(1) Any Department within the City receiving an application for or initiating a proposal that involves a nonexempt action will forward the environmental documents to the responsible official for a determination of lead agency under WAC 197-11-050, 197-11-253, and 197-11-922 through 197-11-940, unless the lead agency has been previously determined or the responsible official is aware that another agency is in the process of determining the lead agency.

(2) When the City is the lead agency for a proposal, the responsible official will supervise compliance with the threshold determination requirements and, if an EIS is necessary, will supervise preparation of the EIS.

(3) When the City is not the lead agency for a proposal, all Departments will use and consider, as appropriate, either the DNS or the final EIS of the lead agency in making decision on the proposal. No Department will prepare or require preparation of a DNS or EIS in addition to that prepared by the lead agency, unless required under WAC 197-11-

600. In some cases, the City may conduct supplemental environmental review under WAC 197-11-600.

(4) If the City receives a lead agency determination made by another agency that appears inconsistent with the criteria of WAC 197-11-253 or 197-11-922 through 197-11-940, it may object to the determination. Any objection must be made to the agency originally making the determination and resolved within 15 days of receipt of the determination, or the City will petition the Department of Ecology for a lead agency determination under WAC 197-11-946 within the 15-day time period. The responsible official may initiate any such petition after approval of the City Council.

(5) The responsible official is authorized to make agreements as to the lead agency status of shared lead agency duties for a proposal under WAC 197-11-942 and 197-11-944; provided, that the responsible official and any Department that will incur responsibilities as a result of such agreement approve the agreement.

(6) When making a lead agency determination for a private project, the responsible official will require sufficient information from the applicant to identify which other agencies have jurisdiction over the proposal.

(7) When the City is the lead agency for an MTCA remedial action, the Department of Ecology will be provided an opportunity under WAC 197-11-253(5) to review the environmental documents prior to public notice being provided. If the SEPA and MTCA documents are issued together with one public comment period under WAC 197-11-253(6), the City will decide jointly with the Department of Ecology who receives the comment letters and how copies of the comment letters will be distributed to the other agency. (Ord. 102-98 § 2)