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The Industrial Section focuses on three major industries of Washington State: aluminum smelters, oil refineries, and pulp and paper mills. We regulate:

• Air, water, hazardous waste, and cleanup management activities at pulp and paper mills and aluminum smelters.
• Water, hazardous waste, and cleanup management activities at oil refineries.

Our responsibilities include environmental permitting, site inspections, and compliance issues.

We are also involved in "beyond compliance" activities, such as the Industrial Footprint Project, and the report on current and potential renewable energy production from pulp and paper boilers.

Click the links on the left hand side of this page for more information about our facilities, permits, and the Industrial Footprint Project. You can find detailed information on chemicals released by each facility in the Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory database.

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