Whenever an air pollution control authority, or the department of ecology for areas outside the jurisdictional boundaries of an activated air pollution control authority, shall find that any fire protection agency, county, or conservation district is capable of effectively administering the issuance and enforcement of permits for any or all of the kinds of burning identified in RCW 70A.15.5090, 70A.15.5180, and 70A.15.5210 and desirous of doing so, the authority or the department of ecology, as appropriate, may delegate powers necessary for the issuance or enforcement, or both, of permits for any or all of the kinds of burning to the fire protection agency, county, or conservation district. Such delegation may be withdrawn by the authority or the department of ecology upon finding that the fire protection agency, county, or conservation district is not effectively administering the permit program.
RCW 70A.15.5100
Delegation of permit issuance and enforcement to political subdivisions.
Known as the Washington Clean Air Act
The act spans §§ 70A.15.1005 to 70A.15.9004 (151 sections).
2020 c 20 s 1141; 2009 c 118 s 402; 1993 c 353 s 2; 1991 c 199 s 409; 1973 1st ex.s. c 193 s 6
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.