WSR 17-03-053

[Filed January 9, 2017, 2:21 p.m.]

Pursuant to RCW 70.285.050, which phases copper, several other heavy metals, and asbestos out of automobile brake friction materials, the Washington department of ecology is publishing a report to the legislature documenting the recommendations of the brake friction material advisory committee and finding that copper free brake friction materials are available at a cost and quantity to justify a ban on brake friction materials containing more than 0.5 percent copper beginning in 2025.

The brake friction material advisory committee, which consisted of representatives of industry, environmental groups, and safety advocates and government, recommended that Washington state move forward with the publication of a report to the legislature, initiating the process described in RCW 70.285.050 banning automobile brakes containing more than 0.5 percent copper beginning in 2025.

A copy of the report may be found on ecology's better brakes web site http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/hwtr/betterbrakes.html.