Ecology invites interested members of the public, local, and tribal governments to review and comment on significant updates to industry-written oil spill contingency plans. Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 173-182 requires oil-handling facilities, pipelines, and vessels to have a state-approved oil spill contingency plan that ensures their ability to respond to major oil spills. These updates are required by the state’s oil spill planning regulations.
Under WAC 173-182, public notice, review, and comment periods are required for permanent significant changes to approved plans as required in WAC 173-182-142 and 173-182-620. Significant changes under review for this comment period include updates to their Neah Bay alternative planning standard agreement. Under 173-182-620, a plan holder may request that ecology review and approve a plan based on alternative planning standards. Such submitted requests are subject to a thirty-day public review and comment period. The updated Neah Bay planning standard alternative can be found on page 5-11 of the plan linked below.
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Ecology invites interested members of the public, local, and tribal governments to review and comment on significant updates to industry-written oil spill contingency plans. Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 173-182 requires oil-handling facilities, pipelines, and vessels to have a state-approved oil spill contingency plan that ensures their ability to respond to major oil spills. These updates are required by the state’s oil spill planning regulations.
Under WAC 173-182, public notice, review, and comment periods are required for permanent significant changes to approved plans as required in WAC 173-182-142 and 173-182-620. Significant changes under review for this comment period include updates to their Neah Bay alternative planning standard agreement. Under 173-182-620, a plan holder may request that ecology review and approve a plan based on alternative planning standards. Such submitted requests are subject to a thirty-day public review and comment period. The updated Neah Bay planning standard alternative can be found on page 5-11 of the plan linked below.
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