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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5474

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Agriculture & Environment (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Morton, Snyder and Winsley)

Read first time 02/24/97.

Concerning standards for recycled products.

    AN ACT Relating to recycled products; and amending RCW 43.19A.020.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 43.19A.020 and 1996 c 198 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The USEPA product standards, as now or hereafter amended, are adopted as the minimum standards for the state of Washington.  These standards shall be implemented for at least the products listed in (a) and (b) of this subsection by the dates indicated, unless the director finds that a different standard would significantly increase recycled product availability or competition.

    (a) By July 1, 1997:

    (i) Paper and paper products;

    (ii) Organic recovered materials; and

    (iii) Latex paint products;

    (b) By July 1, 1997:

    (i) Products for lower value uses containing recycled plastics;

    (ii) Retread and remanufactured tires;

    (iii) Lubricating oils;

    (iv) Automotive batteries;

    (v) Building insulation;

    (vi) Panelboard; and

    (vii) Compost products.

    (2) The standards required by this section shall be applied to recycled product purchasing by the department and other state agencies.  The standards may be adopted or applied by any other local government in product procurement.  The standards shall provide for exceptions under appropriate circumstances to allow purchases of recycled products that do not meet the minimum content requirements of the standards, including an exception which shall be granted for printing and writing papers manufactured at any paper mill that:  (a) Is located in a timber impact area, as defined in RCW 43.31.601; and (b) employs fewer than five hundred employees.

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