Evening Online Hearing for Human Health Criteria
WAC 173-201A Water Quality Standards for Surface Waters of the State of Washington
Oct. 22, 2024, 5:30 p.m., Online webinar
Ecology is proposing updates to the human health criteria in Table 240 of WAC 173-201A-240, Toxic substances to incorporate existing federal human health criteria for Washington and associated footnotes into the state water quality standards.
Each hearing will begin with a short presentation about the proposed rule, followed by a question and answer session. Formal testimony will start immediately after the question and answer session. The hearing will conclude once everyone who wants to provide testimony has had the opportunity to do so. Written comments will receive the same consideration as oral testimony.
Human health criteria are pollution limits on toxic substances that are set to protect people who eat fish and shellfish and drink untreated water from long-term health effects of pollution in rivers, lakes, and marine water in Washington.
For more information, see the rulemaking webpage.
We write rules to implement and enforce state and federal environmental laws and rules. We follow a three-phase process for rulemaking:
- Announcement and development
- Proposal
- Adoption
For each phase of the process, we update the rulemaking web page and notify interested parties. We also file notice in the Washington State Register. To learn more about Ecology’s rulemaking process, read the Frequently Asked Questions.
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1-253-205-0468 Meeting Access Code:
817 7588 3192
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Comment period
Human Health Criteria Proposed Rulemaking — WAC 173-201A, Water Quality Standards for Surface Waters of the State of Washington
Closes: Oct. 25, 2024, 11:59 p.m.
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