BILL REQ. #:  H-1638.1 

Read first time 02/15/2007.   Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.

     AN ACT Relating to the phosphorus content in dishwashing detergent; and amending RCW 70.95L.020.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 70.95L.020 and 2006 c 223 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) After July 1, 1994, a person may not sell or distribute for sale a laundry detergent that contains 0.5 percent or more phosphorus by weight.
     (2)(a) After July 1, 1994, and until the dates specified in (b) of this subsection, a person may not sell or distribute for sale a dishwashing detergent that contains 8.7 percent or more ((phosphorous [phosphorus])) phosphorus by weight.
     (b) A person may not sell or distribute for sale a dishwashing detergent that contains 0.5 percent or more phosphorus by weight:
     (i) Commencing July 1, 2008, in counties located east of the crest of the Cascade mountains with populations, as determined by office of financial management population estimates((:
     (A) Greater than one hundred eighty thousand and less than two hundred twenty thousand; and
     (B))), greater than three hundred ninety thousand and less than six hundred ((fifty)) thousand;
     (ii) Commencing July 1, 2010, throughout the state.
     (3) This section does not apply to the sale or distribution of detergents for commercial and industrial uses.