Chapter 173-491 WAC, Chapter 173-455 WAC, Chapter 173-400 WAC

This rulemaking proposed to change three rules:

Emission Standards and Controls for Sources Emitting Gasoline Vapors - Chapter 173-491 WAC - establishes air quality requirements to control emissions from sources of gasoline from gasoline dispensing facilities, gasoline loading terminals, bulk gasoline plants, and gasoline storage tanks.
General Regulations for Air Pollution Sources - Chapter 173-400 WAC - establishes the regulatory framework to ensure that healthy air quality exists in Washington, including meeting federal air quality standards.
Air Quality Fee Rule - Chapter 173-455 WAC - establishes air quality-related fees for businesses regulated by Ecology.

The changes will:

Update outdated requirements and make other administrative changes for sources emitting gasoline vapors to align with federal rules.
Not include Stage II requirements for large volume gas stations.
Revise Chapters 173-400 and 173-455 WAC to align with changes to Chapter 173-491 WAC.
Adopt by reference new federal rules and revisions to existing federal rules in Chapter 173-400 WAC.

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Rulemaking timeline

Timeline

Date	Activity
July 2, 2013	Announced rulemaking (file CR-101 form)
July 2013 - August 2015	Stakeholder meetings
August 2015	Rulemaking on-hold

Announcement phase (CR-101)

Filing date:

Jul. 2, 2013

Announcement documents

Announcement Notice - CR-101 form

Rule development phase

This rulemaking is on hold at this time.

Rule proposal phase (CR-102)

Filing date:

To be determined

Rule proposal documents:

Comment period

No public comments are scheduled at this time

No public hearings are scheduled at this time

Rule adoption phase (CR-103)

Adoption date:

This rule has not yet been adopted

Rule effective date:

This rule has not yet been adopted

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Contact information

Debebe Dererie
Rulemaking Lead
debebe.dererie@ecy.wa.gov
(360) 407-7558

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