Environmental justice assessment notices
Beginning July 1, 2023, the Healthy Environment for All Act (HEAL Act) requires specific state agencies to conduct an environmental justice assessment for significant agency actions. Significant agency actions includes:
- The development and adoption of significant legislative rules as defined in RCW 34.05.328.
- The development and adoption of any new grant or loan program that the agency is explicitly authorized or required by statute to implement.
- A capital project, grant, or loan award costing at least $12,000,000.
- A transportation project, grant, or loan costing at least $15,000,000.
- The submission of agency request legislation to the Office of the Governor or the OFM for approval.
Under RCW 70A.02.090 each covered agency must file a notice with us of significant agency actions for which the agency is initiating an environmental justice assessment. We prepare a list of all filings received from covered agencies each week to post here.
Agencies covered by the HEAL Act or who have opted in to the HEAL Act requirements include the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Ecology, Health, Natural Resources, Transportation, the Office of the Attorney General, and the Puget Sound Partnership.
Below is list of state agency environmental justice assessments that you can filter by agency or type of action, or use the search bar to find certains terms. These are updated every Friday. Select an action for more information, including a link to the website for the relevant agency.
Date submitted |
Date initiated | Agency | Action | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/18/2024 | 08/28/2023 | Transportation, Department of | SR 900/57th Ave S to S 135th – Environmental Justice Assessment | Transportation project, grant, or loan of at least $15 million | |
| 04/16/2024 | 04/11/2024 | Agriculture, Department of | Accreditation of Cannabis Laboratories | Significant legislative rules | |
| 04/11/2024 | 04/11/2024 | Ecology, Department of | Cap-and-Invest Linkage Rulemaking (Chapter 173-446 WAC and Chapter 173-441 WAC) | Significant legislative rules | |
| 04/11/2024 | 09/15/2023 | Commerce, Department of | CCA funding direct appropriation grant to Quinault Indian Nation | Capital project, grant, or loan award of at least $12 million | |
| 04/11/2024 | 04/11/2024 | Commerce, Department of | 40101(d) Grid Resilience Grant Program | New grant or loan program | |
| 04/10/2024 | 06/14/2023 | Health, Department of | Community Informed Budgeting Grant | New grant or loan program | |
| 04/10/2024 | 06/14/2023 | Health, Department of | HEAL Capacity Grants | New grant or loan program | |
| 04/10/2024 | 06/14/2023 | Health, Department of | Workplace Safety and Climate Change Grant Program | New grant or loan program | |
| 04/09/2024 | 04/09/2024 | Commerce, Department of | Law Enforcement Vehicle Pursuit Technology Grant Program | New grant or loan program | |
| 03/29/2024 | 02/02/2024 | Ecology, Department of | Loan offer to Snoqualmie Pass Utility District for wastewater treatment plant membrane bioreactor improvements | Capital project, grant, or loan award of at least $12 million | |
| 03/29/2024 | 02/02/2024 | Ecology, Department of | Loan offer to King County for the Duwamish Combined Sewer Overflow project | Capital project, grant, or loan award of at least $12 million | |
| 03/29/2024 | 02/02/2024 | Ecology, Department of | Loan offer to Hartstene Pointe Water-Sewer District for Hartstene Pointe Sewer Collection System Improvements. | Capital project, grant, or loan award of at least $12 million | |
| 03/29/2024 | 02/02/2024 | Ecology, Department of | Loan offer to the City of Sequim for West Sequim Bay Corridor Sewer Extension and Lift Station Construction | Capital project, grant, or loan award of at least $12 million | |
| 03/19/2024 | 03/19/2024 | Commerce, Department of | Nonprofit and Religious Nonprofit Security Grant | New grant or loan program | |
| 03/19/2024 | 03/19/2024 | Ecology, Department of | Chapter 173-905 WAC - Battery Stewardship Program | Significant legislative rules | |
| 03/18/2024 | 12/01/2023 | Health, Department of | Cottage Food Operations Agency Request Legislation | Agency-request legislation | |
| 03/15/2024 | 02/02/2024 | Ecology, Department of | Water Quality Program draft loan offer to the City of Washougal for updated infrastructure at the city’s wastewater treatment plant. | Capital project, grant, or loan award of at least $12 million | |
| 03/15/2024 | 02/02/2024 | Ecology, Department of | Water Quality Program draft loan offer to the City of Lynden for updated infrastructure at the municipality’s wastewater treatment plant. | Capital project, grant, or loan award of at least $12 million | |
| 03/07/2024 | 12/18/2023 | Natural Resources, Department of | Drought Mitigation | Agency-request legislation | |
| 03/07/2024 | 12/18/2023 | Natural Resources, Department of | Housing on Public Land | Agency-request legislation | |
| 03/07/2024 | 12/15/2023 | Natural Resources, Department of | Early Learning Facilities | Agency-request legislation | |
| 03/07/2024 | 12/08/2023 | Natural Resources, Department of | Smokey Bear License Plate | Agency-request legislation | |
| 03/07/2024 | 12/08/2023 | Natural Resources, Department of | Commercial Use Fees | Agency-request legislation | |
| 03/07/2024 | 12/18/2023 | Natural Resources, Department of | Fallen Firefighters Memorial | Agency-request legislation | |
| 03/05/2024 | 03/05/2024 | Ecology, Department of | Landfill Methane Emission Reduction Grant | New grant or loan program | |
| 03/04/2024 | 07/01/2023 | Commerce, Department of | Transit Oriented Development of Affordable Housing - Match Program | New grant or loan program | |
| 02/08/2024 | 07/27/2023 | Transportation, Department of | I-90 Judkins Park Station – Reconnecting Communities | Transportation project, grant, or loan of at least $15 million | |
| 02/08/2024 | 10/02/2023 | Transportation, Department of | SR 525 Mukilteo Bridge over Railroad – Bridge Replacement | Transportation project, grant, or loan of at least $15 million | |
| 02/08/2024 | 01/01/2024 | Puget Sound Partnership | 2026-2030 Action Agenda for Puget Sound | Other | |
| 02/06/2024 | 01/01/2024 | Agriculture, Department of | Japanese Beetle Quarantine Expansion | Significant legislative rules | |
| 02/06/2024 | 01/08/2024 | Commerce, Department of | State Home Energy Assistance Program | New grant or loan program | |
| 02/01/2024 | 02/01/2024 | Health, Department of | Potential Legislative Changes- Chapter 70.90 RCW | Agency-request legislation | |
| 01/30/2024 | 01/30/2024 | Commerce, Department of | State Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates Program | New grant or loan program | |
| 01/25/2024 | 01/22/2024 | Commerce, Department of | 23-25 Combined Renewable Energy Programming | New grant or loan program | |
| 01/22/2024 | 12/29/2023 | Commerce, Department of | Updates to Growth Management Administrative Rules for Climate Change Planning | Significant legislative rules | |
| 01/19/2024 | 12/26/2023 | Commerce, Department of | Grant funding to protect and improve water quality and salmon recovery through smart growth planning | New grant or loan program | |
| 01/18/2024 | 01/18/2024 | Ecology, Department of | Chapters 173-400 and 173-401 WAC, General Regulations for Air Pollution Sources | Significant legislative rules | |
| 01/12/2024 | 01/08/2024 | Agriculture, Department of | Aligning electric vehicle supply equipment rules with federal technical requirements | Significant legislative rules | |
| 01/11/2024 | 05/01/2023 | Commerce, Department of | Updating Housing WACs | Significant legislative rules | |
| 01/10/2024 | 12/04/2023 | Agriculture, Department of | Aligning general pesticide rules with federal certification and training standards | Significant legislative rules | |
| 12/18/2023 | 12/18/2023 | Ecology, Department of | Clean Fuels Program Rulemaking (Amendments to 173-424 WAC) | Significant legislative rules | |
| 12/08/2023 | 12/08/2023 | Ecology, Department of | Safer Products for Washington Cycle 1.5 Rulemaking | Significant legislative rules | |
| 12/07/2023 | 08/25/2023 | Commerce, Department of | Grants to Community Based Organizations to Support Participation in Local Planning | New grant or loan program | |
| 12/05/2023 | 12/05/2023 | Commerce, Department of | Changing the incentive structure for tier 1 buildings | Agency-request legislation | |
| 12/04/2023 | 09/19/2023 | Commerce, Department of | Clarifying, updating and modifying office of homeless youth prevention and protection statutes | Agency-request legislation | |
| 11/29/2023 | 09/15/2023 | Commerce, Department of | Grant: Coordinating Low-Income Housing Planning | New grant or loan program | |
| 11/28/2023 | 10/23/2023 | Commerce, Department of | Electric Vehicle Incentive Program (Phase 1 – Design) | New grant or loan program | |
| 11/28/2023 | 09/01/2023 | Commerce, Department of | Promoting equitable economic and technological advancement through the Clean Energy Fund | Agency-request legislation | |
| 11/28/2023 | 09/01/2023 | Commerce, Department of | Solar Consumer Protections | Agency-request legislation | |
| 11/22/2023 | 11/22/2023 | Ecology, Department of | Rulemaking to amend chapter 173-305 WAC Hazardous Waste Fee Regulation | Significant legislative rules |
