“Cosmetics that retailers and salons in Washington received in 2025 should already meet the new restrictions in the law, but older stock might not,” Franjevic said. “The close of the sell-through ...

To reduce the severity and duration of major and catastrophic floods that occur in the Chehalis River basin in southwest Washington, the Chehalis River Basin Flood Control Zone District (Flood ...

We're updating requirements for protecting water quality when washing and maintaining bridges and ferry terminals.

The Ecology Litter Corps (formerly Ecology Youth Corps) hires teens 14 –17 years old to serve on summer litter crews and provide an important service to their community. They gain valuable job skills, ...

The Dangerous Waste Report summarizes a business’s dangerous waste activities in Washington. All sites with an active EPA/State ID Number must submit a Dangerous Waste Report. Some businesses are ...

Clean air is vital for everyone. We manage smoke, vehicle pollution, industrial emissions, and other pollutants so communities have healthy air to breathe. We do this through permits, regulations, and ...

Washington is working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 95% by 2050. This will help protect Washington's environment and economy from the effects of climate change.

This is the list of rules we are authorized to implement. They are sorted by topic. Each rule links to official rule language on the Washington State Legislature's Code Reviser's web site. The Office ...

We invite you to review and comment on the Chehalis River Basin SEPA revised draft environmental impact statement. We have opened a 75-day public comment period and will accept comments through Feb. 4 ...

Ecology is considering amendments to Chapter 173-423 WAC, Washington’s Clean Vehicles Program rule. Washington law (RCW 70A.30.010) requires Ecology to adopt certain California regulations to maintain ...

In 2024, litter-pickup programs we funded collected more than 5.2 million pounds (2,632 tons) of litter and cleaned more than 18,000 miles of road, statewide. See how much litter crews picked up in ...

On June 30, 2025, we released final programmatic environmental impact statements for three types of clean energy facilities in Washington -- utility-scale onshore wind, solar and green hydrogen ...