Washington § 47.12.370 - Environmental mitigation — Exchange agreements.

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§ 47.12.370. Environmental mitigation — Exchange agreements.

(1) The department may enter into exchange agreements with local, state, or federal agencies, tribal governments, or private nonprofit nature conservancy corporations as defined in RCW 64.04.130, to convey properties under the jurisdiction of the department that serve as environmental mitigation sites, as full or part consideration for the grantee assuming all future maintenance and operation obligations and costs required to maintain and operate the environmental mitigation site in perpetuity.
(2) The conveyances must be by quitclaim deed, or other form of conveyance, executed by the secretary of transportation, and must expressly restrict the use of the property to a mitigation site consistent with preservation of the functions and values of the site, and must provide for the automatic reversion to the department if the property is not used as a mitigation site or is not maintained in a manner that complies with applicable permits, laws, and regulations pertaining to the maintenance and operation of the mitigation site.
[ 2022 c 184 s 1; 2021 c 333 s 707; 2003 c 187 s 1; 2002 c 188 s 1.]

Notes

Effective date—2021 c 333: See note following RCW 43.19.642.

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