I· ..........Title ..3 RCW: State Go.emment--Exec:utiYe (~'.•

rnlle 43 RCW-. ~I

43.21A.910 Sa~ings--Permits, standards not affec:ted--Se~erability--Effecthe date-1970 basic

act. See notes following RCW 43.21A.01O.

used as a police vehicle, or ambulance, an emergency aid

vehicle, or a fire department vehicle, and any catalytic

converter in the exhaust system of any such vehicle may

be lawfully removed. [1977 ex.s. c 264 § I.]

Cbapter 43.218

ENVIRONMENTAL HEARINGS OFFICEPOLLUTION CONTROL HEARINGS 80ARD OF

THE STATE

43.21 8.005 Environmental bearings office ereated--Composition--Cbief executive officer--

Staff support. There is created an environmental hearings office of the state of Washington. 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 chief executive 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 chief executive officer of the environmental hearings office may appoint, discharge, and fix the compensation of such staff as may be necessary or may contract

for required services. Employees of the environmental

hearings office shall serve each board at the direction of

the chief executive officer of the environmental hearings

office. [1979 ex.s. c 47 § 2.]

Intent--1979 ex.s. e 47: ·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 of state government with minimum disturbance to these boards.

It is not the intent of the legislature in consolidating these boards to

change the existing membership of 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. c 47 § I.)

43.218.020 Members------Qualifications-Appointment. The hearings board shall consist of three

members qualified by experience or training in pertinent

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 be appointed by the governor with the advice

(t98t Ed.)

43.218.250 Chall;;ges to consistency of rules adopted purSuant to

. RCW 43.2IC.I\0 and 43.2\C.12~Procedure-­

Finality.

43.2\ 8.260 Regulations and amendments of activated 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 state of Washington.

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, e 47: See note following RCW 43.218.005.

Environmental hearings office created--Composition--Chief executive officer--Staff support.

Pollution control hearings board created--Purpose.

Members--Qualifications--Appointmenl.

Members--Terms--Filling vacancies. term.

Removal of member. procedure--As disqualification

for reappointment.

Governor to determine basis for operation--Compensation if part time basis. limitation--Reimbursement of travel expenses.

Restrictions upon conduct while member and upon termination of membership.

Chairman. biennial election of.

Principal office---Quorum--Hearings by one or

more members-.-Hearing examiners-c-c-Board powers and duties.

Board to make findings of fact and written decisions on

each case considered--Effective upon signing and

filing--Public information.

Board jurisdiction--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-5taff assistance. limitation.

Formal hearings. board or hearing examiners' powers--Staff assistance. 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 of appeals 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 of department under administrative procedure act 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 of appointment or during their term

shall be members of the same political party. [1970 ex.s,

c 62 § 32.]

43.218.030 Members-Terms-Filling vacandes, 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 the

hearings 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, and

the 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 for reappointment. [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. If it 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 is determined 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 receive reimbursement 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 a candidate 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 examiner

shall 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 for pu.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 have jurisdiction 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

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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 of the 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 of the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.04 RCW. [1970 ex.s. c 62 § 41.J

-R"*r',IIOCr. 'this act', see notes following 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 of any 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,

That violations of any 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

pollution control 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.

[1970 ex.s. c 62 I 42.J

-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 of board rules and regulations-Sc:ope of board

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 of the various departments whose

powers, duties and functions are transferred by -this

milt 43 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

43.21 B.II 0 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 be granted. [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 thereof may obtain such assistance, including the making of field investigations, from the staff of

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 of oaths, issuance of subpoenas, 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 of chapter 34.04 RCW

relating to contested cases. In the case of appeals 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 staff of 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,

(1981 Ed.)
E.\'i,,,,..mental Hearings Office 43.118.140

shall be presented only i.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 board rules 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 be obtained only pursuant 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-

.110 as 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 communicated to the interested parties, or within thirty days 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 petilion 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 copy thereof by 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

hearings board'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 board

may 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. The hearings 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 the

notice 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 law

relating 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 of determination, notice of

or an order made by the department under the provisions of -this 1970 amendatory 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 notice of appeal does not so state, the hearing shall be an

informal one: Provided, however, That nothing shall

prevent the department or the air pollution authority, as

the case may be, within ten days from the date of its receipt of the notice of appeal, from filing with the clerk of

the 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

1970 amendatory act. (1970 ex.s. c 62 § 54.]

eR""·. NCr. 'this act' and 'this 1970 amendatory act', see notes

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 be final. (1974 ex.s. c 179 § 9.J

r...- 1974 n.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 of activated

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 take judicial 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, c 69 I 5.]

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.

Chapter 43.21C

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

SeCtions

4J.2IC.0IO Purposes.

43.21C.020 Legislative recognitions-DeclarationResponsibility.

43.2IC.030 Guidelines for state agencies. local goyernmentsStatements-Repons--Advice-Inrormation.

41.21C.032 Restoration of interim transportation services-Hood

Canal bridge-Reconstruction of permanent

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 of RCW 43.2IC.010(2)(c) to forest practices-Expiration of section ..

43.21C.04O Examination or laws, regulations, policies by state agencies and local authorities--Report of deficiencies

and corrective measures.

43.21C.OSO Specific statutory obligations not affected.

43.21C.06O Chapter supplementary.

43.21C.070 Establishment of classifications and categories of building permits and acts or goyernmentai agencies concerning ramily residences--Exemption from

'detailed statement' requirement.

43.2IC.080 Notice of action by governmental agency-How publicized-Form-Time limitation for commencing

challenge to action .

43.2IC.08S limitations on challenges to actions taken-Application to challenge or appeal on adoption of rules.

43.21C.087 List of filings required by RCW 43.21C.080.

43.21C.09O Decision or governmental agency to be accorded substantial weight.

43.21C.IOO Council on environmental policy-Established--

Composition-Abolishment.

43.21C.IOS Council on environmental policy-Personnel.

43.21C.IIO Council on environmental policy-Powers. duties and

function.

43.21C.120 Rules, ordinances. resolutions and regulations--

Adopti,on--EHective dates.

43.21C.IJO Model ordinances.

4J.2IC.I35 Authority of local governmental units to adopt rules,

guidelines and model ordinances by reference.

43.2IC.I40 Review of actions taken to implement chapter--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 or statement prepared under RCW 43.21C-

.030 to implement chapter 90.62 RCW-Utilization

or chapter 90.62 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 policy commission--Established--

Membership--Chairperson--Travel expenscsDuties.

43.21C.204 Environmental policy commission--ExpirationTransfer of powers, duties, and functions.

43.2IC.210 Certain actions during state of emergency exempt 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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