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The Industrial Section focuses on three major industries of Washington State: Aluminum Smelters, Oil refineries and Pulp and Paper Mills. The Section's staff is trained to handle the complexities of these industries and is responsible for environmental permitting, site inspections, and compliance issues. They regulate air, water, hazardous waste, and cleanup management activities at pulp and paper mills and aluminum smelters. They also regulate water, hazardous waste, and cleanup management activities at state oil refineries.

Recently, the Industrial Section has taken on an innovative project, known as the Industrial Footprint Project, in an effort to assist industry in reducing its environmental impacts.

If you are interested in finding information on facilities regulated by the Industrial Section, please click the "Facilities" link at the bottom of this page. If you are interested in any active or proposed permit for these facilities the "Permit" link will allow you to search for a specific permit. "EPA-Envirofacts" is a link to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) web site that allows you to retrieve environmental information from EPA databases on Air, Chemicals, Facility Information, Hazardous Waste, Superfund, Toxic Releases, and Water Permits for the IS facilities.

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For more information please contact Kathy Verimillion.