Washington State Department of Ecology

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government agency state environmental protection agency

The Washington State Department of Ecology is the state’s environmental protection agency responsible for regulating and overseeing activities that affect Washington’s air, land, and water, including major federal cleanup sites.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
WA Dept. of Ecology	1
Washington State Department of Health	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency ⓘ state environmental protection agency ⓘ
abbreviation	Ecology ⓘ Washington State Department of Ecology self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WA Dept. of Ecology
collaboratesWith	United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ local governments in Washington ⓘ tribal governments in Washington ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
employs	engineers ⓘ environmental scientists ⓘ regulatory staff ⓘ
hasDuties	air quality regulation ⓘ climate change policy implementation ⓘ environmental enforcement ⓘ environmental permitting ⓘ environmental regulation ⓘ hazardous waste regulation ⓘ shoreline management ⓘ state implementation of federal environmental laws ⓘ stormwater regulation ⓘ toxic cleanup oversight ⓘ waste management regulation ⓘ water quality regulation ⓘ water resources management ⓘ
hasMission	to protect, preserve, and enhance Washington’s environment ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Lacey, Washington ⓘ Thurston County, Washington ⓘ
implements	Clean Air Act ⓘ surface form: Clean Air Act (state implementation) in Washington Clean Water Act ⓘ surface form: Clean Water Act (state implementation) in Washington Model Toxics Control Act (Washington) ⓘ Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ surface form: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (state hazardous waste program) Shoreline Management Act of 1971 (Washington) ⓘ
inception	1970 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Washington ⓘ surface form: State of Washington Washington ⓘ surface form: Washington State Government
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
operatesInAdministrativeTerritory	Washington ⓘ
oversees	activities affecting air quality in Washington ⓘ activities affecting land quality in Washington ⓘ activities affecting water quality in Washington ⓘ major federal cleanup sites in Washington ⓘ
parentOrganization	Washington ⓘ surface form: State of Washington
precededBy	Washington State Water Pollution Control Commission ⓘ
regulates	industrial discharges to air and water in Washington ⓘ solid and hazardous waste facilities in Washington ⓘ stormwater discharges in Washington ⓘ water rights and water withdrawals in Washington ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
subdivisionOf	Washington ⓘ surface form: Government of Washington (state)
website	https://ecology.wa.gov ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Washington State Department of Ecology → abbreviation → Washington State Department of Ecology self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: WA Dept. of Ecology

Model Toxics Control Act (Washington) → administeredBy → Washington State Department of Ecology ⓘ

Shoreline Management Act of 1971 (Washington) → administeredBy → Washington State Department of Ecology ⓘ

U.S. Department of Energy Office of River Protection → collaboratesWith → Washington State Department of Ecology ⓘ

Ecology → collaboratesWith → Washington State Department of Ecology ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington State Department of Ecology

this entity surface form: Washington State Department of Health

Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order → enforceableBy → Washington State Department of Ecology ⓘ

Washington State Water Pollution Control Commission → followedBy → Washington State Department of Ecology ⓘ

Tri-Party Agreement → hasParty → Washington State Department of Ecology ⓘ

Tri-Party Agreement → hasRegulator → Washington State Department of Ecology ⓘ

Washington State Water Pollution Control Commission → hasSuccessor → Washington State Department of Ecology ⓘ

Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order → party → Washington State Department of Ecology ⓘ

Hanford Site, Washington → regulator → Washington State Department of Ecology ⓘ

subject surface form: Hanford Site

Washington State Water Pollution Control Commission → replacedBy → Washington State Department of Ecology ⓘ

U.S. Department of Energy Richland Operations Office → worksWith → Washington State Department of Ecology ⓘ