WA SB6088

Requires publicly owned game farms operated by the Department of Fish and Wildlife to obtain concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) permits from the Department of Ecology, or follow equivalent general permit requirements

Responds to 2024-2025 groundwater monitoring in Lewis County's Fords Prairie area that found nitrate levels exceeding federal limits in private drinking water wells, with the Bob Oke game farm confirmed as a contributing source

Facilities with more than 5,000 game birds at any time must be treated as large CAFOs subject to the most protective water quality standards

Permit holders must prepare and implement manure pollution prevention plans including runoff controls, land application limits, dead animal management protocols, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements

Applies the same enforcement authority and remedies to publicly owned facilities as currently apply to private concentrated animal feeding operations