2012 Revised Code of Washington
Title 43 - STATE GOVERNMENT — EXECUTIVE
43.30 Department of natural resources.
43.30.835 Forest biomass demonstration projects.
RCW 43.30.835 Forest biomass demonstration projects.
(1) The department may develop and implement forest biomass energy demonstration projects, one east of the crest of the Cascade mountains and one west of the crest of the Cascade mountains. The demonstration projects must be designed to:
(a) Reveal the utility of Washington's public and private forest biomass feedstock;
(b) Create green jobs and generate renewable energy;
(c) Generate revenues or improve asset values for beneficiaries of state lands and state forest lands;
(d) Improve forest health, reduce pollution, and restore ecological function; and
(e) Avoid interfering with the current working area for forest biomass collection surrounding an existing fixed location biomass energy production site.
(2) To develop and implement the forest biomass energy demonstration projects, the department may form forest biomass energy partnerships or cooperatives.
(3) The forest biomass energy partnerships or cooperatives are encouraged to be public-private partnerships focused on convening the entities necessary to grow, harvest, process, transport, and utilize forest biomass to generate renewable energy. Particular focus must be given to recruiting and employing emerging technologies that can locally process forest biomass feedstock to create local green jobs and reduce transportation costs.
(4) The forest biomass energy partnerships or cooperatives may include, but are not limited to: Entrepreneurs or organizations developing and operating emerging technology to process forest biomass; industrial electricity producers; contractors capable of providing the local labor needed to collect, process, and transport forest biomass feedstocks; tribes; federal land management agencies; county, city, and other local governments; the *department of community, trade, and economic development; state trust land managers; an organization dedicated to protecting and strengthening the jobs, rights, and working conditions of Washington's working families; accredited research institution representatives; an industrial timber land manager; a small forest landowner; and a not-for-profit conservation organization.
[2009 c 163 § 2.]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: The "department of community, trade, and economic development" was renamed the "department of commerce" by 2009 c 565. Findings -- Intent -- 2009 c 163: "The legislature finds that forest biomass is an abundant and renewable by-product of Washington's forest land management. Forest biomass can be utilized to generate clean renewable energy.
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