(1) Any applicant for a project that meets the criteria set forth in RCW 43.21L.010(6) (a) and (b) may use the process of appeal and review of this chapter by filing with the office of permit assistance a request for a determination of designation as a qualifying project as required in RCW 43.21L.010(6)(c). Such request shall be filed with the office no later than thirty days after the filing with a permit agency of the first application for a permit relating to the subject project that is filed after May 20, 2003. No requests may be filed with the office of permit assistance after December 31, 2010. The request shall include a list of permits that the project applicant reasonably believes will be required for the subject project.

     (2) The office of permit assistance shall: (a) Respond to such request within thirty days after the filing of the request; and (b) if the office determines to designate the project as a qualifying project under RCW 43.21L.010(6)(c), contemporaneously provide a copy of the designation response to all permit agencies responsible for the project permits listed in the request. The office of permit assistance shall provide notice of any project designation to the code reviser for publication in the state register and to any persons that have filed with the office of permit assistance a general request for such notice. Nothing in this section creates an independent cause of action or affects any existing cause of action.

     (3) All final decisions of a permit agency notified under subsection (2) of this section shall include the following sentence: Any appeal of this decision shall be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

[2003 c 393 § 4.]