Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reports are required under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). TRI provides annual data about chemical releases and pollution prevention ...

Our Product Replacement Program is a cutting-edge, preventative program designed to identify and address the most problematic chemicals impacting the state. It provides: Reimbursement funding.

Phases out the use of copper in vehicle brakes and requires manufacturers to certify that brakes comply with the law. Regulates lead, cadmium, phthalates, and other chemicals in children's products.

Ecology Litter Corps hires adult crews to work March through November. Adult crew members receive $20 per hour and work 38 – 40 hours per week, Monday – Thursday. Adult crew member requirements: 18 ...

Washington is home to some of the nation's most productive farmlands. The way landowners and operators manage their lands also has important impacts on water quality. We work with landowners, ...

In 2008, Washington's Legislature passed the Children's Safe Products Act (or CSPA) (Chapter 70A.430 RCW). This law applies to children’s products sold in Washington state. Washington’s laws apply to ...

Your input is valuable to our decision-making process. We post water right documents for notice or comment. Documents posted for comment have a link to our online comment form. Other documents are ...

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Will Ecology adopt the universal waste aerosol cans rule? At this time, we have not adopted the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rules for universal waste aerosol cans. Businesses must continue ...

Discharge standards can vary, but most of Washington's wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) must meet technology-based effluent limits. See full standards and alternative discharge limit details in ...

Casey Sixkiller was appointed by Governor Bob Ferguson as the 14th Director of the Washington State Department of Ecology. With more than two decades of experience in federal, Tribal, regional, and ...