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The Washington State Department of Ecology (sometimes referred to simply as "Ecology") is the state of Washington's environmental regulatory agency. Created in February 1970, it was the first environmental regulation agency in the U.S. predating the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by several months.
Maia D. Bellon [1] is an American attorney and former government official from the State of Washington. She served as Director of the Washington Department of Ecology from 2013 to 2020. [2] A member of the Mescalero Apache, Bellon was the first Native American to serve as a member of the Washington cabinet. [3]
Occupation refers to the kind of work performed in a job, and the concept of occupation is defined as "a set of jobs whose main tasks and duties are characterized by a high degree of similarity." A person may be associated with an occupation through the main job currently held, a second job, a future job, or a job previously held.
Rather, different types of businesses are taxed at different rates, depending upon their classification by the Washington State Legislature and the Washington State Department of Revenue. [3] [4] Service industry businesses have the heaviest tax burden, with a tax rate of 1.5%, more than triple the other major classifications.
[5]: 5–6 The executive orders list several characteristics of jobs that may fall under the Schedule Policy/Career classification: [2] [3] substantive participation in advocacy, development, or formulation of policy, especially of regulations and guidance; substantive policy-related work in an agency or component that primarily focuses on policy
The Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) is a sub-agency of the Washington State Department of Ecology. WCC members work on projects in their communities, from habitat restoration , to trail construction, to natural disaster response.
The Department of Labor and Industries was created by an act of the state legislature in 1921, overseeing industrial insurance, worker safety, and industrial relations. [2] [3] The new agency superseded the Bureau of Labor, created in 1901 to inspect workplaces, and minor state boards and commissions monitoring worker health, safety, and insurance claims.
Washington Department of Ecology, 511 U.S. 700 (1994), is a case decided by the United States Supreme Court that interpreted section 401 of the Clean Water Act. The case involved an application by the Jefferson County Public Utility District and Tacoma City Light in northwestern Washington to build a hydropower facility on the Dosewallips River ...