§ 90.48.010 Policy enunciated
§ 90.48.020 Definitions
§ 90.48.030 Jurisdiction of department
§ 90.48.035 Rule-making authority
§ 90.48.037 Authority of department to bring enforcement actions
§ 90.48.039 Hazardous substance remedial actions — Procedural requirements not applicable
§ 90.48.045 Environmental excellence program agreements — Effect on chapter
§ 90.48.080 Discharge of polluting matter in waters prohibited
§ 90.48.090 Right of entry — Special inspection requirements for metals mining and milling operations
§ 90.48.095 Authority of department to compel attendance and testimony of witnesses, production of books and papers — Contempt proceedings to enforce — Fees
§ 90.48.100 Request for assistance
§ 90.48.110 Plans and proposed methods of operation and maintenance of sewerage or disposal systems to be submitted to department — Exceptions — Time limitations
§ 90.48.112 Plan evaluation — Consideration of reclaimed water
§ 90.48.120 Notice of department’s determination that violation has or will occur — Report to department of compliance with determination — Order or directive to be issued — Notice
§ 90.48.140 Penalty
§ 90.48.142 Violations — Liability in damages for injury or death of fish, animals, vegetation — Action to recover
§ 90.48.144 Violations — Civil penalty — Procedure
§ 90.48.150 Construction of chapter
§ 90.48.153 Cooperation with federal government — Federal funds
§ 90.48.156 Cooperation with other states and provinces — Interstate and state-provincial projects
§ 90.48.158 Grants to public bodies authorized
§ 90.48.160 Waste disposal permit — Required — Exemptions
§ 90.48.162 Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporations
§ 90.48.165 Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporations — Cities, towns or municipal corporations may be granted authority to issue permits — Revocation — Termination of permits
§ 90.48.170 Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporations — Application — Notice as to new operation or increase in volume — Investigation — Notice to other state departments
§ 90.48.180 Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporations — Issuance — Conditions — Duration
§ 90.48.190 Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporations — Termination — Grounds
§ 90.48.195 Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporations — Modification or additional conditions may be ordered
§ 90.48.200 Waste disposal permits required of counties, municipalities and public corporations — Nonaction upon application — Temporary permit — Duration
§ 90.48.215 Upland finfish facilities — Waste discharge standards — Waste disposal permit
§ 90.48.220 Marine finfish rearing facilities — Waste discharge standards — Discharge permit applications — Exemption
§ 90.48.225 Issuance of national pollutant discharge elimination system permits associated with nonnative marine finfish aquaculture
§ 90.48.230 Application of administrative procedure law to rule making and adjudicative proceedings
§ 90.48.240 Water pollution orders for conditions requiring immediate action — Appeal
§ 90.48.250 Agreements or contracts to monitor waters and effluent discharge
§ 90.48.260 Federal clean water act — Department designated as state agency, authority — Delegation of authority — Powers, duties, and functions
§ 90.48.261 Exercise of powers under RCW 90.48.260 — Aquatic resource mitigation
§ 90.48.262 Implementation of RCW 90.48.260 — Permits for energy facilities — Rules and procedures
§ 90.48.264 Federal clean water act — Rules for on-site sewage disposal systems adjacent to marine waters
§ 90.48.270 Sewage drainage basins — Authority of department to delineate and establish
§ 90.48.280 Sewage drainage basins — Comprehensive plans for sewage drainage basins
§ 90.48.285 Contracts with municipal or public corporations and political subdivisions to finance water pollution control projects — Requisites — Priorities
§ 90.48.290 Grants to municipal or public corporations or political subdivisions to aid water pollution control projects — Limitations
§ 90.48.310 Application of barley straw to waters of the state
§ 90.48.364 Discharge of oil into waters of the state — Definitions
§ 90.48.366 Discharge of oil into waters of the state — Compensation schedule
§ 90.48.367 Discharge of oil into waters of the state — Assessment of compensation
§ 90.48.368 Discharge of oil into waters of the state — Preassessment screening
§ 90.48.386 Department of natural resources leases
§ 90.48.390 Coastal protection fund — Established — Moneys credited to — Use
§ 90.48.400 Coastal protection fund — Disbursal of moneys from
§ 90.48.420 Water quality standards affected by forest practices — Department of ecology solely responsible for water quality standards — Forest practices rules — Adoption — Examination — Enforcement procedures
§ 90.48.422 Water quality standards — Compliance methods — Department authority
§ 90.48.425 Forest practices act and regulations relating to water quality protection to be utilized to satisfy federal water pollution act
§ 90.48.430 Watershed restoration projects — Approval process — Waiver of public review
§ 90.48.445 Aquatic noxious weed control — Water quality permits — Definition
§ 90.48.447 Aquatic plant management program — Commercial herbicide information — Experimental application of herbicides — Appropriation for study
§ 90.48.448 Eurasian water milfoil — Pesticide 2,4-D application
§ 90.48.450 Discharges from agricultural activity — Consideration to be given as to whether enforcement action would contribute to conversion of land to nonagricultural use — Minimize the possibility
§ 90.48.455 Discharge of chlorinated organics — Engineering reports by pulp and paper mills — Permits limiting discharge
§ 90.48.465 Water discharge fees — Report to the legislature
§ 90.48.467 Report to the legislature — Required information
§ 90.48.480 Reduction of sewer overflows — Plans — Compliance schedule
§ 90.48.490 Sewage treatment facilities — Plans to upgrade or construct
§ 90.48.495 Water conservation measures to be considered in sewer plans
§ 90.48.520 Review of operations before issuance or renewal of wastewater discharge permits — Incorporation of permit conditions
§ 90.48.530 Construction projects involving fill material — Leaching test
§ 90.48.531 Leaching tests — Identification — Report to the legislature
§ 90.48.540 Use attainability analysis of water within federal reclamation project boundaries — Rules
§ 90.48.545 Stormwater technical resource center — Duties — Advisory committee — Report to legislative committees
§ 90.48.570 Water quality data — Findings — Intent
§ 90.48.575 Water quality data — Definitions
§ 90.48.580 Water quality data — Credible data, information, literature
§ 90.48.585 Water quality data — When credible
§ 90.48.590 Water quality data — Falsified data — Penalty
§ 90.48.595 On-site sewage disposal system repair and replacement — Loan and grant programs
§ 90.48.605 Amending state water quality standards — Compliance schedules in excess of ten years authorized
§ 90.48.615 Motorized or gravity siphon aquatic mining — Prohibited acts
§ 90.48.906 Short title — 1971 ex.s. c 180
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