Title 70A — Title 70A ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
87 chapters · 1,249 sections in this title.
RCW 70A.05.010 Development of an integrated climate change response strategy.
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(1) The departments of ecology, agriculture, commerce, health, fish and wildlife, natural resources, and transportation, the state conservation commission, the Puget Sound partnership, and the emergency management division shall develop an integrated climate change response strat…
RCW 70A.05.020 Requirements of strategy—Content of updated strategy—Report to the governor and the legislature.
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(1) The integrated climate change response strategy should address the impact of and adaptation to climate change, as well as the regional capacity to undertake actions, existing ecosystem and resource management concerns, and health and economic risks. Agencies should consider a…
RCW 70A.05.030 Assistance with updating strategy.
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The department of ecology and partner agencies may consult with qualified nonpartisan experts from the scientific community including, but not limited to, the University of Washington's climate impacts group, as needed to assist with updating the integrated climate change respons…
RCW 70A.05.040 Incorporation of current and future climate change impacts by state agencies.
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State agencies shall consider current and future climate change impacts to the extent allowed under existing statutory authority and incorporate climate resilience and adaptation actions as priority activities when planning, designing, revising, or implementing relevant agency po…
RCW 70A.05.050 Coordinated state response to federal funding opportunities.
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(1) The department of ecology shall work with the office of financial management and other relevant state agencies and entities to facilitate coordination of a state response to federal funding opportunities related to climate resilience.(2) In seeking to better coordinate fundin…
RCW 70A.05.060 Estimated state agency costs.
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(1) By September 30, 2024, the department of ecology shall provide the estimated state agency costs for implementing the updated climate response strategy, including existing programs and new recommended actions, to the governor and appropriate committees of the legislature. Esti…
RCW 70A.05.800 Chapter does not authorize new or additional regulatory authority.
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Nothing in this chapter creates any new or additional regulatory authority for any state agency.[ 2023 c 169 s 8.]Notes:Findings—Intent—2023 c 169: See note following RCW 70A.05.010.
RCW 70A.05.900 Findings—2009 c 519.
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The legislature finds that in chapter 14, Laws of 2008, the legislature established greenhouse gas emission reduction limits for Washington state, including a reduction of overall emissions by 2020 to emission levels in 1990, a reduction by 2035 to levels twenty-five percent belo…