Lake Erie Pit LLC Gravel Mine Expansion Near Rosario Road
Special Use Permit Application PL16-0556
 Lake Erie Pit LLC has proposed to expand its gravel mine operation near Rosairo Road. The existing 17.78 acre gravel mining operation is proposed to expand to the south. Increasing the surface area of the mine to a total of 53.5 acres. Gravel will continue to be processed onsite, removed by truck/trailer and transported to market.
Depending on market demand, gravel mining production may increase to 60,000 tons per year for an anticipated 60 years. The site is accessed from Rosario Road on an existing private gravel driveway. The subject site is located within the Rural Resource-Natural Resource Land zoning designation and within the mineral resource overlay. The project description, SEPA checklist, traffic studies, hydrogeologic and critical areas site assessments are provided below. The public hearing for the application occurred on August 26th and was continued by the Hearing Examiner. Another public comment period and hearing before the Hearing Examiner will follow.
Unless otherwise specified, dates in parenthesis represent the document’s own date, not the Department’s date of receipt.
- Evergreen Island’s 4/19/24 Response to Northwest Groundwater Consultants LLC 2/29/24 Report
- Hearing Examiner Notice of Hearing (Hearing Date: 5/8/24)
- Third Party Review of the Lake Erie Pit Groundwater Evaluation by Northwest Groundwater Consultants LLC (NWGC report) 2/29/24 (Received 4/1/24)
- Lake Erie Gravel Mine/Pit Groundwater Evaluation; From: NW Groundwater Consultants, LLC; (Received: 2/29/24)
- Skagit County Planning & Development Services Department -Bill Wooding Extension of Time (1/4/24)
- 10/10/23 PDS letter to the applicant requesting additional information.
- Hearing Examiner’s 10/6/2023 Referral to PDS
- Board of County Commissioners decision on the 9/29/23 Closed Record Public Hearing concerning appeal of Hearing Examiner’s 7/13/23 Remand Decision/Approval
(Posted 10/6/2023)
- PDS 9/29/2023 Presentation to BOCC
- Sunset Lane Rebuttal
- Evergreen Islands Rebuttal
- Planning and Development Services Memo to Board of County Commissioners & Response to Appellants
- Appellant Evergreen Island Brief, PL23-0363
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Appellant Sunset Lane Association Brief, PL23-0380
- July 27, 2023 Sunset Lane Association’s appeal of July 13, 2023 Hearing Examiner’s Remand Decision
- July 27, 2023 Evergreen Island’s appeal of July 13, 2023 Hearing Examiner’s Remand Decision
- July 13, 2023 Notice of Decision on Remand
- July 13, 2023, Hearing Examiner’s Findings, Conclusions, and Decision on Remand; Lake Erie Special Use Permit, PL16-0556
- Hearing Examiner Memo, Addendum to Staff Report, and Exhibits, 6/28/2023
- Skagit County Planning & Development Services Graphic Presentation to Hearing Examiner, June 28, 2023
The Skagit County Hearing Examiner held a Public Hearing on Wednesday, June 28, 2023, AT 1:00 PM to review the remanded items required by the Hearing Examiner on March 9, 2021 for Special Use Permit Application PL16-0556 submitted by Lake Erie Pit 1, LLC | Notice
- Revised Response to Evergreen Islands 11/18/2022 Letter
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Revised Third Party Review
- Evergreen Island Letter (June 23, 2023 )
- Email & letter - Evergreen Islands Response to Watershed Co Memo (March 3, 2023 )
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Evergreen Islands Response to Geological Report (November 18, 2022
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- Watershad Company: Response to Evergreen Island Communication (January 18, 2022)
- Lake Erie’s Gravel Mine Special Use Permit Application PL16-0556, Geologic-Hazard Site Assessment Third Party Review
- Geo Hazard Site Assessment (August 12, 2022)
- Hearing Examiner Decision (October 15, 2021)
- Skagit County Response (October 6, 2021)
- Taylor Affidavit Lake Erie Pit 1 LLC (September 22, 2021)
- PL21-0421-Order Denying Evergreen Island's Intervention (September 13, 2021)
- PL21-0421 Prehearing Order (September 8, 2021)
- Lake Erie Mine Appeal PL21-0421 Response to Motion to Intervene (September 7, 2021)
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Canyon GeoHazard Services Scoping Timeline (September 7, 2021)
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Applicant's Appeal of Decision (August 3, 2021)
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Notice of Decision (July 28, 2021)
- Hearing Examiner Decision, PL16-0556 (November 30, 2020)
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Evergreen Island Notice of Appeal to Hearing Examiner Decision, PL16-0556 (November 30, 2020)
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Public Comments
- Hearing Examiner: Lake Erie pit continuance PL16-0556 (August 31, 2020)
- Staff Report to Hearing Examiner (8/26/2020)
- Environmental Review Staff Report
- SEPA threshold determination (December 3, 2019)
- Lake Erie Pit Well Reconnaissance Report (March 11, 2019)
- Groundwater Well Reconnaissance (3/11/2019)
- Skagit County Public Works Department Expansion to Lake Erie Gravel Pit -Review of Traffic Impacts (March 1, 2018)
- Observation well report (September 28, 2017)
- SEPA Checklist (June 8, 2017)
- TIA Addendum (5/12/2017)
- Critical areas Reconnaissance (February 24, 2017)
- Special Use Permit Application & Narrative (12/22/2016)
- Air Quality BMPs Memo (12/2/2016)
- Lake Erie Gravel pit Traffic Impact Analysis (December 2, 2016)
- Hydrogeologic site assessment (September 28, 2016)
- Site Plan & Elevations (September 28, 2016)
- Noise Study (September 16, 2016)
- Lake Erie Pit Expansion Noise Study (September 16, 2016)
- Lake Erie Pit Air Quality best management practices recommendations (September 15, 2016)
For more information, contact:
Kevin Cricchio, AICP, ISA
Senior Planner
kcricchio@co.skagit.wa.us
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