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WA Rev Code § 90.82.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.82 - Watershed Planning.|90.82.120 - Plan parameters.

RCW 90.82.120 Plan parameters.(1) Watershed planning developed and approved under this chapter shall not contain provisions that: (a) Are in conflict with existing state statutes, federal laws, or tribal treaty rights; (b) impair or diminish in any manner an existing water right evidenced by a claim filed in the water rights claims registry established under chapter 90.14 RCW or a water right certificate or permit; (c) require a modification in the basic operations of a federal reclamation project with a water right the priority date of which is before June 11, 1998, or alter in any manner whatsoever the quantity of water available under the water right for the reclamation project, whether the project has or has not been completed before June 11, 1998; (d) affect or interfere with an ongoing general adjudication of water rights; (e) modify or require the modification of any waste discharge permit issued under chapter 90.48 RCW; (f) modify or require the modification of activities or actions taken or intended to be taken under a habitat restoration work schedule developed under chapter 246, Laws of 1998; or (g) modify or require the modification of activities or actions taken to protect or enhance fish habitat if the activities or actions are: (i) Part of an approved habitat conservation plan and an incidental take permit, an incidental take statement, a management or recovery plan, or other cooperative or conservation agreement entered into with a federal or state fish and wildlife protection agency under its statutory authority for fish and wildlife protection that addresses the affected habitat; or (ii) part of a water quality program adopted by an irrigation district under chapter 87.03 RCW or a board of joint control under chapter 87.80 RCW. This subsection (1)(g) applies as long as the activities or actions continue to be taken in accordance with the plan, agreement, permit, or statement. Any assessment conducted under RCW 90.82.070, 90.82.090, or 90.82.100 shall take into consideration such activities and actions and those taken under the forest practices rules, including watershed analysis adopted under the forest practices act, chapter 76.09 RCW.(2) Watershed planning developed and approved under this chapter shall not change existing local ordinances or existing state rules or permits, but may contain recommendations for changing such ordinances or rules.(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, watershed planning shall take into account forest practices rules under the forest practices act, chapter 76.09 RCW, and shall not create any obligations or restrictions on forest practices additional to or inconsistent with the forest practices act and its implementing rules, whether watershed planning is approved by the counties or the department.[ 1998 c 247 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 90.82.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.82 - Watershed Planning.|90.82.140 - Use of monitoring recommendations in RCW 77.85.210.

RCW 90.82.140 Use of monitoring recommendations in RCW 77.85.210.In conducting assessments and other studies that include monitoring components or recommendations, the department and planning units shall implement the monitoring recommendations developed under *RCW 77.85.210.[ 2001 c 298 § 2.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 77.85.210 was repealed by 2005 c 309 § 10.Finding—Intent—2001 c 298: "The legislature finds that a comprehensive program of monitoring is fundamental to making sound public policy and programmatic decisions regarding salmon recovery and watershed health. Monitoring provides accountability for results of management actions and provides the data upon which an adaptive management framework can lead to improvement of strategies and programs. Monitoring is also a required element of any salmon recovery plan submitted to the federal government for approval. While numerous agencies and citizen organizations are engaged in monitoring a wide range of salmon recovery and watershed health parameters, there is a greater need for coordination of monitoring efforts, for using limited monitoring resources to obtain information most useful for achieving relevant local, state, and federal requirements regarding watershed health and salmon recovery, and for making the information more accessible to those agencies and organizations implementing watershed health programs and projects. Regarding salmon recovery monitoring, the state independent science panel has concluded that many programs already monitor indicators relevant to salmonids, but the efforts are largely uncoordinated or unlinked among programs, have different objectives, use different indicators, lack support for sharing data, and lack shared statistical designs to address specific issues raised by listing of salmonid species under the federal endangered species act.Therefore, it is the intent of the legislature to encourage the refocusing of existing agency monitoring activities necessary to implement a comprehensive watershed health monitoring program, with a focus on salmon recovery. The program should: Be based on a framework of greater coordination of existing monitoring activities; require monitoring activities most relevant to adopted local, state, and federal watershed health objectives; and facilitate the exchange of monitoring information with agencies and organizations carrying out watershed health, salmon recovery, and water resources management planning and programs." [ 2001 c 298 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 90.84.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.84 - Wetlands Mitigation Banking.|90.84.005 - Findings—Purpose—Intent.

RCW 90.84.005 Findings—Purpose—Intent.(1) The legislature finds that wetlands mitigation banks are an important tool for providing compensatory mitigation for unavoidable impacts to wetlands. The legislature further finds that the benefits of mitigation banks include: (a) Maintenance of the ecological functioning of a watershed by consolidating compensatory mitigation into a single large parcel rather than smaller individual parcels; (b) increased potential for the establishment and long-term management of successful mitigation by bringing together financial resources, planning, and scientific expertise not practicable for many project-specific mitigation proposals; (c) increased certainty over the success of mitigation and reduction of temporal losses of wetlands since mitigation banks are typically implemented and functioning in advance of project impacts; (d) potential enhanced protection and preservation of the state's highest value and highest functioning wetlands; (e) a reduction in permit processing times and increased opportunity for more cost-effective compensatory mitigation for development projects; and (f) the ability to provide compensatory mitigation in an efficient, predictable, and economically and environmentally responsible manner. Therefore, the legislature declares that it is the policy of the state to authorize wetland mitigation banking.(2) The purpose of this chapter is to support the establishment of mitigation banks by: (a) Authorizing state agencies and local governments, as well as private entities, to achieve the goals of this chapter; and (b) providing a predictable, efficient, regulatory framework, including timely review of mitigation bank proposals. The legislature intends that, in the development and adoption of rules for banks, the department establish and use a collaborative process involving interested public and private entities.[ 1998 c 248 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 90.84.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.84 - Wetlands Mitigation Banking.|90.84.010 - Definitions.

RCW 90.84.010 Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Banking instrument" means the documentation of agency and bank sponsor concurrence on the objectives and administration of the bank that describes in detail the physical and legal characteristics of the bank, including the service area, and how the bank will be established and operated.(2) "Bank sponsor" means any public or private entity responsible for establishing and, in most circumstances, operating a bank.(3) "Credit" means a unit of trade representing the increase in the ecological value of the site, as measured by acreage, functions, and/or values, or by some other assessment method.(4) "Department" means the department of ecology.(5) "Wetlands mitigation bank" or "bank" means a site where wetlands are restored, created, enhanced, or in exceptional circumstances, preserved expressly for the purpose of providing compensatory mitigation in advance of authorized impacts to similar resources.(6) "Mitigation" means sequentially avoiding impacts, minimizing impacts, and compensating for remaining unavoidable impacts.(7) "Practicable" means available and capable of being done after taking into consideration cost, existing technology, and logistics in light of overall project purposes.(8) "Service area" means the designated geographic area in which a bank can reasonably be expected to provide appropriate compensation for unavoidable impacts to wetlands.(9) "Unavoidable" means adverse impacts that remain after all appropriate and practicable avoidance and minimization have been achieved.[ 1998 c 248 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 90.84.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.84 - Wetlands Mitigation Banking.|90.84.020 - Wetlands or wetlands banks—Authority for regulating.

RCW 90.84.020 Wetlands or wetlands banks—Authority for regulating.This chapter does not create any new authority for regulating wetlands or wetlands banks beyond what is specifically provided for in this chapter. No authority is granted to the department under this chapter to adopt rules or guidance that apply to wetland projects other than banks under this chapter.[ 1998 c 248 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 90.84.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.84 - Wetlands Mitigation Banking.|90.84.030 - Rules—Submission of proposed rules to legislative committees.

RCW 90.84.030 Rules—Submission of proposed rules to legislative committees.(1) Subject to the requirements of this chapter, the department, through a collaborative process, shall adopt rules for:(a) Certification, operation, and monitoring of wetlands mitigation banks. The rules shall include procedures to assure that:(i) Priority is given to banks providing for the restoration of degraded or former wetlands;(ii) Banks involving the creation and enhancement of wetlands are certified only where there are adequate assurances of success and that the bank will result in an overall environmental benefit; and(iii) Banks involving the preservation of wetlands or associated uplands are certified only when the preservation is in conjunction with the restoration, enhancement, or creation of a wetland, or in other exceptional circumstances as determined by the department consistent with this chapter;(b) Determination and release of credits from banks. Procedures regarding credits shall authorize the use and sale of credits to offset adverse impacts and the phased release of credits as different levels of the performance standards are met;(c) Public involvement in the certification of banks, using existing statutory authority;(d) Coordination of governmental agencies, including early notification of the local government where the bank is located;(e) Establishment of criteria for determining service areas for each bank in accordance with subsection (2) of this section;(f) Performance standards; and(g) Long-term management, financial assurances, and remediation for certified banks.(2) The criteria for determining service areas under subsection (1)(e) of this section shall include a requirement that restricts the maximum extent of the service area of a wetlands mitigation bank to the water resource inventory area (WRIA) as established under chapter 173-500 WAC in which the bank is located except where a service area may include parts of other WRIAs if it is ecologically defensible and appropriate.(3) Before adopting rules under this chapter, the department shall submit the proposed rules to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature. By January 30, 1999, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature on its progress in developing rules under this chapter.[ 2008 c 80 § 1; 1998 c 248 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 90.84.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.84 - Wetlands Mitigation Banking.|90.84.040 - Certification of banks—Approval of use of credits by state and local governments.

RCW 90.84.040 Certification of banks—Approval of use of credits by state and local governments.(1) The department may certify only those banks that meet the requirements of this chapter. Certification shall be accomplished through a banking instrument. The local jurisdiction in which the bank is located shall be signatory to the banking instrument.(2) For a bank for which an application for a banking instrument was filed January 1, 2008, or thereafter, the department may not certify a bank without local approval of the bank. The local jurisdiction in which the bank is located has final approval over the certification of the mitigation bank. If the local government approves the bank, it shall be a signatory to the banking instrument.(3) State agencies and local governments may approve use of credits from a bank for any mitigation required under a permit issued or approved by that state agency or local government to compensate for the proposed impacts of a specific public or private project.[ 2008 c 80 § 2; 1998 c 248 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 90.84.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.84 - Wetlands Mitigation Banking.|90.84.050 - Approval of use of credits by the department—Requirements.

RCW 90.84.050 Approval of use of credits by the department—Requirements.Prior to authorizing use of credits from a bank as a means of mitigation under a permit issued or approved by the department, the department must assure that all appropriate and practicable steps have been undertaken to first avoid and then minimize adverse impacts to wetlands. In determining appropriate steps to avoid and minimize adverse impacts to wetlands, the department shall take into consideration the functions and values of the wetland, including fish habitat, groundwater quality, and protection of adjacent properties. The department may approve use of credits from a bank when:(1) The credits represent the creation, restoration, or enhancement of wetlands of like kind and in close proximity when estuarine wetlands are being mitigated;(2) There is no practicable opportunity for on-site compensation; or(3) Use of credits from a bank is environmentally preferable to on-site compensation.[ 1998 c 248 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 90.84.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.84 - Wetlands Mitigation Banking.|90.84.060 - Interpretation of chapter and rules.

RCW 90.84.060 Interpretation of chapter and rules.The interpretation of this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter must be consistent with applicable federal guidance for the establishment, use, and operation of wetlands mitigation banks as it existed on June 11, 1998, or such subsequent date as may be provided by the department by rule, consistent with the purposes of this chapter.[ 1998 c 248 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 90.84.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.84 - Wetlands Mitigation Banking.|90.84.070 - Application to public and private mitigation banks.

RCW 90.84.070 Application to public and private mitigation banks.This chapter applies to public and private mitigation banks.[ 1998 c 248 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 90.86.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.86 - Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought.|90.86.010 - Joint legislative committee on water supply during drought.

RCW 90.86.010 Joint legislative committee on water supply during drought.The joint legislative committee on water supply during drought is created.[ 2005 c 60 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 90.86.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.86 - Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought.|90.86.020 - Membership.

RCW 90.86.020 Membership.The committee shall consist of four senators and four representatives who shall be selected biennially as follows:(1) The president of the senate shall appoint four members from the senate to serve on the committee, including the chair of the committee responsible for water resource issues. Two members from each major political party must be appointed.(2) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint four members from the house of representatives to serve on the committee, including the chair of the committee responsible for water resource issues. Two members from each major political party must be appointed.(3) The committee shall elect a chair and a vice chair. The chair shall be a member of the house of representatives in even-numbered years and a member of the senate in odd-numbered years.(4) The presiding officer of the appropriate legislative chamber shall fill any vacancies occurring on the committee by appointment from the same political party as the departing member.(5) Members shall serve until their successors are appointed as provided in this section, or until they are no longer members of the legislature, whichever is sooner.[ 2005 c 60 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 90.86.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.86 - Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought.|90.86.030 - Meetings—Requests for information—Reports from department of ecology—Recommendations to the legislature.

RCW 90.86.030 Meetings—Requests for information—Reports from department of ecology—Recommendations to the legislature.(1) The joint legislative committee on water supply during drought shall convene from time to time at the call of the chair when a drought conditions order under RCW 43.83B.405 is in effect, or when the chair determines, in consultation with the department of ecology, that it is likely that such an order will be issued within the next year.(2) The committee may request and review information relating to water supply conditions in the state, and economic, environmental, and other impacts relating to decreased water supply being experienced or anticipated. The governor's executive water emergency committee, the department of ecology, and other state agencies with water management or related responsibilities shall cooperate in responding to requests from the committee.(3) During drought conditions in which an order issued under RCW 43.83B.405 is in effect, the department of ecology shall provide to the committee no less than monthly a report describing drought response activities of the department and other state and federal agencies participating on the water supply availability committee. The report shall include information regarding applications for, and approvals and denials of emergency water withdrawals and temporary changes or transfers of, water rights under RCW 43.83B.410.(4) The committee from time to time shall make recommendations to the senate and house of representatives on budgetary and legislative actions that will improve the state's drought response programs and planning.[ 2010 1st sp.s. c 7 § 122; 2005 c 60 § 3.]NOTES:Effective date—2010 1st sp.s. c 26; 2010 1st sp.s. c 7: See note following RCW 43.03.027.
WA Rev Code § 90.86.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.86 - Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought.|90.86.900 - Effective date—2005 c 60.

RCW 90.86.900 Effective date—2005 c 60.This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [April 14, 2005].[ 2005 c 60 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 90.88.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.88 - Aquatic Rehabilitation Zones.|90.88.005 - Findings—Intent.

RCW 90.88.005 Findings—Intent.(1) The legislature finds that Hood Canal is a precious aquatic resource of our state. The legislature finds that Hood Canal is a rich source of recreation, fishing, aquaculture, and aesthetic enjoyment for the citizens of this state. The legislature also finds that Hood Canal has great cultural significance for the tribes in the Hood Canal area. The legislature therefore recognizes Hood Canal's substantial environmental, cultural, economic, recreational, and aesthetic importance in this state.(2) The legislature finds that Hood Canal is a marine water of the state at significant risk. The legislature finds that Hood Canal has a "dead zone" related to low-dissolved oxygen concentrations, a condition that has recurred for many years. The legislature also finds that this problem and various contributors to the problem were documented in the May 2004 Preliminary Assessment and Corrective Action Plan published by the state agency known as the Puget Sound action team and the Hood Canal coordinating council.(3) The legislature further finds that significant research, monitoring, and study efforts are currently occurring regarding Hood Canal's low-dissolved oxygen concentrations. The legislature also finds numerous public, private, and community organizations are working to provide public education and identify potential solutions. The legislature recognizes that, while some information and research is now available and some potential solutions have been identified, more research and analysis is needed to fully develop a program to address Hood Canal's low-dissolved oxygen concentrations.(4) The legislature finds a need exists for the state to take action to address Hood Canal's low-dissolved oxygen concentrations. The legislature also finds establishing an aquatic rehabilitation zone for Hood Canal will serve as a statutory framework for future regulations and programs directed at recovery of this important aquatic resource.(5) The legislature therefore intends to establish an aquatic rehabilitation zone for Hood Canal as the framework to address Hood Canal's low-dissolved oxygen concentrations. The legislature also intends to incorporate provisions in the new statutory chapter creating the designation as solutions are identified regarding this problem.[ 2007 c 341 § 50; 2005 c 478 § 1.]NOTES:Effective date—2007 c 341: See RCW 90.71.907.
WA Rev Code § 90.88.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.88 - Aquatic Rehabilitation Zones.|90.88.010 - Designation by the legislature—Zone one established.

RCW 90.88.010 Designation by the legislature—Zone one established.(1) Aquatic rehabilitation zones may be designated by the legislature for areas whose surrounding marine water bodies pose serious environmental or public health concerns.(2) Aquatic rehabilitation zone one is established. Aquatic rehabilitation zone one includes all watersheds that drain to Hood Canal south of a line projected from Tala Point in Jefferson county to Foulweather Bluff in Kitsap county.[ 2005 c 478 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 90.88.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment|Chapter 90.88 - Aquatic Rehabilitation Zones.|90.88.040 - Forest practices—Nonapplicability of chapter.

RCW 90.88.040 Forest practices—Nonapplicability of chapter.This chapter does not apply to forest practices regulated under chapter 76.09 RCW.[ 2005 c 478 § 3.]