The following agencies shall be regarded as possessing special expertise relating to those categories of the environment under which they are listed:

1. (1) Air quality.

   1. (a) Department of ecology.
   2. (b) Department of natural resources (only for burning in forest areas).
   3. (c) Department of health.
   4. (d) Regional air pollution control authority or agency.

2. (2) Water resources and water quality.

   1. (a) Department of fish and wildlife.
   2. (b) Department of ecology.
   3. (c) Department of natural resources (state-owned tidelands, shorelands, harbor areas or beds of navigable waters).
   4. (d) Department of health (public water supplies, sewer systems, shellfish habitats).

3. (3) Hazardous and toxic substances (including radiation).

   1. (a) Department of ecology.
   2. (b) Department of health.
   3. (c) Department of agriculture (foods or pesticides).
   4. (d) Department of fish and wildlife (introduction into waters).

4. (4) Solid and hazardous waste.

   1. (a) Department of ecology.
   2. (b) Department of fish and wildlife (dredge spoils).
   3. (c) Department of health.

5. (5) Fish and wildlife.

   Department of fish and wildlife.

6. (6) Natural resources development.

   1. (a) Department of ecology.
   2. (b) Department of natural resources.
   3. (c) Department of fish and wildlife.

7. (7) Energy production, transmission and consumption.

   1. (a) Department of ecology.
   2. (b) Department of natural resources (geothermal, coal, uranium).
   3. (c) Department of commerce.
   4. (d) Energy facility site evaluation council.
   5. (e) Utilities and transportation commission.

8. (8) Land use and management.

   1. (a) Department of commerce.
   2. (b) Department of ecology.
   3. (c) Department of fish and wildlife (affecting surface or marine waters).
   4. (d) Department of natural resources (tidelands, shorelands, or state-owned or managed lands).

9. (9) Noise.

   1. (a) Department of ecology.
   2. (b) Department of health.

10. (10) Recreation.

    1. (a) Department of commerce.
    2. (b) Department of fish and wildlife.
    3. (c) Parks and recreation commission.
    4. (d) Department of natural resources.

11. (11) Archaeological/historical.

    Department of archaeology and historic preservation.

12. (12) Transportation.

    1. (a) Department of transportation.
    2. (b) Utilities and transportation commission.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21C.110 and 43.21C.100 [43.21C.170]. WSR 14-09-026 (Order 13-01), § 197-11-920, filed 4/9/14, effective 5/10/14. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21C.110. WSR 84-05-020 (Order DE 83-39), § 197-11-920, filed 2/10/84, effective 4/4/84.]