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 | |
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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 |