The purpose of this chapter is to establish a program for providing technical assistance to a person regarding a release or suspected release of (1) heating oil from an active, decommissioned, or abandoned heating oil tank; or (2) petroleum from a qualified petroleum storage tank system. Under this program, the agency will provide advice and technical assistance regarding a completed or proposed independent remedial action and application of chapters 70.149 and 70.105D RCW.

Any opinion provided by the agency under this program is advisory only and not binding upon either the agency or the department of ecology. Participation in this program is not a settlement with the state under the Model Toxics Control Act. Persons conducting independent remedial actions do so at their own risk, and may be required to take additional remedial actions by the department of ecology if such actions are determined to be necessary under the Model Toxics Control Act.