(Note: Initial critical area regulations, developed in the early 1990s, were not prepared to the best available science standard.) Legislation passed in 2003 requires cities, towns and counties to review and revise as necessary their critical areas policies every seven years. Since 1995, local governments must consider best available science in their identification and protection of critical areas a catalog of sources of best available science has been prepared for their use. Guidance provided to local government states that critical areas protection programs should address a number of issues, including: Protecting members of the public, public resources and facilities from injury, loss of life, or property damage due to landslides and slope failures, erosion, seismic events, volcanic eruptions, or flooding Maintaining healthy, functioning ecosystems through the protection of unique, fragile, and valuable elements of the environment Directing activities not dependent on critical areas resources to less ecologically sensitive sites, and mitigating unavoidable impacts to critical areas by regulating alterations in and adjacent to those areas and Preventing cumulative adverse environmental impacts to frequently flooded areas. Among the critical areas defined by state law are frequently flooded areas (floodplains, and areas potentially impacted by tsunamis and high tides driven by strong winds) and geologically hazardous areas (those areas susceptible to erosion, landslide, seismic activity, or other geological events such as coalmine hazards, volcanic hazard, mass wasting, debris flows, rock falls, and differential settlement). (WA‐1) Growth Management Act: This state law ( RCW 36.70A) requires all cities, towns and counties in the state to identify critical areas, and to establish regulations to protect and limit development in those areas. Washington Washington Earthquake Hazards Mitigation Legislation Conferences, Workshops and Board Meetings.Key Federal and Other Partners Resources.2022 WSSPC Draft Policy Recommendations.A non-profit earthquake consortium for the western states
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