2020 Revised Code of Washington
Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety
Chapter 70A.400 - Firefighting Agents and Equipment—Toxic Chemical Use.
70A.400.005 Definitions.

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(1) "Chemical plant" has the same meaning as in WAC 296-24-33001, as that section existed as of January 1, 2018.

(2) "Class B firefighting foam" means foams designed for flammable liquid fires.

(3) "Department" means the department of ecology.

(4) "Firefighting personal protective equipment" means any clothing designed, intended, or marketed to be worn by firefighting personnel in the performance of their duties, designed with the intent for the use in fire and rescue activities, including jackets, pants, shoes, gloves, helmets, and respiratory equipment.

(5) "Local governments" includes any county, city, town, fire district, regional fire protection authority, or other special purpose district that provides firefighting services.

(6) "Manufacturer" includes any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, organization, joint venture, importer, or domestic distributor of firefighting agents or firefighting equipment. For the purposes of this subsection, "importer" means the owner of the product.

(7) "Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances" or "PFAS chemicals" means, for the purposes of firefighting agents and firefighting equipment, a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.

[ 2018 c 286 § 1. Formerly RCW 70.75A.005.]

NOTES:

Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).