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Chapter 173-185 WAC – Oil Movement by Rail and Pipeline Notification — Proposed Rulemaking

Comment Period: Sept. 2, 2020 - Nov. 1, 2020, 11:59 p.m.

Monthly committee meeting — Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Committee

Public Event: Nov. 12, 2020, 9 a.m., in Online webinar
The NRDA Committee meets monthly to conduct pre-assessment screenings for oil spills into state waters.

Monthly committee meeting — Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Committee

Public Event: Dec. 9, 2020, 9 a.m., in Online webinar
The NRDA Committee meets monthly to conduct pre-assessment screenings for oil spills into state waters.

Monthly committee meeting — Resource Damage Assessment (RDA) Committee

Public Event: April 14, 2021, 9 a.m., in Online webinar
The RDA Committee meets monthly to conduct pre-assessment screenings for oil spills into state waters.

Hudson Marine Management Services — Spill management team applications

Comment Period: June 30, 2021 - July 30, 2021, 5 p.m.
Ecology invites interested public, local and tribal governments, and any others, to review and comment on spill management team applications submitted to Ecology for approval.

Trans Mountain Pipeline (Puget Sound) LLC — Oil Spill Contingency Plans

Comment Period: July 2, 2021 - Aug. 2, 2021, 5 p.m.
Ecology invites interested public and local and tribal governments to review and comment on significant updates to industry oil spill contingency plans.

Monthly committee meeting — Resource Damage Assessment (RDA) Committee

Public Event: Aug. 11, 2021, 9 a.m., in Online webinar
The RDA Committee meets monthly to conduct pre-assessment screenings for oil spills into state waters.

GrayMar Environmental Services Inc. — Primary Response Contractor Applications

Comment Period: July 12, 2021 - Aug. 11, 2021, 5 p.m.
We invite the public and local governments, tribes, and any others, to review and comment on Primary Response Contractor (PRC) Applications.

Seaport Sound Terminal — Oil Spill Contingency Plans

Comment Period: July 21, 2021 - Aug. 21, 2021, 5 p.m.
Ecology invites interested public, local and tribal governments and all others to review and comment on contingency plan updates for the 12-month phase-in requirements to Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 173-182 and 173-186.

BNSF Railway Company — Oil Spill Contingency Plans

Comment Period: July 22, 2021 - Aug. 22, 2021, 5 p.m.
Ecology invites interested public and local and tribal governments to review and comment on significant updates to industry oil spill contingency plans.

Columbia Basin Railroad — Oil Spill Contingency Plans

Comment Period: July 26, 2021 - Aug. 26, 2021, 11:59 p.m.
Ecology invites interested public and local and tribal governments to review and comment on significant updates to industry oil spill contingency plans.

Monthly committee meeting — Resource Damage Assessment (RDA) Committee

Public Event: Sept. 8, 2021, 9 a.m., in Online webinar
The RDA Committee meets monthly to conduct pre-assessment screenings for oil spills into state waters.

Monthly committee meeting — Resource Damage Assessment (RDA) Committee

Public Event: Oct. 13, 2021, 9 a.m., in Online webinar
The RDA Committee meets monthly to conduct pre-assessment screenings for oil spills into state waters.

Monthly committee meeting — Resource Damage Assessment (RDA) Committee

Public Event: Nov. 10, 2021, 9 a.m., in Online webinar
The RDA Committee meets monthly to conduct pre-assessment screenings for oil spills into state waters.

Monthly committee meeting — Resource Damage Assessment (RDA) Committee

Public Event: Dec. 8, 2021, 9 a.m., in Online webinar
The RDA Committee meets monthly to conduct pre-assessment screenings for oil spills into state waters.

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