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WA Rev Code § 77.115.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.115 - Aquaculture Disease Control.|77.115.040 - Registration of aquatic farmers—Fee.

RCW 77.115.040 Registration of aquatic farmers—Fee.(1) All aquatic farmers, as defined in RCW 15.85.020, shall register with the department. The application fee is one hundred five dollars. The director shall assign each aquatic farm a unique registration number and develop and maintain in an electronic database a registration list of all aquaculture farms. The department shall establish procedures to annually update the aquatic farmer information contained in the registration list. The department shall coordinate with the department of health using shellfish growing area certification data when updating the registration list.(2) Registered aquaculture farms shall provide the department with the following information:(a) The name of the aquatic farmer;(b) The address of the aquatic farmer;(c) Contact information such as telephone, fax, website, and email address, if available;(d) The number and location of acres under cultivation, including a map displaying the location of the cultivated acres;(e) The name of the landowner of the property being cultivated or otherwise used in the aquatic farming operation;(f) The private sector cultured aquatic product being propagated, farmed, or cultivated; and(g) Statistical production data.(3) The state veterinarian shall be provided with registration and statistical data by the department.(4) The department must implement this section consistent with RCW 77.125.050.[ 2018 c 179 § 8; 2011 c 339 § 37; 2007 c 216 § 6; 1993 sp.s. c 2 § 58; 1988 c 36 § 45; 1985 c 457 § 11. Formerly RCW 75.58.040.]NOTES:Effective date—2011 c 339: See note following RCW 43.84.092.Effective date—1993 sp.s. c 2 §§ 1-6, 8-59, and 61-79: See RCW 43.300.900.
WA Rev Code § 77.120.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.120 - Ballast Water Management.|77.120.005 - Findings.

RCW 77.120.005 Findings.The legislature finds that some nonindigenous species have the potential to cause economic and environmental damage to the state and that current efforts to stop the introduction of nonindigenous species from shipping vessels do not adequately reduce the risk of new introductions into Washington waters.The legislature recognizes the international ramifications and the rapidly changing dimensions of this issue, the lack of currently available treatment technologies, and the difficulty that any one state has in either legally or practically managing this issue. Recognizing the possible limits of state jurisdiction over international issues, the state declares its support for the international maritime organization and United States coast guard efforts, and the state intends to complement, to the extent its powers allow it, the United States coast guard's ballast water management program.[ 2004 c 227 § 1; 2000 c 108 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 77.120.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.120 - Ballast Water Management.|77.120.020 - Application of chapter.

RCW 77.120.020 Application of chapter.(1) This chapter applies to all vessels transiting into the waters of the state from a voyage, except:(a) A vessel of the United States department of defense or United States coast guard subject to the requirements of section 1103 of the national invasive species act of 1996, or any vessel of the armed forces, as defined in 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1322(a)(14), that is subject to the uniform national discharge standards for vessels of the armed forces under 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1322(n);(b) A vessel that discharges ballast water or sediments only at the location where the ballast water or sediments originated, if the ballast water or sediments do not mix with ballast water or sediments from areas other than open sea waters; and(c) A vessel in innocent passage, merely traversing the territorial sea of the United States and not entering or departing a United States port, or not navigating the internal waters of the United States, and that does not discharge ballast water into the waters of the state.(2) This chapter does not authorize the discharge of oil or noxious liquid substances in a manner prohibited by state, federal, or international laws or regulations. Ballast water containing oil, noxious liquid substances, or any other pollutant shall be discharged in accordance with the applicable requirements.(3) The master or operator in charge of a vessel is responsible for the safety of the vessel, its crew, and its passengers. Nothing in this chapter relieves the master or operator in charge of a vessel of the responsibility for ensuring the safety and stability of the vessel or the safety of the crew and passengers.[ 2007 c 350 § 9; 2000 c 108 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 77.120.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.120 - Ballast Water Management.|77.120.050 - Pilot project—Private sector ballast water treatment operation.

RCW 77.120.050 Pilot project—Private sector ballast water treatment operation.The shipping vessel industry, the public ports, and the department shall promote the creation of a pilot project to establish a private sector ballast water treatment operation that is capable of servicing vessels at all Washington ports. Federal and state agencies and private industries shall be invited to participate. The project will develop equipment or methods to treat ballast water and establish operational methods that do not increase the cost of ballast water treatment at smaller ports. The legislature intends that the cost of treatment required by this chapter is substantially equivalent among large and small ports in Washington.[ 2000 c 108 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 77.120.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.120 - Ballast Water Management.|77.120.070 - Violation of chapter—Penalties—Rules.

RCW 77.120.070 Violation of chapter—Penalties—Rules.(1) The department may establish by rule schedules for any penalty allowed in this chapter. The schedules may provide for the incremental assessment of a penalty based on criteria established by rule.(2) The director or the director's designee may impose a civil penalty or warning for a violation of the requirements of this chapter on the owner or operator in charge of a vessel who fails to comply with the requirements imposed under this chapter. The penalty shall not exceed twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars for each day of a continuing violation. In determining the amount of a civil penalty, the department shall set standards by rule that consider if the violation was intentional, negligent, or without any fault, and shall consider the quality and nature of risks created by the violation. The owner or operator subject to such a penalty may contest the determination by requesting an adjudicative proceeding within twenty days. Any determination not timely contested is final and may be reduced to a judgment enforceable in any court with jurisdiction. If the department prevails using any judicial process to collect a penalty under this section, the department shall also be awarded its costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.(3) The department, in cooperation with the United States coast guard, may enforce the requirements of this chapter.[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 17 § 304; 2007 c 350 § 12; 2000 c 108 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 77.120.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.120 - Ballast Water Management.|77.120.100 - Department may assess fee for exemptions—Rules.

RCW 77.120.100 Department may assess fee for exemptions—Rules.The department may assess a fee for any exemptions allowed under this chapter. Such a fee may not exceed five thousand dollars. The department may establish by rule schedules for any fee allowed in this chapter. The schedules may provide for the incremental assessment of a penalty based on criteria established by rule.[ 2007 c 350 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 77.120.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.120 - Ballast Water Management.|77.120.110 - Ballast water and biofouling management account.

RCW 77.120.110 Ballast water and biofouling management account.(1) The ballast water and biofouling management account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from legislative appropriations, gifts, grants, donations, penalties, and fees received under this chapter must be deposited into the account.(2) Expenditures from the account may be used only to carry out the purposes of this chapter. However, penalties may not be used for the salaries of permanent department employees.(3) Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation.[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 17 § 106; 2009 c 333 § 27; 2007 c 350 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 77.120.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.120 - Ballast Water Management.|77.120.120 - Special operating authorization—Rules.

RCW 77.120.120 Special operating authorization—Rules.The department may issue a special operating authorization for passenger vessels conducting or assisting in research and testing activities to determine the presence of invasive species in ballast water collected in the waters of southeast Alaska north of latitude fifty-four degrees thirty minutes north to sixty-one degrees ten minutes north, extending to longitude one hundred forty-nine degrees thirty minutes west. The department may adopt rules for defining special operating authorization conditions, requirements, limitations, and fees as necessary to implement this section, consistent with the intent of this chapter.[ 2009 c 333 § 28; 2007 c 350 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 77.120.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.120 - Ballast Water Management.|77.120.130 - Department's authority to enter into partnerships, contracts, or other agreements.

RCW 77.120.130 Department's authority to enter into partnerships, contracts, or other agreements.The department may enter into partnerships, contracts, or any other form of agreements with other entities to carry out the intent of this chapter. The department shall ensure that any such entity is registered and licensed to do business in Washington. All agreements must be consistent with existing state laws, agency rules, state water quality standards, and collective bargaining agreements.[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 17 § 204.]
WA Rev Code § 77.120.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.120 - Ballast Water Management.|77.120.140 - Biofouling—Agency rule-making authority.

RCW 77.120.140 Biofouling—Agency rule-making authority.(1) The owner or operator of a vessel covered by this chapter is required to ensure that the vessel under their ownership or control does not release biofouling into waters of the state except as authorized by this section.(2) The department may adopt by rule standards and requirements governing the release of biofouling on vessels arriving or moored at a Washington port.(3) The department shall adopt rules under subsection (2) of this section for adoption in consultation with a collaborative forum with advisors from regulated industries and the potentially affected parties including shipping interests, ports, shellfish growers, fisheries, environmental interests, interested citizens who have knowledge of the issues, and appropriate governmental representatives including the United States coast guard and the United States environmental protection agency. The rules must:(a) Ensure that biofouling management poses minimal risk of release of nonindigenous species;(b) Be based on the best available technology that is economically achievable; and(c) Where practical and appropriate, be compatible with standards and requirements set by the United States coast guard, the United States environmental protection agency, or the international maritime organization.[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 17 § 301.]
WA Rev Code § 77.125.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.125 - Marine Finfish Aquaculture Programs.|77.125.010 - Accidental Atlantic salmon release—Prevention measures.

RCW 77.125.010 Accidental Atlantic salmon release—Prevention measures.Marine aquaculture net pen facilities in Washington state have accidentally released Atlantic salmon into Puget Sound. It is necessary to minimize escapes through the implementation of statewide prevention measures.[ 2001 c 86 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 77.125.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.125 - Marine Finfish Aquaculture Programs.|77.125.020 - Marine aquatic farming location—Defined.

RCW 77.125.020 Marine aquatic farming location—Defined.For the purposes of this chapter, "marine aquatic farming location" means a complete complex that may be composed of various marine enclosures, net pens, or other rearing vessels, food handling facilities, or other facilities related to the rearing of Atlantic salmon or other finfish in marine waters. A marine aquatic farming location is distinguished from the individual facilities that collectively compose the location.[ 2001 c 86 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 77.125.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.125 - Marine Finfish Aquaculture Programs.|77.125.030 - Development of proposed rules—Elements.

RCW 77.125.030 Development of proposed rules—Elements.(1) The director, in cooperation with the marine finfish aquatic farmers, shall develop proposed rules for the implementation, administration, and enforcement of marine finfish aquaculture programs. In developing such proposed rules, the director must use a negotiated rule-making process pursuant to RCW 34.05.310. The proposed rules shall include the following elements:(a) Provisions for the prevention of escapes of cultured marine finfish aquaculture products from enclosures, net pens, or other rearing vessels;(b) Provisions for the development and implementation of management plans to facilitate the most rapid recapture of live marine finfish aquaculture products that have escaped from enclosures, net pens, or other rearing vessels, and to prevent the spread or permanent escape of these products;(c) Provisions for the development of management practices based on the latest available science, to include:(i) Procedures for inspections of marine aquatic farming locations on a regular basis to determine conformity with law and the rules of the department relating to the operation of marine aquatic farming locations. The rules must provide for the recovery of actual costs incurred for required inspections, monitoring, and compliance testing by the department; and(ii) Operating procedures at marine aquatic farming locations to prevent the escape of marine finfish, to include the use of net antifoulants;(d) Provisions for the eradication of those cultured marine finfish aquaculture products that have escaped from enclosures, net pens, or other rearing vessels found spawning in state waters;(e) Provisions for the determination of appropriate species, stocks, and races of marine finfish aquaculture products allowed to be cultured at specific locations and sites;(f) Provisions for the development of an Atlantic salmon watch program similar to the one in operation in British Columbia, Canada. The program must provide for the monitoring of escapes of Atlantic salmon from marine aquatic farming locations, monitor the occurrence of naturally produced Atlantic salmon, determine the impact of Atlantic salmon on naturally produced and cultured finfish stocks, provide a focal point for consolidation of scientific information, and provide a forum for interaction and education of the public; and(g) Provisions for the development of an education program to assist marine aquatic farmers so that they operate in an environmentally sound manner.(2) The department must implement this section consistent with RCW 77.125.050.[ 2020 c 216 § 1; 2018 c 179 § 9; 2001 c 86 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 77.125.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.125 - Marine Finfish Aquaculture Programs.|77.125.040 - Rules adoption.

RCW 77.125.040 Rules adoption.Rules to implement this chapter shall be adopted no sooner than thirty days following the end of the 2002 regular legislative session.[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 25 § 36; 2001 c 86 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 77.125.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.125 - Marine Finfish Aquaculture Programs.|77.125.050 - Activities associated with the use of marine net pens for nonnative marine finfish aquaculture.

RCW 77.125.050 Activities associated with the use of marine net pens for nonnative marine finfish aquaculture.(1) The department may authorize or permit activities associated with the use of marine net pens for 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 authorize or permit any of these activities or operations after the expiration date of the relevant lease of state-owned aquatic lands in effect on June 7, 2018.(2) For purposes of this section, "state-owned aquatic lands" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 79.105.060.[ 2018 c 179 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 77.125.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.125 - Marine Finfish Aquaculture Programs.|77.125.060 - Facility operator must hire marine engineering firm to conduct inspections.

RCW 77.125.060 Facility operator must hire marine engineering firm to conduct inspections.(1) For marine finfish aquaculture, the facility operator must hire, at their own expense, a marine engineering firm approved by the department to conduct inspections. Inspections must occur approximately every two years, when net pens are fallow, and must include topside and mooring assessments related to escapement potential, structural integrity, permit compliance, and operations.(2) Any net pen facility must be found to be in good working order to receive fish.(3) If the facility is found to be in imminent danger of collapse or release of finfish, the director may require the operator to remove fish or deny a fish transfer permit.[ 2018 c 179 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 77.130.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.130 - Disposition of Unclaimed Property.|77.130.010 - Unclaimed personal property—Disposition—Firearms.

RCW 77.130.010 Unclaimed personal property—Disposition—Firearms.Whenever any personal property comes into the possession of the officers of the department in connection with the official performance of their duties and the personal property remains unclaimed or not taken away for a period of sixty days from the date of written notice to the owner thereof, if known, which notice shall inform the owner of the disposition that may be made of the property under this section and the time that the owner has to claim the property and in all other cases for a period of sixty days from the time the property came into the possession of the department, unless the property has been held as evidence in any court, then, in that event, after sixty days from date when the case has been finally disposed of and the property released as evidence by order of the court, the department may:(1) At any time thereafter sell the personal property at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash in the manner hereinafter provided;(2) Retain the property for the use of the department subject to giving notice in the manner prescribed in RCW 63.35.030 and the right of the owner, or the owner's legal representative, to reclaim the property within one year after receipt of notice, without compensation for ordinary wear and tear if, in the opinion of the director, the property consists of firearms or other items specifically usable in law enforcement work. At the end of each calendar year during which there has been such a retention, the department shall provide the office of financial management and retain for public inspection a list of such retained items and an estimation of each item's replacement value;(3) Destroy an item of personal property at the discretion of the director if the director determines that the following circumstances have occurred:(a) The property has no substantial commercial value or the probable cost of sale exceeds the value of the property;(b) The item has been unclaimed by any person after notice procedures have been met, as prescribed in this section; and(c) The director has determined that the item is illegal to possess or sell or unsafe and unable to be made safe for use by any member of the general public;(4) If the item is not unsafe or illegal to possess or sell, such item, after satisfying the notice requirements as prescribed in this section may be offered by the director to bona fide dealers, in trade for law enforcement equipment, which equipment must be treated as retained property for the purpose of annual listing requirements of subsection (2) of this section; or(5) At the end of one year, any unclaimed firearm must be disposed of pursuant to RCW 9.41.098(2). Any other item that is not unsafe or illegal to possess or sell, but has been, or may be used, in the judgment of the director, in a manner that is illegal, may be destroyed.[ 2009 c 333 § 44.]
WA Rev Code § 77.130.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.130 - Disposition of Unclaimed Property.|77.130.020 - Notice of sale.

RCW 77.130.020 Notice of sale.Before the personal property shall be sold, a notice of such a sale fixing the time and place thereof which shall be at a suitable place, which will be noted in the advertisement for sale, and containing a description of the property to be sold must be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the property is to be sold at least ten days prior to the date fixed for the auction. The notice must be signed by the director. If the owner fails to reclaim the property prior to the time fixed for the sale in such a notice, the director shall conduct the sale and sell the property described in the notice at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, and upon payment of the amount of the bid shall deliver the property to the bidder.[ 2009 c 333 § 45.]
WA Rev Code § 77.130.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.130 - Disposition of Unclaimed Property.|77.130.030 - Use of money from sales under this chapter.

RCW 77.130.030 Use of money from sales under this chapter.The moneys arising from sales under the provisions of this chapter must be first applied to the payment of the costs and expenses of the sale and then to the payment of lawful charges and expenses for the keep of the personal property and the balance, if any, must be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the fish and wildlife enforcement reward account under RCW 77.15.425.[ 2009 c 333 § 46.]
WA Rev Code § 77.130.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.130 - Disposition of Unclaimed Property.|77.130.040 - Property owner entitled to receive money.

RCW 77.130.040 Property owner entitled to receive money.If the owner of the personal property so sold, or the owner's legal representative, shall, at any time within three years after the money has been deposited in the fish and wildlife enforcement reward account, furnish satisfactory evidence to the state treasurer of the ownership of the personal property, the owner or the owner's legal representative is entitled to receive from the fish and wildlife enforcement reward account the amount so deposited, with interest.[ 2009 c 333 § 47.]