WSR 21-23-104

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY

[Filed November 17, 2021, 8:35 a.m.]

This notifies the public that the 60-day comment period for the Washington department of ecology (ecology)'s safer products for Washington program draft report to the legislature on regulatory determinations will begin on November 17, 2021, when this notice is published in the Washington State Register. The comment period will end on January 14, 2022.

The draft report on regulatory determinations is available on the ecology website at https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/publications/summarypages/2104047.html.

Ecology will accept written comments on the draft. Comments must be received by January 14, 2022, to be considered. Submit comments using one of the following methods:

Online: Use the online comment form at https://hwtr.ecology.commentinput.com/?id=HWQc5. Send an email to SaferProductsWA@ecy.wa.gov.

During a public meeting: Register for a public meeting on the stakeholder webpage at https://bit.ly/SaferProductsWA.

By mail: Mail comments to Cheryl Niemi, Department of Ecology, P.O. Box 47600, Olympia, WA 98504-7600. (Mailed comments must be postmarked by January 14, 2022.)

Ecology also started a new rule making to develop chapter 173-337 WAC, Safer products restrictions and reporting, aiming to reduce toxic chemicals in consumer products. See more on the safer products for Washington rule-making webpage https://ecology.wa.gov/SaferProductsRule.

Find more information about the safer products for Washington program on the stakeholder webpage https://bit.ly/SaferProductsWA.

For information, or to request copies of the Draft Report on Regulatory Determinations, contact the safer products for Washington program at Department of Ecology, P.O. Box 47600, Olympia, WA 98504-7600, phone 360-407-6700, emailSaferProductsWA@ecy.wa.gov.

If you require special accommodations or need this public notice in a format for the visually impaired, contact ecology by phone at 360-407-6700 or email at hwtrpubs@ecy.wa.gov. Persons with hearing loss can call 711 for Washington relay service. Persons with a speech disability can call 877-833-6341.