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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.48 - Water Pollution Control. › 90.48.455 - Discharge of chlorinated organics—Engineering reports by pulp and paper mills—Permits limiting discharge.

RCW 90.48.455
Discharge of chlorinated organics—Engineering reports by pulp and paper mills—Permits limiting discharge.
(1) The department may require each pulp mill and paper mill discharging chlorinated organics to conduct and submit an engineering report on the cost of installing technology designed to reduce the amount of chlorinated organic compounds discharged into the waters of the state. The department shall allow at least twenty-four months from June 11, 1992, for each pulp mill and each paper mill to submit an engineering report.
(2) The department may not issue a permit establishing limits to the discharge of chlorinated organic compounds by a pulp mill or a paper mill under RCW 90.48.160 or 90.48.260 until at least nine months after receiving an engineering report from a kraft mill and at least fifteen months after receiving an engineering report from a sulfite mill.
(3) Nothing in this section shall apply to dioxin compounds.
[ 1992 c 201 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.48 - Water Pollution Control. › 90.48.467 - Report to the legislature—Required information.

RCW 90.48.467
Report to the legislature—Required information.
Beginning in 2025, the department of ecology's biennial progress report required in RCW 90.48.465(7) must include information on the implementation of a revised fee structure for full cost recovery for municipal wastewater discharge permits and the use of the fees to administer the municipal discharge permitting program and issue permits in a timely manner. The biennial report must also include information demonstrating progress towards achieving the goal of reducing the wastewater discharge permit backlog to no more than 40 percent by July 1, 2025, and not more than a 20 percent backlog by July 1, 2027.
[ 2022 c 227 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.48 - Water Pollution Control. › 90.48.480 - Reduction of sewer overflows—Plans—Compliance schedule.

RCW 90.48.480
Reduction of sewer overflows—Plans—Compliance schedule.
The department of ecology shall work with local governments to develop reasonable plans and compliance schedules for the greatest reasonable reduction of combined sewer overflows. The plan shall address various options, including construction of storage tanks for sewage and separation of sewage and stormwater transport systems. The compliance schedule shall be designed to achieve the greatest reasonable reduction of combined sewer overflows at the earliest possible date. The plans and compliance schedules shall be completed by January 1, 1988. A compliance schedule will be a condition of any waste discharge permit issued or renewed after January 1, 1988.
[ 1998 c 245 § 174; 1985 c 249 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.48 - Water Pollution Control. › 90.48.490 - Sewage treatment facilities—Plans to upgrade or construct.

RCW 90.48.490
Sewage treatment facilities—Plans to upgrade or construct.
Plans for upgrading sewage treatment facilities and plans for new sewage treatment facilities shall address the greatest reasonable reduction of combined sewer overflows and implementation of pretreatment standards.
[ 1985 c 249 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.48 - Water Pollution Control. › 90.48.495 - Water conservation measures to be considered in sewer plans.

RCW 90.48.495
Water conservation measures to be considered in sewer plans.
The department of ecology shall require sewer plans to include a discussion of water conservation measures considered or underway that would reduce flows to the sewerage system and an analysis of their anticipated impact on public sewer service and treatment capacity.
[ 2003 1st sp.s. c 5 § 11; 1989 c 348 § 10.]
NOTES:
Severability—2003 1st sp.s. c 5: See note following RCW 90.03.015.
Severability—1989 c 348: See note following RCW 90.54.020.
Rights not impaired—1989 c 348: See RCW 90.54.920.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.48 - Water Pollution Control. › 90.48.520 - Review of operations before issuance or renewal of wastewater discharge permits—Incorporation of permit conditions.

RCW 90.48.520
Review of operations before issuance or renewal of wastewater discharge permits—Incorporation of permit conditions.
In order to improve water quality by controlling toxicants in wastewater, the department of ecology shall in issuing and renewing state and federal wastewater discharge permits review the applicant's operations and incorporate permit conditions which require all known, available, and reasonable methods to control toxicants in the applicant's wastewater. Such conditions may include, but are not limited to: (1) Limits on the discharge of specific chemicals, and (2) limits on the overall toxicity of the effluent. The toxicity of the effluent shall be determined by techniques such as chronic or acute bioassays. Such conditions shall be required regardless of the quality of receiving water and regardless of the minimum water quality standards. In no event shall the discharge of toxicants be allowed that would violate any water quality standard, including toxicant standards, sediment criteria, and dilution zone criteria.
[ 1987 c 500 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.48 - Water Pollution Control. › 90.48.530 - Construction projects involving fill material—Leaching test.

RCW 90.48.530
Construction projects involving fill material—Leaching test.
(1) In order to ensure that construction projects involving the use of fill material do not pose a threat to water quality, the department may require that the suitability of potential fill material be evaluated using a leaching test included in the soil clean-up rules adopted by the department under chapter 70A.305 RCW in any water quality certification issued under section 401 of the federal clean water act and in any administrative order issued under this chapter, where such certification or administrative order authorizes the placement of fill material, some or all of which will be placed in waters of the state. Any such requirement imposed by the department in a water quality certification or administrative order issued prior to May 9, 2003, is ratified and approved by the legislature as a valid and reliable method for determining concentrations of chemical constituents that can be present in fill material without posing an unacceptable risk of violating water quality standards, and shall be in effect as imposed by the department for all work not completed by June 1, 2003.
(2) Nothing in this section limits, in any way, the department's authority under this chapter.
[ 2020 c 20 § 1502; 2003 c 210 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2003 c 210: "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 [May 9, 2003]." [ 2003 c 210 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.48 - Water Pollution Control. › 90.48.531 - Leaching tests—Identification—Report to the legislature.

RCW 90.48.531
Leaching tests—Identification—Report to the legislature.
The department shall identify the leaching tests utilized for evaluating the potential impacts to water quality in situations where fill material is imported. The tests may include those identified in the soil clean-up rules adopted by the department under chapter 70A.305 RCW. Within existing resources, the department shall assess whether this list of leaching tests provides appropriate methods for analyzing water quality impacts for all types of projects and in all circumstances where fill material is imported. The department shall also identify any gaps in leaching test methodology. The department shall report both the leaching test list and the list of test methodology gaps to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 31, 2003.
[ 2020 c 20 § 1503; 2003 c 210 § 2.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2003 c 210: See note following RCW 90.48.530.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.48 - Water Pollution Control. › 90.48.540 - Use attainability analysis of water within federal reclamation project boundaries—Rules.

RCW 90.48.540
Use attainability analysis of water within federal reclamation project boundaries—Rules.
(1) The department, as resources allow, shall at the request of the United States bureau of reclamation or federal reclamation project irrigation districts cooperatively conduct a use attainability analysis of water bodies located within the boundaries of the federal reclamation project.
(2) If necessary because of the use attainability analysis conducted under subsection (1) of this section, the department, consistent with applicable federal water quality laws and regulations, shall adopt rules designating uses for water bodies within the federal reclamation project that support beneficial uses consistent with the primary authorized project purposes of constructed storage and conveyance facilities and other water transport systems and that recognize the unique site-specific characteristics of the arid and semiarid regions of the state of Washington where federal reclamation projects are located. The rules shall also recognize the need to deliver project irrigation water and to construct, operate, and maintain project facilities.
[ 2004 c 214 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.48 - Water Pollution Control. › 90.48.545 - Stormwater technical resource center—Duties—Advisory committee—Report to legislative committees.

RCW 90.48.545
Stormwater technical resource center—Duties—Advisory committee—Report to legislative committees.
(1) As funding to do so becomes available, the department shall create a stormwater technical resource center in partnership with a university, nonprofit organization, or other public or private entity to provide tools for stormwater management. The center shall use its authority to support the duties listed in this subsection through research, development, technology demonstration, technology transfer, education, outreach, recognition, and training programs. The center may:
(a) Review and evaluate emerging stormwater technologies;
(b) Research and develop innovative and cost-effective technical solutions to remove pollutants from runoff and to reduce or eliminate stormwater discharges;
(c) Conduct pilot projects to test technical solutions;
(d) Serve as a clearinghouse and outreach center for information on stormwater technology;
(e) Assist in the development of stormwater control methods to better protect water quality, including source control, product substitution, pollution prevention, and stormwater treatment;
(f) Coordinate with federal, state, and local agencies and private organizations in administering programs related to stormwater control measures; and
(g) Collaborate with existing stormwater outreach programs.
(2) The department shall consult with an advisory committee in the development of the stormwater technical resource center. The advisory committee must include representatives from relevant state agencies, local governments, the business community, the environmental community, tribes, and the building and development industry.
(3) The department, in consultation with the stormwater technical resource center advisory committee, shall identify a funding strategy for funding the stormwater technical resource center.
(4) The department shall encourage all interested parties to help and support the technical resource center with in-kind services.
(5) The department and other partners in the center shall in even-numbered years inform the appropriate legislative committees of the progress made in achieving the objectives of this section.
[ 2014 c 76 § 11; 2009 c 449 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.48 - Water Pollution Control. › 90.48.570 - Water quality data—Findings—Intent.

RCW 90.48.570
Water quality data—Findings—Intent.
(1) The legislature finds that:
(a) The proper collection and review of credible water quality data is necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements of the federal clean water act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.);
(b) The state needs to assemble and evaluate all existing and readily available water quality-related data and information from sources other than the state water quality agency, such as federal agencies, tribes, universities, and volunteer monitoring groups, if the data meets the state's requirements for data quality; and
(c) Developing and implementing water quality protection measures based on credible water quality data ensures that the financial resources of state and local governments and regulated entities are prioritized to address our state's most important water quality issues.
(2) The legislature intends to ensure that credible water quality data is used as the basis for the assessment of the status of a water body relative to the surface water quality standards.
(3) It is the intent of the legislature that a water body in which pollutant loadings from naturally occurring conditions are the sole cause of a violation of applicable surface water quality standards not be listed as impaired.
[ 2004 c 228 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.48 - Water Pollution Control. › 90.48.575 - Water quality data—Definitions.

RCW 90.48.575
Water quality data—Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply to RCW 90.48.580 and 90.48.585 unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Credible data" means data meeting the requirements of RCW 90.48.585.
(2) "Department" means the Washington state department of ecology.
(3) "Impaired water" means a water body or segment for which credible data exists that: (a) Satisfies the requirements of RCW 90.48.580 and 90.48.585; and (b) demonstrates the water body should be identified pursuant to 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1313(d).
(4) "Naturally occurring condition" means any condition affecting water quality that is not caused by human influence.
(5) "Section 303(d)" has the same meaning as in the federal clean water act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1313(d)).
(6) "Total maximum daily load" has the same meaning as in the federal clean water act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1313(d)).
[ 2004 c 228 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.48 - Water Pollution Control. › 90.48.580 - Water quality data—Credible data, information, literature.

RCW 90.48.580
Water quality data—Credible data, information, literature.
(1) The department shall use credible information and literature for developing and reviewing a surface water quality standard or technical model used to establish a total maximum daily load for any surface water of the state.
(2) The department shall use credible data for the following actions after June 10, 2004:
(a) Determining whether any water of the state is to be placed on or removed from any section 303(d) list;
(b) Establishing a total maximum daily load for any surface water of the state; or
(c) Determining whether any surface water of the state is supporting its designated use or other classification.
(3) The department shall respond to questions regarding the data, literature, and other information it uses under this section. The department shall reply to requests within five business days acknowledging that the department has received the request and provide a reasonable estimate of the time the department will require to respond to the request.
(4) The department, the United States environmental protection agency, and the Indian tribes in Washington state have developed a voluntary agreement relating to the cooperative management of the clean water act section 303(d) program. The department shall consider water quality data that has been collected by Indian tribes under a quality assurance project plan that has been approved by the United States environmental protection agency if that data meets the objectives of the plan.
[ 2004 c 228 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.48 - Water Pollution Control. › 90.48.585 - Water quality data—When credible.

RCW 90.48.585
Water quality data—When credible.
(1) In collecting and analyzing water quality data for any purpose identified in RCW 90.48.580(2), data is considered credible data if:
(a) Appropriate quality assurance and quality control procedures were followed and documented in collecting and analyzing water quality samples;
(b) The samples or measurements are representative of water quality conditions at the time the data was collected;
(c) The data consists of an adequate number of samples based on the objectives of the sampling, the nature of the water in question, and the parameters being analyzed; and
(d) Sampling and laboratory analysis conform to methods and protocols generally acceptable in the scientific community as appropriate for use in assessing the condition of the water.
(2) Data interpretation, statistical, and modeling methods shall be those methods generally acceptable in the scientific community as appropriate for use in assessing the condition of the water.
(3) The department shall develop policy:
(a) Explaining how it uses scientific research and literature for developing and reviewing any water quality standard or technical model used to establish a total maximum daily load for any water of the state;
(b) Describing the specific criteria that determine data credibility; and
(c) Recommending the appropriate training and experience for collection of credible data.
[ 2004 c 228 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.48 - Water Pollution Control. › 90.48.590 - Water quality data—Falsified data—Penalty.

RCW 90.48.590
Water quality data—Falsified data—Penalty.
Any person who knowingly falsifies data is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 2004 c 228 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.48 - Water Pollution Control. › 90.48.595 - On-site sewage disposal system repair and replacement—Loan and grant programs.

RCW 90.48.595
On-site sewage disposal system repair and replacement—Loan and grant programs.
The department shall offer financial and technical assistance to local governments and tribal entities in Puget Sound counties to establish or expand on-site sewage disposal system repair and replacement through local loan and grant programs. The programs must give priority to low-income and financially distressed homeowners.
[ 2006 c 18 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.48 - Water Pollution Control. › 90.48.605 - Amending state water quality standards—Compliance schedules in excess of ten years authorized.

RCW 90.48.605
Amending state water quality standards—Compliance schedules in excess of ten years authorized.
The department shall amend the state water quality standards to authorize compliance schedules in excess of ten years for discharge permits issued under this chapter that implement allocations contained in a total maximum daily load under certain circumstances. Any such amendment must be submitted to the United States environmental protection agency under the clean water act. Compliance schedules for the permits may exceed ten years if the department determines that:
(1) The permittee is meeting its requirements under the total maximum daily load as soon as possible;
(2) The actions proposed in the compliance schedule are sufficient to achieve water quality standards as soon as possible;
(3) A compliance schedule is appropriate; and
(4) The permittee is not able to meet its waste load allocation solely by controlling and treating its own effluent.
[ 2009 c 457 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.48 - Water Pollution Control. › 90.48.906 - Short title—1971 ex.s. c 180.

RCW 90.48.906
Short title—1971 ex.s. c 180.
This 1971 amendatory act may be cited as the "Coastal Waters Protection Act of 1971".
[ 1971 ex.s. c 180 § 13.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.50A - Water Pollution Control Facilities—Federal Capitalization Grants. › 90.50A.005 - Purpose.

RCW 90.50A.005
Purpose.
The long-range health and environmental goals for the state of Washington require the protection of the state's surface and underground waters for the health, safety, use, enjoyment, and economic benefit of its people. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide an account to receive federal capitalization grants to provide financial assistance to the state and to local governments for the planning, design, acquisition, construction, and improvement of water pollution control facilities and related activities in the achievement of state and federal water pollution control requirements for the protection of the state's waters.
[ 1988 c 284 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.50A - Water Pollution Control Facilities—Federal Capitalization Grants. › 90.50A.020 - Water pollution control revolving fund.

RCW 90.50A.020
Water pollution control revolving fund.
(1) The water pollution control revolving fund is hereby established in the state treasury. Moneys in this fund may be spent only after legislative appropriation. Moneys in the fund may be spent only in a manner consistent with this chapter.
(2) The water pollution control revolving fund shall consist of:
(a) All capitalization grants provided by the federal government under the clean water act;
(b) All state matching funds appropriated or authorized by the legislature;
(c) Any other revenues derived from gifts or bequests pledged to the state for the purpose of providing financial assistance for water pollution control projects;
(d) All repayments of moneys borrowed from the fund;
(e) All interest payments made by borrowers from the fund;
(f) Any other fee or charge levied in conjunction with administration of the fund; and
(g) Any new funds as a result of leveraging.
(3) The state treasurer may invest and reinvest moneys in the water pollution control revolving fund in the manner provided by law. All earnings from such investment and reinvestment shall be credited to the water pollution control revolving fund.
[ 2016 c 88 § 2; 1993 c 329 § 1; 1992 c 235 § 9; 1991 sp.s. c 13 § 102; 1988 c 284 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1993 c 329: "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 shall take effect immediately [May 12, 1993]." [ 1993 c 329 § 3.]
Effective dates—Severability—1991 sp.s. c 13: See notes following RCW 18.08.240.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.50A - Water Pollution Control Facilities—Federal Capitalization Grants. › 90.50A.040 - Administration of fund.

RCW 90.50A.040
Administration of fund.
Moneys deposited in the water pollution control revolving fund shall be administered by the department. In administering the fund, the department shall:
(1) Consistent with RCW 90.50A.030 and 90.50A.080, allocate funds for loans in accordance with the annual project priority list in accordance with the clean water act;
(2) Use accounting, audit, and fiscal procedures that conform to generally accepted government accounting standards;
(3) Prepare any reports required by the federal government as a condition to awarding federal capitalization grants;
(4) Adopt by rule any procedures or standards necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter;
(5) Enter into agreements with the federal environmental protection agency;
(6) Cooperate with local, substate regional, and interstate entities regarding state assessment reports and state management programs related to the nonpoint source management programs as noted in the clean water act;
(7) Comply with provisions of the clean water act; and
(8) After January 1, 2010, not provide funding for projects designed to address the restoration of Puget Sound that are in conflict with the action agenda developed by the Puget Sound partnership under RCW 90.71.310.
[ 2016 c 88 § 4; 2007 c 341 § 39; 1988 c 284 § 5.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2007 c 341: See RCW 90.71.907.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.50A - Water Pollution Control Facilities—Federal Capitalization Grants. › 90.50A.050 - Loans from fund—Requirements for recipients.

RCW 90.50A.050
Loans from fund—Requirements for recipients.
Any public body receiving a loan from the fund shall:
(1) Appear on the annual project priority list to be identified for funding under the clean water act;
(2) Submit an application to the department;
(3) Establish and maintain a dedicated source of revenue or other acceptable source of revenue for the repayment of the loan; and
(4) Demonstrate to the satisfaction of the department that it has sufficient legal authority to incur the debt for which it is applying.
[ 2016 c 88 § 5; 1988 c 284 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.50A - Water Pollution Control Facilities—Federal Capitalization Grants. › 90.50A.060 - Defaults.

RCW 90.50A.060
Defaults.
If a public body defaults on payments due to the fund, the state may withhold any amounts otherwise due to the public body and direct that such funds be applied to the indebtedness and deposited into the account.
[ 1988 c 284 § 7.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.50A - Water Pollution Control Facilities—Federal Capitalization Grants. › 90.50A.070 - Establishment of policies for loan terms and interest rates.

RCW 90.50A.070
Establishment of policies for loan terms and interest rates.
The department shall establish by rule policies for establishing loan terms and interest rates for loans made from the fund that assure that the objectives of this chapter are met and that adequate funds are maintained in the fund to meet future needs.
[ 1988 c 284 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.50A - Water Pollution Control Facilities—Federal Capitalization Grants. › 90.50A.080 - Puget Sound partners.

RCW 90.50A.080
Puget Sound partners.
(1) In administering the fund, the department shall give priority consideration to:
(a) A public body that is a Puget Sound partner, as defined in RCW 90.71.010; and
(b) A project that is referenced in the action agenda developed by the Puget Sound partnership under RCW 90.71.310.
(2) When implementing this section, the department shall give preference only to Puget Sound partners, as defined in RCW 90.71.010, in comparison to other entities that are eligible to be included in the definition of Puget Sound partner. Entities that are not eligible to be a Puget Sound partner due to geographic location, composition, exclusion from the scope of the Puget Sound action agenda developed under RCW 90.71.310, or for any other reason, shall not be given less preferential treatment than Puget Sound partners.
[ 2007 c 341 § 40.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2007 c 341: See RCW 90.71.907.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.52 - Pollution Disclosure Act of 1971. › 90.52.005 - Environmental excellence program agreements—Effect on chapter.

RCW 90.52.005
Environmental excellence program agreements—Effect on chapter.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any legal requirement under this chapter, including any standard, limitation, rule, or order is superseded and replaced in accordance with the terms and provisions of an environmental excellence program agreement, entered into under chapter 43.21K RCW.
[ 1997 c 381 § 27.]
NOTES:
Purpose—1997 c 381: See RCW 43.21K.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.52 - Pollution Disclosure Act of 1971. › 90.52.010 - Annual reports required—Contents—Critical materials designated.

RCW 90.52.010
Annual reports required—Contents—Critical materials designated.
Every person conducting a commercial or industrial operation within this state who discharges wastes, other than sanitary sewage, into waters of the state or into any sewer system which discharges into waters of the state, and every person conducting a commercial or industrial operation within the state who discharges wastes into the air of the state, shall file, annually, during the month of January, reports, on forms provided by the department of ecology, setting forth:
(1) The nature of the enterprise;
(2) A list of materials used in, and incidental to, its manufacturing processes, including by-products and waste products;
(3) The estimated annual total gallons or pounds (or other appropriate measurement) of wastes, including, but not limited to, process and cooling water to be discharged into the water or air, or into any sewer system.
The list of materials provided for in subsection (2) hereof shall relate to all materials designated by the director of the department of ecology, after consultation with a committee on [of] environmental specialists of not less than five appointed by the director, as critical materials which have substantial potential to adversely affect the quality of waters or environment of the state, or the uses made thereof, if allowed to enter the same. Formal designation shall be adopted by the director as a rule and filed in a "critical materials" registry of the department of ecology. "Person" as used herein means an individual partnership, firm, corporation, association or other entity.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 160 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.52 - Pollution Disclosure Act of 1971. › 90.52.020 - Confidentiality as to manufacturing processes.

RCW 90.52.020
Confidentiality as to manufacturing processes.
The department of ecology shall provide proper and adequate procedures to safeguard the confidentiality of manufacturing processes: PROVIDED, That the confidentiality shall not extend to waste products discharged into the waters or air of the state.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 160 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.52 - Pollution Disclosure Act of 1971. › 90.52.030 - Operation subject to injunction, when—Civil penalties.

RCW 90.52.030
Operation subject to injunction, when—Civil penalties.
Operation of an industrial or commercial operation in violation of RCW 90.52.010 may be enjoined on petition of the attorney general to the superior court of Thurston county or of the county in which the operation is located.
Operation of an industrial or commercial operation in violation of this chapter shall provide the basis of a civil penalty under RCW 90.48.144 or 70A.15.3160 as now or are hereafter amended. No person may discharge wastes into the waters or air of the state who fails to satisfy the requirements of RCW 90.52.010 and 90.52.040.
[ 2020 c 20 § 1504; 1971 ex.s. c 160 § 3.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.52 - Pollution Disclosure Act of 1971. › 90.52.040 - Wastes to be provided with available methods of treatment prior to discharge into waters of the state.

RCW 90.52.040
Wastes to be provided with available methods of treatment prior to discharge into waters of the state.
Except as provided in RCW 90.54.020(3)(b), in the administration of the provisions of chapter 90.48 RCW, the director of the department of ecology shall, regardless of the quality of the water of the state to which wastes are discharged or proposed for discharge, and regardless of the minimum water quality standards established by the director for said waters, require wastes to be provided with all known, available, and reasonable methods of treatment prior to their discharge or entry into waters of the state.
[ 1987 c 399 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 160 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.52 - Pollution Disclosure Act of 1971. › 90.52.900 - Short title.

RCW 90.52.900
Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Pollution Disclosure Act of 1971.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 160 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.54 - Water Resources Act of 1971. › 90.54.005 - Findings—Objectives—2002 c 329.

RCW 90.54.005
Findings—Objectives—2002 c 329.
The legislature recognizes the critical importance of providing and securing sufficient water to meet the needs of people, farms, and fish. The legislature finds that an effective way to meet the water needs of people, farms, and fish is through strategies developed and implemented at the local watershed level. The objectives of these strategies are to supply water in sufficient quantities to satisfy the following three water resource objectives:
(1) Providing sufficient water for residential, commercial, and industrial needs;
(2) Providing sufficient water for productive fish populations; and
(3) Providing sufficient water for productive agriculture.
The legislature affirms its intent to provide continued support for watershed strategies and provides the tools in chapter 329, Laws of 2002 to assist local watersheds in meeting these objectives.
[ 2002 c 329 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.54 - Water Resources Act of 1971. › 90.54.030 - Water and related resources—Department to be advised—Water resources data program.

RCW 90.54.030
Water and related resources—Department to be advised—Water resources data program.
For the purpose of ensuring that the department is fully advised in relation to the performance of the water resources program provided in RCW 90.54.040, the department is directed to become informed with regard to all phases of water and related resources of the state. To accomplish this objective the department shall:
(1) Develop a comprehensive water resource data program that provides the information necessary for effective planning and management on a regional and statewide basis. The data program shall include an information management plan describing the data requirements for effective water resource planning, and a system for collecting and providing access to water resource data on a regional and statewide basis;
(2) Collect, organize and catalog existing information and studies available to it from all sources, both public and private, pertaining to water and related resources of the state;
(3) Develop such additional data and studies pertaining to water and related resources as are necessary to accomplish the objectives of this chapter; and
(4) Develop alternate courses of action to solve existing and foreseeable problems of water and related resources and include therein, to the extent feasible, the economic and social consequences of each such course, and the impact on the natural environment.
All the foregoing shall be included in a "water resources information system" established and maintained by the department. The department shall develop a system of cataloging, storing and retrieving the information and studies of the information system so that they may be made readily available to and effectively used not only by the department but by the public generally.
[ 1997 c 32 § 1; 1990 c 295 § 2; 1988 c 47 § 4; 1971 ex.s. c 225 § 3.]
NOTES:
Application—1988 c 47: "Nothing in this act shall apply to or interfere with the processing or issuance of water rights in connection with the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project." [ 1988 c 47 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.54 - Water Resources Act of 1971. › 90.54.035 - State funding of water resource programs—Priorities.

RCW 90.54.035
State funding of water resource programs—Priorities.
(1) State funding of water resource, supply, and quality related capital programs, both current and future, shall, to the maximum extent possible within state or federal legal requirements, be directed to assist in the resolution of current conflicts and implementation of regional water resource plans with priority given to current needs over new requirements.
(2) Consistent with RCW 90.54.180, priority shall be given, to the maximum extent possible within state or federal legal requirements, to those water conservation projects funded by the state that will result in the greatest net water savings.
[ 1991 c 347 § 3.]
NOTES:
Purposes—1991 c 347: See note following RCW 90.42.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.54 - Water Resources Act of 1971. › 90.54.040 - Comprehensive state water resources program—Modifying existing and adopting new regulations and statutes.

RCW 90.54.040
Comprehensive state water resources program—Modifying existing and adopting new regulations and statutes.
(1) The department, through the adoption of appropriate rules, is directed, as a matter of high priority to insure that the waters of the state are utilized for the best interests of the people, to develop and implement in accordance with the policies of this chapter a comprehensive state water resources program which will provide a process for making decisions on future water resource allocation and use. The department may develop the program in segments so that immediate attention may be given to waters of a given physioeconomic region of the state or to specific critical problems of water allocation and use.
(2) In relation to the management and regulatory programs relating to water resources vested in it, the department is further directed to modify existing regulations and adopt new regulations, when needed and possible, to insure that existing regulatory programs are in accord with the water resource policy of this chapter and the program established in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The department is directed to review all statutes relating to water resources which it is responsible for implementing. When any of the same appear to the department to be ambiguous, unclear, unworkable, unnecessary, or otherwise deficient, it shall make recommendations to the legislature including appropriate proposals for statutory modifications or additions. Whenever it appears that the policies of any such statutes are in conflict with the policies of this chapter, and the department is unable to fully perform as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the department is directed to submit statutory modifications to the legislature which, if enacted, would allow the department to carry out such statutes in harmony with this chapter.
[ 1997 c 32 § 2; 1988 c 47 § 5; 1971 ex.s. c 225 § 4.]
NOTES:
Application—1988 c 47: See note following RCW 90.54.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.54 - Water Resources Act of 1971. › 90.54.045 - Water resource planning—Pilot process—Report to the legislature.

RCW 90.54.045
Water resource planning—Pilot process—Report to the legislature.
(1) In the development and implementation of the comprehensive state water resources program required in RCW 90.54.040(1), the process described therein shall involve participation of appropriate state agencies, Indian tribes, local governments, and interested parties, and shall be applied on a regional basis pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.
(2) Prior to July 1, 1991, the department, with advice from appropriate state agencies, Indian tribes, local government, and interested parties, shall identify regions and establish regional boundaries for water resource planning and shall designate two regions in which the process shall be initiated on a pilot basis. One region shall encompass an area within the Puget Sound basin in which critical water resource issues exist. A concurrent pilot process may encompass a region east of the Cascade mountains.
(3) The department shall report to the chairs of the appropriate legislative committees prior to July 1st each year summarizing the progress of the pilot process in the two regions. The pilot process in each region shall be completed and shall produce a regional water plan by December 31, 1993.
(4) Appropriate state agencies, Indian tribes, local governments, and interested parties in regions not selected for the pilot program are strongly encouraged to commence water resource planning within their regions.
[ 1991 c 347 § 4; 1990 c 295 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1991 c 347 § 4: "Section 4 of 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 shall take effect July 1, 1991." [ 1991 c 347 § 28.]
Purposes—1991 c 347: See note following RCW 90.42.005.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.54 - Water Resources Act of 1971. › 90.54.050 - Setting aside or withdrawing waters—Rules—Consultation with legislative committees—Public hearing, notice—Review.

RCW 90.54.050
Setting aside or withdrawing waters—Rules—Consultation with legislative committees—Public hearing, notice—Review.
In conjunction with the programs provided for in RCW 90.54.040(1), whenever it appears necessary to the director in carrying out the policy of this chapter, the department may by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW:
(1) Reserve and set aside waters for beneficial utilization in the future, and
(2) When sufficient information and data are lacking to allow for the making of sound decisions, withdraw various waters of the state from additional appropriations until such data and information are available. Before proposing the adoption of rules to withdraw waters of the state from additional appropriation, the department shall consult with the standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate having jurisdiction over water resource management issues.
Prior to the adoption of a rule under this section, the department shall conduct a public hearing in each county in which waters relating to the rule are located. The public hearing shall be preceded by a notice placed in a newspaper of general circulation published within each of said counties. Rules adopted hereunder shall be subject to review in accordance with the provisions of RCW 34.05.240.
[ 1997 c 439 § 2; 1997 c 32 § 3; 1988 c 47 § 7; 1971 ex.s. c 225 § 5.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: This section was amended by 1997 c 32 § 3 and by 1997 c 439 § 2, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).
WAC 173-563-015—Validity—1997 c 439: "WAC 173-563-015 as it existed prior to July 27, 1997, is void." [ 1997 c 439 § 1.]
Application—1988 c 47: See note following RCW 90.54.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.54 - Water Resources Act of 1971. › 90.54.060 - Department to seek involvement of other persons and entities, means—Assistance grants.

RCW 90.54.060
Department to seek involvement of other persons and entities, means—Assistance grants.
To insure that all of the various persons and entities having an interest in the water resources of the state and the programs of the chapter are provided with a full opportunity for involvement not only with the development of the program but the implementation by the department under this chapter, the following directions are given:
(1) The department shall make reasonable efforts to inform the people of the state about the state's water and related resources and their management. The department in the performance of the responsibilities provided in this chapter shall not only invite but actively encourage participation by all persons and private groups and entities showing an interest in water resources programs of this chapter.
(2) The department shall similarly invite and encourage participation by all agencies of federal, state and local government, including counties, municipal and public corporations, having interests or responsibilities relating to water resources. Said state and local agencies are directed to fully participate to insure that their interests are considered by the department. The department shall, when funds are made available to it for such purposes, provide assistance grants to said state and local agencies for the purposes of financing activities directed to be performed by them under this subsection.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 225 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.54 - Water Resources Act of 1971. › 90.54.080 - State to vigorously represent its interests before federal agencies, interstate agencies.

RCW 90.54.080
State to vigorously represent its interests before federal agencies, interstate agencies.
The state shall vigorously represent its interest before water resource regulation, management, development, and use agencies of the United States, including among others the federal power commission, environmental protection agency, army corps of engineers, department of the interior, department of agriculture and the atomic energy commission, and of interstate agencies with regard to planning, licensing, relicensing, permit proposals, and proposed construction, development and utilization plans. Where federal or interstate agency plans, activities, or procedures conflict with state water policies, all reasonable steps available shall be taken by the state to preserve the integrity of this state's policies.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 225 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.54 - Water Resources Act of 1971. › 90.54.090 - State, local governments, municipal corporations to comply with chapter.

RCW 90.54.090
State, local governments, municipal corporations to comply with chapter.
All agencies of state and local government, including counties and municipal and public corporations, shall, whenever possible, carry out powers vested in them in manners which are consistent with the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1987 c 505 § 82; 1977 c 75 § 95; 1971 ex.s. c 225 § 10.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.54 - Water Resources Act of 1971. › 90.54.100 - Department to evaluate needs for projects and alternative methods of financing.

RCW 90.54.100
Department to evaluate needs for projects and alternative methods of financing.
The department of ecology shall as a matter of high priority evaluate the needs for water resource development projects and the alternative methods of financing of the same by public and private agencies, including financing by federal, state and local governments and combinations thereof. Such evaluations shall be broadly based and be included as a part of the comprehensive state water resources program relating to uses and management as defined in RCW 90.54.030.
[ 1997 c 32 § 5; 1971 ex.s. c 225 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment › Chapter 90.54 - Water Resources Act of 1971. › 90.54.110 - Authority to secure and obtain benefits, including grants.

RCW 90.54.110
Authority to secure and obtain benefits, including grants.
The department of ecology is authorized to obtain the benefits including acceptance of grants, of any program of the federal government or any other source to carry out the provisions of this chapter and is empowered to take such actions as are necessary and appropriate to secure such benefits.
[ 1971 ex.s. c 225 § 12.]