§ 70A.15.1005 Declaration of public policies and purpose
§ 70A.15.1010 Air pollution control account — Air operating permit account
§ 70A.15.1030 Definitions
§ 70A.15.1040 Environmental excellence program agreements — Effect on chapter
§ 70A.15.1050 Technical assistance program for regulated community
§ 70A.15.1060 Transportation activities — “Conformity” determination requirements
§ 70A.15.1070 Causing or permitting air pollution unlawful — Exception
§ 70A.15.1080 Exception — Burning wood at historic structure
§ 70A.15.1090 Policy to cooperate with federal government
§ 70A.15.1100 Issuance of enforceable order — Overburdened communities
§ 70A.15.1500 Air pollution control authorities created — Activated authorities, composition, meetings — Delineation of air pollution regions, considerations
§ 70A.15.1510 Air pollution control authority may be activated by counties, when
§ 70A.15.1520 Multicounty authority may be formed by contiguous counties — Name
§ 70A.15.1530 Merger of active and inactive authorities to form multicounty or regional authority — Procedure
§ 70A.15.1540 Merger of active and inactive authorities to form multicounty or regional authority — Reorganization of board of directors — Rules and regulations
§ 70A.15.1550 Resolutions activating authorities — Contents — Filings — Effective date of operation
§ 70A.15.1560 Powers and duties of authorities
§ 70A.15.1570 Cost-reimbursement agreements
§ 70A.15.1580 Excess tax levy authorized — Election, procedure, expense
§ 70A.15.1590 Air pollution control authority — Fiscal year — Adoption of budget — Contents
§ 70A.15.1600 Methods for determining proportion of supplemental income to be paid by component cities, towns and counties — Payment
§ 70A.15.1610 Designation of authority treasurer and auditor — Duties
§ 70A.15.1620 Assessed valuation of taxable property, certification by county assessors
§ 70A.15.1630 Authorization to borrow money
§ 70A.15.1640 Special air pollution studies — Contracts for conduct of
§ 70A.15.2000 Air pollution control authority — Board of directors — Composition — Term
§ 70A.15.2010 City selection committees
§ 70A.15.2020 City selection committees — Meetings, notice, recording officer — Alternative mail balloting — Notice
§ 70A.15.2030 Air pollution control authority — Board of directors — Powers, quorum, officers, compensation
§ 70A.15.2040 Air pollution control authority — Powers and duties of activated authority
§ 70A.15.2050 Subpoena powers — Witnesses, expenses and mileage — Rules and regulations
§ 70A.15.2060 Federal aid
§ 70A.15.2200 Classification of air contaminant sources — Registration — Fee — Registration program defined — Adoption of rules requiring persons to report emissions of greenhouse gases
§ 70A.15.2210 Notice may be required of construction of proposed new contaminant source — Submission of plans — Approval, disapproval — Emission control — “De minimis new sources” defined
§ 70A.15.2220 Existing stationary source — Replacement or substantial alteration of emission control technology
§ 70A.15.2230 RACT requirements
§ 70A.15.2240 Control of emissions — Bubble concept — Schedules of compliance
§ 70A.15.2250 Preemption of uniform building and fire codes
§ 70A.15.2260 Operating permits for air contaminant sources — Generally — Fees, report to legislature
§ 70A.15.2270 Annual fees from operating permit program source to cover cost of program
§ 70A.15.2280 Source categories not required to have a permit — Recommendations
§ 70A.15.2290 Gasoline vapor recovery devices — Limitation on requiring
§ 70A.15.2300 Air pollution control authority control officer
§ 70A.15.2310 Variances — Application for — Considerations — Limitations — Renewals — Review
§ 70A.15.2500 Investigation of conditions by control officer or department — Entering private, public property
§ 70A.15.2510 Confidentiality of records and information
§ 70A.15.2520 Enforcement actions by air authority — Notice to violators
§ 70A.15.2530 Order final unless appealed to pollution control hearings board
§ 70A.15.2540 Rules of authority supersede local rules, regulations, etc. — Exceptions
§ 70A.15.2550 Air pollution control authority — Dissolution of prior districts — Continuation of rules and regulations until superseded
§ 70A.15.2560 Air pollution control advisory council
§ 70A.15.2570 Dissolution of authority — Deactivation of authority
§ 70A.15.2580 Withdrawal from multicounty authority
§ 70A.15.2590 Certain generators fueled by biogas produced by an anaerobic digester — Extended compliance period for permit provisions related to the emissions limit for sulfur — Technical assistance
§ 70A.15.3000 Powers and duties of department
§ 70A.15.3010 Enforcement actions by department — Notice to violators
§ 70A.15.3020 Hazardous substance remedial actions — Procedural requirements not applicable
§ 70A.15.3030 Contracts, agreements for use of personnel by department — Reimbursement — Merit system regulations waived
§ 70A.15.3040 Powers and rights of governmental units and persons are not limited by act or recommendations
§ 70A.15.3050 Emission control requirements
§ 70A.15.3060 State financial aid — Application for — Requirements
§ 70A.15.3070 Hearing upon activation of authority — Finding — Assumption of jurisdiction by department — Expenses
§ 70A.15.3080 Air contaminant sources — Regulation by department; authorities may be more stringent — Hearing — Standards
§ 70A.15.3090 Order activating authority — Filing — Hearing — Amendment of order
§ 70A.15.3100 Air pollution control authority — Review by department of program
§ 70A.15.3110 Air pollution control authority — Assumption of control by department
§ 70A.15.3120 State departments and agencies to cooperate with department and authorities
§ 70A.15.3130 Department of health powers regarding radionuclides — Energy facility site evaluation council authority over permit program sources
§ 70A.15.3140 Restraining orders — Injunctions
§ 70A.15.3150 Penalties
§ 70A.15.3160 Civil penalties — Excusable excess emissions
§ 70A.15.3170 Additional means for enforcement of chapter
§ 70A.15.3180 Short title
§ 70A.15.3500 Woodstoves — Policy
§ 70A.15.3510 Woodstoves — Definitions
§ 70A.15.3520 Residential and commercial construction — Burning and heating device standards
§ 70A.15.3530 Solid fuel burning devices — Emission performance standards
§ 70A.15.3540 Sale of unapproved woodstoves — Prohibited
§ 70A.15.3550 Sale of unapproved woodstoves — Penalty
§ 70A.15.3560 Sale of unapproved woodstoves — Application of law to advertising media
§ 70A.15.3570 Residential solid fuel burning devices — Opacity levels — Enforcement and public education
§ 70A.15.3580 Limitations on burning wood for heat — First and second stage burn bans — Report on second stage burn ban — Exceptions — Emergency situations
§ 70A.15.3590 Liability of condominium owners’ association or resident association
§ 70A.15.3600 Limitations on use of solid fuel burning devices
§ 70A.15.3610 Woodstove education program
§ 70A.15.3620 Woodstove education and enforcement account created — Fee imposed on solid fuel burning device sales
§ 70A.15.3630 Woodsmoke emissions — Findings
§ 70A.15.4000 Transportation demand management — Findings
§ 70A.15.4010 Transportation demand management — Definitions
§ 70A.15.4020 Transportation demand management — Requirements for counties and cities
§ 70A.15.4030 Transportation demand management — Growth and transportation efficiency centers
§ 70A.15.4040 Transportation demand management — Requirements for employers
§ 70A.15.4050 Transportation demand management — Jurisdictions’ review and penalties
§ 70A.15.4060 Transportation demand management — Commute trip reduction board
§ 70A.15.4070 Transportation demand management — Technical assistance
§ 70A.15.4080 Transportation demand management — Use of funds
§ 70A.15.4090 Transportation demand management — Intent — State leadership
§ 70A.15.4100 Transportation demand management — State agencies — Joint comprehensive commute trip reduction plan — Reports
§ 70A.15.4110 Transportation demand management — Collective bargaining powers unaffected
§ 70A.15.4500 Reports of authorities to department of ecology — Contents
§ 70A.15.4510 Burning used oil fuel in land-based facilities
§ 70A.15.4520 Metals mining and milling operations permits — Inspections by department of ecology
§ 70A.15.4530 Odors or fugitive dust caused by agricultural activities consistent with good agricultural practices exempt from chapter
§ 70A.15.4540 Ammonia emissions from use as agricultural or silvicultural fertilizer — Regulation prohibited
§ 70A.15.5000 Definition of “outdoor burning.”
§ 70A.15.5010 Outdoor burning — Fires prohibited — Exceptions
§ 70A.15.5020 Outdoor burning — Areas where prohibited — Exceptions — Use for management of storm or flood-related debris — Silvicultural burning
§ 70A.15.5030 Outdoor burning — Permits issued by political subdivisions
§ 70A.15.5040 Limited outdoor burning — Establishment of program
§ 70A.15.5050 Limited outdoor burning — Construction
§ 70A.15.5060 Limited outdoor burning — Authority of local air pollution control authority or department of ecology to allow outdoor fires not restricted
§ 70A.15.5070 Limited outdoor burning — Program — Exceptions
§ 70A.15.5080 Limited outdoor burning — Permits issued by political subdivisions — Types of fires permitted
§ 70A.15.5090 Permits — Issuance — Conditioning of permits — Fees — Agricultural burning practices and research task force — Development of public education materials — Agricultural activities
§ 70A.15.5100 Delegation of permit issuance and enforcement to political subdivisions
§ 70A.15.5110 Open burning of grasses grown for seed — Alternatives — Studies — Deposit of permit fees in special grass seed burning account — Procedures — Limitations — Report
§ 70A.15.5120 Burning permits for abating or prevention of forest fire hazards, management of ecosystems, instruction or silvicultural operations — Issuance — Fees
§ 70A.15.5130 Silvicultural forest burning — Reduce statewide emissions — Exemption — Monitoring program
§ 70A.15.5140 Burning permits for abating or prevention of forest fire hazards, management of ecosystems, instruction or silvicultural operations — Conditions for issuance and use of permits — Air quality standards to be met —
§ 70A.15.5150 Cooperation between department of natural resources and state, local, or regional air pollution authorities — Withholding of permits
§ 70A.15.5160 Adoption of rules
§ 70A.15.5170 Burning permits for regeneration of rare and endangered plants
§ 70A.15.5180 Aircraft crash rescue fire training — Training to fight structural fires — Training to fight forest fires — Other firefighter instruction
§ 70A.15.5190 Outdoor burning allowed for managing storm or flood-related debris
§ 70A.15.5200 Fires necessary for Indian ceremonies or smoke signals
§ 70A.15.5210 Permit to set fires for weed abatement
§ 70A.15.5220 Disposal of tumbleweeds
§ 70A.15.6000 Air pollution episodes — Legislative finding — Declaration of policy
§ 70A.15.6010 Air pollution episodes — Episode avoidance plan — Contents — Source emission reduction plans — Authority — Considered orders
§ 70A.15.6020 Air pollution episodes — Declaration of air pollution emergency by governor
§ 70A.15.6030 Air pollution episodes — Restraining orders, temporary injunctions to enforce orders — Procedure
§ 70A.15.6040 Air pollution episodes — Orders to be effective immediately
§ 70A.15.6050 Plans approved pursuant to federal clean air act — Enforcement authority
§ 70A.15.6200 Legislative declaration — Intent
§ 70A.15.6210 Definitions
§ 70A.15.6220 Monitoring by department of ecology
§ 70A.15.6230 Emission credits banking program — Amount of credit
§ 70A.15.6240 Department of ecology may accept delegation of programs
§ 70A.15.6250 Evaluation of information on acid deposition in Pacific Northwest — Establishment of critical levels — Notification of legislature
§ 70A.15.6260 Establishment of critical deposition and acidification levels — Considerations
§ 70A.15.6270 Carbon dioxide mitigation — Fees
§ 70A.15.6400 Clean fuel matching grants for public transit, vehicle mechanics, and refueling infrastructure
§ 70A.15.6440 Stationary natural gas engines used in combined heat and power systems — Permitting process — Emission limits
§ 70A.15.6450 Boiler or process heaters — Assessment and reporting requirements
§ 70A.15.9001 Construction — 1967 c 238
§ 70A.15.9002 Construction, repeal of RCW 70.94.061 through 70.94.066 — Saving
§ 70A.15.9003 Effective dates — 1991 c 199
§ 70A.15.9004 Severability — 1967 c 238
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