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### 43.21A.910**Sa~ings--Permits,** 

### standards not af**fec:ted--Se~erability--Effecthe** 

### date-1970 basic act. See notes followingRCW 43.21A.01O. used as a police vehicle, orambulance, an emergency aid vehicle, or a fire department vehicle, and any catalytic converter in the exhaust system of any such vehicle may 

### belawfully removed. [1977 ex.s. c 264 

### § 

### I.]

Cbapter43.218
ENVIRONMENTAL HEARINGS OFFICEPOLLUTION CONTROL HEARINGS 80ARD OF THESTATE 43.218.005 Environmental bearings office ereated--Composition--Cbief executive officer-- Staff support. There is created an environmental hearings office of the state ofWashington. The environmental hearings office shall consist of the pollution control hearings board created in RCW 43.218.010, the forest practices appeals board created in RCW 76.09.210, and the shorelines hearings board created in RCW 90.58- .170. The chairman of the pollution control hearings board shall be the chiefexecutive officer of the environmental hearings office. Membership, powers, functions, and duties of the pollution control hearings board, the forest practices appeals board. and the shorelines hearings board shall be as provided by law. The chiefexecutive officer of the environmental hearings office may appoint, discharge, and fix the compensation of such staffas may be necessary or may contract for required services. Employees of the environmental hearings office shall serve each board at the direction of the chiefexecutive officer of the environmental hearings office. [1979 ex.s. c 47 

### § 2.]

Intent--1979 ex.s. e47: ·It is the intent of the legislature to consolidate administratively the pollution control hearings board. the forest practices appeals board. and the shorelines hearings board into one agency ofstategovernment with minimum disturbance tothese boards. It is not the intent of the legislature in consolidating these boards to change the existing membershipof these boards.

All full-time employees of the pollution control hearings board and the full-time employee of the forest practices appeals board shall be full-lime employees of the environmental hearings office without loss of rights. Property and obligations of these boards and the shorelines hearings board shall be property and obligations of the environmental hearings office.' [1979 ClI·.S. c47 § I.)



### 43.218.020 Members------Qualifications-Appointment. The hearings board shall consist of three members qualified byexperience or training inpertinent
matters pertaining to the environment. and at least one member of the hearings board shall have been admitted
to practice law in this state and engaged in the legal profession at the time of his appointment. The hearings board shall 

### beappointed by the governor with the advice

(t98t Ed.) 43.218.250 Chall;;ges to consistencyof rules adopted purSuant to

.RCW 43.2IC.I\0 and**43.2\C.12~Procedure-­** Finality. 43.2\8.260 Regulations and amendments ofactivated air pollution control authorities--Filing with hearings board authorized--Evidence. 43.218.900 Savings-Other powers and duties not affected-- Permits. standards not arfected---severability-- Fffective date--1970 basic act.



### 43.218.010 Pollution control hearings board created-Purpose. There is hereby created within the environmental hearings office a pollution control hearings board of the stateofWashington. The purpose of the pollution control hearings board is to provide for a more expeditious and efficient disposition of appeals with respect to the decisions and orders of the department and director and with respect to all decisions of air pollution control boards or authorities established pursuant to chapter 70.94 RCW. [1979 ex.s. c 47 

### § 3; 1970 ex.s. c 62 

### § 31.]

Intent--1979 ex.s, e47: See note following RCW 43.218.005. Environmental hearings office created--Composition--Chiefexecutiveofficer--Staffsupport. Pollution control hearings board created--Purpose. Members--Qualifications--Appointmenl. Members--Terms--Filling vacancies. term. Removal ofmember. procedure--As disqualification

forreappointment. Governor todetermine basis foroperation--Compensation if part time basis. limitation--Reimbursement of travel expenses. Restrictions upon conduct while member and upon termination ofmembership. Chairman. biennial election of. Principal office---Quorum--Hearings by one or

more members-.-Hearing examiners-c-c-Board powers and duties. Boardto make findings of fact and written decisions on

each case considered--Effective upon signing and filing--Public information. Boardjurisdiction--Issuance. modification. termination of permits. licenses. as order--Application of administrative procedure act. Board hearing authority exclusive--Exception--

Others' orders final unless appeal to board. Administrative procedure act to apply to appeal of

board rules and regulations-Scope of board action on decisions and orders of others. Formal or informal hearing. election of party taking appeal-Exception. Informal hearings. board or hearing examiners' powers-5taffassistance. limitation. Formal hearings. board or hearing examiners' powers--Staffassistance. limitation

.. Proceedings conducted in accordance w,ith published

board rules and regulations. Judicial review--Director's right of review of decisions pursuant to RCW 43.218.110. Judicial review--Appeal from board's order--Procedure-When bonds required. Judicial review--Appeals to court ofappeals pursuant to RCW 34.04.130(6)--Procedure--When bonds required. Sta ying of orders or decisions pending final determinations. existing law prevails.

. Appeal from notices of denial or determination or order.

procedure--Formal or informal hearing. when. Public hearings ofdepartment under administrative procedureact limited. 43.218.160

43.218.\70

43.218.180 43.2\8.150

43.2\8.200 43.2\8.130

43.218.190

43.218.220

43.218.230

43.2\8.240 43.218.100 43.218.080 43.218.090

43.2\8.\20

43.218.140 

### 43.21A.900 Cbapter to be liberally construed. The rule of strict construction shall have no application to this chapter and it shall be liberally construed in order
to carry out the broad purposes set forth in RCW 43- .21A.020. [1970 ex.s. c 62 § 27.]

43.218.110 43.2\8.060 Sections 43.2\8.005

43.218.010 43.2\ 8.020 43.218.030 43.218.040

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### and consent of the senate, and

# ·no more than two of whom at the time ofappointment or during their term shall be members of the same political party. [1970 ex.s, c 62 § 32.]

43.218.030 Members-Terms-Filling vacan

### des, term. Members of the hearings board shall be appointed for a term of six years and until their successors are appointed and have qualified. 

## hi case of a vacancy, it shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the unexpired portion of the term in which said vacancy 

### occurs: 

### Provided, That the terms of the first three members of the hearings board shall be staggered so that one member shall be appointed to serve until July 1, 1972, one member until July I, 

### 1974, and one member until July I, 

### 1976. [1970 ex.s.

### c 62 § 33.]

43.218.040 Removal of member, procedure-As disqualification for reappointment. Any member of thehearings board may be removed for inefficiency, malfeasance and misfeasance in office, under specific written charges filed by the governor, who shall transmit such written charges to the member accused and to the chief justice of the supreme court. The chief justice shall thereupon designate a tribunal composed of three judges of the superior court to hear and adjudicate the charges. Such tribunal shall fix the time of the hearing which shall be 

### public, and the procedure for the hearing, andthe decision of such tribunal shall be final and not subject to review by the supreme court. Removal of any member of the hearings board by the tribunal shall disqualify such member forreappointment. [1970 ex.s.c

### 62 § 34.)

43.218.050 Governor to determine basis for operation---Compensation if part time basis, limitation-- Reimbursement of travel expenses. The hearings board shall operate on either a part time or 8"

### full time basis, as determined by the governor. 

### Ifit is determined that the hearings board shall operate on a full time basis, each member of the .hearings board shall receive an annual salary to be determined by the governor pursuant to RCW 43.03.040. If it isdetermined the hearings board shall operate on a part time basis, each member of the hearings board shall receive compensation on the basis of seventy-five dollars for each day spent in performance of his duties but such compensation shall not exceed ten thousand dollars in. a fiscal year. Each hearings board member shall receivereimbursement for travel expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now existing or hereafter amended. (1975-'76 2nd ex.s.c 

### 34 § 101; 1970

ex.s. c 62 

### § 35.)

ErrKtife dale--Seferability-197S-'76 lnd es.s. c:**~:** See
notes following ReW 2.08.115.



### 43.218.060 Restrictions upon conduct while member and upon termination of membership. Each member of the hearings board: (I) 

### Shall not be acandidate for nor hold any other public office or trust, and shall not engage in any occupation or business interfering with or

(1981 Ed.) 

### inconsistent with rns duty as a member of the hearings board, nor shall he serve on or under any committee of any political party; and (2) shall not for a period of one year after the termination of his membership on the hearings board, act in a representative capacity before the hearings board on any matter. [1970ex.s, 

### c 62 

### § 36.]

43.218.080 Chairman, biennial election of. The hearings board shall as soon as practicable after the initial appointment of the members thereof, meet and elect from among its members a chairman, and shall. at least biennially thereafter meet and elect such a chairman, [1970 ex.s. c 62 § 

### 38.]

43.218.090 Principal office--Quorum-Hearings by one or more members--Hearing exam iners--80ard powers and duties. The principal office of the hearings board shall be at the state capitol, but it may sit or hold hearings at any other place in the state. A majority of the hearings board shall constitute a quorum for making orders or decisions, promulgating rules and regulations necessary for the conduct of its powers and duties, or transacting other officiai business, and may act though one position of the hearings board be vacant. One or more members may hold hearings and take testimony to be reported for action by the hearings board when authorized by rule or order of the hearings board. The board may also appoint as its authorized agents one or more hearing examiners to assist the board in the performance of its hearing function pursuant to the authority contained in the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.04 RCW as now or hereafter amended: 

### Provided, That the findings of the hearing examinershall not become final until they have been formally approved by the board. The hearings board shall perform all the powers and duties specified in this chapter or as otherwise provided by law. [1974 ex.s, c 

### 69 § 1; 1970

ex.s. c 

### 62 § 

### 39.)

43.218.100 80ard to make findings of fact and written decisions on each case considered--Effective upon signing and filing--Public information. The hearings board shall make findings of fact and prepare a written decision in each case decided by it, and such findings and decisions shall be effective upon being signed by two or more members of the hearings board and upon being filed at the hearings board's principal office, and shall be open forpu.blic inspection at all reasonable times. [1970

ex.s. c 62 

### § 

### 40.)

43.218.1 10 Board jurisdiction--Issuance, modification, termination of permits, licenses, as order-- Application of administrative procedure act. The hearings board shall only havejurisdiction to hear and decide appeals from the decisions'of 

### the department and the director and the air pollution control boards or authorities as established pursuant to chapter 70.94 RCW when such decisions concern matters within the jurisdiction of the hearings board as provided in *this act or as pro- . vided in any future act or law granting the hearings**rnt~** 43RCW-. 151

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### be .:U additional jurisdictiv.**'~'The** hearings board shall als<'-' have jurisdiction to hear and decide appeals from
any person aggrieved by an order issued by the department or by air pollution control boards or authorities as established pursuant to chapter 70.94 RCW with respect to a violation or violations of-this act or of any rule or regulation adopted 

### by the department or of any'other law within the jurisdiction of the department. The issuance, modification, or termination of any permit or license by the department in the exercise of its jurisdiction, including the issuance or termination of a waste disposal permit, the denial of an application for a waste disposal permit, or the modification ofthe conditions or the terms of a waste disposal permit, shall be deemed to be an order for purposes of -this act: 

### Provided, That review of rules and regulations adopted by the board shall be subject to review in accordance with the provisions ofthe administrative procedure act, chapter 34.04 RCW. [1970ex.s. c 62 

### § 41.J

-R"*r',IIOCr. 'this act', seenotesfollowing RCW 43.2IA.01O.**~3.21B.110** Board bearing authority exclusiveException--Otbers' orders final unless appeal to board. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the department and all air pollution control boards or authorities established pursuant to chapter 70.94 RCW are hereby prohibited from conducting hearings on violations of any rule or regulation made by the department or the director, on violations of -this act, or on violations of any rule or regulation adopted by any air pollution control board or authority established pursuant to chapter 70.94 RCW, or on the issuance, modification, or termination ofany permit or license, within the jurisdiction of the department. All petitions for hearings with respect to such violations shall be heard by this hearing board created in -this 1970 act: 

### Provided, Thatviolations ofany rule or regulation made by any air pollution control board or authority established pursuant to chapter 70.94 RCW, may be heard by a hearings board of three members created by such board or authority pursuant to regulations promulgated by the hearings board created in -this act. Any order issued by the department or by any air pollutioncontrol board or authority established pursuant to chapter 70.94 RCW shall become final unless, no later than thirty days after the date that the notice and order are served, the person aggrieved by the order appeals to the hearings board as provided for in -this act. [1970ex.s. c 62

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-R"*r" 1IOCr. 'this aet' and 'this 1970 act', see notes following RCW 43.2IA.010.**~3.218.IJO** Administrative procedure act to apply to appeal ofboard rules and regulations-Sc:ope ofboard action on decisions and orders of others. The administrative procedure act, chapter 34.04 RCW, shall apply to the appeal of rules and regulations adopted by the board to the same extent as it applied to the review of rules and regulations adopted by the directors and/or boards or commissions ofthe various departments whose
powers, duties and functions are transferred by -this 

## milt43**ICW~** 161 1970 act to ...

# ,e department. All other decisions and orders of the director and all decisions of air pollution control boards or authorities established pursuant to chapter 70.94 RCW shall be subject to review by the hearings board as provided in -this 1970 act. [1970

### ex.s, c 62 

### § 43.J

-'"ise,', IIOCe: 'this 1970 act', lee notes following RCW 43.2IA.01O.

43.218.140 Formal or Informal bearing, election of party taking appeal-Exception. 

### In all appeals over which the hearings board has jurisdiction under RCW 43.21B.II0 and 43.21 B.120, a party taking an appeal may elect either a formal or an informal hearing, such election to be made according to rules of practice and procedure to be promulgated by the hearings board: 

### Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed to modify the provisions of RCW 43.21 B.190 and 43.21 B- .200. In the event that appeals are taken from the same decision, order, or determination, as the case may be, by different parties and only one of such parties elects a formal hearing, a formal hearing shall begranted. [1970 ex.s, c 62 

### § 44.J

43.218.150 Informal bearings, board or bearing examiners' powers--Starr assistance, limitation. In all appeals involving an informal hearing, the hearings board or its hearing examiners shall have all powers relating to the administration of oaths, issuance of subpoenas, and taking of depositions as are granted to agencies by chapter 34.04 RCW. In the case of appeals within the scope of -this 1970 act the hearings board or any member thereofmay obtain such assistance, including the making of field investigations, from the staffof the director as the hearings board or any member thereof may deem necessary or appropriate: 

### Provided, That any communication, oral or written, from the staff of the director to the hearings board or its hearing examiners shall be presented only in an open hearing. [1974 ex.s. c 69 

### § 2; 1970 ex.s. c 62 

### § 45.]

-ReYisr,', IIOCe: 'this 1970 act', see notes following RCW 43.2IA.010.

43.218.160 Formal hearings, board or bearing examiners' powers--Starr assistance, limitation: In a+l appeals involving a formal hearing, the hearings board or its hearing examiners shall have all powers relating to administration ofoaths, issuance ofsubpoenas, and taking of depositions as are granted to agencies in chapter 34.04 RCW; and the hearings board, and each member thereof, or its hearing examiners, shall be subject to all duties imposed upon, and shall have all powers granted to, an agency by those provisions ofchapter 34.04 RCW relating to contested cases. In the case ofappeals within the scope of -this 1970 act, the hearings board, or any member thereof, may obtain such. assistance, including the making of field investigations, from the staffofthe director as the hearings board, or any member thereof,
may deem necessary or appropriate: 

### Provided, That any communication. oral or written, from the staffofthe director to the hearings board or its hearing examiners,

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### mental Hearings Office 43.118.140

shall be presented onlyi.i an open'·hearing. [1974 ex.s. c 69 § 3; 

### 1970

### ex.s, c 62 § 46.)

°R"IH". DOte: 'this 1970 act', see notes following RCW 412IA.01O.



### 43.218.170 Proceedings conducted in accordance "itb published boardrules and regulations. All proceedings, including both formal and informal hearings, before the hearings board or any of its members shall be conducted in accordance with such rules of practice and procedure as the hearings board may prescribe. The hearings board shall publish such rules and arrange for the reasonable distribution thereof. [1970 

### ex.s. c 62 § 47.]

43.218.180 Judicial**re~iew--Director's** 

### right of review of decisions pursuant to RCW 43.218.110. Judicial review of a decision of the hearings board shall be de novo except when the decision has been rendered pursuant to a formal hearing elected under the provisions of -this 1970 act, in which event judicial review may 

### beobtained onlypursuant to RCW 34.04.130 and 34.04.140. The director shall have the same right of review from a decision made pursuant to RCW' 43.21B- 

### .110as does any person. [1970

### ex.s,c 62 § 

### 48.]

°R"IH". Bote: 'this 1970 act', see notes following RCW 43.2IA.010.



### 43.218.190 Judicial**re~iew--Appeal** 

### from board's order--Procedure---Wben bonds required. Within thirty days after the final decision and order of the hearings board upon such an appeal has been communicatedto the interested parties, or withinthirtydays after an appeal has been denied after an informal hearing, such interested party aggrieved by the decision and order of the hearings board may appeal to the superior
court. In all appeals involving a decision or an order of the hearings board after an informal hearing, the peti

### lion shall be filed in the superior court for the county of the petitioner's residence or principal place of business, or in the absence of a residence or principal place of business, for Thurston county. Such appeal may be perfected by filing with the clerk of the superior court a notice of appeal, and by serving a copythereofby mail, or personally on the director, the air pollution control boards or authorities. established pursuant to chapter 70.94 RCW or on the board as the case may be. The hearings board shall serve upon the appealing party, the director, the air pollution control board or authorities established pursuant to chapter 70.94 RCW, or the board, as the case may be, and on any other party appearing at the hearings board's proceeding, and file with the clerk of the court before trial, a certified copy of the hearingsboard's decision and order. Every appeal from a decision of the superior court shall go directly to the supreme court, notwithstanding RCW 2.06.030. No bond shall be required on appeals to the superior court or on appeals to the supreme court unless specifically required by the judge of the superior court. [1970 

### ex.s. c 62 § 49.) 43.218.200 Judicial review--Appeals to court of appeals pursuant to RCW 34.04.130(6)---Procedure---Wben bonds required. Within thirty days after the final decision and order of the 

### hearings board upon such an appeal has been communicated to the interested parties, or within thirty days after an appeal has been denied after a formal hearing, such interested party aggrieved by the decision and order of the hearings boardmay appeal to the court of appeals pursuant to the provisions of RCW 34.04.130(6). Such appeal may be perfected by filing with the clerk of the court of appeals a notice of appeal, and by serving a copy thereof by mail, or personally on the director of the department, and on the board. Thehearings board shall serve upon the appealing party, the director, and any other party appearing at the hearings board's proceeding, and file with the clerk of the court before trial, a certified copy of the hearings board's official record which shall include thenotice of appeal and other pleadings, testimony and exhibits, and the hearings board's decision and order which shall become the record in such case. No bond shall be required on appeals to the court of appeals or on appeals to the supreme court unless specifically required by the judge of the court of appeals. [1970

### ex.s. c 62 § 

### SO.]

43.218.220 Staying of orders or decisions pending final determinations, existing law prevails. No provision of this chapter shall be construed to change existing lawrelating to the staying of orders or decisions pending final determination of any hearing or appeal taken in accordance with the provisions herein. [1970 

### ex.s,c 62 § 52.]

43.118.230 Appeal from notices of denial or determination or order, procedure-Formal or informal bearing, wben. Any person having received notice of a denial of a petition, a notice ofdetermination, notice of or an order made by the department under the provisions of -this 1970amendatory act may appeal, within thirty days from the date of the notice of such denial, order, or determination to the hearings board. The appeal shall be perfected by serving a copy of the notice of appeal upon the department or air pollution authority established pursuant to chapter 70.94 RCW, as the case may be, within the time specified herein and' by filing the original thereof with proof of service with the clerk of the hearings board. If 

### the person intends that the hearing before the hearings board be a formal one, the notice of appeal shall so state. In the event that the no

### tice of appeal does not so state, the hearing shall be an informal one: Provided, however, 

### That nothing shall prevent the department or the air pollutionauthority, asthe case may be, within ten days from the date of its receipt of the notice of appeal, from filing with the clerk ofthe hearings board notice of its intention that the hearing be a formal one. [1970

### ex.s.c 62 § 

### 53.]

°Rmser'. nott: 'this 1970 amendatory act', see notes following RCW 43.2IA.0I0.



### 43.218.240 Public bearings of department under administrative procedure act limited. Notwithstanding any

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### other powers, duties and functions transferred by the provisions of ·this act, the department shall only have authority to hold public hearings, pursuant to the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.04 RCW, with respect to those matters enumerated in sections of ·this 1970amendatory act. (1970 ex.s. c 62 

### § 54.]



# eR""·. NCr. 'this act' and 'this 1970amendatory act', seenotes followin. RCW 43.2IA.010.



### .U.118.250 Challenges to consistency of rules adopted pursuant to RCW 43.21C.110 and 43.2IC-

•12G-Procedure-Finality. (I) All challenges in regard to the consistency of the rules adopted pursuant to RCW 43.21C.120 and with the rules and guidelines adopted pursuant to RCW 43.21C.11O shall be initiated by filing a petition for review with the pollution control hearings board in accordance with rules of practice and procedures promulgated by the hearings board. (2) All challenges to the hearings board provided under this section shall be decided on the basis of conformance of rules, with the applicable rules and guidelines adopted pursuant to RCW 43.21C.II

### O. The board may in its discretion require briefs, testimony, and oral arguments. (3) The decisions of the hearings board authorized under this section shall befinal. (1974 ex.s. c 179 

### § 9.J



### r...- 1974n.s. e 119: Sec note following RCW 43.21C.080.**~eralliliry--1974** n.s. e 119: Sec RCW 43.21C.910.



### .43.118.260 Regulations and amendments ofactivated air pollution control autborities--Filing witb bearings board authorized-E,idence. Activated air pollution control authorities. established under chapter 70.94 RCW, may file certified copies of their regulations and amendments thereto with the pollution control hearings board of the state of Washington, and the hearings board shall takejudicial note of the copies so filed and the said regulations and amendments shall be received and admitted, by reference, in all hearings before the board, as prima facie evidence that such regulations and amendments on file are in full force and effect. [1974 

### ex.s, c69 

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43.218.900 Savings----Otber powers and duties not affected-Permits, standards not arrected---Severability--Effective date--1970 basic act. See notes following RCW 43.2IA.010.

Chapter43.21C
STATEENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

SeCtions 4J.2IC.0IO Purposes. 43.21C.020 Legislative recognitions-DeclarationResponsibility. 43.2IC.030 Guidelines forstate agencies. localgoyernmentsStatements-Repons--Advice-Inrormation. 41.21C.032 Restorationofinterim transportation services-Hood Canal bridge-Reconstruction ofpermanent bridge-Exemption from RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c). 41.21C.01S Certain irrigation projects decisions exempt from RCW 4J.2IC.010(2)(c).



### rtldt 43**RCW~** 

### III 41.21C.017 Application ofRCW 43.2IC.010(2)(c) to forest practices-Expiration ofsection

.. 43.21C.04O Examination or laws, regulations, policies bystate agencies and local authorities--Report ofdeficiencies and corrective measures. 43.21C.OSO Specific statutory obligations not affected. 43.21C.06O Chapter supplementary. 43.21C.070 Establishment ofclassifications and categories of building permits and acts orgoyernmentai agencies concerning ramily residences--Exemption from 'detailed statement' requirement. 43.2IC.080 Notice of action bygovernmentalagency-How publicized-Form-Time limitation forcommencing challenge to action . 43.2IC.08S limitations on challenges to actions taken-Application to challenge or appeal on adoption ofrules. 43.21C.087 List offilings required by RCW 43.21C.080. 43.21C.09O Decision orgovernmental agency to beaccorded substantial weight. 43.21C.IOO Council on environmental policy-Established-- Composition-Abolishment. 43.21C.IOS Council onenvironmental policy-Personnel. 43.21C.IIO Council on environmental policy-Powers. duties and function. 43.21C.120 Rules, ordinances. resolutions and regulations-- Adopti,on--EHectivedates. 43.21C.IJO Model ordinances. 4J.2IC.I35 Authority of local governmental units to adopt rules, guidelines and modelordinances byreference. 43.2IC.I40 Review of actions taken to implementchapter--Report to legislature. 43.21C.ISO RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c) inapplicable when statement previously prepared pursuant to national environmental policy act. 43.21C.160 Utilization orstatement prepared under RCW 43.21C- .030 to implementchapter 90.62 RCW-Utilization

orchapter90.62 RCW procedures to satisfy RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c). 41.2IC.16S Challenges to consistency or rules adopted pursuant to RCW 43.21C.IIO and**43.21C.I~Procedure-­** Finality. 43.21C.200 legislative declaration. 43.21C.202 Environmental policycommission--Established-- Membership--Chairperson--TravelexpenscsDuties. 43.21C.204 Environmental policycommission--ExpirationTransfer of powers, duties, and functions. 43.2IC.210 Certain actions during state ofemergencyexempt from chapter. 43.21C.900 Short title. 43.21C.910 Severability--1974 ex.s. c 179.



### 43.21C.010 Purposes. The purposes of this chapter

are: (I) 

### To declare a state policy whicl

....ill encourage productive and enjoyable harmony between man and his environment; (2) to promote efforts which will prevent

or eliminate damage to the environment and biosphere; (3) and stimulate the health and welfare of man; and (4)
to enrich the understanding of the ecological systems and natural resources important to the state and nation. (1971 ex.s. c 109 

### § I.J

43.21C.020 Legislative recognitions--Dedaration--Responsibility. (I) The legislature. recognizing that man depends on his biological and physical surroundings for food. shelter, and other needs, and for cultural enrichment as well; and recognizing further the profound impact of man's activity on the interrelations of all components of the natural environment, particularly the profound influences of population growth, high-density urbanization, industrial expansion. resource

(1981 Eel.) 

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