WAC 173-183-700
Vulnerability of freshwater wetland
environments to oil spills. (1) The purpose of this section
is to describe the method of ranking the vulnerability of
freshwater wetland environments to oil spills for purposes of
assessing damages by applying the compensation schedule.
(2) Vulnerability of freshwater wetland environments to
oil spills is based on a wetlands classification which rates
the vulnerability of a wetland to spilled oil. Wetland
environments are classified into five categories which
represent the sensitivity of habitat, plants, animals, and
recreational use to oil spills. For purposes of this chapter,
the wetlands vulnerability score shall be equal to the spill
vulnerability score as follows: