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How the Federal Government, Other States, and the European Union Address Unregulated Contaminants in Drinking Water
7. Washington
Washington State PBT Policy
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For Public Comment -- Deadline April 2, 2004
In 1998, the Washington Department of Ecology announced a statewide phase out policy
on Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) chemicals, with the goal of eliminating
PBT pollution
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/pbt/pbtfaq.html.
(Click on the above link to go to that document)
The program has designated nine persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals, and included 13 more in
the "PBT Working List" of chemicals on which to focus in future action plans.
Washington has chosen to initially focus on mercury, and has created a draft Action Plan
(August 2002), which emphasizes outreach, education, monitoring, research, and
voluntary initiatives. The next Action Plan will be on dioxin.
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