The Washington Department of Ecology is updating the Admiralty Inlet Geographic Response Plan (GRP). An important part of the update process is hearing from the people who live, work, and play in the GRP area. To facilitate this, a public comment period will be open from Friday 2/20/2026 – 3/20/2026.
Coupeville to the north, Port Hadlock and Port Ludlow on the west, Whidbey Island on the east, and Port Gamble and Edmonds, south. Also included in the planning area is the north end of Hood Canal north of the Hood Canal Bridge. Fully or partially, the cities of Port Townsend and unincorporated Port Hadlock-Irondale, Port Ludlow, Port Gamble, Hansville, Coupeville, Kingston, and city of Mukilteo are within the planning area. The planning area falls within Kitsap, Jefferson, Island, and Snohomish counties. The planning area includes several bays, including Port Gamble, Bywater, Port Ludlow, Mats Mats, Oak Bays, Mystery Bay, Scow Bay, Port Townsend, Glen Cove and Skunk Bays, Admiralty Bay, Mutiny Bay, Useless Bay and Cultus Bays, and fully encompasses Indian and Marrowstone Islands.
What are Geographic Response Plans?
Geographic Response Plans (GRPs) are used to guide early response actions in the event of an oil spill. Ecology develops and updates GRPs in collaboration with state, local and federal agencies and tribes. Each GRP is written for a specific area (for example a river, a lake, or section of Puget Sound), and includes tactical response strategies tailored to a particular shore or waterway at risk of injury from oil.
GRPs have two main objectives:
Identify sensitive natural, cultural or significant economic resources at risk of injury from oil spills.
Describe and prioritize response strategies in an effort to reduce injury to sensitive natural, cultural, and certain economic resources at risk from oil spills.
The Washington Department of Ecology is updating the Admiralty Inlet Geographic Response Plan (GRP). An important part of the update process is hearing from the people who live, work, and play in the GRP area. To facilitate this, a public comment period will be open from Friday 2/20/2026 – 3/20/2026.
View the draft GRP sections here:
https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/ezshare/sppr/Preparedness/AdmiraltyInletGRP/CoverPage.pdf
Description of the Planning Area
Coupeville to the north, Port Hadlock and Port Ludlow on the west, Whidbey Island on the east, and Port Gamble and Edmonds, south. Also included in the planning area is the north end of Hood Canal north of the Hood Canal Bridge. Fully or partially, the cities of Port Townsend and unincorporated Port Hadlock-Irondale, Port Ludlow, Port Gamble, Hansville, Coupeville, Kingston, and city of Mukilteo are within the planning area. The planning area falls within Kitsap, Jefferson, Island, and Snohomish counties. The planning area includes several bays, including Port Gamble, Bywater, Port Ludlow, Mats Mats, Oak Bays, Mystery Bay, Scow Bay, Port Townsend, Glen Cove and Skunk Bays, Admiralty Bay, Mutiny Bay, Useless Bay and Cultus Bays, and fully encompasses Indian and Marrowstone Islands.
What are Geographic Response Plans?
Geographic Response Plans (GRPs) are used to guide early response actions in the event of an oil spill. Ecology develops and updates GRPs in collaboration with state, local and federal agencies and tribes. Each GRP is written for a specific area (for example a river, a lake, or section of Puget Sound), and includes tactical response strategies tailored to a particular shore or waterway at risk of injury from oil.
GRPs have two main objectives:
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