WSR 25-16-087
PERMANENT RULES
ENVIRONMENTAL AND
LAND USE HEARINGS OFFICE
[Filed August 5, 2025, 8:23 a.m., effective September 5, 2025]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: This proposal is to change the street address of the environmental and land use hearings office (ELUHO). People wishing to do business with ELUHO in person at its physical location will need to go to a new location.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 198-14-030.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 42.56.040, 43.21B.005, and 43.21B.090.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 25-12-026 on May 27, 2026 [2025].
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: August 5, 2025.
Jamie Merly, Director
Legal and Administrative Services
RDS-6395.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 12-03-042, filed 1/10/12, effective 2/10/12)
WAC 198-14-030Agency description—Contact information—Public records officer.
(1) The environmental land use hearing office (ELUHO) is a single quasi-judicial environmental, land use and adjudicatory agency comprised of three boards: The pollution control hearings board, created in RCW 43.21B.010, the shoreline hearings board, created in RCW 90.58.170, and the growth management hearings board, created in RCW 36.70A.250. Each board provides for the expeditious and efficient disposition of environmental and/or land use appeals within its respective area of statutory jurisdiction.
(2) Any person wishing to request access to public records of ELUHO, or seeking assistance in making such a request, shall contact the public records officer of ELUHO, or the board maintaining such records at the offices of ELUHO. Information identifying ELUHO's public records officer and the specific physical and mailing addresses for the agency is available on ELUHO's website: www.eluho.wa.gov.
The ELUHO office is located at:
((1111 Israel Road S.W.))1500 Jefferson Street S.E.
((Tumwater))Olympia, WA 98501
Phone: 360-664-9160
(3) ELUHO, through its public records officer or designee(s), will provide the "fullest assistance" to requestors; create and maintain an index to public records of ELUHO for use by the public and ELUHO officials; ensure that public records are protected from damage or disorganization; and ensure that responses to public records requests do not cause excessive interference with essential functions of the ELUHO.