Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 80.50 - Energy Facilities—Site Locations.
80.50.030 - Energy facility site evaluation council—Created—Membership—Quorum.

RCW 80.50.030
Energy facility site evaluation council—Created—Membership—Quorum.

(1) The energy facility site evaluation council is created and established.
(2) The chair of the council shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, shall have a vote on matters before the council, shall serve for a term coextensive with the term of the governor, and is removable for cause. The chair may designate a member of the council to serve as acting chair in the event of the chair's absence. The salary of the chair shall be determined under RCW 43.03.040. The chair is a "state employee" for the purposes of chapter 42.52 RCW. As applicable, when attending meetings of the council, members may receive reimbursement for travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060, and are eligible for compensation under RCW 43.03.250.
(3)(a) The council shall consist of the chair of the council and:
(i) The director of the department of ecology or the director's designee;
(ii) The director of the department of fish and wildlife or the director's designee;
(iii) The director of the department of commerce or the director's designee;
(iv) The chair of the utilities and transportation commission or the chair's designee; and
(v) The commissioner of public lands or the commissioner's designee.
(b) The directors, administrators, or their designees, of the following departments, agencies, and commissions, or their statutory successors, may participate as councilmembers at their own discretion provided they elect to participate no later than sixty days after an application is filed:
(i) Department of agriculture;
(ii) Department of health;
(iii) Military department; and
(iv) Department of transportation.
(4) The appropriate county legislative authority of every county wherein an application for a proposed site is filed shall appoint a member or designee as a voting member to the council. The member or designee so appointed shall sit with the council only at such times as the council considers the proposed site for the county which he or she represents, and such member or designee shall serve until there has been a final acceptance or rejection of the proposed site.
(5) The city legislative authority of every city within whose corporate limits an energy facility is proposed to be located shall appoint a member or designee as a voting member to the council. The member or designee so appointed shall sit with the council only at such times as the council considers the proposed site for the city which he or she represents, and such member or designee shall serve until there has been a final acceptance or rejection of the proposed site.
(6) For any port district wherein an application for a proposed port facility is filed subject to this chapter, the port district shall appoint a member or designee as a nonvoting member to the council. The member or designee so appointed shall sit with the council only at such times as the council considers the proposed site for the port district which he or she represents, and such member or designee shall serve until there has been a final acceptance or rejection of the proposed site. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply if the port district is the applicant, either singly or in partnership or association with any other person.
(7) A quorum of the council consists of a majority of members appointed for business to be conducted.

[ 2022 c 183 § 3. Prior: 2010 c 271 § 601; 2010 c 152 § 2; 2001 c 214 § 4; 1996 c 186 § 108; prior: 1994 c 264 § 75; 1994 c 154 § 315; 1990 c 12 § 3; 1988 c 36 § 60; 1986 c 266 § 51; prior: 1985 c 466 § 71; 1985 c 67 § 1; 1985 c 7 § 151; prior: 1984 c 125 § 18; 1984 c 7 § 372; 1977 ex.s. c 371 § 3; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 108 § 31; 1974 ex.s. c 171 § 46; 1970 ex.s. c 45 § 3.]
NOTES:

Effective date—2022 c 183: See note following RCW 80.50.010.


Purpose—Effective date—2010 c 271: See notes following RCW 43.330.005.


Rule-making costs proportionately divided—2010 c 152: See note following RCW 80.50.071.


Severability—Effective date—2001 c 214: See notes following RCW 80.50.010.


Findings—2001 c 214: See note following RCW 39.35.010.


Findings—Intent—Part headings not law—Effective date—1996 c 186: See notes following RCW 43.330.904.


Effective date—1994 c 154: See RCW 42.52.904.


Effective date—1990 c 12: "This act shall take effect July 1, 1990." [ 1990 c 12 § 12.]


Severability—1986 c 266: See note following RCW 38.52.005.


Effective date—Severability—1985 c 466: See notes following RCW 43.31.125.


Severability—Effective date—1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 108: See notes following RCW 43.21F.010.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 80 - Public Utilities

Chapter 80.50 - Energy Facilities—Site Locations.

80.50.010 - Legislative finding—Policy—Intent.

80.50.020 - Definitions.

80.50.030 - Energy facility site evaluation council—Created—Membership—Quorum.

80.50.040 - Energy facility site evaluation council—Powers enumerated.

80.50.045 - Recommendations to secretary, federal energy regulatory commission—Siting electrical transmission corridors—Council designated as state authority for siting transmission facilities.

80.50.060 - Energy facilities to which chapter applies—Applications for certification—Forms—Council's duties—Potential effects to tribal cultural resources.

80.50.071 - Council to receive applications—Payment of costs incurred by the council—Notification requirements.

80.50.075 - Expedited processing of applications.

80.50.080 - Counsel for the environment.

80.50.085 - Council staff to assist applicants, make recommendations.

80.50.090 - Public hearings—Opportunity for public comment.

80.50.100 - Recommendations to governor—Expedited processing—Approval or rejection of certification—Reconsideration.

80.50.105 - Transmission facilities for petroleum products—Recommendations to governor.

80.50.110 - Chapter governs and supersedes other law or regulations—Preemption of regulation and certification by state.

80.50.120 - Effect of certification.

80.50.130 - Revocation or suspension of certification—Grounds.

80.50.140 - Review.

80.50.150 - Enforcement of compliance—Penalties.

80.50.155 - Additional penalties—Appeal procedures.

80.50.160 - Availability of information.

80.50.175 - Council's powers.

80.50.180 - Proposals and actions by other state agencies and local political subdivisions pertaining to energy facilities exempt from "detailed statement" required by RCW 43.21C.030.

80.50.300 - Unfinished nuclear power projects—Transfer of all or a portion of a site to a political subdivision or subdivisions of the state—Water rights.

80.50.310 - Council actions—Exemption from chapter 43.21C RCW.

80.50.320 - Governor to evaluate council efficiency, make recommendations.

80.50.330 - Preapplication—Siting electrical transmission facilities—Corridors.

80.50.340 - Preapplication—Fees—Plans.

80.50.360 - Duties of chair and director.

80.50.370 - Clean energy product manufacturing facilities.

80.50.380 - Preapplication review of a proposed project—Fees.

80.50.390 - Energy facility site evaluation council account.

80.50.400 - Transfer of authority from the utilities and transportation commission to the council.