Air & Climate
These are put in effect when the air is unhealthy, limiting wood stove use and outdoor fires.
What is a burn ban?
You will need one of these if you plan use surface water.
What is a water right?
Driving causes tires to release particles containing this toxic chemical, which is lethal to our salmon populations.
What is 6PPD?
An inlet of the Pacific Ocean that has deep fjords, a large number of islands, and bays that were carved by glaciers.
What is the Puget Sound?
The current host of Jeopardy.
Who is Ken Jennings?
This section of the CCA deals with communities bearing a disproportionate burden from air pollution.
What is section 3?
Marshes, swamps, or bogs: these areas are saturated or covered with water for at least some part of the year.
What are Wetlands?
Abandoned or underutilized properties that may have environmental contamination. These are common in communities of all sizes — they may be old gas stations, drycleaners, industrial facilities, smelters, or former agricultural land.
What are brownfields?
This sport was invented on Bainbridge Island, in 1964, and, as of 2021, is the fastest growing sport in the nation.
What is pickleball.
This is the most-visited museum in the world.
What is the Louvre?
This program is designed to address leaky equipment and reduce emissions from the installation and servicing of refrigeration and air-conditioning appliances.
What is the Refrigeration Management Program?
Located on the Columbia River west of Spokane, this gravity dam, is one of the largest structures ever built.
What is the Grand Coulee Dam?
High-level waste can be turned into glass through this process.
What is vitrification?
This waterfall in Washington is over 286 feet tall, which is more than twice as high as Niagara Falls.
What is Snoqualmie Falls?
This occasion corresponds with the longest day of each year.
What is the summer solstice?
The Federal Clean Air Act was passed this year.
What is 1963?
This federal act gives states the primary role in managing their coastal zone.
What is the Coastal Zone Management Act?
A device used to clean up spills by removing oil from the surface of water.
What is a skimmer?
This "Presidental" county is the least populous in Washington State.
What is Garfield County
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This Governor proposed legislation that would create the Department of Ecology.
Who is Dan Evans?
This industry is the largest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions in the state.
What is the transportation?
This program monitors the safety of saltwater swimming beaches from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Ecology leads the program jointly with the Washington State Department of Health and work with county and local agencies, tribal nations, and volunteers.
What is the BEACH program?
Businesses that generated any amount of hazardous waste and reported a gross income of $12,000 or more within the previous year, are required to pay this fee under WAC 173-305.
What is the Hazardous Waste Generation Fee?
The site in Washington is the largest manufacturing facility in the world and the largest building in the world by volume.
What is the Boeing Everett Factory?
What is the term for a number that is equal to the sum of its proper divisors, excluding itself, such as 6 or 28?
What is a perfect number?