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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1136

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By House Committee on Agriculture & Ecology (originally sponsored by Representatives Schoesler, Wood, Ahern, Gombosky, Cox, Grant, Doumit, G. Chandler, Rockefeller, Linville, Schindler, Mulliken, Buck, Mastin, McMorris, Benson and Eickmeyer)

READ FIRST TIME 02/15/01. 

_1      AN ACT Relating to product standards; amending RCW 43.19A.020;

_2  providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

_3  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

_4      Sec. 1.  RCW 43.19A.020 and 1996 c 198 s 1 are each amended to read

_5  as follows:

_6      (1) The ((USEPA)) federal product standards, ((as now or

_7  hereafter amended)) adopted under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6962(e) as it

_8  exists on the effective date of this act, are adopted as the

_9  minimum standards for the state of Washington. These standards

10  shall be implemented for at least the products listed in (((a) and

11  (b) of)) this subsection ((by the dates indicated)), unless the

12  director finds that a different standard would significantly

13  increase recycled product availability or competition.

14      (a) ((By July 1, 1997:

15      (i))) Paper and paper products;

16      (((ii))) (b) Organic recovered materials; ((and

17      (iii))) (c) Latex paint products;

18      (((b) By July 1, 1997:

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_1      (i))) (d) Products for lower value uses containing recycled

_2  plastics;

_3      (((ii))) (e) Retread and remanufactured tires;

_4      (((iii))) (f) Lubricating oils;

_5      (((iv))) (g) Automotive batteries;

_6      (((v))) (h) Building ((insulation)) products and materials;

_7      (((vi))) (i) Panelboard; and

_8      (((vii))) (j) Compost products.

_9      (2) By July 1, 2001, the director shall adopt product standards

10  for strawboard manufactured using as an ingredient straw that is

11  produced as a by-product in the production of cereal grain or turf

12  or grass seed and product standards for products made from

13  strawboard.

14      (3) The standards required by this section shall be applied to

15  recycled product purchasing by the department ((and)), other state

16  agencies, and state postsecondary educational institutions.  The

17  standards may be adopted or applied by any other local government

18  in product procurement.  The standards shall provide for exceptions

19  under appropriate circumstances to allow purchases of recycled

20  products that do not meet the minimum content requirements of the

21  standards.

22      NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  This act is necessary for the immediate

23  preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of

24  the state government and its existing public institutions, and

25  takes effect July 1, 2001.

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