Title 70A — Title 70A ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
87 chapters · 1,249 sections in this title.
RCW 70A.222.005 Finding.
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The legislature finds and declares that:(1) The management of solid waste can pose a wide range of hazards to public health and safety and to the environment;(2) Packaging comprises a significant percentage of the overall solid waste stream;(3) The presence of heavy metals in pac…
RCW 70A.222.010 Definitions.
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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Food package" means a package or packaging component that is intended for direct food contact and is comprised, in substantial part, of paper, paperboard, or other mat…
RCW 70A.222.020 Concentration levels.
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The sum of the concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, and hexavalent chromium present in any package or packaging component shall not exceed the following:(1) Six hundred parts per million by weight effective July 1, 1993;(2) Two hundred fifty parts per million by weight…
RCW 70A.222.030 Exemptions.
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All packages and packaging components shall be subject to this chapter except the following:(1) Those packages or package components with a code indicating date of manufacture that were manufactured prior to May 21, 1991;(2) Those packages or packaging components that have been p…
RCW 70A.222.040 Certificate of compliance.
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A certificate of compliance stating that a package or packaging component is in compliance with the requirements of this chapter shall be developed by its manufacturer. For food packaging, a manufacturer shall develop a compliance certificate by the date of a prohibition taking e…
RCW 70A.222.050 Certificate of compliance—Public access.
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Requests from a member of the public for any certificate of compliance shall be:(1) Made in writing to the department of ecology;(2) Made specific as to package or packaging component information requested; and(3) Responded to by the department of ecology within ninety days.[ 199…
RCW 70A.222.060 Prohibition of sale of package.
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The department of ecology may prohibit the sale of any package for which a manufacturer has failed to respond to a request by the department for a certificate of compliance within the allotted period of time pursuant to RCW 70A.222.040.[ 2020 c 20 s 1232; 1991 c 319 s 112. Former…
RCW 70A.222.070 Prohibition on the manufacture, sale, or distribution of certain food packaging—Safer alternatives assessment by department of ecology—Publication of findings—Report to legislature—Prohibition effective date contingent on findings.
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(1) Beginning January 1, 2022, no person may manufacture, knowingly sell, offer for sale, distribute for sale, or distribute for use in this state food packaging to which PFAS chemicals have been intentionally added in any amount. This prohibition may not take effect until the de…