2263 AMS BRAN JONS 081

HB 2263 - S AMD 308

   By    Senators Brandland and Spanel

ADOPTED 3/07/2008

   On page 1, after line 8, strike all of subsection (2) and insert the following:

"  (2)(a) After July 1, 1994, and until the dates specified in this subsection, a person may not sell or distribute for sale a dishwashing detergent that contains 8.7 percent or more phosphorous weight.

   (b) Beginning on July 1, 2008, in counties located east of the crest of the Cascade mountains with populations greater than three hundred ninety thousand, as determined by the office of financial management population estimates, a person may not sell or distribute for sale dishwashing detergent that contains .5 percent phosphorus by weight.

   (c) Beginning on July 1, 2008, in counties greater than one hundred eighty thousand and less than two hundred twenty thousand, as determined by the office of financial management population estimates, a person may not sell or distribute for sale dishwashing detergent that contains no more than 2.0 grams phosphorus per single use package.

   (d) Beginning July 1, 2008, in counties located west of the crest of the Cascade mountains and adjacent to the north shore of the Columbia river with populations greater than four hundred thousand and less than four hundred fifty thousand, as determined by the office of financial management population estimates, a person may not sell or distribute for sale dishwashing detergent that contains more than 2.0 grams phosphorus per single use package.

   (e) After July 1, 2010, a person may not sell or distribute for sale a dishwashing detergent that contains .5 percent or more phosphorus by weight in the state.

   (f) For purposes of this subsection, "single use package" means tablets or other forms of dishwashing detergent by which the amount in tact is intended for use in a single washing."

   Renumber the sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

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EFFECT: Allowing manufacturers more time to comply with the statewide ban on the use of phosphorus in dishwashing detergents.