| Passed by the Senate February 14, 2008 YEAS 48 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 4, 2008 YEAS 94 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6504 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved March 17, 2008, 2:56 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | March 18, 2008 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2008 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/17/08. Referred to Committee on Water, Energy & Telecommunications.
AN ACT Relating to exempting certain minor new construction associated with construction storm water general permits from the state environmental policy act; amending RCW 43.21C.0383; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 The legislature intends that the revised
threshold adopted in 2005 for the department of ecology's construction
storm water general permit should not increase the scope of projects
subject to state environmental policy act review. The department of
ecology should pursue rule making to achieve the intent of this act.
Sec. 2 RCW 43.21C.0383 and 1996 c 322 s 1 are each amended to
read as follows:
The following waste discharge permit actions are not subject to the
requirements of RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c):
(1) For existing discharges, the issuance, reissuance, or
modification of a waste discharge permit that contains conditions no
less stringent than federal effluent limitations and state rules ((is
not subject to the requirements of RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c). This
exemption applies to existing discharges only and does not apply to new
source discharges));
(2) The issuance of a construction storm water general permit under
chapter 90.48 RCW for a proposal disturbing less than five acres. The
exemption in this subsection does not apply if, under rules adopted by
the department of ecology, the proposal would otherwise be subject to
the requirements of RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c).