Section 18.76.010. Participation in statewide avalanche warning system.

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The Department of Public Safety, acting in cooperation with a municipality or with an agency of the federal government, shall participate in the development and implementation of a statewide avalanche warning system and shall represent the state in the operation of that system.  The statewide system shall
        (1) establish and maintain a service center and primary and supplementary field stations to gather information and data concerning ground weather conditions, snow pack, and avalanche activity;
        (2) forecast snow avalanche conditions throughout the state;
        (3) coordinate a public awareness program on avalanche danger;
        (4) catalog a comprehensive atlas of avalanche paths and slide occurrences; and
        (5) assist local governments and state agencies in identifying hazardous avalanche zones and in developing snow avalanche zoning regulations.

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(Sec. 1 ch 119 SLA 1980)

                    
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