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WA Rev Code § 70A.515.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.515 - Architectural Paint Stewardship Program.|70A.515.050 - Paint stewardship program plan—Collection site procedural manual—Educational and informational materials—Annual administrative fee.

RCW 70A.515.050 Paint stewardship program plan—Collection site procedural manual—Educational and informational materials—Annual administrative fee.(1) Each stewardship organization shall submit a paint stewardship program plan in accordance with RCW 70A.515.040.(2) Each stewardship organization shall develop and distribute a collection site procedural manual to collection sites to help ensure proper management of architectural paints at collection locations.(3) A stewardship organization shall implement the paint stewardship program plan by November 30, 2020, or within six months after approval of a paint stewardship program plan under RCW 70A.515.040, whichever is later.(4) A stewardship organization shall submit an annual report by October 15, 2020, or a later date agreed to by the department, structured to be used as a basis for annual plan review by the department. The report must be based on the requirements outlined in RCW 70A.515.080.(5) A stewardship organization shall work with producers, distributors, paint retailers, and local governments to provide consumers with educational and informational materials describing collection opportunities for leftover paint statewide and promotion of waste prevention, reuse, and recycling of leftover paint.(6) A stewardship organization shall pay an annual administrative fee, described in RCW 70A.515.060, in an amount sufficient to cover only the department's cost of administering and enforcing a paint stewardship program established under this chapter.[ 2020 c 20 § 1460; 2019 c 344 § 5. Formerly RCW 70.375.050.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.515.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.515 - Architectural Paint Stewardship Program.|70A.515.070 - Required participation in an approved stewardship plan—Information regarding available end-of-life paint management options.

RCW 70A.515.070 Required participation in an approved stewardship plan—Information regarding available end-of-life paint management options.(1) A producer or paint retailer may not sell or offer for sale to any person in the state architectural paint unless the producer or brand of architectural paint is participating in an approved stewardship plan under this chapter. A retailer complies with the requirements of this section if, on the date the architectural paint was ordered from the producer or its agent, the producer of the paint was listed on the department's website as a producer participating in an approved paint stewardship program plan. However, a retailer may sell any paint purchased prior to July 28, 2019.(2) A distributor or a paint retailer that distributes or sells architectural paint shall monitor the department's website to determine if the sale of a producer's architectural paint is in compliance with this chapter.(3) At the time of sale to a consumer, a producer, a stewardship organization, or a paint retailer selling or offering architectural paint for sale in Washington shall provide the consumer with information regarding available end-of-life management options for leftover architectural paint collected through a paint stewardship program.(4) Neither a paint retailer, nor any other retailer, is required to serve as a leftover paint collection facility.(5) No fee may be charged at the time of delivery of leftover paint to a collection site.[ 2019 c 344 § 7. Formerly RCW 70.375.070.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.515.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.515 - Architectural Paint Stewardship Program.|70A.515.090 - Immunity from certain state laws.

RCW 70A.515.090 Immunity from certain state laws.Producers or stewardship organizations acting on behalf of producers that prepare, submit, and implement a paint stewardship program plan pursuant to RCW 70A.515.040 and thereby are subject to regulation by the department are granted immunity from state laws relating to antitrust, restraint of trade, unfair trade practices, and other regulation of trade and commerce, for the limited purpose of planning, reporting, and operating a paint stewardship program and proposing and establishing the architectural paint stewardship assessment required in RCW 70A.515.040(1) (c) and (d).[ 2020 c 20 § 1463; 2019 c 344 § 9. Formerly RCW 70.375.090.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.515.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.515 - Architectural Paint Stewardship Program.|70A.515.100 - Paint product stewardship account.

RCW 70A.515.100 Paint product stewardship account.The paint product stewardship account is created in the state treasury. All receipts received by the department from stewardship organizations must be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used by the department only for administering and enforcing paint stewardship programs.[ 2019 c 344 § 10. Formerly RCW 70.375.100.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.515.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.515 - Architectural Paint Stewardship Program.|70A.515.110 - Chapter void if federal law establishes a national program.

RCW 70A.515.110 Chapter void if federal law establishes a national program.This chapter is void if a federal law, or a combination of federal laws, takes effect that establishes a national program for the collection and recycling of architectural paint that substantially meets the intent of this chapter, including the creation of a funding mechanism for collection, transportation, recycling, and proper disposal of all architectural paint in the United States.[ 2019 c 344 § 11. Formerly RCW 70.375.110.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.515.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.515 - Architectural Paint Stewardship Program.|70A.515.120 - Authority of utilities and transportation commission.

RCW 70A.515.120 Authority of utilities and transportation commission.Nothing in this chapter changes or limits the authority of the Washington utilities and transportation commission to regulate collection of solid waste, including curbside collection of residential recyclable materials, nor does this chapter change or limit the authority of a city or town to provide the service itself or by contract under RCW 81.77.020.[ 2019 c 344 § 12. Formerly RCW 70.375.120.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.515.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.515 - Architectural Paint Stewardship Program.|70A.515.130 - Protection of certain records from public inspection.

RCW 70A.515.130 Protection of certain records from public inspection.(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, records, subject to chapter 42.56 RCW, filed with the department from any person that contain valuable commercial information, including trade secrets, confidential marketing, cost, or financial information, or customer-specific usage information, are not subject to inspection or copying under chapter 42.56 RCW. When providing information to the department, a person shall designate which records or portions of records contain valuable commercial information.(2) Upon receipt of a request to disclose valuable commercial information submitted under this chapter, the department must provide notice to the person or persons whose information is subject to possible inspection or copying under chapter 42.56 RCW.(3) Upon the notice provided under subsection (2) of this section of the possible inspection or copying of valuable commercial information pursuant to chapter 42.56 RCW, a person may petition the superior court for an order protecting the records as confidential. The superior court must determine that the records are confidential and are not subject to inspection or copying if disclosure would result in private loss, including an unfair competitive disadvantage. If a person does not obtain an order protecting submitted records as confidential within ten days of receiving a notice from the department under subsection (2) of this section, the department may make the records available for public inspection and copying pursuant to chapter 42.56 RCW.[ 2019 c 344 § 13. Formerly RCW 70.375.130.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.520.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.520 - Plastic Packaging—Evaluation and Assessment.|70A.520.010 - Findings—Intent.

RCW 70A.520.010 Findings—Intent. (Expires July 1, 2029.)(1) The legislature finds that:(a) Convenient and environmentally sound product stewardship programs that include collecting, transporting, and reuse, recycling, or the proper end-of-life management of unwanted products help protect Washington's environment and the health of state residents;(b) Unwanted products should be managed where priority is placed on prevention, waste reduction, source reduction, recycling, and reuse over energy recovery and landfill disposal; and(c) Producers of plastic packaging should consider the design and management of their packaging in a manner that ensures minimal environmental impact. Producers of plastic packaging should be involved from design concept to end-of-life management to incentivize innovation and research to minimize environmental impacts.(2) Additionally, the legislature finds that, through design and innovation, industry should strive to achieve the goals of recycling one hundred percent of packaging, using at least twenty percent postconsumer recycled content in packaging, and reducing plastic packaging when possible to optimize the use to meet the need.(3) The legislature intends that the department, through a consultative process with industry and consumer interest, develop options to reduce plastic packaging in the waste stream for implementation by January 1, 2022.[ 2019 c 460 § 1. Formerly RCW 70.380.010.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.520.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.520 - Plastic Packaging—Evaluation and Assessment.|70A.520.020 - Definitions.

RCW 70A.520.020 Definitions. (Expires July 1, 2029.)The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Brand" means a name, symbol, word, or mark that identifies a product, rather than its components, and attributes the covered product to the owner of the brand as the producer.(2) "Department" means the department of ecology.(3) "Producer" means a person who has legal ownership of the brand, brand name, or cobrand of plastic packaging sold in or into Washington state.(4) "Recycling" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 70A.205.015.(5) "Stakeholder" means a person who may have an interest in or be affected by the management of plastic packaging.[ 2020 c 20 § 1464; 2019 c 460 § 2. Formerly RCW 70.380.020.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.520.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.520 - Plastic Packaging—Evaluation and Assessment.|70A.520.900 - Expiration date.

RCW 70A.520.900 Expiration date.This chapter expires July 1, 2029.[ 2019 c 460 § 4. Formerly RCW 70.380.900.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.525.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.525 - Disposable Wipes Products—Labeling Standards.|70A.525.005 - Finding.

RCW 70A.525.005 Finding. (Effective July 1, 2022.)The legislature finds that creating labeling standards for disposable wipes products will protect public health, the environment, water quality, and public infrastructure used for the collection, transport, and treatment of wastewater. It is not the intent of the legislature to address standards for flushability with this chapter.[ 2020 c 121 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.525.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.525 - Disposable Wipes Products—Labeling Standards.|70A.525.010 - Definitions.

RCW 70A.525.010 Definitions. (Effective July 1, 2022.)The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Covered entity" means a manufacturer of a covered product and a wholesaler, supplier, or retailer that has contractually undertaken responsibility to the manufacturer for the "do not flush" labeling of a covered product.(2) "Covered product" means a nonflushable nonwoven disposable wipe that is a premoistened wipe constructed from nonwoven sheets and designed and marketed for diapering, personal hygiene, or household hard surface cleaning purposes. A nonflushable nonwoven disposable wipe excludes any wipe product designed or marketed for cleaning or medicating the anorectal or vaginal areas on the human body and labeled "flushable," "sewer safe," "septic safe," or otherwise indicating that the product is appropriate for disposal in a toilet including, but not limited to, premoistened toilet tissue.(3) "Label" means to represent by statement, word, picture, design, or emblem on a covered product package.(4) "Principal display panel" means the side of a product package that is most likely to be displayed, presented, or shown under customary conditions of display for retail sale. The term is further defined as follows:(a) In the case of a cylindrical or nearly cylindrical package, the surface area of the principal display panel constitutes forty percent of the product package, as measured by multiplying the height of the container times the circumference.(b) In the case of a flexible film package, in which a rectangular prism or nearly rectangular prism stack of wipes is housed within the film, the surface area of the principal display panel constitutes the length times the width of the side of the package when the flexible packaging film is pressed flat against the stack of wipes on all sides of the stack.[ 2020 c 121 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.525.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.525 - Disposable Wipes Products—Labeling Standards.|70A.525.020 - Labeling requirements.

RCW 70A.525.020 Labeling requirements. (Effective July 1, 2022.)A covered entity must clearly and conspicuously label a covered product as "do not flush" as follows:(1) Use the "do not flush" symbol, or a gender equivalent thereof, described in the INDA/EDANA code of practice 2 (COP2, as published in "Guidelines for Assessing the Flushability of Disposable Nonwoven Products," Edition 4, May 2018, by INDA/EDANA);(2) Place the symbol on the principal display panel in a prominent and reasonably visible location on the package which, in the case of packaging intended to dispense individual wipes, is permanently affixed in a location that is visible to a person each time a wipe is dispensed from the package;(3) Size the symbol to cover at least two percent of the surface area of the principal display panel on which the symbol is presented;(4) Ensure the symbol is not obscured by packaging seams, folds, or other package design elements;(5) Ensure the symbol has sufficiently high contrast with the immediate background of the packaging to render it likely to be read by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use. In the case of a printed symbol, "high contrast" is defined as follows:(a) Provided with either a light symbol on a dark background or a dark symbol on a light background; and(b) A minimum level or percentage of contrast between the symbol artwork and the background of at least seventy percent. Contrast in percent is determined by:(i) Contrast = (B1 - B2) x 100 / B1; and(ii) Where B1 = light reflectance value of the lighter area and B2 = light reflectance value of the darker area; and(6) Beginning January 1, 2023, no package or box containing a covered product manufactured on or before July 1, 2022, may be offered for distribution or sale in the state.[ 2020 c 121 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.525.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.525 - Disposable Wipes Products—Labeling Standards.|70A.525.030 - Documentation demonstrating compliance with chapter.

RCW 70A.525.030 Documentation demonstrating compliance with chapter. (Effective July 1, 2022.)Upon a request by a city or a county, a covered entity must submit to the requesting entity, within ninety days of the request, nonconfidential business information and documentation demonstrating compliance with this chapter, in a format that is easy to understand.[ 2020 c 121 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.525.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.525 - Disposable Wipes Products—Labeling Standards.|70A.525.040 - Enforcement of chapter—Civil penalties.

RCW 70A.525.040 Enforcement of chapter—Civil penalties. (Effective July 1, 2022.)(1) Cities and counties have concurrent and exclusive authority to enforce this chapter and to collect civil penalties for a violation of this chapter, subject to the conditions in this section. An enforcing government entity may impose a civil penalty in the amount of up to two thousand dollars for the first violation of this chapter, up to five thousand dollars for the second violation of this chapter, and up to ten thousand dollars for the third and any subsequent violation of this chapter. If a covered entity has paid a prior penalty for the same violation to a different government entity with enforcement authority under this subsection, the penalty imposed by a government entity is reduced by the amount of the payment.(2) Any civil penalties collected pursuant to this section must be paid to the enforcing governmental entity that brought the action.(3) The remedies provided by this section are not exclusive and are in addition to the remedies that may be available pursuant to chapter 19.86 RCW or other consumer protection laws, if applicable.(4) In addition to penalties recovered under this section, the enforcing government entity may recover reasonable enforcement costs and attorneys' fees from the liable covered entity.[ 2020 c 121 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.525.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.525 - Disposable Wipes Products—Labeling Standards.|70A.525.050 - Violation of chapter—Written notice—First and subsequent penalties.

RCW 70A.525.050 Violation of chapter—Written notice—First and subsequent penalties. (Effective July 1, 2022.)Covered entities that violate the requirements of this chapter are subject to civil penalties described in RCW 70A.525.040. A specific violation is deemed to have occurred upon the sale of a noncompliant product package. The repeated sale of the same noncompliant product package is considered part of the same, single violation. A city or county must send a written notice of an alleged violation and a copy of the requirements of this chapter to a noncompliant covered entity, which will have ninety days to become compliant. A city or county may assess a first penalty if the covered entity has not met the requirements of this chapter ninety days following the date the notification was sent. A city or county may impose a second, third, and subsequent penalties on a covered entity that remains noncompliant with the requirements of this chapter for every month of noncompliance.[ 2020 c 121 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.525.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.525 - Disposable Wipes Products—Labeling Standards.|70A.525.900 - Effective date—2020 c 121.

RCW 70A.525.900 Effective date—2020 c 121.This act takes effect July 1, 2022.[ 2020 c 121 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.525.901 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.525 - Disposable Wipes Products—Labeling Standards.|70A.525.901 - Application to certain products—July 1, 2023.

RCW 70A.525.901 Application to certain products—July 1, 2023. (Effective July 1, 2022.)For a covered product required to be registered by the United States environmental protection agency under the federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 136 et seq. (1996)), chapter 121, Laws of 2020 applies beginning July 1, 2023.[ 2020 c 121 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.525.902 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.525 - Disposable Wipes Products—Labeling Standards.|70A.525.902 - Preemption by chapter.

RCW 70A.525.902 Preemption by chapter. (Effective July 1, 2022.)This chapter preempts all existing or future laws enacted by a county, city, town, or other political subdivision of the state regarding the labeling of a covered product. Nothing in this section is intended to preempt the enforcement authority of a city or county as provided under RCW 70A.525.040 and 70A.525.050.[ 2020 c 121 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.530.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.530 - Carryout Bags.|70A.530.010 - Definitions.

RCW 70A.530.010 Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Carryout bag" means any bag that is provided by a retail establishment at home delivery, the check stand, cash register, point of sale, or other point of departure to a customer for use to transport or carry away purchases.(2) "Compliant paper carryout bag" means a paper carryout bag provided by a retail establishment to a customer that meets the requirements in RCW 70A.530.020(6)(a).(3) "Department" means the department of ecology.(4) "Nonwood renewable fiber" means plant-based fiber derived from wheat straw grown in North America.(5) "Pass-through charge" means a charge to be collected and retained by retail establishments from their customers when providing compliant paper carryout bags and reusable carryout bags made of film plastic.(6) "Retail establishment" means any person, corporation, partnership, business, facility, vendor, organization, or individual that sells or provides food, merchandise, goods, or materials directly to a customer including home delivery, temporary stores, or vendors at farmers markets, street fairs, and festivals.(7) "Reusable carryout bag" means a carryout bag made of cloth or other durable material with handles that is specifically designed and manufactured for long-term multiple reuse and meets the requirements of RCW 70A.530.020(6)(b).(8) "Single-use plastic carryout bag" means any carryout bag that is made from plastic that is designed and suitable only to be used once and disposed.[ 2021 c 33 § 1; 2020 c 138 § 2.]NOTES:Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).Application of RCW 82.32.805 and 82.32.808—2020 c 138: See note following RCW 70A.530.005.
WA Rev Code § 70A.530.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.530 - Carryout Bags.|70A.530.030 - Payment for any portion of pass-through charge—Violation of RCW 70A.530.020.

RCW 70A.530.030 Payment for any portion of pass-through charge—Violation of RCW 70A.530.020.It is a violation of RCW 70A.530.020 for any retail establishment to pay or otherwise reimburse a customer for any portion of the pass-through charge; provided that retail establishments may not collect a pass-through charge from anyone using a voucher or electronic benefits card issued under the women, infants, and children (WIC) or temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) support programs, or the federal supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, also known as basic food), or the Washington state food assistance program (FAP).[ 2020 c 138 § 4.]NOTES:Application of RCW 82.32.805 and 82.32.808—2020 c 138: See note following RCW 70A.530.005.