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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Chapter 173-303

We are proposing updates to Chapter 173-303 WAC, Dangerous Waste Regulations. Find answers to frequently asked questions about this rulemaking. Concentrated nicotine is very toxic and highly regulated ...
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Environmental penalties issued for the third quarter of 2023

The Washington Department of Ecology issued $138,800 in penalties of $1,000 or more from July 1 – Sept. 30, 2023. A detailed list of the violations and resulting penalties is in the table below.
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Landowners fined for illegally pumping 500 million gallons from Odessa aquifer

MOSES LAKE – Landowners near Moses Lake have been fined for illegally pumping more than 500 million gallons of groundwater from the declining Odessa aquifer. In June, the Washington Department of ...
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Youth litter crews take to the roads to pick up trash

As you hit the road this week, give us a brake. The Ecology Youth Corps’ teenage litter crews began picking up Washington roads and highways today and will continue working through August. Ecology ...
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Property owners fined $204,000 for damaging Deschutes River shoreline

Two Thurston County property owners were fined $204,000 by the Washington Department of Ecology for unpermitted shoreline development along the Deschutes River near Yelm. Chuck and Austin Rogers ...
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$40 million available for streamflow restoration projects

A project to return Boise Creek at the Enumclaw Golf Course to its historic natural channel and dedicate a water right to improve instream flow is underway thanks to Ecology's streamflow restoration ...
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Updates on cleanup sites in your inbox

Since we started tracking cleanup site data, we’ve listed over 14,000 contaminated or formerly contaminated sites. While over half of them have been cleaned up, that still leaves more than 6,400 ...
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Funding now available to public agencies for drought relief

OLYMPIA – Public agencies experiencing hardships related to drought conditions may now be eligible for funds to ease drought-related effects. Beginning today, the Washington Department of Ecology is ...
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Pilot project takes root with landowners along Hangman Creek

350 acres of new streamside vegetation is improving water quality The Hangman Creek watershed is changing, and we don’t mean changing from summer to fall. After five years and $9 million in state ...
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Ecology awards $9.6 million for landfill methane reduction

A new competitive grant program from the Washington Department of Ecology will fund projects at 13 landfills across the state to better measure and contain methane before it escapes into the ...
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2024 Water Year in Review

The water year begins Oct. 1 and ends Sept. 30. Three months before the calendar year changes, hydrologists and other water scientists mark the start of the new water year. Starting the water year in ...
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$21,600 fine levied for unpermitted development on Palmer Lake shoreline

The Washington State Department of Ecology has issued an administrative order and $21,600 civil penalty to Greg Newmarch of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, for unauthorized shoreline construction ...