Washington Administrative Code

The following definitions shall apply to this chapter:(1) Local geodetic control surveys: Surveys for the specific purpose of establishing control points for extending the National Geodetic Survey horizontal and vertical control nets, also known as the National Spatial Reference …

The record of corner information required to be filed with the county auditor by the Survey Recording Act shall be filed on a form provided by the department and following instructions provided by the department.[Statutory Authority: RCW 58.24.030, 58.24.040, 58.09.050, and 58.17…

The following requirements apply when a land boundary survey is performed. If, in the professional judgment of the surveyor, the procedures of subsections (1) and (2) of this section are not necessary to perform the survey, departures from these requirements shall be explained an…

An instrument used for the conveyance of real property should contain a description of the property sufficiently definite to allow location by a land surveyor without recourse to oral testimony.The following guidelines consist of elements which are recommended for use in the prep…

The following requirements apply to survey maps and plans required by law to be filed or recorded with the county.(1) All such documents filed or recorded must conform to the following:(a) They must display information blocks which must be located along the bottom or right edge o…

The following checklist is the only checklist that may be used to determine the recordability of records of survey filed pursuant to chapter 58.09 RCW. There may be additional requirements for other maps to meet legal standards. This checklist also applies to maps filed pursuant …

The following standards shall apply to local geodetic control surveys: The datum for the horizontal control network in Washington shall be the Washington plane coordinate system as officially adjusted and published by the National Geodetic Survey of the United States Department o…

The following standards shall apply to land boundary surveys:(1) The accuracy or precision of field work may be determined and reported using either relative accuracy standards or field traverse standards, provided that field work not capable of analysis with field traverse stand…

The following principles of relative accuracy are provided to guide those who may be analyzing their work by these procedures.(1) Relative accuracy means the theoretical uncertainty in the location of any point or corner relative to other points or corners set, found, reestablish…

The following standards may be applied to boundary surveys utilizing field traverses and shall be applied when positioning techniques used in a land boundary survey are not amenable to analysis with standards in WAC 332-130-090. Such standards should be considered minimum standar…

The following standards shall apply to field traverses used in land boundary surveys. Such standards should be considered minimum standards only. Higher levels of precision are expected to be utilized in areas with higher property values or in other situations necessitating highe…

(1) All land boundary surveys filed or recorded shall contain a statement identifying the type of equipment used, such as 3-second theodolite and electronic distance measuring unit, total station or GNSS receiver, and procedures used, such as field traverse, scanning, photogramme…

The following standards shall apply to geodetic surveys and land boundary surveys.All land surveys shall contain procedures, measurement redundancy, and closure checks sufficient to detect errors and blunders and to ensure that the survey standards, chapter 332-130 WAC have been …

For the purposes of this section, topographic elements consist of information shown on a map which depicts the horizontal and vertical positions of natural and/or fabricated features and existing terrain surfaces. Usually, contour lines and spot elevations are used to depict surf…

The following terms are applicable when used in the chapter and shall be defined as follows unless the context clearly requires otherwise:(1) "Abandon" means the removal of all drilling and production equipment from the site and the restoration of the surface of the site to stand…

These rules shall be applicable to all state lands which the department is authorized to lease for the purpose of prospecting, developing and extracting coal resources. These rules are promulgated pursuant to RCW 79.01.652 through 79.01.696.[Statutory Authority: RCW 79.01.668. WS…

State lands subject to the management of the department shall be available for coal exploration in accordance with these regulations. The department is not required to offer any tract of land for coal exploration or coal mining unless it determines that the interests of the state…

Applications for coal option contracts or coal mining leases shall be filed with the department in Olympia, Washington on forms provided by the department. An applicant may file more than one application and acquire more than one option contract or mining lease. Each application …

If an application for a coal option contract or a coal mining lease is rejected by the department, application fees may be refunded after deducting expenses incurred in investigating the character of the land.[Statutory Authority: RCW 79.01.668. WSR 85-10-040 (Order 443), § 332-1…

One government surveyed section of land or up to 640 acres, whichever is the larger area, may be the subject of a coal option contract or a coal mining lease. The term of a coal option contract may not exceed one year. The term of a coal mining lease may not exceed twenty years. …

The department may issue a coal option contract after investigation of the character of the state lands if the department deems it to be in the best interests of the state. An option contract may be conditioned or denied based upon the department's analysis of potential environme…

To convert a coal option contract to a coal mining lease, the holder must submit an application for conversion on a form provided by the department. Applicant shall provide a detailed report of the results of its investigation and exploration together with its proposed plan of de…

The department may condition or deny a coal mining lease based upon analysis of potential adverse environmental impacts. If a coal mining lease is awarded at public auction and is subsequently denied based upon potential adverse environmental impacts, all bid deposits will be ref…

The department may offer coal mining leases for lands known to contain workable coal at public auction and award the lease to the highest bidder. Public bidding shall be by sealed bid followed by oral auction. Oral bidding will be confined to persons previously submitting sealed …

The holder of two or more coal mining leases may apply to the department for consolidation of leases in order to facilitate operations. If the department finds, after investigation and examination, that the proposed consolidation will be in the best interests of the state, approv…

An existing lessee may make application to re-lease the premises for a like term from the department. If the department receives no other application and, after inspection and investigation regarding the development and improvement of the premises during original lease term, dete…

The lessee shall pay the first year's minimum annual per acre royalty prior to execution of the lease. Each subsequent minimum per acre royalty payment shall be paid in advance each year. Minimum per acre royalty payment shall be credited against production royalties due for the …

Past due royalty payments shall bear interest at the highest rate permitted by RCW 19.52.020 per month. Costs of collection, including attorney's fees, shall be recoverable in addition to interest.[Statutory Authority: RCW 79.01.668. WSR 85-10-040 (Order 443), § 332-14-140, filed…

The holder of a coal option contract or a coal lessee shall have a right of action in the superior court of the county in which the premises are located to ascertain and determine the amount of damages, if any, which will accrue to the holder of surface rights by reason of the ex…

The lessee shall file a corporate surety bond, cash bond, savings account assignment or other surety arrangement satisfactory to the department, in an amount determined by the department, in order to guarantee performance of the terms and conditions of an option contract or minin…

The applicant for a coal option contract shall submit a plan of activities which shall include but is not limited to the following:(1) The type, location, and schedule of exploratory drilling and trenching activities;(2) Location of other significant activities, including type an…

The successful bidder for a coal mining lease pursuant to RCW 79.01.672 shall submit a plan for mining to include a fully detailed plan for orderly development and extraction of coal and reclamation of the premises. The plan will be used as a basis for SEPA analysis and evaluatio…

All surface mining and reclamation activities shall be in accordance with the terms of a surface mine reclamation permit obtained from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Surface Mining and Enforcement or a federally approved state permit.[Statutory Authority: RCW 79.0…

The holder of any coal mining lease shall expend at least fifty thousand dollars per year in exploration, mine development, mine operation, or reclamation activities on the premises, or on the logical mining unit of which the lands are a part unless a written waiver is issued by …

Coal mining leases are assignable in accordance with RCW 79.01.292. Coal option contracts are not assignable.[Statutory Authority: RCW 79.01.668. WSR 85-10-040 (Order 443), § 332-14-210, filed 4/29/85.]

No timber owned by the state shall be cut, removed or destroyed by a holder of a coal option contract or coal mining lease prior to approval by the department. Holder shall mark all timber proposed to be cut, removed or destroyed and the department shall appraise the timber. The …

On premises consumption and blending, commingling, washing or storage of coal may be authorized as a part of an approved plan of development and mining without payment of additional compensation to the department.[Statutory Authority: RCW 79.01.668. WSR 85-10-040 (Order 443), § 3…

The department may, during normal business hours, examine the premises, improvements, operations or production facilities and may inspect books, records or federal income tax returns of the lessee in order to ascertain the production of coal and to determine compliance with the t…

All exploration drill holes shall be properly plugged and abandoned by the holder of any coal option contract or coal mining lessee according to the following requirements:(1) No drill holes shall be plugged and abandoned until the method and manner of plugging has been approved …

Access roads authorized to be constructed and/or maintained on state lands or under right of way easement agreements shall conform to standards approved by the department.[Statutory Authority: RCW 79.01.668. WSR 85-10-040 (Order 443), § 332-14-260, filed 4/29/85.]

A coal option contract holder or a coal mining lessee shall submit a semi-annual report to the department of all geophysical, geologic and qualitative coal data, analyses and maps which are gathered or prepared during exploration activities on the premises. This report shall incl…

All development or production activities authorized by the lease shall be conducted in accordance with applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations. Compliance shall be the sole responsibility of the holder of any coal option contract or coal mining lessee and not the…

(1) The regulations in this chapter are promulgated by the commissioner of public lands of the state of Washington to implement the Forest Products Industry Recovery Act of 1982. Unless provided otherwise herein or unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following defi…

Requests for extensions under the act shall be in writing. Extensions will be granted only by a written extension document. Extensions granted under the act shall only be on a quarterly (3 month) basis and shall be for 3, 6, 9 or 12 months, except as provided in WAC 332-140-050 (…

A new plan of operations must be filed and approved for all window sales on which the purchaser commences operations prior to July 15, 1982, before the purchaser commences operations.[Statutory Authority: 1982 c 222 § 8. WSR 82-14-058 (Order 380), § 332-140-030, filed 7/1/82.]

This section implements section 4 of the act.(1) Introduction. "Extension time credit" means the number of calendar days a purchaser receives by engaging in or agreeing to engage in the removal of forest products on a sale which qualifies under subsection (2) below. Extension tim…

This section implements section 5 of the act.(1) Section 5(1).(a) Qualifying sales. Only window sales which exists as of the date of the application under this subsection qualify for a paid extension credit under section 5(1) of the act.(b) Written application. To qualify for the…

This section is to implement section 6 of the act.(1)(a) Qualifying sales. Section 6 of the act applies only to window sales which were in existence as of April 3, 1982, or for which a payment is made after April 3, 1982, under section 7 of the act to reinstate the sale.(b) Writt…

This section implements section 7 of the act.(1) Qualifying sales. Section 7 of the act applies to sales on which the operating authority had expired as of April 3, 1982 which otherwise would qualify for extension under sections 4 or 5 of the act or to be defaulted under section …

This section implements section 9 of the act.(1) Section 9 of the act applies to extensions on sales which were auctioned on or before December 30, 1980, for which extensions are granted after April 3, 1982, but before December 31, 1984. In computing the fees for such extensions,…