Regulations & Permits

Standard operating procedures, quality assurance plans, and monitoring guidance for air monitoring professionals.

We provide advice on identifying, monitoring, and managing invasive freshwater aquatic plants.

Best Achievable Protection (BAP) is training, operations, and technologies for successful responses.

We issue permits and regulate biosolids production and use in Washington.

We provide guidance to assist dam owners with operations and maintenance.

This page includes E-Cycle WA frequently asked questions and annual reports.

Guidance for state agencies, local governments and businesses on how to buy green products.

Frequently flooded areas are covered by Critical Areas Ordinances promoting safety from floods.

Environmental permits may be required for marijuana growers and processors.

An online cleanup guide for homes and small business properties that might be contaminated.

Find out about meter types, technical requirements, vendors, and installers.

Regulatory information and guidance for county moderate risk waste facilities.

We help regulate municipal water suppliers to ensure a safe and reliable drinking water supply.

We require oil spill drills to test and improve industry contingency plans.

Tank vessels are required to have financial responsibility to pay for costs & damages from spills.

We have tools and resources to help your business prevent waste and pollution at the source.

We learn from incidents and spills through investigations and share what we learn with others.

We approve primary response contractors to allow them to be cited in industry oil plans.

Learn about best practices and rules that promote safe, spill-free fuel loading in Washington waters.

The Handbook helps local governments update their shoreline master programs.