# WAC 173-446-010: WAC 173-446-010. Purpose

> Washington · Regulations · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_173_446_010

## Section

- **Citation:** WAC 173-446-010
- **Heading:** WAC 173-446-010. Purpose
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Administrative Code / Title 173 / Chapter 173-446 / Section 173-446-010

## Text

(1) The purpose of this chapter is to implement the provisions of the GHG emissions cap and invest program created by RCW 70A.65.060 through 70A.65.210 . The provisions of the cap and invest program implemented by this chapter establish a declining cap on GHG emissions from covered entities consistent with the limits established in RCW 70A.45.020 , and a program to track, verify, and enforce compliance with the cap through the use of compliance instruments.
(2) Ecology will engage with the environmental justice council. Ecology acknowledges and recognizes there are communities that have historically borne the disproportionate impacts of environmental burdens and that now bear the disproportionate negative impacts of climate change, and the legislature specifically empowered the environmental justice council to provide recommendations to ecology on the cap and invest program.

## Nearby sections

- [WAC 173-446-010 WAC 173-446-010. Purpose](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_173_446_010.md)
- [WAC 173-446-020 WAC 173-446-020. Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_173_446_020.md)
- [WAC 173-446-030 WAC 173-446-030. Applicability](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_173_446_030.md)
- [WAC 173-446-040 WAC 173-446-040. Covered emissions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_173_446_040.md)
- [WAC 173-446-050 WAC 173-446-050. Covered and opt-in entity registration](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_173_446_050.md)
- [WAC 173-446-053 WAC 173-446-053. Electric utilities registration](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_173_446_053.md)
- [WAC 173-446-055 WAC 173-446-055. General market participants registration](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_173_446_055.md)
- [WAC 173-446-056 WAC 173-446-056. Cap and invest consultants and advisors](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_173_446_056.md)
- [WAC 173-446-060 WAC 173-446-060. New or modified covered entities](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_173_446_060.md)
- [WAC 173-446-070 WAC 173-446-070. Exiting the program](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_173_446_070.md)
- [WAC 173-446-080 WAC 173-446-080. Allowances](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_173_446_080.md)
- [WAC 173-446-100 WAC 173-446-100. Program accounts required](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_173_446_100.md)
- [WAC 173-446-105 WAC 173-446-105. Disclosure of corporate associations — Indicia of corporate association](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_173_446_105.md)
- [WAC 173-446-110 WAC 173-446-110. Disclosure of corporate associations — Types of disclosures required](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_173_446_110.md)

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