ESHB 1554 — Reducing public health and environmental impacts from lead.

What this bill does

Phases in a restriction on leaded aviation gas beginning January 1, 2026 at airports on land adjacent to a contaminated site in an overburdened community in Seattle, two years later at airports in other urban growth areas, and in 2030 at other airports in Washington. Directs the Department of Ecology (Ecology), in consultation with the Department of Transportation and Department of Health, to develop guidance identifying best management practices for reducing lead exposures from airport operations, with an initial publication by July 1, 2024, and periodic updates beginning in 2026. Requires airport operators to submit and implement a plan to minimize lead exposures based on Ecology's guidance and best practices identified by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, beginning November 1, 2024, and to develop a plan and budget to finance aircraft fueling infrastructure improvements to allow for the supply of unleaded aviation gasoline on the same timeline as the phase-out of leaded gasoline. Directs Ecology to offer technical assistance to airport operators that have not submitted an adequate lead exposure minimization plan or that does not implement its plan, and authorizes Ecology to adopt rules to implement, administer and enforce requirements related to leaded aviation gasoline. Prescribes civil penalties for violations of leaded aviation gasoline sales and lead exposure minimization plan requirements, directs local air pollution control authorities created under the federal Clean Air Act to enforce requirements in areas of Washington where they have jurisdiction, and directs Ecology to enforce requirements in areas of the state without air pollution control authorities. Makes penalties appealable to the Pollution Control Hearings Board.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 2023
  67 yea · 28 nay · 3 not voting

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