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Permitting
 Grette Associates provides permitting
services for a range of projects and actions from single docks and restoration
sites to major port redevelopment and public infrastructure projects.
These include Corps 401 and Section 10 Permits, State Hydraulic Approvals, Water
Quality Certifications, Shoreline and Critical Areas review as well as the
supporting documents and characterizations that compile a complete permit
application. Our approach to aquatic environmental permitting is more than
the simple "fill and file" approach. Rather we have developed a strategy
where the permit approach is initiated in project design, presentation and
permit coordination. The regulatory atmosphere today is constantly
changing, offering new challenges that cannot be met by recycling past
approaches. Every project we undertake at Grette Associates is analyzed to
design the most efficient permitting package for the project purpose and
location. Permit procedures and timelines are varied and increasingly
sequenced between state, federal and local entities, so a thorough knowledge of
the processes and the relationships between regulatory groups is essential to a
timely and workable permit.
Featured Projects
Leach Creek Holding Basin Permit Evaluation, City of Tacoma Public
Works Department: Grette
Associates is providing permitting strategy and planning for dredging within a
stormwater detention facility constructed from a 35-acre forested wetland.
The Corps of Engineers and Department of Ecology are exercising jurisdiction
over the stormwater facility since it was constructed from existing wetlands.
Our approach is to mitigate on-site by providing habitat features to juvenile
coho salmon within the facility.
Crystal Springs Creek Daylighting, City of Tacoma Public Works
Department: Subsequent to receiving permits for stormwater system upgrades near
Titlow Park, the City of Tacoma identified an opportunity to daylight a reach of
Crystal Springs that is currently conveyed to the Narrows in a stormwater
outfall. Grette Associates worked with the City and their engineering
consultant to design an engineered stream reach between 6th Avenue and Titlow
Lagoon. The project will resulted in a net increase of aquatic habitat within
Titlow Park.
Mercer Slough Fish
Ladder Replacement Project, City of Bellevue: Grette Associates was responsible for
obtaining State and Federal permits for replacement of a fish ladder at the
mouth of Kelsey Creek, (Mercer Slough) in Bellevue Washington. The project
qualified for a Fish Habitat Enhancement Project exemption from SEPA.
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