86.26.007 – Flood control assistance account—Use.
RCW 86.26.007 Flood control assistance account—Use. The flood control assistance account is hereby established in the state treasury. At the beginning of the 2005-2007 fiscal biennium, the state treasurer shall transfer three million dollars from the general fund to the flood control assistance account. Each biennium thereafter the state treasurer shall transfer four million dollars […]
86.26.010 – Administration and enforcement.
RCW 86.26.010 Administration and enforcement. The department of ecology shall have charge for the state of the administration and enforcement of all laws relating to flood control. [ 1984 c 212 § 2; 1951 c 240 § 3.]
86.26.040 – Duties of local engineer—Approval of plans, etc., by department of ecology—Grants to prepare comprehensive flood control management plan.
RCW 86.26.040 Duties of local engineer—Approval of plans, etc., by department of ecology—Grants to prepare comprehensive flood control management plan. Whenever state grants under this chapter are used in a flood control maintenance project, the engineer of the county within which the project is located shall approve all plans for the specific project and shall […]
86.26.050 – Projects in which state will participate—Allocation of funds.
RCW 86.26.050 Projects in which state will participate—Allocation of funds. (1) State participation shall be in such preparation of comprehensive flood control management plans under this chapter and chapter 86.12 RCW, cost sharing feasibility studies for new flood control projects, projects pursuant to section 33, chapter 322, Laws of 1991, and flood control maintenance projects […]
86.26.060 – Allocation of funds.
RCW 86.26.060 Allocation of funds. Grants for flood control maintenance shall be so employed that as far as possible, funds will be on hand to meet unusual, unforeseeable and emergent flood conditions. Allocations by the department of ecology, for emergency purposes, shall in each instance be in amounts which together with funds provided by local […]
86.24.010 – Declaration of policy.
RCW 86.24.010 Declaration of policy. It is the purpose of the state of Washington, in the exercise of its sovereign and police powers, and in the interests of public welfare, to establish a state policy for the control of floods to the extent practicable and by economically feasible methods. [ 1935 c 163 § 1; […]
86.16.110 – Appeals.
RCW 86.16.110 Appeals. Any person, association, or corporation, public, municipal, or private, feeling aggrieved at any order, decision, or determination of the department or director pursuant to this chapter, affecting his or her interest, may have the same reviewed pursuant to RCW 43.21B.310. [ 1991 c 322 § 11. Prior: (Repealed by 1987 c 523 […]
86.16.120 – Flood damages defined.
RCW 86.16.120 Flood damages defined. Damages within the meaning of this chapter shall include harmful inundation, water erosion of soil, stream banks and beds, stream channel shifting and changes, harmful deposition by water of eroded and shifting soils and debris upon property or in the beds of streams or other bodies of water, damages by […]
86.16.160 – Local programs not prevented.
RCW 86.16.160 Local programs not prevented. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent any county, city or town from establishing, pursuant to any authority otherwise available to them, flood control regulation programs and related land use control measures in areas which are subject to flooding or flood damages. [ 1973 c 75 § 2.]
86.16.180 – Processing of permits and authorizations for emergency water withdrawal and facilities to be expedited.
RCW 86.16.180 Processing of permits and authorizations for emergency water withdrawal and facilities to be expedited. All state and local agencies with authority under this chapter to issue permits or other authorizations in connection with emergency water withdrawals and facilities authorized under RCW 43.83B.410 shall expedite the processing of such permits or authorizations in keeping […]