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90.46.210 | Lead agency—Authority to bring legal proceeding. | The lead agency, with the assistance of the attorney general, is authorized to bring any appropriate action at law or in equity, including action for injunctive relief, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The lead agency may bring the action in the superior court of the county in which the ... |
90.46.220 | Permit. | (1) Any person proposing to generate any type of reclaimed water for a use regulated under this chapter shall obtain a permit from the lead agency prior to distribution or use of that water. The permittee may then distribute and use the water, subject to the provisions in the permit. The permit must include provisions ... |
90.46.230 | Right to enter and inspect property related to the purpose of the permit—Administrative search warrant. | (1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in (b) of this subsection, the lead agency or its designee shall have the right to enter and inspect any property related to the purpose of the permit, public or private, at reasonable times with prior notification in order to determine compliance with laws and rules administered by ... |
90.46.240 | Plans, reports, specifications, and proposed methods of operation and maintenance to be submitted to departments. | All required feasibility studies, planning documents, engineering reports, and plans and specifications for the construction of new reclaimed water, agricultural industrial process water, and industrial reuse water facilities, including generation, distribution, and use facilities, or for improvements or extensions to ... |
90.46.250 | Violation of chapter—Notification—Immediate action. | (1) When, in the opinion of the lead agency, a person violates or creates a substantial potential to violate this chapter, the lead agency shall notify the person of its determination by registered mail. The determination shall not constitute an appealable order or directive. Within thirty days from the receipt of noti... |
90.46.260 | Penalty. | Any person found guilty of willfully violating any of the provisions of this chapter, or any final written orders or directive of the lead agency or a court in pursuance thereof, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of up to ten thousand dollars and costs of prosecut... |
90.46.270 | Violations—Civil penalty—Procedure. | (1) Except as provided in RCW 43.05.060 through 43.05.080 , 43.05.100 , 43.05.110 , and 43.05.150 , any person who: (a) Generates any reclaimed water for a use regulated under this chapter and distributes or uses that water without a permit; (b) Violates the terms or conditions of a permit issued under this chapter; or... |
90.46.280 | Application of administrative procedure act to chapter. | The provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW, the administrative procedure act, apply to all rule-making and adjudicative proceedings authorized by or arising under the provisions of this chapter.
[ 2009 c 456 s 15 .] |
90.46.290 | On-site nonpotable water systems—Risk-based water quality standards—Adoption of rules. | (1)(a) By July 1, 2022, the department of health, in consultation with the Washington state building code council and the Washington state association of plumbers and pipefitters who participate in the development of the Uniform Plumbing Code under chapter 19.27 RCW, shall adopt rules for: (i) Risk-based water quality ... |
90.48.010 | Policy enunciated. | It is declared to be the public policy of the state of Washington to maintain the highest possible standards to insure the purity of all waters of the state consistent with public health and public enjoyment thereof, the propagation and protection of wild life, birds, game, fish and other aquatic life, and the industri... |
90.48.020 | Definitions. | Whenever the word "person" is used in this chapter, it shall be construed to include any political subdivision, government agency, municipality, industry, public or private corporation, copartnership, association, firm, individual or any other entity whatsoever. Wherever the words "waters of the state" shall be used in... |
90.48.030 | Jurisdiction of department. | The department shall have the jurisdiction to control and prevent the pollution of streams, lakes, rivers, ponds, inland waters, salt waters, water courses, and other surface and underground waters of the state of Washington.
[ 1987 c 109 s 123 ; 1945 c 216 s 10 ; Rem. Supp. 1945 s 10964j. FORMER PART OF SECTION: 1945 ... |
90.48.035 | Rule-making authority. | The department shall have the authority to, and shall promulgate, amend, or rescind such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including but not limited to rules and regulations relating to standards of quality for waters of the state and for substances discharged... |
90.48.037 | Authority of department to bring enforcement actions. | The department, with the assistance of the attorney general, is authorized to bring any appropriate action at law or in equity, including action for injunctive relief, in the name of the people of the state of Washington as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter or chapter 90.56 RCW.
[ 1991 c 200 ... |
90.48.039 | Hazardous substance remedial actions—Procedural requirements not applicable. | The procedural requirements of this chapter shall not apply to any person conducting a remedial action at a facility pursuant to a consent decree, order, or agreed order issued pursuant to chapter 70A.305 RCW, or to the department of ecology when it conducts a remedial action under chapter 70A.305 RCW. The department o... |
90.48.045 | Environmental excellence program agreements—Effect on chapter. | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any legal requirement under this chapter, including any standard, limitation, rule, or order is superseded and replaced in accordance with the terms and provisions of an environmental excellence program agreement, entered into under chapter 43.21K RCW.
[ 1997 c 381 s 26 .]
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90.48.080 | Discharge of polluting matter in waters prohibited. | It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, drain, run, or otherwise discharge into any of the waters of this state, or to cause, permit or suffer to be thrown, run, drained, allowed to seep or otherwise discharged into such waters any organic or inorganic matter that shall cause or tend to cause pollution of such wa... |
90.48.090 | Right of entry—Special inspection requirements for metals mining and milling operations. | The department or its duly appointed agent shall have the right to enter at all reasonable times in or upon any property, public or private, for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions relating to the pollution of or the possible pollution of any of the waters of this state. The department shall have spe... |
90.48.095 | Authority of department to compel attendance and testimony of witnesses, production of books and papers—Contempt proceedings to enforce—Fees. | In carrying out the purposes of this chapter or chapter 90.56 RCW the department shall, in conjunction with either the adoption of rules, consideration of an application for a waste discharge permit or the termination or modification of such permit, or proceedings in adjudicative hearings, have the authority to issue p... |
90.48.100 | Request for assistance. | The department shall have the right to request and receive the assistance of any educational institution or state agency when it is deemed necessary by the department to carry out the provisions of this chapter or chapter 90.56 RCW.
[ 1991 c 200 s 1104 ; 1987 c 109 s 129 ; 1945 c 216 s 16 ; Rem. Supp. 1945 s 10964p.]
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90.48.110 | Plans and proposed methods of operation and maintenance of sewerage or disposal systems to be submitted to department—Exceptions—Time limitations. | (1) Except under subsection (2) of this section, all engineering reports, plans, and specifications for the construction of new sewerage systems, sewage treatment or disposal plants or systems, or for improvements or extensions to existing sewerage systems or sewage treatment or disposal plants, and the proposed method... |
90.48.112 | Plan evaluation—Consideration of reclaimed water. | The evaluation of any plans submitted under RCW 90.48.110 must include consideration of opportunities for the use of reclaimed water as defined in RCW 90.46.010 . Wastewater plans submitted under RCW 90.48.110 must include a statement describing how applicable reclamation and reuse elements will be coordinated as requi... |
90.48.120 | Notice of department's determination that violation has or will occur—Report to department of compliance with determination—Order or directive to be issued—Notice. | (1) Whenever, in the opinion of the department, any person shall violate or creates a substantial potential to violate the provisions of this chapter or chapter 90.56 RCW, or fails to control the polluting content of waste discharged or to be discharged into any waters of the state, the department shall notify such per... |
90.48.140 | Penalty. | Any person found guilty of willfully violating any of the provisions of this chapter or chapter 90.56 RCW, or any final written orders or directive of the department or a court in pursuance thereof is guilty of a gross misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of up to ten thousand dollars an... |
90.48.142 | Violations—Liability in damages for injury or death of fish, animals, vegetation—Action to recover. | (1) Any person who: (a)(i) Violates any of the provisions of this chapter or chapter 90.56 RCW; (ii) Fails to perform any duty imposed by this chapter or chapter 90.56 RCW; (iii) Violates an order or other determination of the department or the director made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or chapter 90.56 R... |
90.48.144 | Violations—Civil penalty—Procedure. | Except as provided in RCW 43.05.060 through 43.05.080 and 43.05.150 , every person who: (1) Violates the terms or conditions of a waste discharge permit issued pursuant to RCW 90.48.180 or 90.48.260 through 90.48.262 , or (2) Conducts a commercial or industrial operation or other point source discharge operation withou... |
90.48.150 | Construction of chapter. | This chapter shall not be construed as repealing any of the laws governing the pollution of the waters of the state, but shall be held and construed as ancillary to and supplementing the same and an addition to the laws now in force, except as the same may be in direct conflict herewith.
[ 1945 c 216 s 21 ; Rem. Supp. ... |
90.48.153 | Cooperation with federal government—Federal funds. | The department is authorized to cooperate with the federal government and to accept grants of federal funds for carrying out the purposes of this chapter. The department is empowered to make any application or report required by an agency of the federal government as an incident to receiving such grants.
[ 1987 c 109 s... |
90.48.156 | Cooperation with other states and provinces—Interstate and state-provincial projects. | The department is authorized to cooperate with appropriate agencies of neighboring states and neighboring provinces, to enter into contracts, and make contributions toward interstate and state-provincial projects to carry out the purposes of this chapter and chapter 90.56 RCW.
[ 1991 c 200 s 1105 ; 1987 c 109 s 134 ; 1... |
90.48.158 | Grants to public bodies authorized. | The department of ecology is authorized to make and administer grants to any public bodies for the purpose of aiding in the construction and improvement of water pollution control facilities in conjunction with federal grants authorized pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
[ 1987 c 109 s 154 ; 1967 c 10... |
90.48.160 | Waste disposal permit—Required—Exemptions. | Any person who conducts a commercial or industrial operation of any type which results in the disposal of solid or liquid waste material into the waters of the state, including commercial or industrial operators discharging solid or liquid waste material into sewerage systems operated by municipalities or public entiti... |
90.48.162 | Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporations. | Any county or any municipal or public corporation operating or proposing to operate a sewerage system, including any system which collects only domestic sewerage, which results in the disposal of waste material into the waters of the state shall procure a permit from the department of ecology before so disposing of suc... |
90.48.165 | Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporations—Cities, towns or municipal corporations may be granted authority to issue permits—Revocation—Termination of permits. | Any city, town or municipal corporation operating a sewerage system including treatment facilities may be granted authority by the department to issue permits for the discharge of wastes to such system provided the department ascertains to its satisfaction that the sewerage system and the inspection and control program... |
90.48.170 | Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporations—Application—Notice as to new operation or increase in volume—Investigation—Notice to other state departments. | Applications for permits shall be made on forms prescribed by the department and shall contain the name and address of the applicant, a description of the applicant's operations, the quantity and type of waste material sought to be disposed of, the proposed method of disposal, and any other relevant information deemed ... |
90.48.180 | Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporations—Issuance—Conditions—Duration. | The department shall issue a permit unless it finds that the disposal of waste material as proposed in the application will pollute the waters of the state in violation of the public policy declared in RCW 90.48.010 . The department shall have authority to specify conditions necessary to avoid such pollution in each pe... |
90.48.190 | Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporations—Termination—Grounds. | A permit shall be subject to termination upon thirty days' notice in writing if the department finds: (1) That it was procured by misrepresentation of any material fact or by lack of full disclosure in the application; (2) That there has been a violation of the conditions thereof; (3) That a material change in quantity... |
90.48.195 | Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporations—Modification or additional conditions may be ordered. | In the event that a material change in the condition of the state waters occurs the department may, by appropriate order, modify permit conditions or specify additional conditions in permits previously issued.
[ 1987 c 109 s 139 ; 1967 c 13 s 18 .]
Purpose — Short title — Construction — Rules — Severability — Captions ... |
90.48.200 | Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporations—Nonaction upon application—Temporary permit—Duration. | In the event of failure of the department to act upon an application within sixty days after it has been filed the applicant shall be deemed to have received a temporary permit. Said permit shall authorize the applicant to discharge wastes into waters of the state as requested in its application only until such time as... |
90.48.215 | Upland finfish facilities—Waste discharge standards—Waste disposal permit. | (1) The following definition shall apply to this section: "Upland finfish hatching and rearing facilities" means those facilities not located within waters of the state where finfish are hatched, fed, nurtured, held, maintained, or reared to reach the size of release or for market sale. This shall include fish hatcheri... |
90.48.220 | Marine finfish rearing facilities—Waste discharge standards—Discharge permit applications—Exemption. | (1) For the purposes of this section "marine finfish rearing facilities" means those private and public facilities located within the salt water of the state where finfish are fed, nurtured, held, maintained, or reared to reach the size of release or for market sale. (2) Not later than October 31, 1994, the department ... |
90.48.225 | Issuance of national pollutant discharge elimination system permits associated with nonnative marine finfish aquaculture. | (1) The department may issue national pollutant discharge elimination system permits associated with nonnative marine finfish aquaculture only if these activities are performed under a lease of state-owned aquatic lands in effect on June 7, 2018. The department may not issue national pollutant discharge elimination sys... |
90.48.230 | Application of administrative procedure law to rule making and adjudicative proceedings. | The provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW, the Administrative Procedure Act, apply to all rule making and adjudicative proceedings authorized by or arising under the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1989 c 175 s 181 ; 1967 c 13 s 21 .]
Effective date — 1989 c 175: See note following RCW 34.05.010 . |
90.48.240 | Water pollution orders for conditions requiring immediate action—Appeal. | Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or chapter 90.56 RCW, whenever it appears to the director that water quality conditions exist which require immediate action to protect the public health or welfare, or that a person required by RCW 90.48.160 to obtain a waste discharge permit prior to discharge is d... |
90.48.250 | Agreements or contracts to monitor waters and effluent discharge. | The department is authorized to make agreements and enter into such contracts as are appropriate to carry out a program of monitoring the condition of the waters of the state and the effluent discharged therein, including contracts to monitor effluent discharged into public waters when such monitoring is required by th... |
90.48.260 | Federal clean water act—Department designated as state agency, authority—Delegation of authority—Powers, duties, and functions. | (1) The department of ecology is hereby designated as the state water pollution control agency for all purposes of the federal clean water act as it exists on February 4, 1987, and is hereby authorized to participate fully in the programs of the act as well as to take all action necessary to secure to the state the ben... |
90.48.261 | Exercise of powers under RCW90.48.260—Aquatic resource mitigation. | When exercising its powers under RCW 90.48.260 , the department shall, at the request of the project proponent, follow the guidance contained in RCW 90.74.005 through 90.74.030 .
[ 1997 c 424 s 7 .] |
90.48.262 | Implementation of RCW90.48.260—Permits for energy facilities—Rules and procedures. | (1) The powers established under RCW 90.48.260 shall be implemented by the department through the adoption of rules in every appropriate situation. The permit program authorized under *RCW 90.48.260 (1) shall constitute a continuation of the established permit program of RCW 90.48.160 and other applicable sections with... |
90.48.264 | Federal clean water act—Rules for on-site sewage disposal systems adjacent to marine waters. | In implementing this chapter and in participating in programs under the federal clean water act, the department may consult with the department of social and health services concerning standards for repair of existing, failing on-site sewage disposal systems that are adjacent to marine waters. By January 1, 1989, the d... |
90.48.270 | Sewage drainage basins—Authority of department to delineate and establish. | The department shall have authority to delineate and establish sewage drainage basins in the state for the purpose of developing and/or adopting comprehensive plans for the control and abatement of water pollution within such basins. Basins may include, but are not limited to, rivers and their tributaries, streams, coa... |
90.48.280 | Sewage drainage basins—Comprehensive plans for sewage drainage basins. | The department is authorized to prepare and/or adopt a comprehensive water pollution control and abatement plan and to make subsequent amendments thereto, for each basin established pursuant to RCW 90.48.270 . Comprehensive plans for sewage drainage basins may be prepared by any municipality and submitted to the depart... |
90.48.285 | Contracts with municipal or public corporations and political subdivisions to finance water pollution control projects—Requisites—Priorities. | The department is authorized to enter into contracts with any municipal or public corporation or political subdivision within the state for the purpose of assisting such agencies to finance the design and construction of water pollution control projects, whether procured through chapter 39.10 or 70A.140 RCW, or otherwi... |
90.48.290 | Grants to municipal or public corporations or political subdivisions to aid water pollution control projects—Limitations. | The department is authorized to make and administer grants within appropriations authorized by the legislature to any municipal or public corporation, or political subdivision within the state for the purpose of aiding in the construction of water pollution control projects necessary to prevent the discharge of untreat... |
90.48.310 | Application of barley straw to waters of the state. | (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the application of barley straw to waters of the state for the purposes of water clarification does not require a state waste discharge permit as long as the following provisions are met: (a) The barley straw is applied at a rate of up to two hundred twenty-five... |
90.48.364 | Discharge of oil into waters of the state—Definitions. | For the purposes of this chapter, "technical feasibility" or "technically feasible" means that given available technology, a restoration or enhancement project can be successfully completed at a cost that is not disproportionate to the value of the resource before the injury.
[ 1991 c 200 s 811 .]
Effective dates — 199... |
90.48.366 | Discharge of oil into waters of the state—Compensation schedule. | (1) The department, in consultation with the departments of fish and wildlife and natural resources, and the parks and recreation commission, shall adopt rules establishing a compensation schedule for the discharge of oil in violation of this chapter and chapter 90.56 RCW. The amount of compensation assessed under this... |
90.48.367 | Discharge of oil into waters of the state—Assessment of compensation. | (1) After a spill or other incident causing damages to the natural resources of the state, the department shall conduct a formal preassessment screening as provided in RCW 90.48.368 . (2) The department shall use the compensation schedule established under RCW 90.48.366 to determine the amount of damages if the preasse... |
90.48.368 | Discharge of oil into waters of the state—Preassessment screening. | (1) The department shall adopt rules establishing a formal process for preassessment screening of damages resulting from spills to the waters of the state causing the death of, or injury to, fish, animals, vegetation, or other resources of the state. The rules shall specify the conditions under which the department sha... |
90.48.386 | Department of natural resources leases. | After May 15, 1991, the department of natural resources shall include in its leases for onshore and offshore facilities the following provisions: (1) Require those wishing to lease, sublease, or re-lease state-owned aquatic lands to comply with the provisions of this chapter; (2) Require lessees and sublessees to opera... |
90.48.390 | Coastal protection fund—Established—Moneys credited to—Use. | The coastal protection fund is established to be used by the department as a revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of restoration of natural resources under this chapter and chapter 90.56 RCW. To this fund there shall be credited penalties, fees, damages, charges received pursuant to the provisions of this chapt... |
90.48.400 | Coastal protection fund—Disbursal of moneys from. | (1) Moneys in the coastal protection fund shall be disbursed for the following purposes and no others: (a) Environmental restoration and enhancement projects intended to restore or enhance environmental, recreational, archaeological, or aesthetic resources for the benefit of Washington's citizens; (b) Investigations of... |
90.48.420 | Water quality standards affected by forest practices—Department of ecology solely responsible for water quality standards—Forest practices rules—Adoption—Examination—Enforcement procedures. | (1) The department of ecology, pursuant to powers vested in it previously by chapter 90.48 RCW and consistent with the policies of said chapter and RCW 90.54.020 (3), shall be solely responsible for establishing water quality standards for waters of the state. On or before January 1, 1975, the department of ecology sha... |
90.48.422 | Water quality standards—Compliance methods—Department authority. | (1) The legislature finds that the courts have rendered decisions in Elkhorn ( Public Utility District No. 1 v. Washington Department of Ecology , 511 U.S. 700, 114 S. Ct. 1900, 128 L.Ed. 2d 716 (1994)) and Sullivan Creek ( Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County v. Washington Department of Ecology , 146 W... |
90.48.425 | Forest practices act and regulations relating to water quality protection to be utilized to satisfy federal water pollution act. | The forest practices act, chapter 76.09 RCW, and the forest practices regulations adopted thereunder relating to water quality protection shall be utilized to satisfy the planning and program requirements of sections 208, 209, and 305 of the federal Water Pollution Control Act, as regards silvicultural activities, unle... |
90.48.430 | Watershed restoration projects—Approval process—Waiver of public review. | A permit, certification, or other approval required by the department for a watershed restoration project as defined in RCW 89.08.460 shall be processed in compliance with RCW 89.08.450 through 89.08.510 . Public review of proposed watershed restoration projects may be shortened or waived by the department.
[ 1995 c 37... |
90.48.445 | Aquatic noxious weed control—Water quality permits—Definition. | (1) The director shall issue or approve water quality permits for use by federal, state, or local governmental agencies and licensed applicators for the purpose of using, for aquatic noxious weed control, herbicides and surfactants registered under state or federal pesticide control laws, and for the purpose of experim... |
90.48.447 | Aquatic plant management program—Commercial herbicide information—Experimental application of herbicides—Appropriation for study. | (1) The department of ecology shall update the final supplemental environmental impact statement completed in 1992 for the aquatic plant management program to reflect new information on herbicides evaluated in 1992 and new, commercially available herbicides. The department shall maintain the currency of the information... |
90.48.448 | Eurasian water milfoil—Pesticide 2,4-D application. | (1) Subject to restrictions in this section, a government entity seeking to control a limited infestation of Eurasian water milfoil may use the pesticide 2,4-D to treat the milfoil infestation, without obtaining a permit under RCW 90.48.445 , if the milfoil infestation is either recently documented or remaining after t... |
90.48.450 | Discharges from agricultural activity—Consideration to be given as to whether enforcement action would contribute to conversion of land to nonagricultural use—Minimize the possibility. | (1) Prior to issuing a notice of violation related to discharges from agricultural activity on agricultural land, the department shall consider whether an enforcement action would contribute to the conversion of agricultural land to nonagricultural uses. Any enforcement action shall attempt to minimize the possibility ... |
90.48.455 | Discharge of chlorinated organics—Engineering reports by pulp and paper mills—Permits limiting discharge. | (1) The department may require each pulp mill and paper mill discharging chlorinated organics to conduct and submit an engineering report on the cost of installing technology designed to reduce the amount of chlorinated organic compounds discharged into the waters of the state. The department shall allow at least twent... |
90.48.465 | Water discharge fees—Report to the legislature. | (1) The department shall establish fees to collect expenses for issuing and administering each class of permits under RCW 90.48.160 , 90.48.162 , and 90.48.260 . An initial fee schedule shall be established by rule and be adjusted no more often than once every two years. This fee schedule shall apply to all permits, re... |
90.48.467 | Report to the legislature—Required information. | Beginning in 2025, the department of ecology's biennial progress report required in RCW 90.48.465 (7) must include information on the implementation of a revised fee structure for full cost recovery for municipal wastewater discharge permits and the use of the fees to administer the municipal discharge permitting progr... |
90.48.480 | Reduction of sewer overflows—Plans—Compliance schedule. | The department of ecology shall work with local governments to develop reasonable plans and compliance schedules for the greatest reasonable reduction of combined sewer overflows. The plan shall address various options, including construction of storage tanks for sewage and separation of sewage and stormwater transport... |
90.48.490 | Sewage treatment facilities—Plans to upgrade or construct. | Plans for upgrading sewage treatment facilities and plans for new sewage treatment facilities shall address the greatest reasonable reduction of combined sewer overflows and implementation of pretreatment standards.
[ 1985 c 249 s 3 .] |
90.48.495 | Water conservation measures to be considered in sewer plans. | The department of ecology shall require sewer plans to include a discussion of water conservation measures considered or underway that would reduce flows to the sewerage system and an analysis of their anticipated impact on public sewer service and treatment capacity.
[ 2003 1st sp.s. c 5 s 11 ; 1989 c 348 s 10 .]
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90.48.520 | Review of operations before issuance or renewal of wastewater discharge permits—Incorporation of permit conditions. | In order to improve water quality by controlling toxicants in wastewater, the department of ecology shall in issuing and renewing state and federal wastewater discharge permits review the applicant's operations and incorporate permit conditions which require all known, available, and reasonable methods to control toxic... |
90.48.530 | Construction projects involving fill material—Leaching test. | (1) In order to ensure that construction projects involving the use of fill material do not pose a threat to water quality, the department may require that the suitability of potential fill material be evaluated using a leaching test included in the soil clean-up rules adopted by the department under chapter 70A.305 RC... |
90.48.531 | Leaching tests—Identification—Report to the legislature. | The department shall identify the leaching tests utilized for evaluating the potential impacts to water quality in situations where fill material is imported. The tests may include those identified in the soil clean-up rules adopted by the department under chapter 70A.305 RCW. Within existing resources, the department ... |
90.48.540 | Use attainability analysis of water within federal reclamation project boundaries—Rules. | (1) The department, as resources allow, shall at the request of the United States bureau of reclamation or federal reclamation project irrigation districts cooperatively conduct a use attainability analysis of water bodies located within the boundaries of the federal reclamation project. (2) If necessary because of the... |
90.48.545 | Stormwater technical resource center—Duties—Advisory committee—Report to legislative committees. | (1) As funding to do so becomes available, the department shall create a stormwater technical resource center in partnership with a university, nonprofit organization, or other public or private entity to provide tools for stormwater management. The center shall use its authority to support the duties listed in this su... |
90.48.570 | Water quality data—Findings—Intent. | (1) The legislature finds that: (a) The proper collection and review of credible water quality data is necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements of the federal clean water act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.); (b) The state needs to assemble and evaluate all existing and readily available water quality-related ... |
90.48.575 | Water quality data—Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply to RCW 90.48.580 and 90.48.585 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Credible data" means data meeting the requirements of RCW 90.48.585 . (2) "Department" means the Washington state department of ecology. (3) "Impaired water" means a water body or segment for which c... |
90.48.580 | Water quality data—Credible data, information, literature. | (1) The department shall use credible information and literature for developing and reviewing a surface water quality standard or technical model used to establish a total maximum daily load for any surface water of the state. (2) The department shall use credible data for the following actions after June 10, 2004: (a)... |
90.48.585 | Water quality data—When credible. | (1) In collecting and analyzing water quality data for any purpose identified in RCW 90.48.580 (2), data is considered credible data if: (a) Appropriate quality assurance and quality control procedures were followed and documented in collecting and analyzing water quality samples; (b) The samples or measurements are re... |
90.48.590 | Water quality data—Falsified data—Penalty. | Any person who knowingly falsifies data is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 2004 c 228 s 5 .] |
90.48.595 | On-site sewage disposal system repair and replacement—Loan and grant programs. | The department shall offer financial and technical assistance to local governments and tribal entities in Puget Sound counties to establish or expand on-site sewage disposal system repair and replacement through local loan and grant programs. The programs must give priority to low-income and financially distressed home... |
90.48.605 | Amending state water quality standards—Compliance schedules in excess of ten years authorized. | The department shall amend the state water quality standards to authorize compliance schedules in excess of ten years for discharge permits issued under this chapter that implement allocations contained in a total maximum daily load under certain circumstances. Any such amendment must be submitted to the United States ... |
90.48.615 | Motorized or gravity siphon aquatic mining—Prohibited acts. | (1) A discharge to waters of the state from a motorized or gravity siphon aquatic mining operation is subject to the department's authority under this chapter and the federal clean water act. The department shall evaluate whether the number of dischargers subject to this section warrants the adoption of a general permi... |
90.48.625 | Restitution following a criminal conviction. | In determining restitution following a criminal conviction under this chapter or chapter 90.56 RCW, the court is authorized to order restitution for harm to natural resources or the environment.
[ 2024 c 342 s 1 .] |
90.48.632 | Sewage spills—Definitions applicable to RCW90.48.636. | The definitions in this section apply to RCW 90.48.636 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Combined sewer" means a sewer that has been designed to serve as a sanitary sewer and a storm sewer, and into which inflow is allowed by local ordinance. (2) "Sewage spill" means the intentional or accidental disc... |
90.48.636 | Sewage spills—Website—Notices. | (1) By July 1, 2026, the department must develop and publish a public-facing website that includes, but is not limited to, notices of the locations where sewage spills occur that are reported to the department under individual water quality permits for discharges that contain sewage. The department must post on the web... |
90.48.906 | Short title—1971 ex.s. c 180. | This 1971 amendatory act may be cited as the "Coastal Waters Protection Act of 1971".
[ 1971 ex.s. c 180 s 13 .] |
90.50A.005 | Purpose. | The long-range health and environmental goals for the state of Washington require the protection of the state's surface and underground waters for the health, safety, use, enjoyment, and economic benefit of its people. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide an account to receive federal capitalization grants to p... |
90.50A.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Clean water act" means 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 through 1388, as it existed on June 9, 2016. (2) "Debt service" means the total of all principal, interest, and administration charges associated with a water poll... |
90.50A.020 | Water pollution control revolving fund. | (1) The water pollution control revolving fund is hereby established in the state treasury. Moneys in this fund may be spent only after legislative appropriation. Moneys in the fund may be spent only in a manner consistent with this chapter. (2) The water pollution control revolving fund shall consist of: (a) All capit... |
90.50A.030 | Use of moneys in fund. | The department shall use the moneys in the water pollution control revolving fund to provide financial assistance as provided in the clean water act and as provided in RCW 90.50A.040 : (1) To make loans, on the condition that: (a) Such loans are made at or below market interest rates, including interest free loans, at ... |
90.50A.040 | Administration of fund. | Moneys deposited in the water pollution control revolving fund shall be administered by the department. In administering the fund, the department shall: (1) Consistent with RCW 90.50A.030 and 90.50A.080 , allocate funds for loans in accordance with the annual project priority list in accordance with the clean water act... |
90.50A.050 | Loans from fund—Requirements for recipients. | Any public body receiving a loan from the fund shall: (1) Appear on the annual project priority list to be identified for funding under the clean water act; (2) Submit an application to the department; (3) Establish and maintain a dedicated source of revenue or other acceptable source of revenue for the repayment of th... |
90.50A.060 | Defaults. | If a public body defaults on payments due to the fund, the state may withhold any amounts otherwise due to the public body and direct that such funds be applied to the indebtedness and deposited into the account.
[ 1988 c 284 s 7 .] |
90.50A.070 | Establishment of policies for loan terms and interest rates. | The department shall establish by rule policies for establishing loan terms and interest rates for loans made from the fund that assure that the objectives of this chapter are met and that adequate funds are maintained in the fund to meet future needs.
[ 1988 c 284 s 8 .] |
90.50A.080 | Puget Sound partners. | (1) In administering the fund, the department shall give priority consideration to: (a) A public body that is a Puget Sound partner, as defined in RCW 90.71.010 ; and (b) A project that is referenced in the action agenda developed by the Puget Sound partnership under RCW 90.71.310 . (2) When implementing this section, ... |
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