HB 1876 - DIGEST

(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB)

Provides that, in order to ensure that major construction projects involving the use of large quantities of fill material do not pose a threat to water quality, the department shall require that the chemical suitability of potential fill material be determined through use of a leaching test of the type specified in WAC 173-340-747(7), as it existed on January 1, 2003, in all water quality certifications issued under section 401 of the federal clean water act and administrative orders issued under chapter 90.48 RCW where such certification or administrative order authorizes the placement of more than two million cubic yards of fill material, some or all of which will be placed in waters of the state.