Washington State University adopts these procedures under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), RCW 43.21C.120, and the SEPA rules, WAC 197-11-904.

The university hereby adopts by reference the 1984 SEPA rules, chapter 197-11 of the Washington Administrative Code, and any amendments thereto, except as follows:

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When these rules require notice to be given under WAC 197-11-510, the university shall:

(1) Provide notice in such form as a press release or advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, city or general area that the proposal is located; and

(2) In the case of site-specific project proposals, post a notice on the proposed site.

The university will use the flexible thresholds established by the particular jurisdiction in which a university project is located.

Actions that must be undertaken immediately or within a time too short to allow full compliance with these rules, to avoid an imminent threat to public health or safety, to prevent an imminent danger to public or private property, or to prevent an imminent threat of serious environmental degradation, shall be exempt from the procedural requirements of this chapter. Such actions include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Emergency pollution control actions responding to accidental discharges, leaks or spills into the air, state waters, or on land.

(2) Implementation of a change in waste disposal procedures caused by unanticipated changes in waste sources which are in compliance with federal and state regulations and standards.

(3) Cleanup or decontamination of academic and research facilities or equipment accidentally exposed or contaminated, to permit maintenance, repair or relocation, when the procedures followed are in accordance with federal or state guidelines, recommendations, or standards.

(4) Emergency actions implemented to reduce an imminent hazard to the health and safety of an element of the university resulting from structural failure, equipment malfunction, human error, or natural event.

The responsible agency official is the vice president, or equivalent, with supervision of the project(s), or his or her designee.

The responsible officer designated in WAC 504-48-050 shall be responsible for coordinating, receiving, and reviewing comments and requests for information from agencies regarding threshold determinations, scoping, EIS's, and supplemental EIS's.

There is no administrative appeal of any university determination relating to SEPA. Any appeal must be a judicial appeal under WAC 197-11-680(4).

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected.