RCW 43.21K.010 Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "State, regional, or local agency" means an agency, board, department, authority, or commission that administers environmental laws.
(2) "Coordinating agency" means the state, regional, or local agency with the primary regulatory responsibility for the proposed environmental excellence program agreement. If multiple agencies have jurisdiction to administer state environmental laws affected by an environmental excellence agreement, the department of ecology shall designate or act as the coordinating agency.
(3) "Director" means the individual or body of individuals in whom the ultimate legal authority of an agency is vested by any provision of law. If the agency head is a body of individuals, a majority of those individuals constitutes the director.
(4) "Environmental laws" means chapters 43.21A, 70.94, 70.95, 70.105, 70.119A, 77.55, 90.48, 90.52, 90.58, 90.64, and 90.71 RCW, and RCW 90.54.020(3)(b) and rules adopted under those chapters and section. The term environmental laws as used in this chapter does not include any provision of the Revised Code of Washington, or of any municipal ordinance or enactment, that regulates the selection of a location for a new facility.
(5) "Facility" means a site or activity that is regulated under any of the provisions of the environmental laws.
(6) "Legal requirement" includes any provision of an environmental law, rule, order, or permit.
(7) "Sponsor" means the owner or operator of a facility, including a municipal corporation, subject to regulation under the environmental laws of the state of Washington, or an authorized representative of the owner or operator, that submits a proposal for an environmental excellence program agreement.
(8) "Stakeholder" means a person who has a direct interest in the proposed environmental excellence program agreement or who represents a public interest in the proposed environmental excellence program agreement. Stakeholders may include communities near the project, local or state governments, permittees, businesses, environmental and other public interest groups, employees or employee representatives, or other persons.
[ 2003 c 39 § 25; 1997 c 381 § 2.]
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