the impact over time by preservation and maintenance 

 operations during the life of the action; 



(5) Compensating for the impact by replacing, enhancing, or providing substitute 

 resources or environments; 



(6) Monitoring the impact and taking appropriate corrective measures; 



Mitigation for individual actions may include a combination of the above measures; 



Section 13. The Department of Ecology shall develop statewide policies and standards 

 on wetlands rating systems, mitigation, buffers, restoration, and enhancement in 

 consultation with other agencies and interested parties. These policies and standards 

 shall be adopted to the extent legally permissible by all state agencies as part of their 

 SEPA policies, and shall be applied where appropriate to all licenses, permits, approvals, 

 grants and actions undertaken by state agencies; 



