2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 70 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
70.94 Washington clean air act.
70.94.725 Air pollution episodes -- Restraining orders, temporary injunctions to enforce orders -- Procedure.
RCW 70.94.725 Air pollution episodes — Restraining orders, temporary injunctions to enforce orders — Procedure.
Whenever any order has been issued pursuant to RCW 70.94.710 through 70.94.730, the attorney general, upon request from the governor, the director of the department of ecology, an authorized representative of either, or the attorney for a local air pollution control authority upon request of the control officer, shall petition the superior court of the county in which is located the air contaminant source for which such order was issued for a temporary restraining order requiring the immediate reduction or discontinuance of emissions from such source.
Upon request of the party to whom a temporary restraining order is directed, the court shall schedule a hearing thereon at its earliest convenience, at which time the court may withdraw the restraining order or grant such temporary injunction as is reasonably necessary to prevent injury to the public health or safety.
[1971 ex.s. c 194 § 4.]
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