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Washington Has a Second Comment Period Open, on the Rule Itself, Closing September 2

Comment Period update, August 16, 2026. Part of the EPR Atlas weekly packaging EPR update log.

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Comment Period  |  WA  |  August 16, 2026

Alongside the collection lists comment that closes August 19, Washington Ecology is running a separate comment period on draft rule language for chapter 173-950 WAC, open August 5 to September 2, 2026. Rulemaking Advisory Committee meeting #2 is August 19, 2026. These are two different tracks and a comment on one is not a comment on the other. What this means for you: if you only responded to the collection lists, you have until September 2 to respond to the rule text that governs how those lists get used. The rule is the durable document; the lists get revised against it. Source: Washington Department of Ecology, chapter 173-950 WAC rulemaking (read August 16, 2026).

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