Washington Administrative Code
Title 463 - Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council
Chapter 463-47 - SEPA rules
Section 463-47-110 - Policies and procedures for conditioning or denying permits or other approvals
Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 463-47-110
Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1)
(a) The overriding policy of the council is to avoid or
mitigate adverse environmental impacts which may result from the council's
decisions.
(b) The council shall use all practicable means, consistent
with other essential considerations of state policy, to improve and coordinate
plans, functions, programs, and resources to the end that the state and its
citizens may:
(i) Fulfill the responsibilities of each generation as trustee
of the environment for succeeding generations;
(ii) Assure for all people of Washington safe, healthful,
productive, and aesthetically and culturally pleasing surroundings;
(iii) Attain the widest range of beneficial uses of the
environment without degradation, risk to health or safety, or other undesirable
and unintended consequences;
(iv) Preserve important historic, cultural, and natural aspects
of our national heritage;
(v) Maintain, wherever possible, an environment which supports
diversity and variety of individual choice;
(vi) Achieve a balance between population and resource use
which will permit high standards of living and a wide sharing of life's
amenities; and
(vii) Enhance the quality of renewable resources and approach
the maximum attainable recycling of depletable resources.
(c) The council recognizes that each person has a fundamental
and inalienable right to a healthful environment and that each person has a
responsibility to contribute to the preservation and enhancement of the
environment.
(d) The council shall ensure that presently unquantified
environmental amenities and values will be given appropriate consideration in
decision making along with economic and technical considerations.
(2)
(a) When the environmental document for a proposal shows it
will cause significant adverse impacts that the proponent does not plan to
mitigate, the council shall consider whether:
(i) The environmental document identified mitigation measures
that are reasonable and capable of being accomplished;
(ii) Other local, state, or federal requirements and
enforcement would mitigate the significant adverse environmental impacts;
and
(iii) Reasonable mitigation measures are sufficient to mitigate
the significant adverse impacts.
(b) The council may:
(i) Condition the approval or recommendation for approval for a
proposal if mitigation measures are reasonable and capable of being
accomplished and the proposal is inconsistent with the policies in subsection
(1) of this section.
(ii) Reject or recommend rejection of the application if
reasonable mitigation measures are insufficient to mitigate significant adverse
environmental impacts and the proposal is inconsistent with the policies in
subsection (1) of this section.
(c) The procedures in WAC
197-11-660 must also be followed
when conditioning, denying or recommending permits or rejecting
applications.
Statutory Authority: RCW 80.50.040(1). 07-21-035, § 463-47-110, filed 10/9/07, effective 11/9/07; 84-19-031 (Order 84-2), § 463-47-110, filed 9/14/84.
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