H-0756.1
HOUSE BILL 1596
State of Washington
65th Legislature
2017 Regular Session
By Representatives Doglio, Fitzgibbon, McBride, Stanford, Peterson, Farrell, Kagi, Senn, Ryu, Sullivan, Gregerson, Hudgins, Pollet, Jinkins, and Tarleton
Read first time 01/25/17. Referred to Committee on Environment.
AN ACT Relating to requiring manufacturers of electronics to report the presence of high priority chemicals under the children's safe products act; and amending RCW 70.240.040.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1.  RCW 70.240.040 and 2008 c 288 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
Beginning six months after the department has adopted rules under ((section 8(5) of this act)) chapter 288, Laws of 2008, a manufacturer of a children's product, or a trade organization on behalf of its member manufacturers, shall provide notice to the department that the manufacturer's product contains a high priority chemical. Beginning January 1, 2018, a manufacturer of consumer or children's electronic products specified in RCW 70.240.010(4)(b)(vii) shall provide notice to the department that the manufacturer's product contains a high priority chemical. The notice must be filed annually with the department and must include the following information:
(1) The name of the chemical used or produced and its chemical abstracts service registry number;
(2) A brief description of the product or product component containing the substance;
(3) A description of the function of the chemical in the product;
(4) The amount of the chemical used in each unit of the product or product component. The amount may be reported in ranges, rather than the exact amount;
(5) The name and address of the manufacturer and the name, address, and phone number of a contact person for the manufacturer; and
(6) Any other information the manufacturer deems relevant to the appropriate use of the product.
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