Title 70A — Title 70A ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
87 chapters · 1,249 sections in this title.
RCW 70A.535.005 Findings—Intent—2021 c 317.
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(1) The legislature finds that rapid innovations in low carbon transportation technologies, including electric vehicles and clean transportation fuels, are at the threshold of widespread commercial deployment. In order to help prompt the use of clean fuels, other states have succ…
RCW 70A.535.010 Definitions.
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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.(1) "Alternative jet fuel" means a fuel that can be blended and used with conventional petroleum jet fuels without the need to modify aircraft engines and existing fuel di…
RCW 70A.535.025 Carbon intensity in transportation fuels—Standards to reduce carbon intensity—Adoption of rules—Monthly calculation.
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(1) The department shall adopt rules that establish standards that reduce carbon intensity in transportation fuels used in Washington. The standards established by the rules must be based on the carbon intensity of gasoline and gasoline substitutes and the carbon intensity of die…
RCW 70A.535.030 Requirements for rules adopted under RCW 70A.535.025.
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The rules adopted by the department to achieve the greenhouse gas emissions reductions per unit of fuel energy specified in RCW 70A.535.025 must include, but are not limited to, the following:(1) Standards for greenhouse gas emissions attributable to the transportation fuels thro…
RCW 70A.535.040 Rules adopted under RCW 70A.535.025 and 70A.535.030—Exemptions for certain transportation fuels.
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(1) The rules adopted under RCW 70A.535.030 and 70A.535.025 must include exemptions for, at minimum, the following transportation fuels:(a) Fuels used in volumes below thresholds adopted by the department;(b) Fuels used for the propulsion of all aircraft, vessels, and railroad lo…
RCW 70A.535.050 Rules adopted under RCW 70A.535.025 and 70A.535.030—Generation of credits.
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(1) The rules adopted under RCW 70A.535.030 and 70A.535.025 may allow the generation of credits from activities that support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions associated with transportation in Washington, including but not limited to:(a) Carbon capture and sequestration p…
RCW 70A.535.060 Adoption of rules—Harmonization with other states—Stakeholder advisory panel—Review of innovative technologies—Report requirements.
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(1) Except where otherwise provided in this chapter, the department shall seek to adopt rules that are harmonized with the regulatory standards, exemptions, reporting obligations, rule updates, and other clean fuels program compliance requirements and methods for credit generatio…
RCW 70A.535.070 Producers or importers must register with the department—Transfer of ownership of transportation fuels—Documentation—Reporting of information—Adoption of rules.
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(1)(a) Each producer or importer of any amount of a transportation fuel that is ineligible to generate credits consistent with the requirements of RCW 70A.535.030(3) must register with the department.(b) Electric vehicle manufacturers and producers, importers, distributors, users…
RCW 70A.535.080 Electric utilities—Use of certain revenues—Provision of information to the department.
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(1)(a) Fifty percent of the revenues generated by an electric utility from credits earned from the electricity supplied to retail customers by an electric utility under the clean fuels program must be expended by the electric utility on transportation electrification projects, wh…
RCW 70A.535.090 Reporting requirements—Report to the legislature—Independent analysis.
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(1) Beginning May 1, 2025, and each May 1st thereafter, the department must post a report on the department's website that includes the following information regarding the previous calendar year of clean fuels program activities:(a) The program-wide number of credits and deficits…
RCW 70A.535.100 Fuel supply forecast.
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(1) In consultation with the department, the utilities and transportation commission, and the department of agriculture, the department of commerce must develop a periodic fuel supply forecast to project the availability of fuels to Washington necessary for compliance with clean …
RCW 70A.535.110 Forecast deferral.
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(1) No later than 30 calendar days before the commencement of a compliance period, the department shall issue an order declaring a forecast deferral if the fuel supply forecast under RCW 70A.535.100 projects that the amount of credits that will be available during the forecast co…
RCW 70A.535.120 Emergency deferral of compliance with carbon intensity standard.
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(1) The director of the department may issue an order declaring an emergency deferral of compliance with the carbon intensity standard established under RCW 70A.535.025 no later than 15 calendar days after the date the department determines, in consultation with the governor's of…
RCW 70A.535.130 Fee—Clean fuels program account—Rule making to be conducted as provided in RCW 34.05.328.
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(1) The department may require that persons that are required or elect to register or report under this chapter pay a fee. If the department elects to require program participants to pay a fee, the department must, after an opportunity for public review and comment, adopt rules t…
RCW 70A.535.140 Joint legislative audit and review committee analysis.
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(1) By December 1, 2030, the joint legislative audit and review committee must analyze the impacts of the initial five years of clean fuels program implementation and must submit a report summarizing the analysis to the legislature. The analysis must include, at minimum, the foll…
RCW 70A.535.150 Alternative jet fuel.
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(1) By no later than December 31, 2023, the department must allow one or more carbon intensity pathways for alternative jet fuel.(2) The department must allow biomethane to be claimed as the feedstock for renewable diesel and alternative jet fuel consistent with that allowable fo…
RCW 70A.535.160 Clean fuels transportation investment account.
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The clean fuels transportation investment account is created in the state treasury. All receipts to the state from clean fuel credits generated under this chapter from transportation investments funded in an omnibus transportation appropriations act, including those listed under …
RCW 70A.535.170 Clean fuels credit account.
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The clean fuels credit account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from clean fuel credits generated under this chapter by state agency activities not funded through an appropriation in an omnibus transportation appropriations act must be deposited into the account. Mo…
RCW 70A.535.180 Compliance obligations—Reports—Violations—Penalties.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 2251-S2.SL) ***(1)(a) All regulated parties and credit generators are required to submit reports under RCW 70A.535.070 in a timely manner to meet the entities' compliance obligations and shall comply with all requirements for recordkeeping, reporting, …
RCW 70A.535.190 Department duty to publish—Analysis—Forecasts.
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(1) The department shall publish on its website analysis and forecasts of the credit markets created by this chapter, including:(a) The prices of credits in Washington and the price of credits as compared to other jurisdictions implementing similar clean fuels policies;(b) Trends…