Title 76 - Forests and forest products
- 76.01 - General provisions.
- 76.04 - Forest protection.
- 76.04.005 - Definitions.
- 76.04.015 - Fire protection powers and duties of department -- Enforcement -- Investigation -- Administration.
- 76.04.016 - Fire prevention and suppression capacity -- Duties owed to public in general -- Legislative intent.
- 76.04.025 - Federal funds.
- 76.04.035 - Wardens -- Appointment -- Duties.
- 76.04.045 - Rangers -- Appointment -- Ex officio rangers -- Compensation.
- 76.04.055 - Service of notices.
- 76.04.065 - Arrests without warrants.
- 76.04.075 - Rules -- Penalty.
- 76.04.085 - Penalty for violations.
- 76.04.095 - Cooperative protection.
- 76.04.105 - Contracts for protection and development.
- 76.04.115 - Articles of incorporation -- Requirements.
- 76.04.125 - Requisites of contract.
- 76.04.135 - Cooperative agreements -- Public agencies.
- 76.04.155 - Firefighting -- Employment -- Assistance.
- 76.04.165 - Legislative declaration -- Forest protection zones.
- 76.04.167 - Legislative declaration -- Equitable sharing of forest fire protection costs -- Coordinated forest fire protection and suppression.
- 76.04.175 - Fire suppression equipment--Comparison of costs.
- 76.04.177 - Fire suppression equipment--Requirement to utilize private equipment.
- 76.04.205 - Burning permits.
- 76.04.215 - Burning mill wood waste -- Arresters.
- 76.04.235 - Dumping mill waste, forest debris -- Penalty.
- 76.04.246 - Use of blasting fuse.
- 76.04.305 - Closed to entry -- Designation.
- 76.04.315 - Suspension of burning permits/privileges.
- 76.04.325 - Closure of forest operations or forest lands.
- 76.04.405 - Steam, internal combustion, or electrical engines and other spark-emitting equipment regulated.
- 76.04.415 - Penalty for violations -- Work stoppage notice.
- 76.04.425 - Unauthorized entry into sealed fire tool box.
- 76.04.435 - Deposit of fire or live coals.
- 76.04.445 - Reports of fire.
- 76.04.455 - Lighted material, etc. -- Receptacles in conveyances.
- 76.04.465 - Certain snags to be felled currently with logging.
- 76.04.475 - Reimbursement for costs of suppression action.
- 76.04.486 - Escaped slash burns -- Obligations.
- 76.04.495 - Negligent starting of fires or allowance of extreme fire hazard or debris -- Liability -- Recovery of reasonable expenses -- Lien.
- 76.04.600 - Owners to protect forests.
- 76.04.610 - Forest fire protection assessment.
- 76.04.620 - State funds -- Loans -- Recovery of funds from the landowner contingency forest fire suppression account.
- 76.04.630 - Landowner contingency forest fire suppression account -- Expenditures -- Assessments.
- 76.04.650 - Disposal of forest debris -- Permission to allow trees to fall on another's land.
- 76.04.660 - Additional fire hazards -- Extreme fire hazard areas -- Abatement, isolation or reduction -- Summary action -- Recovery of costs -- Inspection of property.
- 76.04.700 - Failure to extinguish campfire.
- 76.04.710 - Wilful setting of fire.
- 76.04.720 - Removal of notices.
- 76.04.730 - Negligent fire -- Spread.
- 76.04.740 - Reckless burning.
- 76.04.750 - Uncontrolled fire a public nuisance -- Suppression -- Duties -- Summary action -- Recovery of costs.
- 76.04.900 - Captions -- 1986 c 100.
- 76.06 - Forest insect and disease control.
- 76.06.010 - Forest insects and tree diseases are public nuisance.
- 76.06.020 - Definitions.
- 76.06.030 - Administration -- Comprehensive forest health program -- Limited liability.
- 76.06.040 - Maintenance of forest lands in healthy condition.
- 76.06.130 - Exotic forest insect or disease control -- Department's authority and duties -- Declaration of forest health emergency.
- 76.06.140 - Forest health problems--Findings.
- 76.06.150 - Forest health--Commissioner of public lands designated as state's lead--Report to legislature.
- 76.06.160 - Forest health issues -- Tiered system.
- 76.06.170 - Forest health technical advisory committee.
- 76.06.180 - Forest health hazard warning -- Forest health hazard order -- Notice -- Appeal.
- 76.06.190 - Chapter 480, Laws of 2007 subject to the provisions of chapter 76.09 RCW.
- 76.06.900 - Severability.
- 76.09 - Forest practices.
- 76.09.010 - Legislative finding and declaration.
- 76.09.020 - Definitions.
- 76.09.030 - Forest practices board -- Created -- Membership -- Terms -- Vacancies -- Meetings -- Compensation, travel expenses -- Staff.
- 76.09.040 - Forest practices rules -- Adoption -- Review of proposed rules -- Hearings -- Program for the acquisition of riparian open space.
- 76.09.050 - Rules establishing classes of forest practices -- Applications for classes of forest practices -- Approval or disapproval -- Notifications -- Procedures -- Appeals -- Waiver.
- 76.09.055 - Findings -- Emergency rule making authorized.
- 76.09.060 - Form and contents of notification and application -- Reforestation requirements -- Conversion of forest land to other use -- New applications -- Approval -- Emergencies.
- 76.09.063 - Forest practices permit -- Habitat incentives agreement.
- 76.09.065 - Forest practices application or notification -- Fee.
- 76.09.067 - Application for forest practices -- Owner of perpetual timber rights.
- 76.09.070 - Reforestation -- Requirements -- Procedures -- Notification on sale or transfer.
- 76.09.080 - Stop work orders -- Grounds -- Contents -- Procedure -- Appeals.
- 76.09.090 - Notice of failure to comply -- Contents -- Procedures -- Appeals -- Hearing -- Final order -- Limitations on actions.
- 76.09.100 - Failure to comply with water quality protection -- Department of ecology authorized to petition appeals board -- Action on petition.
- 76.09.110 - Final orders or final decisions binding upon all parties.
- 76.09.120 - Failure of owner to take required course of action -- Notice of cost -- Department authorized to complete course of action -- Liability of owner for costs -- Lien.
- 76.09.130 - Failure to obey stop work order -- Departmental action authorized -- Liability of owner or operator for costs.
- 76.09.140 - Enforcement.
- 76.09.150 - Inspection -- Right of entry.
- 76.09.160 - Right of entry by department of ecology.
- 76.09.170 - Violations -- Conversion to nontimber operation -- Penalties -- Remission or mitigation -- Appeals -- Lien.
- 76.09.180 - Disposition of moneys received as penalties, reimbursement for damages.
- 76.09.190 - Additional penalty, gross misdemeanor.
- 76.09.205 - Appeals board review.
- 76.09.240 - Forest practices -- County, city, or town to regulate -- When -- Adoption of development regulations -- Enforcement -- Technical assistance -- Exceptions and limitations -- Verification th
- 76.09.250 - Policy for continuing program of orientation and training.
- 76.09.260 - Department to represent state's interest -- Cooperation with other public agencies -- Grants and gifts.
- 76.09.270 - Annual determination of state's research needs -- Recommendations.
- 76.09.280 - Removal of log and debris jams from streams.
- 76.09.285 - Water quality standards affected by forest practices.
- 76.09.290 - Inspection of lands -- Reforestation.
- 76.09.300 - Mass earth movements and fluvial processes -- Program to correct hazardous conditions on sites associated with roads and railroad grades -- Hazard-reduction plans.
- 76.09.305 - Advisory committee to review hazard-reduction plans authorized -- Compensation, travel expenses.
- 76.09.310 - Hazard-reduction program -- Notice to landowners within areas selected for review -- Proposed plans -- Objections to plan, procedure -- Final plans -- Appeal.
- 76.09.315 - Implementation of hazard-reduction measures -- Election -- Notice and application for cost-sharing funds -- Inspection -- Letter of compliance -- Limitations on liability.
- 76.09.320 - Implementation of hazard-reduction program -- Cost sharing by department -- Limitations.
- 76.09.330 - Legislative findings -- Liability from naturally falling trees required to be left standing.
- 76.09.340 - Certain forest practices exempt from rules and policies under this chapter.
- 76.09.350 - Long-term multispecies landscape management plans -- Pilot projects, selection -- Plan approval, elements -- Notice of agreement recorded -- Memorandums of agreements -- Report, evaluation
- 76.09.360 - Single multiyear permit.
- 76.09.368 - Intent -- Small forest landowners -- Alternate plan processes/alternate harvest restrictions -- Report to the legislature.
- 76.09.370 - Findings -- Forests and fish report -- Adoption of rules.
- 76.09.380 - Report to the legislature -- Emergency rules -- Permanent rules.
- 76.09.390 - Sale of land or timber rights with continuing obligations -- Notice -- Failure to notify -- Exemption.
- 76.09.400 - Forests and fish account -- Created.
- 76.09.405 - Forest and fish support account -- Created.
- 76.09.410 - Road maintenance and abandonment plans -- Fish passage barriers.
- 76.09.420 - Road maintenance and abandonment plans -- Rules -- Checklist -- Report to the legislature -- Emergency rules.
- 76.09.430 - Application to RCW 76.13.150.
- 76.09.440 - Small forest landowner -- Fish passage barriers.
- 76.09.450 - Small forest landowner -- Defined.
- 76.09.460 - Notice of conversion to nonforestry use -- Denial of permits or approvals by the county, city, town, or regional governmental entity -- Enforcement.
- 76.09.470 - Conversion of land to nonforestry use -- Action required of landowner -- Action required of county, city, town, or regional governmental entity.
- 76.09.900 - Short title.
- 76.09.905 - Air pollution laws not modified.
- 76.09.910 - Shoreline management act, hydraulics act, other statutes and ordinances not modified -- Exceptions.
- 76.09.915 - Repeal and savings.
- 76.09.920 - Application for extension of prior permits.
- 76.09.925 - Effective dates -- 1974 ex.s. c 137.
- 76.09.935 - Severability -- 1974 ex.s. c 137.
- 76.10 - Surface mining.
- 76.13 - Stewardship of nonindustrial forests and woodlands.
- 76.13.005 - Finding.
- 76.13.007 - Purpose.
- 76.13.010 - Definitions.
- 76.13.020 - Authority.
- 76.13.030 - Funding sources -- Fees -- Contracts.
- 76.13.100 - Findings.
- 76.13.110 - Small forest landowner office -- Establishment -- Duties -- Advisory committee -- Report to the legislature.
- 76.13.120 - Findings -- Definitions -- Forestry riparian easement program.
- 76.13.130 - Small parcels -- Alternative management plans.
- 76.13.140 - Small forest landowners -- Value of buffer trees.
- 76.13.150 - Fish passage barriers -- Cost-sharing program.
- 76.13.160 - Qualifying small forest landowner--Review of certain records.
- 76.14 - Forest rehabilitation.
- 76.14.010 - Definitions.
- 76.14.020 - Yacolt burn designated high hazard area -- Rehabilitation required.
- 76.14.030 - Administration.
- 76.14.040 - Duties.
- 76.14.050 - Firebreaks -- Powers of department -- Grazing lands.
- 76.14.051 - Firebreaks -- Preexisting agreements not altered.
- 76.14.060 - Powers and duties -- Private lands.
- 76.14.070 - Powers and duties -- Expenditure of public funds.
- 76.14.080 - Fire protection projects -- Assessments -- Payment.
- 76.14.090 - Fire protection projects -- Notice -- Hearing.
- 76.14.100 - Fire protection projects -- Collection of assessments.
- 76.14.110 - Fire protection projects -- Credit on assessment for private expenditure.
- 76.14.120 - Landowner's responsibility under other laws.
- 76.14.130 - Lands not to be included in project.
- 76.15 - Community and urban forestry.
- 76.15.005 - Finding.
- 76.15.007 - Purpose.
- 76.15.010 - Definitions.
- 76.15.020 - Authority.
- 76.15.030 - Funding sources -- Fees -- Contracts.
- 76.15.040 - Primary duty, department's -- Cooperation.
- 76.15.050 - Agreements for urban tree planting.
- 76.15.060 - Urban tree planting to be encouraged.
- 76.15.070 - Prioritized statewide inventory of community and urban forests -- Community and urban forest assessment -- Criteria and implementation plan.
- 76.15.080 - Technical advisory committee.
- 76.15.090 - Evergreen community designation -- Department's duties.
- 76.36 - Marks and brands.
- 76.36.010 - Definitions.
- 76.36.020 - Forest products to be marked.
- 76.36.035 - Registration of brands -- Assignments -- Fee -- Rules -- Penalty.
- 76.36.060 - Impression of mark -- Presumption.
- 76.36.070 - Cancellation of registration.
- 76.36.090 - Catch brands.
- 76.36.100 - Right of entry to retake branded products.
- 76.36.110 - Penalty for false branding, etc.
- 76.36.120 - Forgery of mark, etc. -- Penalty.
- 76.36.130 - Sufficiency of mark.
- 76.36.140 - Application of chapter to eastern Washington.
- 76.36.160 - Deposit of fees -- Use.
- 76.36.900 - Severability -- 1925 ex.s. c 154.
- 76.42 - Wood debris -- Removal from navigable waters.
- 76.42.010 - Removal of debris authorized -- Enforcement of chapter -- Department of natural resources.
- 76.42.020 - Definitions.
- 76.42.030 - Removal of wood debris -- Authorized.
- 76.42.060 - Navigable waters -- Unlawful to deposit wood debris into -- Exception.
- 76.42.070 - Rules and regulations -- Administration of chapter -- Authority to adopt and enforce.
- 76.44 - Institute of forest resources.
- 76.48 - Specialized forest products.
- 76.48.011 - Declaration of public interest.
- 76.48.021 - Definitions.
- 76.48.031 - Specialized forest products permits -- Required -- Inspection.
- 76.48.041 - Contents of authorization, sales invoice, or bill of lading.
- 76.48.051 - Specialized forest products permit -- True copy.
- 76.48.061 - Permit requirements.
- 76.48.071 - Validation of forms for verifiable permits and validated permits.
- 76.48.081 - Specialized forest products permits -- Expiration -- Specifications.
- 76.48.091 - Acceptance and validation of permits -- Authorized agents.
- 76.48.101 - Possession of specialized forest products by first or secondary buyer -- Display of documentation -- Specialty wood processors.
- 76.48.111 - Specialized forest products buyers and huckleberry buyers -- Required records.
- 76.48.121 - Display of master license.
- 76.48.131 - Unlawful acts.
- 76.48.141 - False, fraudulent, forged, or stolen specialized forest products permit, sales invoice, bill of lading, etc. -- Penalty.
- 76.48.151 - Penalties -- Affirmative defense.
- 76.48.161 - Multiple convictions for violating RCW 76.48.141 or 76.48.151 -- Suspension of privileges to obtain a specialized forest products permit.
- 76.48.171 - Disposition of fines.
- 76.48.181 - Agencies responsible for enforcement of chapter.
- 76.48.191 - Detention of specialized forest products and documentation.
- 76.48.201 - Protection of items seized under RCW 76.48.191 -- Disposition of items.
- 76.48.211 - Exemptions.
- 76.48.221 - Effect of RCW 76.48.031 with respect to huckleberries.
- 76.48.231 - Department to develop educational material.
- 76.48.241 - Assistance and training for minority groups.
- 76.48.251 - Specialized forest products outreach and education account.
- 76.48.905 - Severability -- 1967 ex.s. c 47.
- 76.48.906 - Severability -- 1979 ex.s. c 94.
- 76.48.907 - Saving -- 1967 ex.s. c 47.
- 76.52 - Cooperative forest management services act.
- 76.56 - Center for international trade in forest products.
- 76.56.010 - Center for international trade in forest products created at the University of Washington.
- 76.56.020 - Duties.
- 76.56.030 - Director -- Appointment.
- 76.56.040 - Use of center's programs, research, and advisory services -- Schedule of fees.
- 76.56.050 - Solicitation of financial contributions and support -- Annual report -- Use of other funds.
- 76.56.900 - Severability -- 1985 c 122.
- RCW Dispositions
- 76.16 - Access to state timber and other valuable material
- 76.28 - Boom companies
- 76.20 - Firewood on state lands
- 76.06 - Forest insect and disease control
- 76.08 - Forest practices
- 76.04 - Forest protection
- 76.01 - General provisions
- 76.44 - Institute of forest resources
- 76.32 - Log driving companies
- 76.40 - Log patrols
- 76.36 - Marks and brands
- 76.12 - Reforestation
- 76.48 - Specialized forest products
- 76.24 - Toll logging roads
- 76.42 - Wood debris — removal from navigable waters
- Notes