Multiple agencies are involved in making sure fish aquaculture that uses net pens in Puget Sound, meet the required laws, rules, and regulations. We issue individual National Pollutant Discharge ...

Food is a valuable resource. According to the Washington State Department of Agriculture, nearly 1 in every 6 people is food insecure across our state. When food is thrown away, we lose more than just ...

We work to reduce diesel pollution. Diesel exhaust puts healthy people at risk for asthma and respiratory illnesses. For other people, it can make their existing heart and lung diseases worse. Diesel ...

Ecology, local clean air agencies, and Tribes can restrict indoor and outdoor burning under certain conditions. Air quality burn bans protect people when the air is unhealthy. Fire safety burn bans ...

The refinery began operating in 1955. Owned by Marathon and doing business as Tesoro, it processes crude oil into a variety of petroleum products and has about 330 employees and 280 contractors that ...

When establishing cleanup levels for your contaminated site, use these guidance documents in combination with the CLARC data tables. CLARC — Cleanup Levels and Risk Calculation — is a compendium of ...

How to operate your wood stove more efficiently (video). An air quality burn ban is usually called during colder months when air pollution from wood smoke gets unhealthy. This kind of burn ban does ...

As the state’s lead environmental agency, our mission is to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment for current and future generations. As we work to build a healthier environment, we must make ...

Find a household hazardous waste disposal site in your county. Accepts: Household hazardous waste. Does not accept wastes from business unless it is a scheduled small business collection event. Check ...

The refinery began operating in 1954 and has about 285 employees and 200 contractors that work on the site. The facility processes crude oil into a variety of petroleum products. At full production, ...

Your input is valuable to our decision-making process. We post water right documents for notice or comment. Documents posted for comment have a link to our online comment form. Other documents are ...

Rising sea levels are a consequence of climate change, which puts coastal communities and shorelines at risk. Oceans absorb heat from greenhouse gases, resulting in thermal expansion, melting glaciers ...