WSR 23-13-122

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY

[Filed June 21, 2023, 10:04 a.m.]

The department of ecology has determined the types of significant agency actions that will require an environmental justice assessment pursuant to RCW 70A.02.060.

Those actions include:

(a) The development and adoption of significant legislative rules as defined in RCW 34.05.328;

(b) The development and adoption of any new grant or loan program that a covered agency is explicitly authorized or required by statute to carry out;

(c) A capital project, grant, or loan award by a covered agency of at least $12,000,000 or a transportation project, grant, or loan by a covered agency of at least $15,000,000;

(d) The submission of agency request legislation to the office of the governor or the office of financial management for approval; and

(e) Any other agency actions deemed significant by a covered agency consistent with RCW 70A.02.060.

The department of ecology plans to consider expanding the scope of significant agency actions that will require an environmental justice assessment by July 1, 2025.