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Planning and Development Services

Concrete Nor'west Gravel Operation Near Grip Road

Notice of Decision, Published 6/13/2024
Concrete Norwest SUP and SEPA MDNS Appeal Decision 6/11/24
Concrete NorWest Index
Concrete NorWest Bates Numbered (8/23/24)
Cougar Peak LLC Reconsideration Request PL24-0058
Central Samish Valley Neighbors Reconsideration Request PL24-0061
Cougar Peak LLC Appeal PL24-0045
Central Samish Valley Neighbors Appeal PL24-0064
Notice of Decision, Concrete NorWest, PL16-0097, PL16-0098, & PL22-0142 (21/2024)
Hearing Examiners Final Decision (2/1/2024)
Hearing Examiner Files: September 23, 2022
- Documents and Exhibits
- Audio | Transcriptions
Presentation to Hearing Examiner (8/26/22)
Additional Public Comments Received (8/25/22)
Comments Received after Notice of Hearing Issued to 7/8/22
Miles Sand and Gravel : SEPA MDNS Comments
Miles Sand and Gravel: Reply to Public Comments regarding February 24, 2022 SEPA MDNS Comments (3/18/22)
Impact Assessment & Mitigation Plan (12/2021)
Miles Sand and Gravel: Critcal Areas Assessment [45MB] (12/13/21)
Miles Sand and Gravel: Reply to Washington State Department of Ecology's public comments regarding February 24, 2022
SEPA MONS
Geo-Tech Report: Response to Skagit County Geologic Hazard Requirement (12/16/21)
Miles Sand and Gravel: Reply to Skagit County PL21-0348 (12/21/21)

Special Use Permit Application PL16-0097

Appeal PL18-0200
Documents related to the Appeal PL18-0200 can be located here.

Concrete Nor'west has proposed a gravel mine operation near Grip Road. Gravel will be removed from the site by truck and trailer and transported to market or one of Concrete Nor'west's nearby facilities for processing. The site is accessed from Grip Road on an existing private gravel road. The subject site is located within the Rural Resource-Natural Resource Land zone and within the mineral resource overlay.

Submit comments via our webform at www.skagitcounty.net/pdscomments.

Unless otherwise specified, dates in parenthesis represent the document’s own date, not the Department’s date of receipt.

Complete Beacon Plan
Private Internal Road Asbuilt
Reply to Washington State Department of Ecology’s public comments regarding February 24, 2022 SEPA MDNS (3/18/22)
Reply to Public Comments regarding February 24, 2022 SEPA MDNS Comments (3/18/22)
Public Comments Received -2022 Issued SEPA MDNS
Agency & Department Comments Received -2022 Issued SEPA MDNS
Issued Mitigated Determination Of Nonsignificance SEPA MDNS + Checklist (2/24/2022)
Notice of withdraw of the SEPA MDNS (4/15/2021)
Notice of Withdrawn and Reissued Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance (MDNS) (4/15/2021)
Comment letters (Posted 5/10/21): Received Online | Mailed in | Received via email
Comment from Wallace Groda received 2/21/21
Comment from Wallace Groda received 2/4/21
Comments on SEPA received 11-24-20
- Comment Letters
- Fish and Wildlife, and Water Quality, November 2020
Applicant Submittal (October 8, 2020)
- Cover Letter
- Grip Road Mine Traffic Impact Analysis
- Grip Road Beacon Plan Sheet 1
- Grip Road Beacon Plan Sheet 2
- Grip Road Beacon Plan Sheet 3
- Grip Road Beacon Plan Sheet 4
- Grip Road Access Plan
- Grip Road Access Plan
- Fugitive Dust Control Plan (Posted 4/4/22)
- Site Plan & Reclamation Maps (Posted 4/4/22)

Comments received through May 25, 2020 (January 1, 2019 – May 25, 2020)
Video: Central Samish Valley Neighbors Forum (Recorded June 10, 2020)
Concrete Nor’West Documents submitted to Planning and Development Services from January 1, 2019 to June 1, 2020.
- HDR Memorandum: Grip Road Gravel Pit Traffic Impact Analysis by County Staff (May 14, 2020)
- HDR Memorandum: Grip Road Gravel Pit Traffic Impact Analysis by Applicant (April 28, 2020)
- DN Traffic Memorandum (April 13, 2020)
- Hearing Examiner's Ruling on Appeal (October 17, 2019)
- Updated Noise and Vibration Study (October 7, 2019)
- CNW Technical reports and addendum list (August 16, 2019)
- Prosecutor's office letter to Hearing Examiner (August 7, 2019)
- Hearing Examiner Revised Schedule (August 7, 2019)
- CNW Supplemental SEPA checklist Information (August 2, 2019)
- CNW (Lynn) letter to Hearing Examiner (August 1, 2019)
- CNW (Semrau Engineering & Surveying) Additional Response letter (June 21, 2019)
- CNW Alternative Road Standard Request (June 14, 2019)
- Hearing Examiner Memorandum (May 22, 2019)
- CNW (Lynn) letter to Hearing Examiner (May 17, 2019)
- Prosecutor's office letter to Hearing Examiner (May15, 2019)
- CNW (Lynn) letter to Prosecutor's office (April 25, 2019)
- Hearing Examiner Memorandum (March 29, 2019)
- CNW (Lynn) Letter to Hearing Examiner (March 22, 2019)
- CNW (Lynn) letter to Prosecutor's office (February 27, 2019)
- Procecutor's office letter to CNW (Lynn) (February 22, 2019)
- CNW (Lynn) letter to Prosecuter's office (January 29, 2019)
Concrete Nor’Wests revised response package to PDS request for additional information (received December 7, 2018)
- Revised cover letter (December 7, 2018)
- Revised application narrative (August 2, 2018)
- Updated Noise and Vibration study (November 21, 2018)
Concrete Nor’wests response package to PDS request for additional information (received September 17, 2018)
- Cover Letter (September 14, 2018)
- Revised Application Narrative (August 2, 2018)
- Drawings indicating a 300 foot buffer from the Samish River (July 31, 2018)
- Updated Noise and vibration study (July 18, 2018)
- Site Management Plan (received September 17, 2018)
- Private Internal Road As-Built drawings (September 13, 2018)

Previously submitted documents included in the this submittal

Cultural Resource assessment (March 9, 2017)
Grip Mine Fugitive Dust Control Plan (March 2016)
Traffic Addendum report (November 30, 2016)
Fish and Wildlife Site Assessment (August 20, 2015)
Samish River OHWM (May 18, 2015)
Fish and Wildife addendum (April 18, 2017)
Hydrogeologic Site Assessment (August 21, 2015)

Comments received through December 31, 2018 (September 7 – December 31, 2018)
Comments received through September 6, 2018 (June 2, 2018 – September 6, 2018)
Comments received through June 1, 2018 (April 1, 2018 – June 1, 2018)
Denial of application for Failure to Timely Submit the Requested Information (Dated April 5, 2018)
Notice of Decision (Issued April 10, 2018)
Comments received through March 31, 2018 (February 1, 2018 – March 31, 2018)
Concrete Nor’west’s response package to PDS request for additional information (received February 23, 2018).

Cover letter (February 23, 2018)
Noise and Vibration study (February 20, 2018)
Amended Sand & Gravel General Permit (received February 23, 2018)
Samish River Ordinary High Water Mark/Wetland Edge (May 18, 2015)
Amended special use permit form (received February 23, 2018)

Comments received through January 31, 2018 (January 1, 2018- January 31, 2018)
Comments received through December 31, 2017 (June 8, 2017- December 31, 2017)
Concrete Nor’West Letter to PDS (November 21, 2017)
County’s Response to Concrete Nor’West’s September 21, 2017 Letter (October 24, 2017)
Concrete Nor’west response to PDS request for additional information (received September 21, 2017)
- Environmental protection plan (received September 21, 2017)
Response to Concrete Nor'West May 15, 2017 Letter (PL16-0097) (July 6, 2017)
Concrete Nor’west response package to PDS request for additional information (received May 16, 2017)

Cover letter (May 15, 2017)
Addendum to Fish and Wildlife site assessment (April 18, 2017)
Bridge Load Rating memorandum (April 13, 2017)
Addendum to Traffic Analysis, Maximum Daily Truck Traffic (November 30, 2016)
Sand & Gravel General Permit (February 17, 2016)
Concrete Nor'west (Trillium) Timber Management Plan (November 5, 2009)
Cultural Resources Assessment (March 9, 2017)

Comments received through June 7, 2017 (April 19 - June 7, 2017)
Comments received through April 8, 2017 (March 8 - April 18, 2017)
Application Status Letter (March 15, 2017)
Letter from PDS to Concrete Nor’West requesting more information (March 14, 2017)
Comments received through March 7, 2017 (February 5 - March 7, 2017)
Comments received through February 3, 2017 (January 23 - February 3, 2017)
Comments received through January 23, 2017 (January 23, 2017)
Notice of Development Application (published December 15, 2016)
Planning & Development Services Staff Report (September 12, 2016)
Letter from WA State Department of Ecology (June 1, 2016)
SEPA Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance (May 26, 2016)
Letter of Completeness (received March 7, 2016)
Special Use Permit Application PL16-0097 (received March 7, 2016)
- Application PL16-0097 (March 7, 2016)

SEPA Checklist (March 2, 2016)

Preliminary Traffic Information Plan (February 8, 2016)
Hydrology Assessment (August 21, 2015)
Graham-Bunting Associated Fish and Wildlife Site Assessment (August 20, 2015)

Forest Practice Conversion Permit, PL16-0098

For more information, contact:

Kevin Cricchio, AICP, ISA
Senior Planner
kcricchio@co.skagit.wa.us