RCW 70A.340.010 — Findings.
The legislature finds that:
- (1) Brake friction material is an essential component of motor vehicle brakes and is critically important to transportation safety and public safety in general;
- (2) Debris from brake friction material containing copper and its compounds is generated and released to the environment during normal operation of motor vehicle brakes;
- (3) Thousands of pounds of copper and other substances released from brake friction material enter Washington state's streams, rivers, and marine environment every year; and
- (4) Copper is toxic to many aquatic organisms, including salmon.
[ 2010 c 147 s 1. Formerly RCW 70.285.010.]