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                                          SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1549

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By House Committee on Environmental Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Lux and Rust)

Read first time 2/7/86 and passed to Committee on Rules.

AN ACT Relating to air pollution; amending RCW 70.94.030; and adding a new section to chapter 70.94 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 3, chapter 232, Laws of 1957 as last amended by section 119, chapter 141, Laws of 1979 and RCW 70.94.030 are each amended to read as follows:

          Unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, the following words and phrases as hereinafter used in this chapter shall have the following meanings:

          (1) "Air contaminant" means dust, fumes, mist, smoke, other particulate matter, vapor, gas, odorous substance,  or any combination thereof, including toxic air contaminants.

          (2) "Toxic air contaminant" means a substance that, because of its toxic, mutagenic, carcinogenic, or reproductive effects, poses a potential threat to human health or the environment.

(3) "Air pollution" is presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more air contaminants in sufficient quantities and of such characteristics and duration as is, or is likely to be, injurious to human health, plant or animal life, or property, or which unreasonably interfere with enjoyment of life and property.

          (((3))) (4) "Person" means and includes an individual, firm, public or private corporation, association, partnership, political subdivision, municipality or government agency.

          (((4))) (5) "Authority" means any air pollution control agency whose jurisdictional boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of one or more counties.

          (((5))) (6) "Board" means the board of directors of an authority.

          (((6))) (7) "Control officer" means the air pollution control officer of any authority.

          (((7))) (8) "State board" means the state air pollution control board, or any department or agency which by law shall succeed to its powers, duties and functions.

          (((8))) (9) "Emission" means a release into the outdoor atmosphere of air contaminants.

          (((9))) (10) "Department" means the state department of social and health services.

          (((10))) (11) "Ambient air" means the surrounding outside air.

          (((11))) (12) "Multicounty authority" means an authority which consists of two or more counties.

          (((12))) (13) "Emission standard" means a limitation on the release of a contaminant or multiple contaminants into the ambient air.

          (((13))) (14) "Air quality standard" means an established concentration, exposure time and frequency of occurrence of a contaminant or multiple contaminants in the ambient air which shall not be exceeded.

          (((14))) (15) "Air quality objective" means the concentration and exposure time of a contaminant or multiple contaminants in the ambient air below which undesirable effects will not occur.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 70.94 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) The department of ecology or activated authority may require any owner or operator of an air contaminant source to submit plans for protecting public health in the case of an emergency or accidental release of toxic air contaminants.

          (2) For the purposes of this section, "air contaminant source" means any facility at which there exists a reasonable danger of emergency or accidental release of toxic air contaminants in quantities likely to constitute a public health hazard.