Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-337 - Safer products restrictions and reporting › Part A - GENERAL › Section 173-337-025 - Acronyms and definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Unless ecology determines the context requires otherwise, the
				  following definitions apply for the purposes of this chapter.
"Bisphenol"
means a chemical with two phenol
				  rings connected by a single linker atom. The linker atom and phenol rings may
				  have additional substituents.
"Chemical abstracts service registry number"
or
"CAS RN"
means the number assigned for identification of a
				  particular chemical by the chemical abstracts service, a service of the
				  American Chemical Society that indexes and compiles abstracts of worldwide
				  chemical literature called
chemical abstracts
.
"Consumer product"
means any item, including any
				  component parts and packaging, sold for residential or commercial use.
"Ecology"
means the Washington state department
				  of ecology.
"Electronic display"
means a display screen and
				  associated electronics that, as its primary function, displays visual
				  information from wired or wireless sources.
"Environmental justice"
means the term as
				  defined in chapter 70A.02 RCW.
"Existing stock"
means consumer products in
				  commerce at the time a restriction takes effect.
"External enclosures"
means the external part of
				  the finished product that renders inaccessible all or any parts of the
				  equipment that may otherwise present a risk of electric shock, or retards
				  propagation of flame initiated by electrical disturbances occurring within, or
				  both.
"FDA"
means the United States Food and Drug
				  Administration.
"Flame retardant"
means a chemical that is added
				  to or reacted with a material to effectively retard flames. Chemicals used in
				  the product to provide anti-drip function are
not
flame retardants
				  if other chemicals are explicitly used for the purpose of flame
				  retardancy.
"Inaccessible electronic component"
means a part
				  or component of an electronic product that is located inside and entirely
				  enclosed within another material and is
not
capable of coming out
				  of the product or being accessed during any reasonably foreseeable use or abuse
				  of the product.
"Intended for indoor use"
means a product
not
"intended for outdoor use" as defined in this chapter.
"Intended for outdoor use"
means a product
				  designed for use in an outdoor setting and to maintain functionality after
				  exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light, exposure to water, or immersion.
"Intentionally added priority chemical"
or
"intentionally added"
means a chemical that serves an intended
				  function in the final product or in the manufacturing of the product or part of
				  the product. Chemicals present from the use of recycled materials are
not
considered "intentionally added priority chemicals."
"Manufacturer"
means any person, firm,
				  association, partnership, corporation, governmental entity, organization, or
				  joint venture that produces a product or is an importer or domestic distributor
				  of a product sold or offered for sale in or into the state.
"Organohalogen"
means a class of chemicals that
				  includes any chemical containing one or more halogen elements bonded to a
				  carbon.
"Ortho-phthalates"
means synthetic chemical
				  esters of benzenedi-carboxylic acid consisting of two carboxy groups at ortho
				  positions.
"Overburdened community"
means the term as
				  defined in chapter 70A.02 RCW.
"Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances"
or
"PFAS"
means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals
				  containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.
"Phenolic compounds"
means alkylphenol
				  ethoxylates and bisphenols.
"ppm"
means parts per million.
"Previously owned product"
means a priority
				  consumer product owned by an end user or consumer, regardless of whether that
				  end user purchased the product.
"Priority chemical"
means a chemical or chemical
				  class identified by ecology as a priority chemical under chapter 70A.350 RCW,
				  or a chemical or chemical class identified in chapter 70A.350 RCW, or
				  both.
"Priority consumer product"
means a product
				  identified by ecology to be a significant source or use of a priority
				  chemical.
"RCW"
means the Revised Code of
				  Washington.
"Sell"
or
"offering to sell"
includes, but is not limited to, wholesale, online, and retail.
"Sensitive population"
means the term as defined
				  in chapter 70A.350 RCW.
"Thermal paper"
means a paper coated with a
				  material formulated to change color when exposed to heat.
"TMBPF"
means tetramethyl bisphenol F (CAS RN:
				  5384-21-4).
"U.S.C."
means the United States Code.
"WAC"
means the Washington Administrative
				  Code.