CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1721

Chapter 268, Laws of 2011

62nd Legislature
2011 Regular Session



STORM WATER POLLUTION--COAL TAR



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/22/11

Passed by the House April 13, 2011
  Yeas 64   Nays 32

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 6, 2011
  Yeas 36   Nays 12


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate		 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1721 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 5, 2011, 10:18 a.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington		 
FILED
May 6, 2011







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1721
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2011 Regular Session
State of Washington62nd Legislature2011 Regular Session

By House Environment (originally sponsored by Representatives Frockt, Kenney, Roberts, Fitzgibbon, and Stanford)

READ FIRST TIME 02/17/11.   



     AN ACT Relating to preventing storm water pollution from coal tar sealants; and adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Coal tar" means a viscous substance obtained by the destructive distillation of coal and containing levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in excess of ten thousand milligrams per kilogram. "Coal tar" includes, but is not limited to, refined coal tar, high temperature coal tar, coal tar pitch, or any substance identified by chemical abstract number 65996-93-2.
     (2) "Coal tar pavement product" means a material that contains coal tar that is intended for use as a pavement sealant.
     (3) "Department" means the department of ecology.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   (1) After January 1, 2012, no person may sell at wholesale or retail a coal tar pavement product that is labeled as containing coal tar.
     (2) After July 1, 2013, a person may not apply a coal tar pavement product on a driveway or parking area.
     (3) The department may issue a notice of corrective action to a person in violation of subsection (1) or (2) of this section.
     (4) A city or county may adopt an ordinance providing for enforcement of the requirements of subsection (1) or (2) of this section. A city or county adopting an ordinance has jurisdiction concurrent with the department to enforce this section.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   Sections 1 and 2 of this act constitute a new chapter in Title 70 RCW.


         Passed by the House April 13, 2011.
         Passed by the Senate April 6, 2011.
         Approved by the Governor May 5, 2011.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 6, 2011.