RCW 70A.305.070: Timing of review.

The department's investigative and remedial decisions under RCW 70A.305.030 and 70A.305.050 , its decisions regarding filing a lien under RCW 70A.305.060 , and its decisions regarding liable persons under RCW 70A.305.020 , 70A.305.040 , 70A.305.050 , and 70A.305.060 shall be reviewable exclusively in superior court and only at the following times: (1) In a cost recovery suit under RCW 70A.305.050 (3); (2) in a suit by the department to enforce an order or an agreed order, or seek a civil penalty under this chapter; (3) in a suit for reimbursement under RCW 70A.305.050 (2); (4) in a suit by the department to compel investigative or remedial action; (5) in a citizen's suit under RCW 70A.305.050 (5); and (6) in a suit for removal or reduction of a lien under RCW 70A.305.050 (7). Except in suits for reduction or removal of a lien under RCW 70A.305.050 (7), the court shall uphold the department's actions unless they were arbitrary and capricious. In suits for reduction or removal of a lien under RCW 70A.305.050 (7), the court shall review such suits pursuant to the standards set forth in RCW 70A.305.050 (7).