Title 90, Title 90 WATER RIGHTS—ENVIRONMENT
31 chapters · 660 sections in this title.
RCW 90.71.010 Definitions.
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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.(1) "Action agenda" means the comprehensive schedule of projects, programs, and other activities designed to achieve a healthy Puget Sound ecosystem that is authorized and…
RCW 90.71.060 Puget Sound assessment and monitoring program.
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In addition to other powers and duties specified in this chapter, the panel, with the approval of the council, shall guide the implementation and coordination of a Puget Sound assessment and monitoring program.[ 2007 c 341 s 22; 1996 c 138 s 7.]
RCW 90.71.110 Puget Sound scientific research account.
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The Puget Sound scientific research account is created in the state treasury. All gifts, grants, federal moneys, or appropriations made to the account must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account ma…
RCW 90.71.200 Findings—Intent.
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(1) The legislature finds that:(a) Puget Sound, including Hood Canal, and the waters that flow to it are a national treasure and a unique resource. Residents enjoy a way of life centered around these waters that depends upon clean and healthy marine and freshwater resources.(b) P…
RCW 90.71.210 Puget Sound partnership—Created.
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An agency of state government, to be known as the Puget Sound partnership, is created to oversee the restoration of the environmental health of Puget Sound by 2020. The agency shall consist of a leadership council, an executive director, an ecosystem coordination board, and a Pug…
RCW 90.71.220 Leadership council—Membership.
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(1) The partnership shall be led by a leadership council composed of seven members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor shall appoint members who are publicly respected and influential, are interested in the environmental and economic…
RCW 90.71.230 Leadership council—Powers and duties.
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(1) The leadership council shall have the power and duty to:(a) Provide leadership and have responsibility for the functions of the partnership, including adopting, revising, and guiding the implementation of the action agenda, allocating funds for Puget Sound recovery, providing…
RCW 90.71.240 Executive director—Appointment—Authority.
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(1) The partnership shall be administered by an executive director who serves as a communication link between all levels of government, the private sector, tribes, nongovernmental organizations, the council, the board, and the panel. The executive director shall be accountable to…
RCW 90.71.250 Ecosystem coordination board—Membership—Duties.
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(1) The council shall convene the ecosystem coordination board not later than October 1, 2007.(2) The board shall consist of the following:(a) One representative from the geographic area of each of the action areas specified in RCW 90.71.260, appointed by the council. The council…
RCW 90.71.260 Development of the action agenda—Integration of watershed programs and ecosystem-level plans.
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(1) The partnership shall develop the action agenda in part upon the foundation of existing watershed programs that address or contribute to the health of Puget Sound. To ensure full consideration of these watershed programs in a timely manner to meet the required date for adopti…
RCW 90.71.270 Science panel—Creation—Membership.
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(1) The council shall appoint a nine-member Puget Sound science panel to provide independent, nonrepresentational scientific advice to the council and expertise in identifying environmental indicators and benchmarks for incorporation into the action agenda.(2) In establishing the…
RCW 90.71.280 Science panel—Duties.
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(1) The panel shall:(a) Assist the council, board, and executive director in carrying out the obligations of the partnership, including preparing and updating the action agenda;(b) As provided in RCW 90.71.290, assist the partnership in developing an ecosystem level strategic sci…
RCW 90.71.290 Science panel—Strategic science program—Puget Sound science update—Quadrennial science work plan.
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(1) The strategic science program shall be developed by the panel with assistance and staff support provided by the executive director. The science program may include:(a) Continuation of the Puget Sound assessment and monitoring program, as provided in RCW 90.71.060, as well as …
RCW 90.71.300 Action agenda—Goals and objectives.
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(1) The action agenda shall consist of the goals and objectives in this section, implementation strategies to meet measurable outcomes, benchmarks, and identification of responsible entities. By 2020, the action agenda shall strive to achieve the following goals:(a) A healthy hum…
RCW 90.71.310 Action agenda—Development—Elements revision and updates.
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(1) The council shall develop a science-based action agenda that leads to the recovery of Puget Sound by 2020 and achievement of the goals and objectives established in RCW 90.71.300. The action agenda shall:(a) Address all geographic areas of Puget Sound including upland areas a…
RCW 90.71.320 Action agenda—Biennial budget requests.
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(1) State agencies responsible for implementing elements of the action agenda shall:(a) Provide to the partnership by June 1st of each even-numbered year their estimates of the actions and the budget resources needed for the forthcoming biennium to implement their portion of the …
RCW 90.71.330 Funding from partnership—Accountability.
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(1) Any funding made available directly to the partnership from the Puget Sound recovery account created in RCW 90.71.400 and used by the partnership for loans, grants, or funding transfers to other entities shall be prioritized according to the action agenda developed pursuant t…
RCW 90.71.340 Fiscal accountability—Fiscal incentives and disincentives for implementation of the action agenda.
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(1) The legislature intends that fiscal incentives and disincentives be used as accountability measures designed to achieve consistency with the action agenda by:(a) Ensuring that projects and activities in conflict with the action agenda are not funded;(b) Aligning environmental…
RCW 90.71.350 Accountability for achieving and implementing action agenda—Noncompliance.
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(1) The council is accountable for achieving the action agenda. The legislature intends that all governmental entities within Puget Sound will exercise their existing authorities to implement the applicable provisions of the action agenda.(2) The partnership shall involve the pub…
RCW 90.71.360 Limitations on authority.
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(1) The partnership shall not have regulatory authority nor authority to transfer the responsibility for, or implementation of, any state regulatory program, unless otherwise specifically authorized by the legislature.(2) The action agenda may not create a legally enforceable dut…
RCW 90.71.370 Report to the governor and legislature—State of the Sound report—Review of programs.
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(1) By December 1, 2008, and by September 1st of each even-numbered year beginning in 2010, the council must provide to the governor and the appropriate fiscal committees of the senate and house of representatives its recommendations for the funding necessary to implement the act…
RCW 90.71.380 Assessment of basin-wide restoration progress.
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By December 1, 2010, and subject to available funding, the Washington academy of sciences shall conduct an assessment of basin-wide restoration progress. The assessment shall include, but not be limited to, a determination of the extent to which implementation of the action agend…
RCW 90.71.390 Performance audits of the partnership.
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(1) The joint legislative audit and review committee shall conduct two performance audits of the partnership, with the first audit to be completed by December 1, 2011, and the second to be completed by December 1, 2016.(2) The audit shall include but not be limited to:(a) A deter…
RCW 90.71.400 Puget Sound recovery account.
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The Puget Sound recovery account is created in the state treasury. To the account shall be deposited such funds as the legislature directs or appropriates to the account. Federal grants, gifts, or other financial assistance received by the Puget Sound partnership and other state …
RCW 90.71.410 Lake Whatcom phosphorus loading demonstration program.
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(1) The partnership shall assist the city of Bellingham and Whatcom county to implement a demonstration program regarding phosphorus loading into Lake Whatcom. The partnership shall assist the city and county to secure funding from federal and nongovernmental sources and work to …
RCW 90.71.420 Report to the legislature.
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Nothing in this chapter may be construed to relieve the partnership of the need to provide a written report to the legislature each biennium pursuant to RCW 90.71.370(3), which must also include references to ongoing science-related activities and monitoring efforts that inform t…
RCW 90.71.430 Environmental justice obligations of the Puget Sound partnership.
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The partnership must apply and comply with the substantive and procedural requirements of chapter 70A.02 RCW.[ 2021 c 314 s 10.]Notes:Conflict with federal requirements—2021 c 314: See note following RCW 70A.02.005.
RCW 90.71.904 Transfer of powers, duties, and functions—References to chair of the Puget Sound action team.
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(1) The Puget Sound action team is hereby abolished and its powers, duties, and functions are hereby transferred to the Puget Sound partnership as consistent with this chapter. All references to the chair or the Puget Sound action team in the Revised Code of Washington shall be c…
RCW 90.71.907 Effective date—2007 c 341.
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This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 2007.[ 2007 c 341 s 70.]