Provides cost reductions on transportation projects by applying federal standards without additional state requirements to transportation projects.

Prohibits the department of ecology from adopting or maintaining a rule that includes, or includes in any permit, a requirement under chapter 90.48 RCW (water pollution control) that is applicable to certain transportation projects, conducted by or for the department of transportation, if the requirement is more stringent than would be required for a similar project in an abutting jurisdiction that is subject to the federal clean water act.