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Focus on: Proposed new permitting program to protect wetlands and other surface waters

 
Publication number Date Published
26-06-012April 2026
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Author(s) Lauren Driscoll, Teresa Opolka
Description The Department of Ecology initiated rulemaking seeking to establish a new “state waters alteration permit” program. If adopted, the program would add a new chapter 173-217 to the Washington Administrative Code to permit projects that would alter or impact state surface waters.
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WEB PAGE State Waters Alteration Permit rulemaking webpage