20180242 MDNSSEPA #: 20180242
MITIGATED DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE
Proponent: NPR Holdings, LLC
Description of Proposal: Yelm Auto Recycling
Location of the Proposal: 939 Northern Pacific Road, Yelm, WA
Section/Township/Range: Section 19, Township 17 North Range 2 East, W.M.
Threshold Determination: The City of Yelm as lead agency for this action has determined
that this proposal does not have a probable significant adverse
impact on the environment. Therefore, an environmental
impact statement (EIS) will not be required under RCW
43.21C.030(2)(c). This decision was made after review of a
completed environmental checklist and other information on
file with the lead agency. This information is available to the
public on request.
Mitigating Measures: See Attachment A
Lead agency: City of Yelm
Responsible Official: Grant Beck, Community Development Director
Date of Issue: August 3, 2018
Comment Deadline: August 20, 2018
Appeal Deadline: There is no local administrative appeal of a MDNS
Grant Beck, Community Development Director
This Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance (MDNS) is issued pursuant to Washington
Administrative Code 197-11-340 (2). Comments must be submitted to Grant Beck, Community
Development Department, at City of Yelm, 105 Yelm Avenue West, Yelm, WA 98597, by August
20, 2018, at 5:00 P.M. The City of Yelm will not act on this proposal prior August 20, 2018 at 5:00
P.M.
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Published: Nisqually Valley News, Friday, August 10, 2018
Posted in public areas: Friday, August 3, 2018
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ATTACHMENT
Project Number 20180242
Findings of Fact
A. This Mitigated Determination of Non Significance is based on the project as proposed and the
impacts and potential mitigation measures reflected in the Environmental Checklist
submitted June 26, 2018, prepared by RB Engineering.
B. The City of Yelm is identified as a Critical Aquifer Recharge Area, a designated
environmentally sensitive area. Potential Impacts to groundwater quality and quantity will
be mitigated through measures that meet or exceed the standards in the Stormwater
Management Manual for Western Washington, as published by the Washington State
Department of Ecology.
C. The Mazama Pocket Gopher has been listed as a threatened species by the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife since at least 2008. Yelm has protected this species through
the implementation of the Critical Areas Code. In April, 2014, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service listed the Yelm subspecies of the Mazama Pocket Gopher as threatened under the
Endangered Species Act. While the City of Yelm is not responsible for implementation or
enforcement of the Endangered Species Act, it consults with the Service and provides notice
to applicants that the pocket gopher is a federally protected species and a permit from the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may be required.
Soil suitability maps show that the site has a moderate to low occurrence of gophers, and a
visual reconnaissance showed no evidence of gophers.
D. The auto wrecking facility has the potential for oil, gas, diesel and other petroleum based fuel
products to be stored and used. The applicant proposes to provide a spill kit. The Thurston
County Nonpoint Source Pollution Ordinance (Article VI of the Sanitary Code) provides for
protection of the county’s vulnerable water resources. It requires that hazardous waste,
petroleum products, and hazardous materials be kept in containers and stored in such a
manner and location that if the container is ruptured, the contents will not discharge, flow,
be washed, or fall into surface water or ground water.
Mitigation Measures
1. A final drainage report meeting the minimum requirements of the Stormwater Management
Manual for Western Washington, as published by the Washington State Department of
Ecology shall be submitted with civil plan submission.
2. A spill and containment plan approved by Thurston County is required.