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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 initiatedsort ascending Agency Action Type
10/18/2023 09/26/2023 Commerce, Department of WA Electric Vehicle Charging Program New grant or loan program
12/04/2023 09/19/2023 Commerce, Department of Clarifying, updating and modifying office of homeless youth prevention and protection statutes Agency-request legislation
10/19/2023 09/19/2023 Commerce, Department of Transit Oriented Development of Affordable Housing - Match Program New grant or loan program
11/29/2023 09/15/2023 Commerce, Department of Grant: Coordinating Low-Income Housing Planning New grant or loan program
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
09/14/2023 09/14/2023 Ecology, Department of Water Security Drought Grant Initiative New grant or loan program
09/13/2023 09/13/2023 Commerce, Department of Repealing the greenhouse gas content calculation requirement in RCW 19.405.070 Agency-request legislation
09/12/2023 09/12/2023 Ecology, Department of Cap-and-Invest Offsets Rulemaking (Chapter 173-446 WAC) Significant legislative rules
11/28/2023 09/01/2023 Commerce, Department of Solar Consumer Protections Agency-request legislation
11/28/2023 09/01/2023 Commerce, Department of Promoting equitable economic and technological advancement through the Clean Energy Fund Agency-request legislation
09/08/2023 08/31/2023 Commerce, Department of Buy Clean and Buy Fair Agency-request legislation
09/13/2023 08/31/2023 Ecology, Department of Dredge-and-fill permit program Agency-request legislation
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
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
08/01/2023 08/01/2023 Health, Department of Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Program Rulemaking Significant legislative rules
08/25/2023 08/01/2023 Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Pest and Disease Revolving Funds Agency-request legislation
08/25/2023 08/01/2023 Agriculture, Department of Private Cannabis Lab Accreditation Transition from Ecology to WSDA Agency-request legislation
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
07/21/2023 07/18/2023 Puget Sound Partnership PSAR Large Capital Grant Round Request for Proposals Capital project, grant, or loan award of at least $12 million
03/04/2024 07/01/2023 Commerce, Department of Transit Oriented Development of Affordable Housing - Match Program 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
04/10/2024 06/14/2023 Health, Department of HEAL Capacity Grants New grant or loan program
04/10/2024 06/14/2023 Health, Department of Community Informed Budgeting Grant New grant or loan program
01/11/2024 05/01/2023 Commerce, Department of Updating Housing WACs Significant legislative rules

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