Our operating budget for the 2021-23 Biennium includes significant new investments that will: Our 2021-23 capital budget will work to protect the environment and public health and support economic ...

Arsenic and lead in play-area soil can pose a risk to children. Through our Soil Safety Program, we provide free soil sampling and soil safety actions for qualifying public and private schools, ...

For more information on the programmatic environmental impact statement currently being developed by the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council on electrical transmission, please visit their website.

In 2023, state lawmakers passed House Bill 1216 to help make the process for siting and permitting clean energy projects more effective and efficient. The goal is to encourage clean energy while ...

WAC 173-443 restricts the use of hydroflurocarbons and other fluorinated gases with a Global Warming Potential (GWP) of more than 150. It also prohibits the manufacture and sale of products containing ...

The Solid Waste Advisory Committee helps us develop policies to support the successful implementation of Washington's solid waste laws and the State Solid and Hazardous Waste Plan. The committee is ...

The Washington State Hydrography Dataset Program (WASHD) coordinates the mapping of the surface waters of the State. Historically this has been as the steward of the USGS National Hydrography Dataset ...

The Legislature directed us to update of the strategy under the Integrated Climate Change Response Strategy (Chapter 70A.05 RCW) in partnership with nine other state agencies. The strategy addresses ...

A person or group may be granted a water right to use a volume of water, for a defined purpose, in a specific place. Under Washington’s “first-in-time, first in right” legal framework, a person who ...

The Soos Creek watershed is located in South King County, in the Seattle metropolitan area. The watershed includes several urbanized, fast-growing communities, including Covington, portions of Kent, ...

The Municipal Water Law (MWL) was passed in 2003. Ecology and the Department of Health (DOH) have different roles and responsibilities when it comes to implementing the MWL. Department of Health ...

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