Washington Administrative Code
Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508)
Chapter 173-270 - Puget Sound highway runoff program
Section 173-270-080 - Reporting
Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 173-270-080
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Biennial report required. WSDOT shall prepare and submit to ecology a report by September 30 of each odd-numbered year beginning September 30, 1991.
(2) Content of report. The biennial report shall include, but is not limited to:
(a)
Monitoring report for both approved and experimental BMPs and pesticides
describing monitoring procedures and interpreting results. Included may be
recommendations to improve monitoring procedures, findings on which BMPs are
the most effective, combinations of BMPs that optimize pollution removal, and
recommendations for experimental BMPs;
(b) A pesticide usage inventory, including
(i) the amount of pesticides by product by pounds of active ingredient applied
for shoulder residual, landscaped areas, brush control, general weed control,
noxious weed control, spot treatment and broadcast application by district,
area, highway segment, and if feasible, by county and (ii) an analysis and
interpretation shall be included with the data;
(c) Storage, loading, and mixing area soil
and groundwater contamination report for the presence of pesticides, including
any cleanup efforts required, proposed, or completed since the adoption of this
chapter;
(d) A deicing chemicals
and traction grit usage report including:
(i)
Product and quantities of deicing chemicals used in the Puget Sound basin by
WSDOT district and maintenance area including chemical properties and known
effects upon water quality;
(ii)
Stockpile locations, with quantities of traction grit abrasive and deicing
chemicals used during each season;
(iii) Cleanup practices to prevent or lessen
traction grit and deicing chemical entry into waters of the state;
(iv) Locations prohibiting use of deicing
chemicals or specific products due to water quality considerations;
(v) Training of personnel;
(vi) Experiments conducted on new products or
procedures and experiments that WSDOT proposes;
(e) BMP maintenance report. Reports that
shall submit BMP maintenance reports to ecology that shall include, but are not
limited to:
(i) Dates that segments of state
highway BMPs are inspected and/or maintained;
(ii) The general condition of BMPs;
(iii) Maintenance accomplished;
(iv) The need to reconstruct any
BMPs;
(v) Any evaluation of a BMP
type;
(vi) Estimated cost to
maintain a BMP;
(vii) Suggested
improvements to BMPs or their maintenance procedures; and
(viii) Training of personnel;
(f) Inventory for state highways
with a fifty thousand ADT or greater required by WAC
173-270-060(1);
(g) Priority list for state highways with
less than fifty thousand ADT required by WAC
173-270-060(3);
(h) Capital improvement program required by
WAC 173-270-060(4);
(i) Inventory of all WSDOT highway disposal
sites required by WAC
173-270-060(6);
(j) Status of roadside management plans by
district and maintenance area; and
(k) A summary of the negotiations required by
WAC 173-270-060(6).
Statutory Authority: Chapters 90.48 and 90.70 RCW. 91-11-091 (Order 91-06), § 173-270-080, filed 5/21/91, effective 6/21/91.
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