Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 43 State Government -- Executive - Chapter 43.21K Environmental Excellence Program Agreements
- 43.21K.005 Purpose--1997 c 381
The purpose of chapter 381, Laws of 1997 is to create a voluntary program authorizing environmental excellence program agreements with persons regulated under the environmental ...
- 43.21K.010 Definitions
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "State, regional, or local agency" means an agency, board, ...
- 43.21K.020 Agreements--Environmental results
An environmental excellence program agreement entered into under this chapter must achieve more effective or efficient environmental results than the results that would be otherwise ...
- 43.21K.030 Authority for agreements--Restrictions
(1) The director of a state, regional, or local agency may enter into an environmental excellence program agreement with any sponsor, even if one or ...
- 43.21K.040 Proposals for agreements
(1) A sponsor may propose an environmental excellence program agreement. A trade association or other authorized representative of a sponsor or sponsors may propose a ...
- 43.21K.050 Stakeholder participation
(1) Stakeholder participation in and support for an environmental excellence program agreement is vital to the integrity of the environmental excellence program agreement and helps ...
- 43.21K.060 Terms and conditions of agreements
An environmental excellence program agreement must contain the following terms and conditions: (1) An identification of all legal requirements that are superseded or replaced by ...
- 43.21K.070 Public comment--Notice--Responsiveness summary--Copy to federal agency
(1) The coordinating agency shall provide at least thirty days after notice has been published in a newspaper under subsection (2) of this section for ...
- 43.21K.080 Effect of agreements on legal requirements and permits--Permit revisions--Programmatic agreements
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any legal requirement identified under RCW 43.21K.060(1) shall be superseded or replaced in accordance with the terms of ...
- 43.21K.090 Judicial review
(1) A decision by the directors of state, regional, or local agencies to approve a proposed environmental excellence program agreement, or to terminate or modify ...
- 43.21K.100 Continued effect of agreements and permits -- Modification of affected permit or approval
After a termination under *section 11 of this act is final and no longer subject to judicial review, the sponsor has sixty days in which ...
- 43.21K.110 Enforceable and voluntary commitments--Enforcement actions
(1) The legal requirements contained in the environmental excellence program agreement in accordance with RCW 43.21K.060(2) are enforceable commitments of the facility covered by the ...
- 43.21K.120 Reduced fee schedule
An environmental excellence program agreement may contain a reduced fee schedule with respect to a program applicable to the covered facility or facilities.[1997 c 381 ...
- 43.21K.130 Rule-making authority
Any state, regional, or local agency administering programs under an environmental law may adopt rules or ordinances to implement this chapter. However, it is not ...
- 43.21K.140 Advisory committee
The director of the department of ecology shall appoint an advisory committee to review the effectiveness of the environmental excellence program agreement program and to ...
- 43.21K.150 Costs of processing proposals--Fees--Voluntary contributions
(1) Agencies authorized to enter into environmental excellence program agreements may assess and collect a fee to recover the costs of processing environmental excellence program ...
- 43.21K.160 Termination of authority to enter into agreements
The authority of a director to enter into a new environmental excellence program agreement program shall be terminated June 30, 2002. Environmental excellence program agreements ...
- 43.21K.170 Environmental excellence account
The environmental excellence account is hereby created in the state treasury. All fees and voluntary contributions collected by state agencies under RCW 43.21K.150 shall be ...
Last modified: April 7, 2009