Senate Energy, Environment and Telecommunications Committee Receives Progress Report and Testimony on Proposed State Water Quality Standards Revisions
On Monday, September 23, members of the Senate Energy, Environment and Telecommunications Committee heard from the Department of Ecology and Tupper Mack Wells attorney James Tupper on the topics of state Water Quality Standards and Fish Consumption Rate revisions. Kelly Sussewind, Department of Ecology, presented a progress report on the process of developing Human Health Criteria, and James Tupper specifically addressed the complex challenges to Fish Consumption Rate computation and compliance as a policy matter. For more information, contact James Tupper at tupper@tmw-law.com.