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Statutes > Washington > Title-43 > 43-31 > 43-31-215Hanford reservation — Tri-Cities area — Emphasize workforce and facilities.
When the department implements programs intended to attract or maintain industrial or high-technology investments in the state, the department shall, to the extent possible, emphasize the following:
(1) The highly skilled and trained workforce in the Tri-Cities area;
(2) The world-class research facilities in the area, including the fast flux test facility and the Pacific Northwest laboratories;
(3) The existence of the one thousand acres leased by the state from the federal government for the purpose of nuclear-related industries; and
(4) The ability for high-technology and medical industries to safely dispose of low-level radioactive waste at the Hanford commercial low-level waste disposal facility.
[1990 c 281 § 3.]
Notes: Legislative findings -- 1990 c 281: See note following RCW 43.31.205.
