HB 1792-S.E - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

     Declares that the department shall:

     (1) Review existing environmental technology certification programs and enter into agreements to use the information from these programs if the department finds that this information will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the state's environmental regulatory process; and

     (2) Participate in technology demonstration activities that support the state's needs for environmental technology.

     Provides that the state, the department, and officers and employees of the state shall not be liable for damages resulting from the utilization of information developed through a certification program, or from a decision to certify or deny certification to an environmental technology.  Actions of the department under this section are not decisions reviewable under RCW 43.21B.110.