INTERPRETIVE AND POLICY STATEMENT
Document Title: Reimbursement of permit decision legal expenses under RCW 43.21A.690 and 90.03.265.
Subject: Cost-reimbursement under RCW 43.21A.690, 90.03.265, and chapter 251, Laws of 2000.
Document Description: RCW 43.21A.690 and 90.03.265 allow the Department of Ecology to enter into voluntary cost-reimbursement agreements with certain permit applicants. It is the intent of these statutes that cost-reimbursement agreements free agency resources to work on review of small project permits, and that use of such agreements not reduce the staff available to work on permit applications not covered by cost-reimbursement agreements. The above-referenced document, sets forth ecology's policy interpretation and reimbursement approach toward the cost of defending a permit decision before an applicable administrative review board as a result of entering into a voluntary cost-reimbursement agreement.
Effective Date: December 6, 2000.
To receive a copy of the policy/interpretive statement contact Scott Boettcher, Department of Ecology, P.O. Box 47600, Olympia, WA 98504-7600, phone (360) 407-7564, fax (360) 407-6904, TDD (360) 407-6006, e-mail sboe461@ecy.wa.gov
December 6, 2000
Gordon White, Program Manager
Shorelands and Environmental
Assistance Program