ChrtstIne O. Gregoire

o«lllIlt itIiIIlfll

Director

STATE OF W ASHINGTON

DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY

- MIll 5,." PV- Il • OlympIa. WashIngton Y85~ -8 11 • (cUbI -I59-6!XJO

Midlael. Geart1eard, Chief

waste Managetent Brarrh

U.S. EPA, Regia! 10

1200 sixth Avenue

seattle, WA 9101

Dear HI". Geart1eard,

November 28, 1988 ,.......... r=> ©'

rc:: :-: ,:, r -=> '.". . : 2~ 1 c:::. I • ' .. I a. I " _ ,--, .:J

. . I I

I - J . (

i:\'\ DEC 0 1 1988

! 1\

WASTE MANAGEMENT BRANCH

we wish to advise you that we have decided to go to our state

l.e3'islature to amerrl 70.105.215 RCW. '!his action is a result of EPA's

of July 20, 1988.

Qn::le 70.105.215 is amerrled, we can chan:}e our c:langerous waste

regulations (Chapter 173- 303- 810 (13 ) ~l so that the certification is

identical to 40 CFR Part 27 0.11 (d ) , per your request.

we also ask that you please with:lraw that porti on o f our latest

authorization package which refers to our pennit certifi cat i on language

(as a result of SHE 136). We ask this so that our author i zation

awlication can be processed as quickly as possibl e.

Sin::erely,

~~Tan Eaton

Program Manager

solid anj Hazardous Waste Program

oc: Hugh O'Neill

Marsha Beery
DEPARTME\.;T O F ECOLO GY

Q1ristw O. Gregoire

DlfPt tor

AUG 04 1988

OFFICE OF

REG!ONAL ADM!N!STRATC'

\ lc1 d 'il 1lfJ {' \ .

Mr. Robie Russell, Administrator

U.S. Environmental Protection Agenc y

Region X

1200 Sixth Avenue

Seattle, WA 98101

Dear Mr. Russell:

Enclosed please find an applic at i on for revision of Was h i ngt on 's

Hazardous Waste Management Program. This appl i ca tion is submitt ed

pursuant t o the requ irements o f 40 CFR Part 271. The pa ckage consis t s

o f a r ev i sed Program De scrip tion, an a t torney ge nera l' s s t a t ement , the

necess ary prog ram che cklists , and an addendum t o t he ~emo an of

Agreement .

We are s ee k i ng final au t hor i za tion fo r the f ol lowing pro gr am elements:

o

o

o

o

o

Cl o s ur e, post-c l osure, and f i nanc i a l re spons i bi l i t y amendmen ts

promulgated in the May 2 , 1986 Fede r a l Register ;

Rev is ed l ist ing de scripti on fo r spent pickl e l iquo r ;

Allowing the us e of a cor po ra t e gua r an t ee f or liabi l i t y insurance;

Add i ng permit certifi cation l anguage (whe r e t he owne r and ope r a t or

a re no t the same) ; and

Ava i l abi l i ty o f pub l i c in f ormat i on.

Suc h authorization would suppl emen t the existing au t hor iza t i on for the

co r e RCRA Program alre ady gran t ed t o Washington.

Pl eas e be ad vised that ou r "Availability of Public I nforma t i on" r ule s

(RCRA 3006(f » were adopted on Ma r ch 10, 1988. We will be amending the

s ec t i on number of this rule, fr om WAC 173-30 3-901 to WAC 173-30 3-90 5.

However, the l anguage of the rule will be unchanged and the rule will

remain in effect throughout.
Mr. Robie Russell

Page 2

If you or your staff have an y questions, please contact Tom Eaton at

(206) 459-6598. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Sincerely.

I?!{'-i~ti~C UX'J.. <- Chr~;tine O. Greg((ire ( /

Director v

COG:pb

cc: Phil Johnson

Terry Husseman

Tom Eaton

Marsha Beery

Hugh 0' Neill