Nothing in RCW 43.21C.030 or 43.21C.040 shall in any way affect the specific statutory obligations of any agency (1) to comply with criteria or standards of environmental quality, (2) to coordinate or consult with any other public agency, or (3) to act, or refrain from acting contingent upon the recommendations or certification of any other public agency.
RCW 43.21C.050
Specific statutory obligations not affected.
Known as the State Environmental Policy Act
The act spans §§ 43.21C.010 to 43.21C.914 (74 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 84 Wash. 2d 271 - Leschi Improvement Council v. Washington State Highway Commission (1974)
Most recently applied in Bellevue Farm Owners Ass'n v. Shorelines Hearings Board (March 2000)
1971 ex.s. c 109 s 5.
How often courts cite this section
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.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.