Source: http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=88.46.060
Timestamp: 2018-09-19 21:14:33
Document Index: 284079872

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 201', '§ 6', '§ 2', '§ 6', '§ 3', '§ 20', '§ 419', '§ 1', '§ 6']

RCW 88.46.060: Contingency plans.
RCWs > Title 88 > Chapter 88.46 > Section 88.46.060
88.46.050 << 88.46.060 >> 88.46.0601
RCW 88.46.060
(g) Describe important features of the surrounding environment, including fish habitat, water column species and subsurface resources, wildlife habitat, shellfish beds, environmentally and archaeologically sensitive areas, and public facilities, that are: (i) Based on information documented in geographic response plans and area contingency plans, as required under RCW 90.56.210; or (ii) for areas without geographic response plans or area contingency plans, existing practices protecting these resources used for similar areas. The departments of ecology, fish and wildlife, natural resources, and archaeology and historic preservation, upon request, shall provide information that they have available to assist in preparing this description. The description of archaeologically sensitive areas shall not be required to be included in a contingency plan until it is reviewed and updated pursuant to subsection (9) of this section;
(n) State the amount and type of equipment available to respond to a spill, where the equipment is located, and the extent to which other contingency plans rely on the same equipment;
(p) Compliance with RCW 88.46.230 if the contingency plan is submitted by an umbrella plan holder; and
(2) The owner or operator of a covered vessel must submit any required contingency plan updates to the department within the timelines established by the department.
(3)(a) The owner or operator of a tank vessel or of the facilities at which the vessel will be unloading its cargo, or a nonprofit corporation established for the purpose of oil spill response and contingency plan coverage and of which the owner or operator is a member, shall submit the contingency plan for the tank vessel. Subject to conditions imposed by the department, the owner or operator of a facility may submit a single contingency plan for tank vessels of a particular class that will be unloading cargo at the facility.
(b) The contingency plan for a cargo vessel or passenger vessel may be submitted by the owner or operator of the cargo vessel or passenger vessel, by the agent for the vessel resident in this state, or by a nonprofit corporation established for the purpose of oil spill response and contingency plan coverage and of which the owner or operator is a member. Subject to conditions imposed by the department, the owner, operator, or agent may submit a single contingency plan for cargo vessels or passenger vessels of a particular class.
[ 2018 c 262 § 201; 2011 c 122 § 6; 2005 c 78 § 2; 2000 c 69 § 6; 1995 c 148 § 3; 1992 c 73 § 20; 1991 c 200 § 419.]
Effective date—1995 c 148 §§ 1-3: "Sections 1 through 3 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately [April 27, 1995]." [ 1995 c 148 § 6.]