BILL REQ. #:  H-3575.1 

Read first time 01/17/12.   Referred to Committee on Environment.

     AN ACT Relating to paint stewardship; amending RCW 42.56.270; reenacting and amending RCW 43.21B.110 and 43.21B.110; adding a new chapter to Title 70 RCW; prescribing penalties; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The legislature finds that:
     (1) Architectural paints are a solid waste issue. Despite local government moderate-risk waste and other waste collection programs, architectural paint may still present environmental and health and safety risks, especially to workers in the solid waste industry. During waste collection and processing, wet paint can create spills and splashes and oil paint and aerosol containers may rupture, releasing fumes that are hazardous to workers, and the remaining liquids contribute to leachate problems in landfills. Many local governments provide collection sites or events for latex paint in order to provide their residents with reasonable disposal options and to keep latex paint out of the solid waste stream. Drying latex for disposal is difficult for many residents and wastes resources that might otherwise be reused or recycled. Local government special and moderate-risk waste collection programs are heavily impacted by the cost of managing unwanted architectural paints and these costs decrease the available funds to address other more hazardous and hard-to-handle materials.
     (2) Nationally, an estimated average of ten percent of architectural paint purchased becomes leftover paint. Current programs only collect a fraction of the potential leftover unwanted paint for proper reuse, recycling, or disposal. There is not a comprehensive statewide end-of-life management plan for architectural paint, resulting in significant missed opportunities to reduce, reuse, and recycle paint.
     (3)(a) It is in the best interest of Washington for paint manufacturers to assume responsibility for development and implementation of a cost-effective paint stewardship program that will: (i) Develop and implement strategies to reduce the generation of postconsumer paint; (ii) promote the reuse of postconsumer paint; and (iii) collect, transport, and process postconsumer paint for end-of-life management, including reuse, recycling, energy recovery, and disposal.
     (b) The paint stewardship program will follow the waste management hierarchy for managing and reducing leftover paint in the order as follows: Reduce consumer generation of leftover paint; reuse; recycle; provide for energy recovery; and disposal. Requiring paint manufacturers to assume responsibility for the collection, recycling, reuse, transportation, and disposal of postconsumer paint will provide more opportunities for consumers to properly manage their leftover paint, provide fiscal relief for local governments in managing postconsumer paint, keep paint out of the waste stream, and conserve natural resources.
     (4) This chapter creates an architectural paint recovery program that is enforced by the department.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "Architectural paint" means interior and exterior architectural coatings, sold in containers of five gallons or less for commercial or homeowner use. "Architectural paint" does not include industrial, original equipment, or specialty coatings.
     (2) "Architectural paint stewardship assessment" means the amount added to the purchase price of architectural paint sold in this state necessary to cover the cost of collecting, transporting, and processing the postconsumer architectural paint managed through a statewide architectural paint stewardship program.
     (3) "Department" means the department of ecology.
     (4) "Distributor" means a person that has a contractual relationship with one or more manufacturers to market and sell architectural paint to retailers in Washington.
     (5) "Energy recovery" means the recovery of energy in a useable form from mass burning or refuse-derived fuel incineration, pyrolysis, or any other means of using the heat of combustion of solid waste that involves high temperature (above twelve hundred degrees Fahrenheit) processing.
     (6) "Environmentally sound management practices" means policies to be implemented by a producer or a stewardship organization to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and rules and also addresses issues such as adequate recordkeeping, tracking and documenting the fate of materials within the state and beyond, and adequate environmental liability coverage for professional services and for the operations of the contractors working on behalf of the producer organization.
     (7) "Person" means any individual, business, manufacturer, transporter, collector, processor, retailer, charity, nonprofit organization, or government agency.
     (8) "Postconsumer paint" means architectural paint not used and no longer wanted by a purchaser.
     (9) "Producer" means a manufacturer of architectural paint that is sold, offered for sale, or distributed in Washington under the producer's own name or brand.
     (10) "Recycling" means transforming or remanufacturing waste materials into usable or marketable materials for use other than landfill disposal or incineration. Recycling does not include collection, compacting, repackaging, and sorting for the purpose of transport.
     (11) "Retailer" means any person who offers architectural paint for sale at retail in Washington.
     (12) "Reuse" means any operation by which an architectural paint product changes ownership and is used for the same purpose for which it was originally purchased.
     (13) "Sell" or "sale" means any transfer of title for consideration, including remote sales conducted through sales outlets, catalogues, or the internet or any other similar electronic means.
     (14) "Stewardship organization" means a corporation, nonprofit organization, or other legal entity created by a producer or group of producers to implement the paint stewardship program required under this chapter.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   (1) A producer or a stewardship organization representing producers shall submit a plan for the implementation of a paint stewardship program to the department for approval by April 1, 2014. The plan must address the following:
     (a) Provide producer or stewardship organization contact information and a list of participating brands and producers under the program.
     (b)(i) Demonstrate sufficient funding for the architectural paint stewardship program as described in the plan, including administrative, operational, and capital cost. The plan must include a funding mechanism whereby each architectural paint producer remits to the stewardship organization payment of an architectural paint stewardship assessment for each container of architectural paint the producer sells in this state. The architectural paint stewardship assessment must be added to the cost of all architectural paint sold to Washington retailers and distributors, and each Washington retailer or distributor shall add the assessment to the purchase price of all architectural paint sold in this state. No fee may be charged at the time of collection.
     (ii) To ensure that the funding mechanism is equitable and sustainable, a uniform architectural paint stewardship assessment must be established for all architectural paint sold in the state. The architectural paint stewardship assessment must be approved by the director of the department as part of the plan and must be sufficient to recover, but not exceed, the costs of the architectural paint stewardship program. The plan must require any surplus funds generated from the funding mechanism be put back into the program to reduce the cost of the program, including the architectural paint stewardship assessment.
     (c) Describe how the program will provide for reasonably convenient and available statewide collection of postconsumer paint in urban and rural areas of the state, including island communities. The plan must determine collection convenience based on population and distance to permanent collection locations that are open to the public at a frequency adequate to meet the needs of the area being served on an ongoing basis. Special consideration must be made for providing opportunities to island and geographically isolated populations, such as providing collection events.
     (i) The producer or stewardship organization shall utilize the existing government-owned moderate risk waste infrastructure when selecting collection points for postconsumer paint where cost-effective, reasonably feasible, and mutually agreeable.
     (ii) A retailer may act as a voluntary collection point for postconsumer paint where cost-effective, reasonably feasible, and mutually agreeable.
     (iii) The plan for the implementation of a paint stewardship program must provide the collection site name, location, and hours of operation of each site statewide accepting architectural paint under the program.
     (d) Establish goals to reduce the generation of postconsumer paint, to promote the reuse of postconsumer paint, and for the proper end-of-life management of postconsumer paint based on current or historical household hazardous waste program information, whichever provided the highest level of service to Washington residents. The goals may be revised by the manufacturer or stewardship organization based on the information collected annually.
     (e) Describe how postconsumer paint will be managed using environmentally sound management practices and in the most economically sound manner, including following the waste-management hierarchy of source reduction, reuse, recycling, energy recovery, and disposal.
     (f) Describe education and outreach efforts to promote the paint stewardship program. The education and outreach efforts must include effective strategies for reaching all sectors of the population. The plan must describe how the paint stewardship program will evaluate the effectiveness of its education and outreach efforts.
     (2) By July 1, 2014, or three months after approval of the paint stewardship program plan under subsection (1) of this section, whichever occurs first, a producer of architectural paint sold at retail, or a stewardship organization of which a producer is a member, shall implement an approved paint stewardship program plan.
     (3) A producer or a stewardship organization of which a producer is a member shall promote a paint stewardship program and provide consumers and retailers with educational and informational materials describing collection opportunities for postconsumer paint statewide, the architectural paint stewardship assessment used to finance the program, and promotion of waste prevention, reuse, and recycling. These materials may include, but are not limited to, the following:
     (a) Signage that is prominently displayed and easily visible to the consumer.
     (b) Written materials and templates of materials for reproduction by retailers to be provided to the consumer at the time of purchase or delivery, or both.
     (c) Advertising or other promotional materials, or both, that include references to the architectural paint stewardship program.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4   (1) The department shall review a plan required under section 3 of this act within one hundred twenty days of receipt, and make a determination whether or not to approve the plan. The department shall provide a letter of approval for the plan if the plan provides for the establishment of a paint stewardship program that meets the requirements of section 3 of this act. If a plan is rejected, the department shall provide the reasons for rejecting the plan to the producer or stewardship organization. The producer or stewardship organization must submit a new plan within sixty days after receipt of the letter of disapproval.
     (2) When a plan required under section 3 of this act or an amendment to an approved plan is submitted under this section, the department shall make the proposed plan or amendment available for public review and comment for at least fifteen days.
     (3) The department shall enforce this chapter.
     (a) The stewardship organization shall pay the department an annual administrative fee pursuant to (b) of this subsection.
     (b) The department shall impose fees in an amount that is sufficient to cover the department's full costs of administering and enforcing this chapter, including any program development costs or regulatory costs incurred by the department prior to the submittal of the stewardship plans required by section 3 of this act. Fee revenues collected under this section may only be used to administer and enforce this chapter.
     (c) A civil penalty may be administratively assessed by the department on any person who violates this chapter in an amount of up to one thousand dollars per violation per day.
     (d) A person who intentionally, knowingly, or negligently violates this chapter may be administratively assessed a civil penalty by the department of up to ten thousand dollars per violation per day.
     (4) On July 1, 2014, or upon the date the first plan required under section 3 of this act is approved, whichever date is earlier, the department shall post on its web site a list of producers and brands for which the department has approved a plan pursuant to section 3 of this act. The department shall update the list of producers and brands participating under an approved program plan at least once every six months.
     (5) A producer that is not listed on the department's web site pursuant to this section, but demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that it is in compliance with this chapter, may request a certification letter from the department stating that the producer is in compliance. The producer who receives such a letter is deemed to be in compliance with this chapter.
     (6) A wholesaler or a retailer that distributes or sells architectural paint shall monitor the department's internet site to determine if the sale of a producer's architectural paint is in compliance with this chapter.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5   A producer or retailer may not sell or offer for sale to any person in Washington architectural paint unless the producer of a paint brand or a stewardship organization of which the producer is a member is implementing an approved paint stewardship program plan as required by section 3 of this act. A retailer is in compliance with the requirements of this section if, on the date the architectural paint was ordered from the producer or its agent, the producer of the paint is listed on the department's web site as a producer implementing an approved paint stewardship program plan.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 6   A producer or stewardship organization that manages a paint stewardship program pursuant to this chapter is granted immunity from state laws relating to antitrust, restraint of trade, unfair trade practices, and other regulation of trade and commerce for the limited purpose of establishing and operating a paint stewardship program. The activities of a stewardship organization that comply with the provisions of this chapter may not be considered to be in restraint of trade, a conspiracy, or a combination thereof, nor any other unlawful activity in violation of any provision of Title 9 or 9A RCW or chapter 19.86 RCW.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 7   (1) By October 1, 2015, or fifteen months after an approved plan required under section 3 of this act is implemented, whichever occurs first, and annually thereafter, a producer or a stewardship organization of which the producer is a member shall submit to the department a report describing the paint stewardship program that the producer or stewardship organization is implementing. The report must include all of the following:
     (a) A description of the methods the producer or stewardship organization used to reduce, reuse, collect, transport, recycle, and process postconsumer paint statewide;
     (b) The volume by product type of postconsumer paint collected by the producer or stewardship organization in the preceding year in Washington;
     (c) The total volume of postconsumer paint collected by the producer or stewardship organization in Washington by method of disposition, including reuse, recycling, energy recovery, and disposal;
     (d) The total volume of architectural paint sold in Washington during the preceding year either by producer or by producers participating in the stewardship organization;
     (e) An independent financial audit of the paint stewardship program implemented by the producer or the stewardship organization;
     (f) The total cost of implementing the architectural paint stewardship program;
     (g) An evaluation of the effectiveness of the product stewardship program, and anticipated steps, if needed, to improve performance throughout the state; and
     (h) Samples of the educational materials that the producer or stewardship organization provided to consumers of architectural paint during the first year of the program and any changes to those materials in subsequent years.
     (2) All reports submitted to the department must be available to the general public through the department's web site. Proprietary information submitted to the department under this chapter is exempt from public disclosure under RCW 42.56.270. The department may use and disclose this information in summary or aggregated form that does not directly or indirectly identify financial, production, or sales data of an individual producer or product stewardship organization.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 8   The department may adopt rules as necessary for the purpose of implementing, administering, and enforcing this chapter.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 9   The paint product stewardship account is created in the state treasury. All receipts received by the department from producers and paint stewardship organizations under this chapter must be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used by the department only for administering and implementing product stewardship programs under this chapter.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 10   (1) This chapter is void if a federal law, or a combination of federal laws, take effect establishing a national program for the collection and recycling of architectural paints that substantially meets the intent of this chapter, including the creation of a funding mechanism for collection, transportation, recycling, and proper disposal of all architectural paints in the United States.
     (2) Upon the establishment of a federal law or laws under subsection (1) of this section, the department must provide written notification to the secretary of the senate, chief clerk of the house of representatives, and the office of the code reviser.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 11   Nothing in this chapter changes or limits the authority of the Washington utilities and transportation commission to regulate collection of solid waste, including curbside collection of residential recyclable materials, nor does this chapter change or limit the authority of a city or town to provide the service itself or by contract under RCW 81.77.020.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 12   The decisions of the department in enforcing this chapter are appealable to the pollution control hearings board under RCW 43.21B.110.

Sec. 13   RCW 42.56.270 and 2011 1st sp.s. c 14 s 15 are each amended to read as follows:
     The following financial, commercial, and proprietary information is exempt from disclosure under this chapter:
     (1) Valuable formulae, designs, drawings, computer source code or object code, and research data obtained by any agency within five years of the request for disclosure when disclosure would produce private gain and public loss;
     (2) Financial information supplied by or on behalf of a person, firm, or corporation for the purpose of qualifying to submit a bid or proposal for (a) a ferry system construction or repair contract as required by RCW 47.60.680 through 47.60.750 or (b) highway construction or improvement as required by RCW 47.28.070;
     (3) Financial and commercial information and records supplied by private persons pertaining to export services provided under chapters 43.163 and 53.31 RCW, and by persons pertaining to export projects under RCW 43.23.035;
     (4) Financial and commercial information and records supplied by businesses or individuals during application for loans or program services provided by chapters 43.325, 43.163, 43.160, 43.330, and 43.168 RCW, or during application for economic development loans or program services provided by any local agency;
     (5) Financial information, business plans, examination reports, and any information produced or obtained in evaluating or examining a business and industrial development corporation organized or seeking certification under chapter 31.24 RCW;
     (6) Financial and commercial information supplied to the state investment board by any person when the information relates to the investment of public trust or retirement funds and when disclosure would result in loss to such funds or in private loss to the providers of this information;
     (7) Financial and valuable trade information under RCW 51.36.120;
     (8) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and research information and data submitted to or obtained by the clean Washington center in applications for, or delivery of, program services under chapter 70.95H RCW;
     (9) Financial and commercial information requested by the public stadium authority from any person or organization that leases or uses the stadium and exhibition center as defined in RCW 36.102.010;
     (10)(a) Financial information, including but not limited to account numbers and values, and other identification numbers supplied by or on behalf of a person, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or other entity related to an application for a horse racing license submitted pursuant to RCW 67.16.260(1)(b), liquor license, gambling license, or lottery retail license;
     (b) Internal control documents, independent auditors' reports and financial statements, and supporting documents: (i) Of house-banked social card game licensees required by the gambling commission pursuant to rules adopted under chapter 9.46 RCW; or (ii) submitted by tribes with an approved tribal/state compact for class III gaming;
     (11) Proprietary data, trade secrets, or other information that relates to: (a) A vendor's unique methods of conducting business; (b) data unique to the product or services of the vendor; or (c) determining prices or rates to be charged for services, submitted by any vendor to the department of social and health services for purposes of the development, acquisition, or implementation of state purchased health care as defined in RCW 41.05.011;
     (12)(a) When supplied to and in the records of the department of commerce:
     (i) Financial and proprietary information collected from any person and provided to the department of commerce pursuant to RCW 43.330.050(8); and
     (ii) Financial or proprietary information collected from any person and provided to the department of commerce or the office of the governor in connection with the siting, recruitment, expansion, retention, or relocation of that person's business and until a siting decision is made, identifying information of any person supplying information under this subsection and the locations being considered for siting, relocation, or expansion of a business;
     (b) When developed by the department of commerce based on information as described in (a)(i) of this subsection, any work product is not exempt from disclosure;
     (c) For the purposes of this subsection, "siting decision" means the decision to acquire or not to acquire a site;
     (d) If there is no written contact for a period of sixty days to the department of commerce from a person connected with siting, recruitment, expansion, retention, or relocation of that person's business, information described in (a)(ii) of this subsection will be available to the public under this chapter;
     (13) Financial and proprietary information submitted to or obtained by the department of ecology or the authority created under chapter 70.95N RCW to implement chapter 70.95N RCW;
     (14) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and research information and data submitted to or obtained by the life sciences discovery fund authority in applications for, or delivery of, grants under chapter 43.350 RCW, to the extent that such information, if revealed, would reasonably be expected to result in private loss to the providers of this information;
     (15) Financial and commercial information provided as evidence to the department of licensing as required by RCW 19.112.110 or 19.112.120, except information disclosed in aggregate form that does not permit the identification of information related to individual fuel licensees;
     (16) Any production records, mineral assessments, and trade secrets submitted by a permit holder, mine operator, or landowner to the department of natural resources under RCW 78.44.085;
     (17)(a) Farm plans developed by conservation districts, unless permission to release the farm plan is granted by the landowner or operator who requested the plan, or the farm plan is used for the application or issuance of a permit;
     (b) Farm plans developed under chapter 90.48 RCW and not under the federal clean water act, 33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq., are subject to RCW 42.56.610 and 90.64.190;
     (18) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and research information and data submitted to or obtained by a health sciences and services authority in applications for, or delivery of, grants under RCW 35.104.010 through 35.104.060, to the extent that such information, if revealed, would reasonably be expected to result in private loss to providers of this information;
     (19) Information gathered under chapter 19.85 RCW or RCW 34.05.328 that can be identified to a particular business;
     (20) Financial and commercial information submitted to or obtained by the University of Washington, other than information the university is required to disclose under RCW 28B.20.150, when the information relates to investments in private funds, to the extent that such information, if revealed, would reasonably be expected to result in loss to the University of Washington consolidated endowment fund or to result in private loss to the providers of this information; ((and))
     (21) Financial, commercial, operations, and technical and research information and data submitted to or obtained by innovate Washington in applications for, or delivery of, grants and loans under chapter 43.333 RCW, to the extent that such information, if revealed, would reasonably be expected to result in private loss to the providers of this information; and
     (22) Proprietary information submitted by the department of ecology under section 7 of this act.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 14   Sections 1 through 12 of this act constitute a new chapter in Title 70 RCW.

Sec. 15   RCW 43.21B.110 and 2010 c 210 s 7 and 2010 c 84 s 2 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
     (1) The hearings board shall only have jurisdiction to hear and decide appeals from the following decisions of the department, the director, local conservation districts, the air pollution control boards or authorities as established pursuant to chapter 70.94 RCW, local health departments, the department of natural resources, the department of fish and wildlife, and the parks and recreation commission:
     (a) Civil penalties imposed pursuant to RCW 18.104.155, 70.94.431, 70.105.080, 70.107.050, 76.09.170, 77.55.291, 78.44.250, 88.46.090, 90.03.600, 90.46.270, 90.48.144, 90.56.310, 90.56.330, and 90.64.102.
     (b) Orders issued pursuant to RCW 18.104.043, 18.104.060, 43.27A.190, 70.94.211, 70.94.332, 70.105.095, 86.16.020, 88.46.070, 90.14.130, 90.46.250, 90.48.120, and 90.56.330.
     (c) A final decision by the department or director made under chapter 183, Laws of 2009.
     (d) Except as provided in RCW 90.03.210(2), the issuance, modification, or termination of any permit, certificate, or license by the department or any air authority in the exercise of its jurisdiction, including the issuance or termination of a waste disposal permit, the denial of an application for a waste disposal permit, the modification of the conditions or the terms of a waste disposal permit, or a decision to approve or deny an application for a solid waste permit exemption under RCW 70.95.300.
     (e) Decisions of local health departments regarding the grant or denial of solid waste permits pursuant to chapter 70.95 RCW.
     (f) Decisions of local health departments regarding the issuance and enforcement of permits to use or dispose of biosolids under RCW 70.95J.080.
     (g) Decisions of the department regarding waste-derived fertilizer or micronutrient fertilizer under RCW 15.54.820, and decisions of the department regarding waste-derived soil amendments under RCW 70.95.205.
     (h) Decisions of local conservation districts related to the denial of approval or denial of certification of a dairy nutrient management plan; conditions contained in a plan; application of any dairy nutrient management practices, standards, methods, and technologies to a particular dairy farm; and failure to adhere to the plan review and approval timelines in RCW 90.64.026.
     (i) Any other decision by the department or an air authority which pursuant to law must be decided as an adjudicative proceeding under chapter 34.05 RCW.
     (j) Decisions of the department of natural resources, the department of fish and wildlife, and the department that are reviewable under chapter 76.09 RCW, and the department of natural resources' appeals of county, city, or town objections under RCW 76.09.050(7).
     (k) Forest health hazard orders issued by the commissioner of public lands under RCW 76.06.180.
     (l) Decisions of the department of fish and wildlife to issue, deny, condition, or modify a hydraulic project approval permit under chapter 77.55 RCW.
     (m) Decisions of the department of natural resources that are reviewable under RCW 78.44.270.
     (n) Decisions of a state agency that is an authorized public entity under RCW 79.100.010 to take temporary possession or custody of a vessel or to contest the amount of reimbursement owed that are reviewable under RCW 79.100.120.
     (o) Appeals of decisions of the department made under chapter 70.-- RCW (the new chapter created in section 14 of this act).
     (2) The following hearings shall not be conducted by the hearings board:
     (a) Hearings required by law to be conducted by the shorelines hearings board pursuant to chapter 90.58 RCW.
     (b) Hearings conducted by the department pursuant to RCW 70.94.332, 70.94.390, 70.94.395, 70.94.400, 70.94.405, 70.94.410, and 90.44.180.
     (c) Appeals of decisions by the department under RCW 90.03.110 and 90.44.220.
     (d) Hearings conducted by the department to adopt, modify, or repeal rules.
     (((e) Appeals of decisions by the department as provided in chapter 43.21L RCW.))
     (3) Review of rules and regulations adopted by the hearings board shall be subject to review in accordance with the provisions of the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW.

Sec. 16   RCW 43.21B.110 and 2010 c 210 s 8 and 2010 c 84 s 3 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
     (1) The hearings board shall only have jurisdiction to hear and decide appeals from the following decisions of the department, the director, local conservation districts, the air pollution control boards or authorities as established pursuant to chapter 70.94 RCW, local health departments, the department of natural resources, the department of fish and wildlife, and the parks and recreation commission:
     (a) Civil penalties imposed pursuant to RCW 18.104.155, 70.94.431, 70.105.080, 70.107.050, 76.09.170, 77.55.291, 78.44.250, 88.46.090, 90.03.600, 90.46.270, 90.48.144, 90.56.310, 90.56.330, and 90.64.102.
     (b) Orders issued pursuant to RCW 18.104.043, 18.104.060, 43.27A.190, 70.94.211, 70.94.332, 70.105.095, 86.16.020, 88.46.070, 90.14.130, 90.46.250, 90.48.120, and 90.56.330.
     (c) Except as provided in RCW 90.03.210(2), the issuance, modification, or termination of any permit, certificate, or license by the department or any air authority in the exercise of its jurisdiction, including the issuance or termination of a waste disposal permit, the denial of an application for a waste disposal permit, the modification of the conditions or the terms of a waste disposal permit, or a decision to approve or deny an application for a solid waste permit exemption under RCW 70.95.300.
     (d) Decisions of local health departments regarding the grant or denial of solid waste permits pursuant to chapter 70.95 RCW.
     (e) Decisions of local health departments regarding the issuance and enforcement of permits to use or dispose of biosolids under RCW 70.95J.080.
     (f) Decisions of the department regarding waste-derived fertilizer or micronutrient fertilizer under RCW 15.54.820, and decisions of the department regarding waste-derived soil amendments under RCW 70.95.205.
     (g) Decisions of local conservation districts related to the denial of approval or denial of certification of a dairy nutrient management plan; conditions contained in a plan; application of any dairy nutrient management practices, standards, methods, and technologies to a particular dairy farm; and failure to adhere to the plan review and approval timelines in RCW 90.64.026.
     (h) Any other decision by the department or an air authority which pursuant to law must be decided as an adjudicative proceeding under chapter 34.05 RCW.
     (i) Decisions of the department of natural resources, the department of fish and wildlife, and the department that are reviewable under chapter 76.09 RCW, and the department of natural resources' appeals of county, city, or town objections under RCW 76.09.050(7).
     (j) Forest health hazard orders issued by the commissioner of public lands under RCW 76.06.180.
     (k) Decisions of the department of fish and wildlife to issue, deny, condition, or modify a hydraulic project approval permit under chapter 77.55 RCW.
     (l) Decisions of the department of natural resources that are reviewable under RCW 78.44.270.
     (m) Decisions of a state agency that is an authorized public entity under RCW 79.100.010 to take temporary possession or custody of a vessel or to contest the amount of reimbursement owed that are reviewable under RCW 79.100.120.
     (n) Appeals of decisions of the department made under chapter 70.-- RCW (the new chapter created in section 14 of this act).
     (2) The following hearings shall not be conducted by the hearings board:
     (a) Hearings required by law to be conducted by the shorelines hearings board pursuant to chapter 90.58 RCW.
     (b) Hearings conducted by the department pursuant to RCW 70.94.332, 70.94.390, 70.94.395, 70.94.400, 70.94.405, 70.94.410, and 90.44.180.
     (c) Appeals of decisions by the department under RCW 90.03.110 and 90.44.220.
     (d) Hearings conducted by the department to adopt, modify, or repeal rules.
     (((e) Appeals of decisions by the department as provided in chapter 43.21L RCW.))
     (3) Review of rules and regulations adopted by the hearings board shall be subject to review in accordance with the provisions of the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 17   Section 15 of this act expires June 30, 2019.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 18   Section 16 of this act takes effect June 30, 2019.