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Puget Sound Green Pages Environmental
Policy Last updated: June 24, 2003 |
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PUGET SOUND AREA
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Duwamish industrial corridor. Excellent reports and maps. |
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A non-profit agency to assist residents and business with
hazardous waste disposal, recycling, and other environmental issues. ECOSS
provides environmental education to businesses and citizens; serving as a
voice for the community on environmental issues. |
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King
County Department of Development and Environmental Services (DDES) |
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Customer Information Bulletins are intended to assist the
general public in understanding the effect of codes and regulations. |
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King County
Department of Natural Resources and Parks (DNRP) |
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A comprehensive list of regulatory agencies, information
and service providers to facilitate environmental compliance and cleanup and
to promote clean technologies and production practices. |
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Also issue violation notices and formal enforcement
actions for noncompliance. |
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On-line summaries of local ordinances and regulations,
full text of selected municipal codes, and searchable database for the
Revised Code of Washington (RCW) and the Washington Administrative Code
(WAC). |
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Municipal Research and Services Center: Environment and Natural
Resources |
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agencies and other environment-oriented web sites.
Features current information on shoreline management, the State Environmental
Policy Act, wetlands and regulatory reform. |
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Municipal
Research Services: Revised Code of Washington (RCW) |
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RCW in a searchable format |
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A region-wide alliance of environmental organizations,
consumer advocates, human services agencies, businesses, civic groups and
progressive utilities. We seek the best possible implementation of the
far-reaching, progressive goals of the NEC. NEC's program of advocacy,
outreach and education emphasizes conservation and environmentally benign
renewable resources as the region's path to an affordable, sustainable energy
future. |
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Established by state law in 1967 (RCW Chap. 70.94). Our
job is to help provide Puget Sound citizens with clean air. To do this, we
enforce federal, state and local air pollution laws and regulations in King,
Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties. Our policies and programs are designed
to meet and maintain air quality standards, protect human health, prevent
injury to plant and animal life and protect Puget Sound's panoramic views. |
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Shoreline Management Act Information (from Municipal Research Services
Center) |
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A fact sheet on the purpose and goals of the Washington
State Shoreline Management Act, with links to the statute and regulations as
well as frequently asked questions. |
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State Environmental Policy Act Information (from Municipal Research
Services Center) |
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A fact sheet on SEPA's purposes and goals, with links to
the statute and regulations as well as frequently asked questions. |
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Washington State's Public Affairs Network. provides
unedited coverage of state government deliberations and public policy events.
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US Army Corps of Engineers: Regulatory Branch
(Seattle District) |
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The Regulatory authorities and responsibilities of the
Corps of Engineers are based on the following laws: Section 10 of the Rivers
and Harbors Act of 1899 which prohibits the commencement of any work in
traditional navigable waters of the United States without a permit from the
Corps of Engineers. Section 404 of the Clean Water Act which requires a
permit for the discharge of dredged or fill material into all waters of the
United States, including wetlands. And Section 103 of the Marine Protection,
Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, as amended which: authorizes the Corps
of Engineers to issue permits for the transportation of dredged material for
the purpose of dumping it into ocean waters. |
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US House of Representatives Internet Law Library: Washington State
Links |
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Washington
Environmental Alliance for Voter Education (WEAVE) |
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WEAVE's mission is to provide citizens, candidates, and
office holders with the basic tools and information necessary to responsibly
incorporate environmental issues in the electoral process. WEAVE's integrated
approach to developing long-term solutions includes our List Development
Network, local skills trainings, the "Meet Your Legislator" and
"Meet Your County Commissioner" programs, electoral research, and
candidate/issue forums. |
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DNR manages more than 5 million acres of state-owned lands
including forests, agricultural lands and submerged aquatic lands. Most of
these lands are committed to "trusts" to generate income for
several state institutions, primarily schools and the state's forest
counties. DNR also takes a lead in protecting sensitive species and geologic
formations, monitoring natural resource industries and providing forestry
assistance to private landowners and communities. |
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Program Mission: To provide reliable data and information
about environmental conditions that can be used to measure agency
effectiveness, inform public policy, and help focus the use of limited
resources. |
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An independent state agency housing the Pollution Control
Hearings Board, Shorelines Hearings Board, Forest Practices Appeals Board and
the Hydraulic Appeals Board. |
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SEPA directs agency decision makers to consider the
environmental consequences of their actions. The Handbook contains a general
description of each step of the SEPA process and references the appropriate
sections of the SEPA Rules. It also includes sections on the applicant's
rights and responsibilities, public rights and responsibilities, normal times
for various environmental review actions, and commonly asked questions about
SEPA. |
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Links to state legislature, agencies, commissions and task
forces. |
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Commonly required environmental permits for Washington
State. |
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Senate members directory, links to Senate committees, and
Senate administration. |
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A non-profit public interest law firm that has prosecuted
literally hundreds of environmental cases on behalf of local, regional, and
national environmental organizations in the West. |
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
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A public interest, not-for-profit environmental law firm
founded in 1989 to strengthen international and comparative environmental law
and policy around the world. CIEL provides a full range of environmental
legal services in both international and comparative national law, including:
policy research and publication, advice and advocacy, education and training,
and institution building. |
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Directory of information about the members of the U.S.
House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Congressional directory, find
your member, communicating with congress, and committees. |
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This page provides basic tools for online activists in
Washington state. |
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City of Boston environmental investigator. Plenty of
interesting links. |
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A network of public interest attorneys, scientists, and
other advocates around the world who support each others' work by exchanging
legal and scientific information to defend the environment in their home
countries. E-LAW has offices in twenty countries and a large network of
attorneys in many other countries around the world. |
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(League of Conservation Voters) |
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Part of the U.S. EPA's web site, provides a single
repository for pollution prevention, compliance assurance, and enforcement
information and data bases. Our search engine searches multiple web sites
(inside and outside the EPA), and offers assistance in preparing a search. |
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A comprehensive central access point for locating and
acquiring government information. |
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Internet resource for information about whistleblowing,
governmental wrongdoing and official misconduct. |
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Connection to online searchable databases for Federal
Register, Congressional Record, Code of Federal Regulations, United States
Code, Supreme Court decisions, House and Senate calendars and other federal
government information. |
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A nonprofit research and educational organization that
provides technical assistance and information on environmentally sound
economic development strategies. Since 1974, ILSR has worked with citizen
groups, governments and private businesses in developing policies that
extract the maximum value from local resources. |
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International
Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) |
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The international environmental agency for local
governments. We know from concrete experience that local actions can have a
global impact. |
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International environmental management standards. |
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Works to create a Congress more responsive to your
environmental concerns. As the bipartisan political voice for over nine
million members of environmental and conservation groups, LCV is the only
national environmental organization dedicated full-time to educating citizens
about the environmental voting records of Members of Congress. |
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Offers LII's collection of recent and historic Supreme
Court decisions, its hypertext versions of the full U.S. Code, U.S.
Constitution, Federal Rules of Evidence and Civil Procedure, and other
important legal materials -- federal, state, foreign and international. |
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News and Resources from more than 120 Research and
Advocacy Organizations |
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The official resource for government-sponsored U.S. and
worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related
information. |
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Public Participation Center (Pennsylvania Dept. of
Environmental Protection) |
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A good example of a way to use the Internet to promote
public involvement in policy making. A one stop center for information about
proposed DEP regulations, policies and other proposals open for public
comment as well as final published documents. You can also learn about
environmental legislation now in the Pennsylvania General Assembly.Here at
the Center you can not only get copies of our proposals, but also learn when
advisory committees are scheduled to take up issues, check the status of
legislation and regulations, learn about regulations and policies under
development and get to know key people in the process. |
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A Piper Resources guide to government sponsored Internet
sites. |
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Congressional bills and the Congressional Record. |
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United
States Code (via LII at Cornell University Law School) |
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Access U.S. Code information by title, popular name,
section or by search engine. |
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US
Code (U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library) |
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The United States Code contains the text of current public
laws enacted by Congress. It does not include regulations issued by executive
branch agencies, decisions of the federal courts, or treaties. This site
provides the U.S. Code in a downloadable format. |
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The Office of the Law Revision Counsel prepares and
publishes the United States Code, which is a consolidation and codification
by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. |
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Federal regulations are those passed by federal agencies.
Search the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations by title, citation, or key words.
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US Department
of Transportation Office of Hazardous Materials Safety |
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This Web site allows you to search for facilities in your
community for the purpose of determining whether: EPA or State/local
governments have conducted compliance inspections violations were detected or
enforcement actions were taken and penalties were assessed in response to
environmental law violations. |
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Text of proposed and final rules and regulations, as well
as environmental legislation. Links to searchable databases for the Federal
Register, the Code of Federal Regulations and the United States Code. |
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U.S. Federal Laws, State Laws, and other resources. |
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Includes archives of Supreme Court decisions and
information about the Court. |
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Develops, markets and supports a suite of solutions
focused exclusively on the needs of Public Policy, Political and Nonprofit
organizations. The company is non-partisan and non-ideological, and has over
2,000 active customer relationships; 500,000 readers of its U.S. Congress
Handbook; and 83,000 readers of its Campaigns & Elections magazine. |
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