Biannual notice—Pipeline requirements.
(1) Owners and operators of a transmission pipeline that transports crude oil in or through the state must provide ecology biannual notice of all crude oil transported by the transmission pipeline in or through the state. Notification may be made by the transmission pipeline owner or operator's designee.
(2) The notice must contain the following information:
(a) Company name, address, contact person, and telephone number of the pipeline;
(b) Volume of crude oil by:
(i) Each listed state or province of origin of the crude oil;
(ii) Gravity, as measured by standards developed by the American Petroleum Institute, by weighted average;
(iii) Type of crude oil transported based on gravity as reported under (b)(ii) of this subsection, and designation of the crude oil as sweet or sour.
(3)(a) Notification must be submitted to ecology each year by July 31st for the period January 1st through June 30th and by January 31st for the period July 1st through December 31st.
(b) Notification may be submitted by email to ecology or via website established by ecology. Form number ECY 070-562 must be used.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter
90.56 RCW, RCW
90.56.005,
90.56.050 and
90.56.565. WSR 21-04-126 (Order 19-09), § 173-185-080, filed 2/2/21, effective 3/5/21. Statutory Authority: RCW
90.56.565. WSR 16-17-144 (Order 15-13), § 173-185-080, filed 8/24/16, effective 10/1/16.]