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ORV Noise Solution Project: Final Report
Updated 1/25/07

In 2005, the state Legislature formed an Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Noise Management Task Force to investigate concerns about ORV noise and declining access to places to ride.  Following up on the task force's work, the Legislature passed a bill in 2006 directing the Recreation and Conservation Funding Board (RCFB) to review existing laws regulating ORV noise and provide recommendations on equipment for enforcement, model ordinances, education, and a grant program

To assist with this effort, the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) appointed an advisory committee and hired a consulting firm to research laws in Washington and other states affecting ORV noise, conduct public workshops, develop an online questionnaire, draft a model ordinance, and make recommendations

On January 25-26, 2007 the final report and associated materials were provided to the state's:
  • House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
  • House Capital Budget Committee
  • Senate Consumer Protection and Housing Committee
  • Senate Natural Resources, Ocean, and Recreation Committee
To view these materials, click on the following links:

For further information on the ORV Noise Solutions project, please contact:

Greg Lovelady
Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO)
PO Box 40917
Olympia, WA 98504-0917
360/ 902-3008 ~ 360/ 902-3026 (fax)
Telephone Device for the Deaf (TDD) 360/ 902-1996

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