Title 88, Title 88 NAVIGATION AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS
11 chapters · 172 sections in this title.
RCW 88.46.090 Unlawful acts—Civil penalty.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, it shall be unlawful for a covered vessel to enter the waters of the state without an approved contingency plan required by RCW 88.46.060, a spill prevention plan required by RCW 88.46.040, or financial responsibility in c…
RCW 88.46.100 Notification of vessel emergencies resulting in discharge of oil.
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In addition to any notifications that the owner or operator of a covered vessel must provide to the United States coast guard regarding a vessel emergency, the owner or operator of a covered vessel must notify the state of any vessel emergency that results in the discharge or sub…
RCW 88.46.120 Tank vessel response equipment standards.
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The department may adopt rules including but not limited to standards for spill response equipment to be maintained on tank vessels. The standards adopted under this section shall be consistent with spill response equipment standards adopted by the United States coast guard.[ 200…
RCW 88.46.125 Emergency response system—Funding—Intent—Finding.
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(1) It is the intent of the legislature to provide the various components of the maritime industry with the tools necessary to satisfy the requirements of RCW 88.46.130 in the most cost-effective manner. In doing, the legislature encourages, but does not mandate, the maritime ind…
RCW 88.46.130 Emergency response system.
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(1) By July 1, 2010, the owner or operator of a covered vessel transiting to or from a Washington port through the Strait of Juan de Fuca, except for transits extending no further west than Race Rocks light, shall establish and fund an emergency response system that provides for …
RCW 88.46.135 Emergency response system—Vessel planning standards.
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(1) An emergency response towing vessel that is a part of the emergency response system required by RCW 88.46.130 must be stationed at Neah Bay and be available to respond to vessel emergencies. The towing vessel must be able to satisfy the following minimum planning standards:(a…
RCW 88.46.139 Emergency response system—Adequacy determination—Practice drills.
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(1) As part of reviewing contingency plans submitted under RCW 88.46.130, the department may determine the adequacy of the emergency response system required in RCW 88.46.130 through practice drills that test compliance with the requirements of RCW 88.46.135. Practice drills may …
RCW 88.46.160 Refueling, bunkering, or lightering operations—Availability of containment and recovery equipment—Rules.
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Any person or facility conducting ship refueling and bunkering operations, or the lightering of petroleum products, and any person or facility transferring oil between an onshore or offshore facility and a tank vessel shall have containment and recovery equipment readily availabl…
RCW 88.46.165 Oil transfers—Scope of rules—Reporting volumes of oil transferred.
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(1) The department's rules authorized under RCW 88.46.160 and this section shall be scaled to the risk posed to people and to the environment, and be categorized by type of transfer, volume of oil, frequency of transfers, and such other risk factors as identified by the departmen…
RCW 88.46.167 Inspection authority—Department to conduct specialized reviews and prioritize adding capacity.
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In addition to other inspection authority provided for in this chapter and chapter 90.56 RCW, the department may conduct inspections of oil transfer operations regulated under RCW 88.46.160 or 88.46.165. The department must conduct specialized reviews and prioritize adding capaci…
RCW 88.46.170 Field operations program—Coordination with United States coast guard.
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(1) The department shall establish a field operations program to enforce the provisions of this chapter. The field operations program shall include, but is not limited to, the following elements:(a) Education and public outreach;(b) Review of lightering and bunkering operations t…
RCW 88.46.180 Planning standards for equipment—Updates.
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(1) The department shall evaluate and update planning standards for oil spill response equipment required under contingency plans required by this chapter, including aerial surveillance, in order to ensure access in the state to equipment that represents the best achievable prote…
RCW 88.46.190 Rule making for vessels of opportunity response system.
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By December 31, 2012, the department shall complete rule making for purposes of improving the effectiveness of the vessels of opportunity [response] system to participate in spill response.[ 2011 c 122 s 3.]Notes:
RCW 88.46.200 Advisory marine safety committees—Recommendations.
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The director may appoint ad hoc, advisory marine safety committees to solicit recommendations and technical advice concerning vessel traffic safety. The department may implement recommendations made in regional marine safety plans that are approved by the department and over whic…
RCW 88.46.210 Volunteer coordination system.
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(1) The department shall establish a volunteer coordination system. The volunteer coordination system may be included as a part of the state's overall oil spill response strategy, and may be implemented by local emergency management organizations, in coordination with any analogo…
RCW 88.46.220 Equipment deployment drills of covered vessels.
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(1) The department is responsible for requiring joint large-scale, multiple plan equipment deployment drills of covered vessels to determine the adequacy of the owner's or operator's compliance with the contingency plan requirements of this chapter. The department must order at l…
RCW 88.46.230 Umbrella plan holders.
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(1) When submitting a contingency plan to the department under RCW 88.46.060, any umbrella plan holder that enrolls both tank vessels and covered vessels that are not tank vessels must, in addition to satisfying the other requirements of this chapter, specify:(a) The maximum wors…
RCW 88.46.250 Model—Assessment of oil spill risks, emergency response towing vessel—Report.
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(1) The department must develop and maintain a model to quantitatively assess current and potential future risks of oil spills from covered vessels in Washington waters, as it conducts ongoing oil spill risk assessments. The department must consult with the United States coast gu…
RCW 88.46.260 Vessel traffic patterns, oil spill risks—Effects of rules—Board of pilotage commissioners and department to consider—Notice.
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(1) By October 1, 2028, and no less often than every ten years thereafter, the board of pilotage commissioners and the department must together consider:(a) The effects of rules established under RCW 88.16.190 and 88.16.260 on vessel traffic patterns and oil spill risks in the Sa…
RCW 88.46.901 Effective dates—1991 c 200.
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See RCW 90.56.901.
RCW 88.46.921 Office of marine safety abolished.
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The office of marine safety is hereby abolished and its powers, duties, and functions are hereby transferred to the department of ecology. All references to the administrator or office of marine safety in the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed to mean the director or d…
RCW 88.46.926 Apportionments of budgeted funds.
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If apportionments of budgeted funds are required because of the transfers directed by *RCW 88.46.922 through 88.46.925, the director of financial management shall certify the apportionments to the agencies affected, the state auditor, and the state treasurer. Each of these shall …