Opinion ID: 2634723
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Fill Criteria

Text: 1. Did the PCHB err by imposing, in condition 7, more stringent numeric fill criteria than were imposed by Ecology? Condition 7 is overturned but Ecology is required to recalculate fill criteria for selenium and silver based on correct practical quantitation limits and set fill criteria for total petroleum hydrocarbons at 0. 2. Was the Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure (SPLP), a laboratory leaching procedure, properly validated by the legislature when it passed LAWS OF 2003, ch. 210? Retroactive application of chapter 210 to this case is proper and does not violate the separation of powers doctrine. ACC and CASE have not shown that chapter 210 is unconstitutional special legislation. Finally, chapter 210 is not preempted by the federal Clean Water Act. Still, Ecology must amend the § 401 certification to require the Port to compare SPLP leachate against both surface and groundwater quality criteria.