Washington: Waste

November 2023
Volume
54
Issue
1
Update Volume
53
Update Issue
33

The Department of Ecology adopted amendments to regulations governing USTs. The amendments add a provision allowing for the use of a state fund or other state assurance program to demonstrate financial responsibility for cleaning up UST releases and compensating third parties for bodily injury and property damage caused by the release. See https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/law/wsr/2023/22/23-22-041.htm.