HB 2436 — Oil tanker escort

Summary

Concerning requirements of oil tankers operating in restricted waters.

Bill Text

Compared against the Revised Code of Washington as published AI-generated reading aid — verify against the official bill.

This bill amends 2 section(s) of the Revised Code of Washington: RCW 88.16.190; RCW 88.16.260.

• RCW 88.16.190

  one hundred twenty-five thousand → s 2 are ea amended to read as follows: (1) Any oil tanker, whether enrolled r registere of greater than ⟦INS⟧125,000 de weight tons shall be prohibited from procee g bey a point ea of a line extending from Discovery Island ght so to New Dun ness light, unless authorized by the United ates t guard, p suant to 33

  amended

• RCW 88.16.260

  one hundred twenty-five thousand equivalent to forty thousand five thousand)) 5,000 and ((forty thousand five thousand forty thousand ten thousand → (2)(a)(i) An oil tanker of ( 40,000 to dw may op ne extending m Island l and all poin in Sound ar the San Juan la nnected Admiralty In , ent that itorial bound es gton, on e escort of a g hat have of 3,000 or of the deadweight tons of escor l tanker, whichever is greater. (ii) Effective September 2020, ollowing may operate in Rosario Strait and connected terways e east only if under the escort of a tug or tugs th have regate shaft horsepower equivalent to at least five ercent e deadweight tons of a 40,000 dea eight t tanker: (A) Oil tankers of betw 40,000 deadweig tons; and (B) b arti ges and towed waterbor vessels or barges t are: o transport oil in bulk ernal to the hull; d (II) 5,000 de ight tons. (iii he requirements of )(ii) o not apply to ssels providing b ering B) do not app to a towed gener cargo y be adjusted suspended by rule the b ners, consiste ith RCW 88.16.260 c). (b) oil tanker, arti ted t borne vessel o arge in ballast when to be under th cort of a tug. (c) tanker assigned deadw 40,000 deadweight ns at s reported Lloyd ovisions of 88.16. initions in s sub e context cl y requ ated tug ba mean hinged or iculat ting to the n of t ker" means a lf-pro sport oil in lk. "O arge tank ve . neral cargo k barg carry cargo deck. ne vessel or rge" m e of traveli on the transporting crud 10,000 --- END ---

  amended

Action History

1. March 16, 2026

   Effective date 6/11/2026.

Sponsors

• (Lekanoff) · Primary

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