§ 90.56.005 Findings — Purpose
§ 90.56.010 Definitions
§ 90.56.020 Director responsible for spill response
§ 90.56.030 Powers and duties
§ 90.56.040 Authority supplemental
§ 90.56.050 Rules
§ 90.56.060 Statewide master oil and hazardous substance spill prevention and contingency plan — Evaluation and revision or elimination of advisory committees
§ 90.56.070 Coordination with federal law
§ 90.56.080 Hazardous substances incident response training and education program
§ 90.56.100 Washington wildlife rescue coalition
§ 90.56.110 Rehabilitation of wildlife — Rules
§ 90.56.200 Prevention plans
§ 90.56.210 Contingency plans
§ 90.56.2101 Contingency plans — Department to update rules
§ 90.56.220 Facility operation standards
§ 90.56.230 Operations manuals
§ 90.56.240 Standards for spill management, cleanup, and containment services contractors
§ 90.56.250 Index of prevention plans and contingency plans — Equipment inventory
§ 90.56.260 Adequacy of contingency plans — Practice drills — Report
§ 90.56.270 Enforcement of contingency plans
§ 90.56.275 Joint large-scale, multiple plan equipment deployment drills of onshore and offshore facilities and covered vessels — Requirements
§ 90.56.280 Duty to notify coast guard and division of emergency management of discharge
§ 90.56.300 Unlawful operation of facility — Criminal penalties
§ 90.56.310 Operation of a facility or vessel without contingency or prevention plan or financial responsibility — Civil penalty
§ 90.56.320 Unlawful for oil to enter waters — Exceptions
§ 90.56.330 Additional penalties
§ 90.56.340 Duty to remove oil
§ 90.56.350 Investigation, removal, containment, treatment, or dispersal of oil and hazardous substances — Record of expenses
§ 90.56.360 Liability for expenses
§ 90.56.370 Strict liability of owner or controller of oil — Damages — Exceptions
§ 90.56.380 Liability of others for cleanup expenses
§ 90.56.390 Liability for removal costs
§ 90.56.400 Department investigation of circumstances of entry of oil — Order for reimbursement of expenses — Modification — Action to recover necessary expenses
§ 90.56.410 Right of entry and access to records pertinent to investigations
§ 90.56.420 Authorized discharges of oil — Permits
§ 90.56.500 Oil spill response account
§ 90.56.510 Oil spill prevention account
§ 90.56.530 Reckless operation of a tank vessel — Penalty
§ 90.56.540 Operation of a vessel while under influence of liquor or drugs — Penalty
§ 90.56.550 Breath or blood analysis
§ 90.56.560 Limited immunity for blood withdrawal
§ 90.56.565 Facilities that receive crude oil from a railroad car — Advanced notice system — Department required to report information — Adoption of rules
§ 90.56.569 Updates to the senate and house of representatives
§ 90.56.570 Periodic evaluation and update of planning standards for oil spill response equipment
§ 90.56.580 Crude oil vapor pressure — Maximum — Penalty
§ 90.56.900 Construction — Appeal not to stay order, rule, or regulation
§ 90.56.901 Effective dates — 1991 c 200
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