The Swinomish Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) would develop and implement a PIC program with the following areas of focus:
1. The section of shoreline in the Swinomish Growing Area currently classified as prohibited. The PIC program would track sources of fecal pollution, support outreach to homeowners, provide financial assistance for inspections or pumping, and work with Swinomish Utility Authority to initiate ongoing BMPs for homeowners. These actions would improve water quality so that ultimately the entire section of shoreline would achieve approved status.
2. The unclassified section of shoreline located north of Kukutali Preserve and south of Turner’s Bay in the Similk Bay Growing Area. This area is currently being classified by DOH with Swinomish DEP assistance. There are 2-3 years of data collection left prior to classification. The PIC program would initiate additional pollution source-tracking and correction to ensure that this area will achieve approved status.
3. Current locations of active shellfishing and special concern for Tribal Treaty Rights to ensure that fecal pollution sources are identified and corrected and that they can continue subsistence, ceremonial and commercial harvest in these areas.