Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 77 Fish And Wildlife (Formerly: Game And Game Fish) - Chapter 77.120 Ballast Water Management

• 77.120.005 Findings
  The legislature finds that some nonindigenous species have the potential to cause economic and environmental damage to the state and that current efforts to stop ...
• 77.120.010 Definitions
  The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Ballast tank" means any tank or hold on a ...
• 77.120.020 Application of chapter
  (1) This chapter applies to all vessels transiting into the waters of the state from a voyage, except: (a) A vessel of the United States ...
• 77.120.030 Authorized ballast water discharge -- Adoption of standards by rule
  (1) The owner or operator in charge of any vessel covered by this chapter is required to ensure that the vessel under their ownership or ...
• 77.120.040 Reporting and sampling requirements
  The owner or operator in charge of any vessel covered by this chapter is required to ensure that the vessel under their ownership or control ...
• 77.120.050 Pilot project -- Private sector ballast water treatment operation
  The shipping vessel industry, the public ports, and the department shall promote the creation of a pilot project to establish a private sector ballast water ...
• 77.120.070 Violation of chapter -- Penalties -- Rules
  (1) The department may establish by rule schedules for any penalty allowed in this chapter. The schedules may provide for the incremental assessment of a ...
• 77.120.100 Department may assess fee for exemptions -- Rules
  The department may assess a fee for any exemptions allowed under this chapter. Such a fee may not exceed five thousand dollars. The department may ...
• 77.120.110 Ballast water management account
  (1) The ballast water management account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from legislative appropriations, gifts, grants, donations, penalties, and fees received under ...
• 77.120.120 Special operating authorization -- Rules
  The department may issue a special operating authorization for passenger vessels conducting or assisting in research and testing activities to determine the presence of invasive ...
• 77.120.900 Severability -- 2000 c 108
  If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009