Many of us that are working with the Puget Sound Partnership’s local groups have been working for over a year with Ecology to give feedback into these rule changes. Nice to see some output for all the hard work and long meetings.
The Washington Department of Ecology has formally adopted changes to two state rules protecting against the impacts of a potential major spill. The spill contingency plan rule sets requirements for oil spill readiness planning for oil tankers and tank vessels, commercial cargo and fish-processing vessels, passenger ships, refineries, liquid fuel pipelines and large oil-handling facilities operating in Washington. Ecology adopts new rules enhancing protection from major oil spills
A good article on it appears here: