RCW 90.56.500
Oil spill response account.
(1) The state oil spill response account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from RCW 82.23B.020(1) shall be deposited in the account. All costs reimbursed to the state by a responsible party or any other person for responding to a spill of oil shall also be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be spent only after appropriation. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW.
(2)(a) The account shall be used exclusively to pay for:
(i) The costs associated with the response to spills or imminent threats of spills of crude oil or petroleum products into the waters of the state; and
(ii) The costs associated with the department's use of an emergency response towing vessel.
(b) During the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer up to four million seven hundred twenty-one thousand dollars from the account to the oil spill prevention account created in RCW 90.56.510.
(c) During the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer up to one million forty thousand dollars from the account to the oil spill prevention account created in RCW 90.56.510.
(3) Payment of response costs under subsection (2)(a)(i) of this section shall be limited to spills which the director has determined are likely to exceed one thousand dollars.
(4) Before expending moneys from the account, but without delaying response activities, the director shall make reasonable efforts to obtain funding for response costs under subsection (2) of this section from the person responsible for the spill and from other sources, including the federal government.
(5) Reimbursement for response costs from this account shall be allowed only for costs which are not covered by funds appropriated to the agencies responsible for response activities. Costs associated with the response to spills of crude oil or petroleum products shall include:
(a) Natural resource damage assessment and related activities;
(b) Spill related response, containment, wildlife rescue, cleanup, disposal, and associated costs;
(c) Interagency coordination and public information related to a response; and
(d) Appropriate travel, goods and services, contracts, and equipment.
[ 2019 c 415 § 993; 2018 c 299 § 918; 2015 c 274 § 6; 2009 c 11 § 9; 1991 c 200 § 805.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2019 c 415: See note following RCW 28B.20.476.
Effective date—2018 c 299: See note following RCW 43.41.433.
Effective date—2015 c 274: See note following RCW 90.56.005.
Findings—Intent—2009 c 11: See note following RCW 88.46.130.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 90 - Water Rights—Environment
Chapter 90.56 - Oil and Hazardous Substance Spill Prevention and Response.
90.56.020 - Director responsible for spill response.
90.56.030 - Powers and duties.
90.56.040 - Authority supplemental.
90.56.070 - Coordination with federal law.
90.56.080 - Hazardous substances incident response training and education program.
90.56.100 - Washington wildlife rescue coalition.
90.56.110 - Rehabilitation of wildlife—Rules.
90.56.210 - Contingency plans.
90.56.2101 - Contingency plans—Department to update rules.
90.56.220 - Facility operation standards.
90.56.230 - Operations manuals.
90.56.240 - Standards for spill management, cleanup, and containment services contractors.
90.56.250 - Index of prevention plans and contingency plans—Equipment inventory.
90.56.260 - Adequacy of contingency plans—Practice drills—Report.
90.56.270 - Enforcement of contingency plans.
90.56.280 - Duty to notify coast guard and division of emergency management of discharge.
90.56.300 - Unlawful operation of facility—Criminal penalties.
90.56.320 - Unlawful for oil to enter waters—Exceptions.
90.56.330 - Additional penalties.
90.56.340 - Duty to remove oil.
90.56.360 - Liability for expenses.
90.56.370 - Strict liability of owner or controller of oil—Damages—Exceptions.
90.56.380 - Liability of others for cleanup expenses.
90.56.390 - Liability for removal costs.
90.56.410 - Right of entry and access to records pertinent to investigations.
90.56.420 - Authorized discharges of oil—Permits.
90.56.500 - Oil spill response account.
90.56.510 - Oil spill prevention account.
90.56.530 - Reckless operation of a tank vessel—Penalty.
90.56.540 - Operation of a vessel while under influence of liquor or drugs—Penalty.
90.56.550 - Breath or blood analysis.
90.56.560 - Limited immunity for blood withdrawal.
90.56.569 - Updates to the senate and house of representatives.
90.56.570 - Periodic evaluation and update of planning standards for oil spill response equipment.
90.56.580 - Crude oil vapor pressure—Maximum—Penalty.
90.56.900 - Construction—Appeal not to stay order, rule, or regulation.