Extends a program to streamline the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects.

The bill creates a permit pathway program to streamline the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects. It requires projects to directly benefit freshwater, estuarine, or marine fish or their habitat and be approved or funded by specific restoration programs. The Department of Ecology must make a decision on permit applications within 45 days. The multiagency permitting team, consisting of various state agencies and local governments, reviews applications. Projects must comply with flood risk reduction and cultural resource protection requirements.

Extends a program to streamline the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects.

The bill creates a permit pathway program to streamline the environmental permitting process for salmon recovery projects. It requires projects to directly benefit freshwater, estuarine, or marine fish or their habitat and be approved or funded by specific restoration programs. The Department of Ecology must make a decision on permit applications within 45 days. The multiagency permitting team, consisting of various state agencies and local governments, reviews applications. Projects must comply with flood risk reduction and cultural resource protection requirements.