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WA Rev Code § 70A.345.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.345 - Underground Storage Tank Revolving Loan and Grant Program.|70A.345.030 - Program established—Purpose—Maximum amount of loans and grants.

RCW 70A.345.030 Program established—Purpose—Maximum amount of loans and grants. (Expires July 1, 2030.)(1) The agency shall establish an underground storage tank revolving loan and grant program to provide loans or grants to owners or operators to:(a) Conduct remedial actions in accordance with chapter 70A.305 RCW, including investigations and cleanups of any release or threatened release of a hazardous substance at or affecting an underground storage tank facility, provided that at least one of the releases or threatened releases involves petroleum;(b) Upgrade, replace, or permanently close a petroleum underground storage tank system in accordance with chapter 70A.355 RCW or subtitle I of the solid waste disposal act (42 U.S.C., chapter 82, subchapter IX), as applicable;(c) Install new infrastructure or retrofit existing infrastructure at an underground storage tank facility for dispensing or using renewable or alternative energy for motor vehicles, including electric vehicle charging stations, when conducted in conjunction with either (a) or (b) of this subsection;(d) Install and subsequently remove a temporary petroleum aboveground storage tank system in compliance with applicable laws, when conducted in conjunction with either (a) or (b) of this subsection;(e) Conduct remedial actions in accordance with chapter 70A.305 RCW, including investigation and cleanup of any release or threatened releases of petroleum from a heating oil tank; or(f) Prevent future releases by upgrading, replacing, decommissioning, or removing a heating oil tank.(2) The maximum amount that may be loaned or granted under this program to an owner or operator for a single underground storage tank facility is two million dollars and for a single heating oil tank seventy-five thousand dollars.[ 2021 c 65 § 75. Prior: 2020 c 310 § 6; 2020 c 20 § 1436; 2016 c 161 § 3. Formerly RCW 70.340.030.]NOTES:Explanatory statement—2021 c 65: See note following RCW 53.54.030.Effective date—2016 c 161 §§ 1-13: See note following RCW 70A.345.010.
WA Rev Code § 70A.345.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.345 - Underground Storage Tank Revolving Loan and Grant Program.|70A.345.040 - Use of funds—Restrictions.

RCW 70A.345.040 Use of funds—Restrictions. (Expires July 1, 2030.)(1) A recipient of a loan or grant may not use these funds to conduct remedial actions of a release or threatened release from a petroleum underground storage tank system requiring financial assurances under chapter 70A.355 RCW or subtitle I of the solid waste disposal act (42 U.S.C., chapter 82, subchapter IX) unless the owner or operator:(a) Agrees to first expend all moneys available under the required financial assurances;(b) Demonstrates that all moneys available under the required financial assurances have been expended; or(c) Demonstrates that a claim has been made under the required financial assurances and the claim has been rejected by the provider.(2) A recipient must use a loan or grant for a project that develops and acquires assets that have a useful life of at least thirteen years.[ 2020 c 20 § 1437; 2016 c 161 § 4. Formerly RCW 70.340.040.]NOTES:Effective date—2016 c 161 §§ 1-13: See note following RCW 70A.345.010.
WA Rev Code § 70A.345.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.345 - Underground Storage Tank Revolving Loan and Grant Program.|70A.345.050 - Program administration—Loan origination fees.

RCW 70A.345.050 Program administration—Loan origination fees. (Expires July 1, 2030.)The agency shall partner and enter into a memorandum of agreement with the department of health to implement the revolving loan and grant program.(1) The agency shall approve recipients for loans and grants, structure funding offers to protect applicants with limited economic resources, and manage the work conducted under RCW 70A.345.030(1).(2) The department of health shall administer the loans and grants to qualified recipients as determined by the agency.(3) The department of health may collect, from persons requesting financial assistance, loan origination fees to cover costs incurred by the department of health in operating the financial assistance program.(4) The agency may use the moneys in the pollution liability insurance agency underground storage tank revolving account to fund the department of health's operating costs for the program.[ 2020 c 310 § 7; 2020 c 20 § 1438; 2016 c 161 § 5. Formerly RCW 70.340.050.]NOTES:Reviser's note: This section was amended by 2020 c 20 § 1438 and by 2020 c 310 § 7, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).Effective date—2016 c 161 §§ 1-13: See note following RCW 70A.345.010.
WA Rev Code § 70A.345.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.345 - Underground Storage Tank Revolving Loan and Grant Program.|70A.345.060 - Remedial actions—Release or threatened release of hazardous substance.

RCW 70A.345.060 Remedial actions—Release or threatened release of hazardous substance. (Expires July 1, 2030.)(1) The agency may conduct remedial actions and investigate or clean up a release or threatened release of a hazardous substance at or affecting an underground storage tank facility if the following conditions are met:(a) The owner or operator received a loan or grant for the underground storage tank facility under the revolving program created in this chapter for two million dollars or less;(b) The remedial actions are conducted in accordance with the rules adopted under chapter 70A.305 RCW;(c) The owner of real property subject to the remedial actions provides consent for the agency to:(i) Recover the remedial action costs from the owner; and(ii) Enter upon the real property to conduct remedial actions limited to those authorized by the owner or operator. Remedial actions must be focused on maintaining the economic vitality of the property. The agency or the agency's authorized representatives shall give reasonable notice before entering property unless an emergency prevents the notice; and(d) The owner of the underground storage tank facility consents to the agency filing a lien on the underground storage tank facility to recover the agency's remedial action costs.(2) The agency may conduct the remedial actions authorized under subsection (1) of this section using the moneys in the pollution liability insurance agency underground storage tank revolving account, as required under RCW 70A.345.050. However, for any remedial action where the owner or operator has received a loan or grant, the agency may not expend more than the difference between the amount loaned or granted and two million dollars.[ 2020 c 310 § 8; 2020 c 20 § 1439; 2016 c 161 § 6. Formerly RCW 70.340.060.]NOTES:Reviser's note: This section was amended by 2020 c 20 § 1439 and by 2020 c 310 § 8, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).Effective date—2016 c 161 §§ 1-13: See note following RCW 70A.345.010.
WA Rev Code § 70A.345.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.345 - Underground Storage Tank Revolving Loan and Grant Program.|70A.345.080 - Pollution liability insurance agency underground storage tank revolving account.

RCW 70A.345.080 Pollution liability insurance agency underground storage tank revolving account. (Expires July 1, 2030.)(1) The pollution liability insurance agency underground storage tank revolving account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from sources identified under subsection (2) of this section must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only for items identified under subsection (3) of this section.(2) The following receipts must be deposited into the account:(a) All moneys appropriated by the legislature to pay for the agency's operating costs to carry out the purposes of this chapter;(b) All moneys appropriated by the legislature to provide loans and grants under RCW 70A.345.030;(c) Any repayment of loans provided under RCW 70A.345.030;(d) All moneys appropriated by the legislature to conduct remedial actions under RCW 70A.345.060;(e) Any recovery of the costs of remedial actions conducted under RCW 70A.345.060;(f) Any grants provided by the federal government to the agency to achieve the purposes of this chapter; and(g) Any other deposits made from a public or private entity to achieve the purposes of this chapter.(3) Moneys in the account may be used by the agency only to carry out the purposes of this chapter including, but not limited to:(a) The costs of the agency and department of health to carry out the purposes of this chapter;(b) Loans and grants under RCW 70A.345.030;(c) Remedial actions under RCW 70A.345.060; and(d) State match requirements for grants provided to the agency by the federal government.[ 2020 c 20 § 1440; 2016 c 161 § 8. Formerly RCW 70.340.080.]NOTES:Effective date—2016 c 161 §§ 1-13: See note following RCW 70A.345.010.
WA Rev Code § 70A.345.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.345 - Underground Storage Tank Revolving Loan and Grant Program.|70A.345.090 - Report on agency activities.

RCW 70A.345.090 Report on agency activities. (Expires July 1, 2030.)By September 1st of each even-numbered year, the agency must provide the office of financial management and the appropriate legislative committees a report on the agency's activities supported by expenditures from the pollution liability insurance agency underground storage tank revolving account. The report must at a minimum include:(1) The amount of money the legislature appropriated from the pollution liability insurance agency underground storage tank revolving account under RCW 70A.345.080 during the last biennium;(2) For the previous biennium, the total number of loans and grants, the amounts loaned or granted, sites cleaned up, petroleum underground storage tank systems or heating oil tanks upgraded, replaced, or permanently closed, and jobs preserved;(3) For each loan and grant awarded during the previous biennium, the name of the recipient, the location of the underground storage tank facility, a description of the project and its status, the amount loaned, and the amount repaid. For loans and grants awarded for heating oil tanks, only the general location, status, amount loaned, and the amount repaid must be provided;(4) For each underground storage tank facility where the agency conducted remedial actions under RCW 70A.345.060 during the previous biennium, the name and location of the site, the amount of money used to conduct the remedial actions, the status of remedial actions, whether liens were filed against the underground storage tank facility under RCW 70A.345.070, and the amount of money recovered; and(5) The operating costs of the agency and department of health to carry out the purposes of this chapter during the last biennium.[ 2020 c 310 § 9; 2020 c 20 § 1441; 2016 c 161 § 9. Formerly RCW 70.340.090.]NOTES:Reviser's note: This section was amended by 2020 c 20 § 1441 and by 2020 c 310 § 9, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).Effective date—2016 c 161 §§ 1-13: See note following RCW 70A.345.010.
WA Rev Code § 70A.345.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.345 - Underground Storage Tank Revolving Loan and Grant Program.|70A.345.100 - Adoption of rules—Memorandum of agreement—Interpretative guidance.

RCW 70A.345.100 Adoption of rules—Memorandum of agreement—Interpretative guidance. (Expires July 1, 2030.)The agency must adopt rules under chapter 34.05 RCW necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. To accelerate remedial actions, the agency shall enter into a memorandum of agreement with the department of health under RCW 70A.345.050 within one year of July 1, 2016. To ensure the adoption of rules will not delay the award of a loan or grant, the agency may implement the underground storage tank revolving program through interpretative guidance pending adoption of rules.[ 2020 c 20 § 1442; 2016 c 161 § 10. Formerly RCW 70.340.100.]NOTES:Effective date—2016 c 161 §§ 1-13: See note following RCW 70A.345.010.
WA Rev Code § 70A.345.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.345 - Underground Storage Tank Revolving Loan and Grant Program.|70A.345.110 - Civil liability of state.

RCW 70A.345.110 Civil liability of state. (Expires July 1, 2030.)Officers, employees, and authorized representatives of the agency and the department of health, and the state of Washington are immune from civil liability and no cause of action of any nature may arise from any act or omission in exercising powers and duties under this chapter.[ 2016 c 161 § 11. Formerly RCW 70.340.110.]NOTES:Effective date—2016 c 161 §§ 1-13: See note following RCW 70A.345.010.
WA Rev Code § 70A.345.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.345 - Underground Storage Tank Revolving Loan and Grant Program.|70A.345.120 - Applicability of chapter—Authority of the department of ecology.

RCW 70A.345.120 Applicability of chapter—Authority of the department of ecology. (Expires July 1, 2030.)Nothing in this chapter limits the authority of the department of ecology under chapter 70A.305 RCW.[ 2020 c 20 § 1443; 2016 c 161 § 12. Formerly RCW 70.340.120.]NOTES:Effective date—2016 c 161 §§ 1-13: See note following RCW 70A.345.010.
WA Rev Code § 70A.345.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.345 - Underground Storage Tank Revolving Loan and Grant Program.|70A.345.900 - Expiration date—Savings clause—Reversion of revolving account funds.

RCW 70A.345.900 Expiration date—Savings clause—Reversion of revolving account funds.(1) RCW 70A.345.010 through 70A.345.120 expire July 1, 2030.(2) The expiration of RCW 70A.345.010 through 70A.345.120 does not terminate any of the following rights, obligations, authorities or any provision necessary to carry out:(a) The repayment of loans due and payable to the lender or the state of Washington;(b) The resolution of any cost recovery action or the initiation of any action or other collection process to recover defaulted loan moneys due to the state of Washington; and(c) The resolution of any action or the initiation of any action to recover the agency's remedial actions costs under RCW 70A.345.070.(3) On July 1, 2030, the pollution liability insurance agency underground storage tank revolving account and all moneys due that account revert to, and accrue to the benefit of, the department of health.[ 2020 c 20 § 1445; 2016 c 161 § 13. Formerly RCW 70.340.900.]NOTES:Effective date—2016 c 161 §§ 1-13: See note following RCW 70A.345.010.
WA Rev Code § 70A.350.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.350 - Toxic Pollution.|70A.350.020 - Report to the legislature—Priority chemicals.

RCW 70A.350.020 Report to the legislature—Priority chemicals.Every five years, and consistent with the timeline established in RCW 70A.350.050, the department, in consultation with the department of health, must report to the appropriate committees of the legislature its decision to designate at least five priority chemicals that meet at least one of the following:(1) The chemical or a member of a class of chemicals are identified by the department as a:(a) High priority chemical of high concern for children under chapter 70A.430 RCW; or(b) Persistent, bioaccumulative toxin under chapter 70A.300 RCW;(2) The chemical or members of a class of chemicals are regulated:(a) In consumer products under chapter 70A.430, 70A.405, 70A.222, 70A.335, 70A.340, 70A.230, or 70A.400 RCW; or(b) As a hazardous substance under chapter 70A.300 or 70A.305 RCW; or(3) The department determines the chemical or members of a class of chemicals are a concern for sensitive populations and sensitive species after considering the following factors:(a) A chemical's or members of a class of chemicals' hazard traits or environmental or toxicological endpoints;(b) A chemical's or members of a class of chemicals' aggregate effects;(c) A chemical's or members of a class of chemicals' cumulative effects with other chemicals with the same or similar hazard traits or environmental or toxicological endpoints;(d) A chemical's or members of a class of chemicals' environmental fate;(e) The potential for a chemical or members of a class of chemicals to degrade, form reaction products, or metabolize into another chemical or a chemical that exhibits one or more hazard traits or environmental or toxicological endpoints, or both;(f) The potential for the chemical or class of chemicals to contribute to or cause adverse health or environmental impacts;(g) The chemical's or class of chemicals' potential impact on sensitive populations, sensitive species, or environmentally sensitive habitats;(h) Potential exposures to the chemical or members of a class of chemicals based on:(i) Reliable information regarding potential exposures to the chemical or members of a class of chemicals; and(ii) Reliable information demonstrating occurrence, or potential occurrence, of multiple exposures to the chemical or members of a class of chemicals.[ 2020 c 20 § 1452; 2019 c 292 § 2. Formerly RCW 70.365.020.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.350.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.350 - Toxic Pollution.|70A.350.040 - Regulatory actions—Report to the legislature—Authority to restrict or prohibit priority chemicals.

RCW 70A.350.040 Regulatory actions—Report to the legislature—Authority to restrict or prohibit priority chemicals.(1) Every five years, and consistent with the timeline established in RCW 70A.350.050, the department, in consultation with the department of health, must determine regulatory actions to increase transparency and to reduce the use of priority chemicals in priority consumer products. The department must submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature at the time that it determines regulatory actions. The department may:(a) Determine that no regulatory action is currently required;(b) Require a manufacturer to provide notice of the use of a priority chemical or class of priority chemicals consistent with RCW 70A.430.060; or(c) Restrict or prohibit the manufacture, wholesale, distribution, sale, retail sale, or use, or any combination thereof, of a priority chemical or class of priority chemicals in a consumer product.(2)(a) The department may order a manufacturer to submit information consistent with RCW 70A.350.030(4).(b) The department may require a manufacturer to provide:(i) A list of products containing priority chemicals;(ii) Product ingredients;(iii) Information regarding exposure and chemical hazard; and(iv) A description of the amount and the function of the high priority chemical in the product.(3) The department may restrict or prohibit a priority chemical or members of a class of priority chemicals in a priority consumer product when it determines:(a) Safer alternatives are feasible and available; and(b)(i) The restriction will reduce a significant source of or use of a priority chemical; or(ii) The restriction is necessary to protect the health of sensitive populations or sensitive species.(4) When determining regulatory actions under this section, the department may consider, in addition to the criteria pertaining to the selection of priority chemicals and priority consumer products that are specified in RCW 70A.350.020 and 70A.350.030, whether:(a) The priority chemical or members of a class of priority chemicals are functionally necessary in the priority consumer product; and(b) A restriction would be consistent with regulatory actions taken by another state or nation on a priority chemical or members of a class of priority chemicals in a product.(5) A restriction or prohibition on a priority chemical in a consumer product may include exemptions or exceptions, including exemptions to address existing stock of a product in commerce at the time that a restriction takes effect.[ 2020 c 20 § 1454; 2019 c 292 § 4. Formerly RCW 70.365.040.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.350.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.350 - Toxic Pollution.|70A.350.060 - Confidentiality of information and records.

RCW 70A.350.060 Confidentiality of information and records.(1) A manufacturer that submits information or records to the department under this chapter may request that the information or records be made available only for the confidential use of the department, the director, or the appropriate division of the department. The director shall give consideration to the request and if this action is not detrimental to the public interest and is otherwise within accord with the policies and purposes of chapter 43.21A RCW, the director must grant the request for the information to remain confidential as authorized in RCW 43.21A.160. Under the procedures established under RCW 43.21A.160, the director must keep confidential any records furnished by a manufacturer under this chapter that relate to proprietary manufacturing processes or chemical formulations used in products or processes.(2) For records or other information furnished to the department by a federal agency on the condition that the information be afforded the same confidentiality protections as under federal law, the director may determine that the information or records be available only for the confidential use of the director, the department, or the appropriate division of the department. All such records and information are exempt from public disclosure. The director is authorized to enter into an agreement with the federal agency furnishing the records or information to ensure the confidentiality of the records or information.[ 2019 c 292 § 6. Formerly RCW 70.365.060.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.350.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.350 - Toxic Pollution.|70A.350.070 - Penalty.

RCW 70A.350.070 Penalty.(1) A manufacturer violating a requirement of this chapter, a rule adopted under this chapter, or an order issued under this chapter, is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars for each violation in the case of a first offense. Manufacturers who are repeat violators are subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars for each repeat offense.(2) Any penalty provided for in this section, and any order issued by the department under this chapter, may be appealed to the pollution control hearings board.(3) All penalties collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the model toxics control operating account created in RCW 70A.305.180.[ 2020 c 20 § 1456; 2019 c 292 § 7. Formerly RCW 70.365.070.]