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NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL OF DETERMINATION OF NONSIGNIFICANCE (DNS) FOR SEPA 26-01
Whitman County Revisions to Chapter 19.61 - Commercial Wind Energy Facilities - in the Whitman County Code. Whitman County proposes to amend development regulations in Whitman County Code Chapter 19.61 pertaining to the development of Commercial Wind Energy Facilities in the Agricultural District. Commercial wind energy facilities are already conditionally allowed in the district. The effect of the proposed amendments will be the application of more rigorous development standards on commercial wind energy facilities in Whitman County than exist today. The amendments would not add or eliminate any land use districts (zones) in Whitman County where commercial wind energy facilities are conditionally allowed. The location of the proposal is all of the Agricultural District in Whitman County, WA. Proponent: Whitman County, Alan Thomson, PO Box 430, 310 N. Main, 2nd Floor Public Service Building, Colfax, WA 99111, 509-397-5211, alan.thomson@whitmancounty.gov. Whitman County, as the SEPA lead agency for the proposal, is withdrawing the SEPA threshold determination of Non-Significance to correct an error in the attachment to the January 8, 2026, DNS issued on January 8, 2026. A new threshold determination is being issued on February 5, 2026, and a new notice and comment period will be provided per WAC 197-11-340(3)(c