Agricultural runoff can pollute lakes, rivers, and marine beaches. It can also contaminate groundwater. Landowners can prevent runoff by using best practices that keep soil and other pollution out of ...

Ecology, local clean air agencies, and Tribes can restrict indoor and outdoor burning under certain conditions. Air quality burn bans protect people when the air is unhealthy. Fire safety burn bans ...

Food is a valuable resource. According to the Washington State Department of Agriculture, nearly 1 in every 6 people is food insecure across our state. When food is thrown away, we lose more than just ...

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the shallowest groundwater (the water table) can evaporate and move through the soil as a gas. Under certain conditions, these vapors can make their way indoors, ...

Anaerobic digestion is the process through which organic materials break down in the absence of oxygen. Composting is the break down of the material with oxygen. Anaerobic digestion produces gas - ...

Under RCW 42.56.120(2), we are allowed to recover costs directly related to the copying of public records. We cannot charge a fee for inspection of records, or staff time spent on locating records or ...

The proposed Umbrella bank is located in King County, near the city of Seattle. The mitigation bank includes three separate sites totaling approximately 60 acres. The Interagency Review Team is ...

Our team of engineers, chemists, toxicologists, and environmental specialists provide non-enforcement pollution prevention (P2) technical assistance to businesses like yours. We provide services ...

An applicant can obtain a permit application from its local health department for the county where the facility will be located. You can find procedures for applying for a solid waste facility permit ...

Under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), project proposals are reviewed by a designated “lead agency.” While this is typically a city or county government, other entities such as ports, ...

We issue general order permits to commercial sources of air pollution. A general order is a group permit that simplifies the air permitting process. When several sources of the air pollution are ...

A 2016 Washington State Supreme Court decision changed how counties decide to approve or deny building permits that use wells for a water source. In the Whatcom County vs. Hirst, Futurewise, et al.