SSB 5231 -
By Senator Honeyford
NOT CONSIDERED 05/25/2011
On page 4, after line 38 of the amendment, insert the following:
"(18) "Credible scientific evidence" means scientific information
that is conducted pursuant to widely accepted protocols for quality and
reliability, adheres to standards for good laboratory practices, is
replicable, and peer-reviewed."
On page 7, after line 26 of the amendment, insert the following:
"(11) The department may periodically review and revise the list of
products to be considered for alternatives assessments using additional
information submitted in compliance with RCW 70.240.040 and other
credible scientific evidence.
(12) Any resident of this state or any interested retailer,
distributor, or manufacturer may request that the department remove any
product from the department's list of products to be considered for
alternatives assessments. Upon receiving a request, the department
must decide within one hundred twenty days whether any product will be
removed from the list and notify the party making the request of its
decision. Upon review of credible scientific evidence that a product
does not meet the criteria in subsection (1) of this section, the
product must be removed from the list."
EFFECT: (1) Adds a definition for "credible scientific evidence." (2) Authorizes the department of ecology to periodically review and revise the list of products to be considered for alternatives assessments. (3) Allows any resident or interested retailer, distributor, or manufacturer to request that the department of ecology remove any product from the department's list of products to be considered for alternatives assessments. (4) The department of ecology must decide within one hundred twenty days whether to remove a product from the list based on credible scientific evidence and notify the party making the request.