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DIOXIN/ORGANOCHLORINE CTR. v. POLLUTION CONTROL

No. 63262-6.

932 P.2d 158 (1997)

131 Wash.2d 345

DIOXIN/ORGANOCHLORINE CENTER, Columbia River United, and Puget Sound Alliance, v. POLLUTION CONTROL HEARINGS BOARD, Washington State Department of Ecology, and Mary Riveland, in her official capacity as Director of Washington State Department of Ecology, Respondents, Boise Cascade Corp., Georgia-Pacific Co., ITT Rayonier, Inc., James River II, Inc., Longview Fibre Co., and Scott Paper Co., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided March 6, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Groen, Richard M. Stephens, Bellevue, for Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Building Industry Association of Washington.

Victor Wolski, Sacramento, CA, for Amicus Curiae on Behalf of Pacific Legal Foundation.

Stoel, Rives, Boley, Jones & Grey, Donald B. Myers, Ramona Monroe, Seattle, for Appellants.

Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Patti Goldman, Todd True, Seattle, Christine Gregoire, Attorney General, Ronald L. Lavigne, Jr., Assistant, Olympia, for Respondents.

SANDERS, Justice.

We hold that actions which are categorically exempt from review under the State Environmental Policy Act are in fact exempt.

Boise Cascade Corporation and other pulp and paper mills (mills) appeal a superior court order remanding reissuance of their mills' waste water discharge permits to the Pollution Control Hearings Board to determine whether these permits constitute a "major action" under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), RCW...

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