(1) An environmental covenant must:
(a) State that the instrument is an environmental covenant
executed pursuant to this chapter;
(b) Contain a legally sufficient description of the real
property subject to the covenant;
(c) Describe with specificity the activity or use
limitations on the real property;
(d) Identify every holder;
(e) Be signed by the agency, every holder, and unless waived
by the agency every owner of the fee simple of the real property
subject to the covenant; and
(f) Identify the name and location of any administrative
record for the environmental response project reflected in the
environmental covenant.
(2) In addition to the information required by subsection
(1) of this section, an environmental covenant may contain other
information, restrictions, and requirements agreed to by the
persons who signed it, including any:
(a) Requirements for notice following transfer of a
specified interest in, or concerning proposed changes in use of,
applications for building permits for, or proposals for any site
work affecting the contamination on, the property subject to the
covenant;
(b) Requirements for periodic reporting describing
compliance with the covenant;
(c) Rights of access to the property granted in connection
with implementation or enforcement of the covenant;
(d) Narrative descriptions of the contamination and remedy,
including the contaminants of concern, the pathways of exposure,
limits on exposure, and the location and extent of the
contamination;
(e) Limitations on amendment or termination of the covenant
in addition to those contained in RCW 64.70.090 and 64.70.100;
(f) Rights of the holder in addition to its right to enforce
the covenant pursuant to RCW 64.70.110;
(g) Other information, restrictions, or requirements
required by the agency, including the department of ecology under
the authority of chapter 70.105D RCW.
(3) In addition to other conditions for its approval of an
environmental covenant, the agency may require those persons
specified by the agency who have interests in the real property
to sign the covenant.
(4) The agency may also require notice and opportunity to
comment upon an environmental covenant as part of public
participation efforts related to the environmental response
project.
(5) The agency shall consult with local land use planning
authorities in the development of the land use or activity
restrictions in the environmental covenant. The agency shall
consider potential redevelopment and revitalization opportunities
and obtain information regarding present and proposed land and
resource uses, and consider comprehensive land use plan and
zoning provisions applicable to the real property to be subject
to the environmental covenant.
[2007 c 104 § 5.]