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SB 6273 - Waste tire removal funds

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Section 1

The legislature finds that the waste tire fee levied on the retail sale of new replacement vehicle tires was increased from $1 to $5 per tire sold in chapter 417, Laws of 2025 (ESSB 5801). The legislature finds that to effectively allocate these resources and prioritize cleanup efforts, the public and the legislature must understand the scope and magnitude of the waste tire problem in Washington. Therefore, it is the intent of the legislature to require the department of ecology to publish and maintain a publicly accessible inventory of known, unauthorized tire piles.

Section 2

  1. Moneys in the waste tire removal account may be appropriated to the department of ecology:

    1. To provide for funding to state and local governments for the removal of discarded vehicle tires from unauthorized tire dump sites; and

    2. To accomplish the other purposes of RCW 70A.205.010 as they relate to waste tire cleanup under this chapter.

  2. In spending funds in the account under this section, the department shall identify communities with the most severe problems with waste tires and provide funds first to those communities to remove accumulations of waste tires.

  3. The department shall provide on its website :

    1. A summary of state and local government efforts funded using the waste tire removal account;

    2. A list of authorized waste tire storage sites and transporters;

    3. Tire recycling and reuse rates in the state for each calendar year; and

    4. To the extent the information is readily available and accessible to the department, an inventory of all known unauthorized waste tire piles in the state. This subsection shall not be construed to require the department to gather more information than it has in its possession. In publishing information on its website, the department must include the following information about each unauthorized waste tire pile:

      1. The location of the pile;

      2. The approximate duration the pile has existed;

      3. The estimated quantity of tires in the pile, expressed either by weight or number of tires;

      4. A summary of known public health or environmental risks associated with the pile; and

    5. The estimated timeline for cleanup of the pile, based on current appropriations and estimated funding availability.

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