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Freshwater algae control grant program

Toxic algae blooms can make people, pets, and livestock sick. We offer a funding program to address problem blooms. The Freshwater Algae Program (FAP) has an annual funding cycle for projects to ...
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Washington's ambitious new mobile air monitoring study

This vehicle is one of several which will be fitted with air monitoring equipment and Ecology branding. (Image credit: Spheros Environmental. Final branding design may differ.) The air you breathe ...
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Bremerton vessel owner fined $279,000 for fuel spill

The Washington State Department of Ecology has issued a penalty of $279,000 to the owner of the Nautilus, a 38-foot personal craft, for pumping 123 gallons of red-dye diesel into the Bremerton Marina ...
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Comment period opens for Deschutes Estuary Restoration Project

A conceptual rendering of the Deschutes Estuary Restoration Project. The project will transform Capitol Lake into a thriving estuary habitat with environmental, social, and economic benefits. A new ...
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Vehicle emissions

We protect the air by implementing Zero Emission Vehicle standards, Clean Car Law, reducing diesel exhaust, and managing the Volkswagen enforcement actions that resulted from federal and state Clean ...
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Ecology begins rulemaking on climate funds reporting

How Washington invests cap-and-invest auction revenues to prepare for climate change will be captured in public reporting that the Department of Ecology is responsible for publishing under the Climate ...
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Independent remedial action grants

We offer post-cleanup grants to local governments that independently clean up contamination under the Voluntary Cleanup Program. The purpose of Independent Remedial Action Grants (IRAGs) is to ...
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Environmental penalties issued for the 3rd quarter of 2022

The Washington Department of Ecology issued $36,400 in penalties of $1,000 or more from July through September 2022. Ecology works with thousands of businesses and individuals to help them comply with ...
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Youth litter crews take to the roads to pick up trash

As you hit the road this week, give us a brake. The Ecology Youth Corps’ teenage litter crews began picking up Washington roads and highways today and will continue working through August. Ecology ...
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Damage to wetlands in Grant County results in $267,540 fine

Left photo: Alkali wetland located on King Ranch land in July 2019. (Image from Google Earth) Right photo: Alkali wetland located on King Ranch land in April 2021 with evidence of heavy equipment ...
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Seattle and King County fined for sewer overflow violations

The Washington Department of Ecology and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are jointly issuing fines to Seattle and King County for violating conditions of their federal consent decrees ...
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New wetland bank approved in Vancouver

With a new wetland mitigation bank being approved in Vancouver, Wash., private and public sector developers can now purchase mitigation credits to offset unavoidable impacts from their building ...