Court: Commitment To Monitor Nitrogen Pollution Not ‘Rule’ Under Washington Law

(September 18, 2024, 8:44 AM EDT) -- OLYMPIA, Wash. — A commitment from the Washington Department of Ecology in a denial letter to an environmental group to monitor sources of human-introduced nitrogen in Puget Sound is not a “rule” under the Washington Administrative Procedure Act (APA), an en banc Washington Supreme Court found, reversing an appellate court....