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Bill would let counties invest culvert upgrade funds at higher‑benefit sites after emergency repairs
Summary
Senate Bill 6154 would let local governments apply for an exception to HPA timelines and invest funds from emergency culvert replacements into higher‑priority watershed projects that yield greater fish habitat benefit, rather than upgrading low‑benefit emergency sites to modern standards within five years.
Senate Bill 6154 would amend hydraulic project approval (HPA) rules to allow greater flexibility after emergency culvert replacements by permitting local governments to apply for an exception from the two‑year "substantial progress" requirement and, where an emergency site provides little habitat benefit, allow equivalent resources to be invested at a higher‑priority fish passage site within the jurisdiction's watershed strategy.
Committee staff summarized the HPA program: an HPA…
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