Washington § 70A.224.040 - Oil sellers — Education responsibility — Penalty.

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§ 70A.224.040. Oil sellers — Education responsibility — Penalty.

(1) A person annually selling one thousand or more gallons of lubricating oil to ultimate consumers for use or installation off the premises, or five hundred or more vehicle oil filters to ultimate consumers for use or installation off the premises within a city or county having an approved used oil recycling element, shall:
(a) Post and maintain at or near the point of sale, durable and legible signs informing the public of the importance of used oil recycling and how and where used oil may be properly recycled; and
(b) Provide for sale at or near the display location of the lubricating oil or vehicle oil filters, household used oil recycling containers. The department shall design and print the signs required by this section, and shall make them available to local governments and retail outlets.
(2) A person, who, after notice, violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars.
(3) The department is responsible for notifying retailers subject to this section.
(4) A city or county may adopt household used oil recycling container standards in order to ensure compatibility with local recycling programs.
(5) Each local government preparing a used oil recycling element of a local hazardous waste plan pursuant to RCW 70A.224.020 shall adopt ordinances within its jurisdiction to enforce subsections (1) and (4) of this section.
[ 2020 c 20 s 1236; 1991 c 319 s 305. Formerly RCW 70.95I.040.]

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