Full text of Washington Revised Code of Washington § 77.55.410 — Violation of chapter., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 77.55.410. Violation of chapter.
(1) When the department determines that a violation of this chapter, or of any of the rules that implement this chapter, has occurred or is about to occur, it shall first attempt to achieve voluntary compliance. The department shall offer information and technical assistance to the project proponent, identifying one or more means to accomplish the project proponent's purposes within the framework of the law. The department shall provide a reasonable timeline to achieve voluntary compliance that takes into consideration factors specific to the violation, such as the complexity of the hydraulic project, the actual or potential harm to fish life or fish habitat, and the environmental conditions at the time.
(2) If a person violates this chapter, or any of the rules that implement this chapter, or deviates from a permit, the department may issue a notice of correction in accordance with chapter
43.05 RCW, a notice of violation in accordance with chapter
43.05 RCW, a stop work order, a notice to comply, or a notice of civil penalty as authorized by law and subject to chapter
43.05 RCW and RCW
34.05.110.
(3) For purposes of this section, the term "project proponent" means a person who has applied for a hydraulic project approval, a person identified as an authorized agent on an application for a hydraulic project approval, a person who has obtained a hydraulic project approval, or a person who undertakes a hydraulic project without a hydraulic project approval.
(4) This section does not apply to a project, or to that portion of a project, that has received a forest practices hydraulic project permit from the department of natural resources pursuant to chapter
76.09 RCW.
Notes
Finding—Intent—2019 c 290: See note following RCW
77.12.085.
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