Wash. House oks bill for fee on oil products - Seattle Post Intelligencer

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- The state House has approved a $1.50 fee on each barrel of certain oil products brought into Washington, with supporters saying the money will help pay for cleaning up stormwater runoff that pollutes Puget Sound and other waters.

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If the bill becomes law, the new fee would be charged to refineries and others that produce gasoline, diesel, lubricants, industrial fuels, asphalt and road oil. Crude oil, jet fuel and home heating oil would be exempt. Republicans insisted the fee was actually a tax and that the costs would be passed down to consumers, so the measure should have to go to the ballot under requirements for voter approval of certain tax increases.

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