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RCW 90.58.160

Prohibition against seabed mining for hard minerals and surface drilling for oil or gas, where.

Known as the Shoreline Management Act

The act spans §§ 90–90 (59 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 85 Wash. 2d 441 - Hama Hama Co. v. Shorelines Hearings Board (1975)

Most recently applied in 85 Wash. 2d 441 - Hama Hama Co. v. Shorelines Hearings Board (June 1975)

2021 c 181 s 3; 1971 ex.s. c 286 s 16.

(1) Seabed mining for hard minerals and surface drilling for oil or gas is prohibited in the waters of Puget Sound north to the Canadian boundary and the Strait of Juan de Fuca seaward from the ordinary high water mark and on all lands within one thousand feet landward from said mark.

(2)(a) For purposes of this section, "hard minerals" means natural deposits of valuable minerals including, but not limited to, metals and placer deposits of metals, nonmetallic minerals, gemstones, ores, sediments, gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, manganese, silica, chrome, platinum, tungsten, zirconium, titanium, garnet, and phosphorus.

(b) "Hard minerals" does not include rock, gravel, sand, silt, coal, or hydrocarbons.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.