"Environment" means, and is limited to, those elements listed in WAC 197-11-444, as required by RCW 43.21C.110(1)(f). Environment and environmental quality refer to the state of the environment and are synonymous as used in these rules and refer basically to physical environmental quality.
Wash. Admin. Code § 197-11-740
Statutory Authority: RCW 43.21C.110. 84-05-020 (Order DE 83-39), § 197-11-740, filed 2/10/84, effective 4/4/84.