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Title

Battery Stewardship Program (173-905 WAC) - Preliminary Regulatory Analysis

DRAFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT Comment on this draft
 
Publication number Date Published
25-07-049July 2025
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Author(s) Logan Blair and Emma Diamond
Description This report presents the determinations made by the Washington State Department of Ecology as required under Chapter 70A.555 RCW, for the proposed Battery Stewardship Program rule (Chapter 173-905 WAC; the “rule”). This includes the:

Preliminary Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)

Least-Burdensome Alternative Analysis (LBA)

Administrative Procedure Act Determinations

Regulatory Fairness Act Compliance
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Keywords Rulemaking, recycle, recycled, extended producer responsibility, batteries, economic analysis, rule, stewardship, recycling, battery, supporting literature for significant actions, 173-905 WAC, battery stewardship, battery stewardship program
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