Pollution control hearings board created—Purpose.
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Port of Seattle v. PCHB (2004)
Most recently applied in American Waterways Operators, Resp v. Pollution Control Hearings Board,et Al, App (March 2019)
2010 c 210 s 6; (2010 c 210 s 5 expired July 1, 2011); 1979 ex.s. c 47 s 3; 1970 ex.s. c 62 s 31.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
There is hereby created within the environmental and land use hearings office a pollution control hearings board of the state of Washington.
The purpose of the pollution control hearings board is to provide for a more expeditious and efficient disposition of designated environmental appeals as provided for in RCW 43.21B.110.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.