# • Ken Eikenherry 

# ATTORNE'1/ GENERAL OF WA.SHINGTON

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## September 21, 1987


## Mike Bussel U.S. Environmental 1200 

## Sixth Avenue Seattle, WA 98101 

## Dear Mr. Bussel: Please note the attached copy of Substitute Senate Bill 5071 

## as recently passed by the state legislature. This bill amends RCW 70.105 

## so as to more clearly incorporate .radioactive

. "mixed wastes" wi thin the state's dangerous waste man'agement program. The amendment does this by including within the definition of hazardous waste ·"substances composed of radioactive and hazardous components" and by deleting a somewhat confusing section which exempted radioactive waste and materials from regulation under chapter 70.105. 

## This legislation was passed with the soleihtent of giving the department clear authority over mixed**wastes~** 

## These modifications should be considered as an amendment to Ecology's March 25, 1987 

## request to· the EPA for delegation of mixed waste**au~hority** 

## under the Recourse Conservation and Recovery Act. They make the state's authority indisputable. Sincerely,

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# •**[~GROSSE:** sueST:TU![ SEHATi**BIL~** NO. 5071 AS**RECO~Eh~EC** BY THE**C~HrER£NCE CO~lT7E£**  State of**W~shington** 50th**tegl,~atur.** 1987**Re~~la~** Session**~y** Comznittle on Parks ,**tc~109Y** (originally sponsored by Str.llort**~reidl.r, wil1i~ms**  and Riheharl'

Read first time 1/20/87.

1 AN ACT Relating to**d~ngerous** wastas;**~mending**

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# . RCW 70.105.010,

' 2 70.105.110, and 70.105.050; and**~dding** new sections to chapter 70.105 

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" BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE 

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5 Sec. 1. Section 1, chapter 101, Laws of 1975-'76' 2nd ex. sess . 

# . 6 as**~mended** 'by section**l~** chapter 448, Laws of 1985 and Raw 70.105.010 7**~re** each amended to read as follows: 8 The vords and**p~rases** defined in this section shall have the 9 meanings indicated when used in this chapter' unless the context 10 clearly requires otherwise. '11 (1) -Departaent- aeans the department of ecology. 12 (2) -Director- ceans the director of the**dep~rtment** of ecology or 13 h i.s des ignee. 14 (3) wDisposal site- aeans a geographical site in or, upon which 15 hazardous wastes are disposed of in accordance with the provisions of 16 this chapter. 17 (4) wDispose or dispos2l w means the discarding or abandoning of 18 'hazardous' wastes or the treatment, decontamination, or**recyclin~** of 19 such vastes once they have been discarded or abandoned. 

### 20 (5) -Dangerous wastes W ceans any discarded, useless, unwanted, or 21 abandoned**«ftoft~e~;oeeti.e»** substances, including but not limited to 22 certain pesUicides, or &ny residues or containers of such substances 23 which are disposed of in such quantity or concentration &5 to pose a 24 substantial present or pot.ential h&%ard to human health, wildlife, or 2S the environment because such· vastes or constituents or combinations 26 of such wastes: 27 (a) Have short-lived, toxic properties thal may c.use death, 28 injury, or illness or have mutagenic,**ter~togenic,** or carcinogenic 29 properties: or 

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### ·Extremely**h~%ardou5** 

### va5te­ means any dAngerous vaste vhich 4**(~l** 

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### a**sig~lficant en~iTonmental**  

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### ·the genetic make-up of man 6r**wild~ifa, an~**  0 ••• '9 

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### man or the environment. 12 ,(7) 

### ·Person" means**~ny** 

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### whatsoever. 15 (8) 

### ·Peslicide­**~hall** 

### have the meaning of the term as defined in 16 RCW 15.58.030**a~** 

### nov or hereafter amended.' 17 (9) 

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### cOlMlittee as per RCW 70.95.040**throug~** 70.95.070. 19 (10) 

### -Designated zone facility" means any facility that requires 

### 2..0 an interim or final status permit under rules adopted under this 21**chapte~** 

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### preempted facili'ty as defined in this 22 

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### ·Facility·**.ean~ al~**  

### contiguous land and structures, other 24 

### appurtenances, and improvements on the land used for recycling, 25 

### storing, treating, incinerating, or disposing of hazardous vaste. 26 (12) 

### -Preempted facility· means any facility that includes As 

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### activities any of the following operations: 28**(~)** 

### Landfill, (b) incineration, (c) land treatment, (dl surface 29**impound~ent** 

### to be closed as a landfill, or Ce) waste pile to be 30 

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### (lll'-Hazardous household**substances~** 

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### identified by the department as hazardous household substances in lhe 33 

### quidelines developed under RCW 70.105.220. 3. ('14) 

### -Hazardous subs**tanc~s** 

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### waste. regardless of quantity,· that exhibits 

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### hazardous**w~ste** IS 

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### (15) -Hazardous waste­ means and includes all dangerous and

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### means a city, tovn, or county. 7 (17) -Moderate-risk waste­ mean. (a) any waste that exhibits any 8 

### of the properties of hazardous vaste but is exempt from regulation 9. 

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## . RCW to read as fo110vs:· The depart_ent of' ecology .ay regulate. all hazardous wastes, including

. t;hose composed of both radioactive and**h~%ardous** 

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Sec. 3. Section .11, chapter 101, Lavs of 1975-'76 2nd 

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as amended by section 3, chapter 237, Lays of 1984 and RCW 70.105.110
are each amended to read as follovs:**e~apter-sh.ll-.ppir-te-.ftr-r.~ioaetive-w.ste-or-r.~ieaetive-Materjai7 ic~»**  

### Nothing in this chapter shall alter, amend, or supersede the pro.vi s ions of chapter 80.50 RCW. except tha t, notwi ths tand i ng any \ 25 provision of chapter 80.50 RCW, regulation of dangerous wastes 26 Issociated with**.~ergy fa~ilities**  

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### 27 be solely by the department pursuant to chapter 70.105 RCW •. In the 28 implementrtion of Slid section, the department shall consult and 29 cooperate with the energy facility site evaluation council and, in 30 order to reduce duplication of effort Ind to provide necessary 31 coordination of**~onitoring** 

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# • 32 facility sites, Iny on-site inspection by the department that may be 33 required for the purposes of this chapter shall be performed pursuant 34 to an interagency coordination agreement with the council. 3S**«~~~»** 

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## .. 6-**:lo~ders** to r:e!'l':o'/e from thair energy**f~cll~,ty** sltes**a~i'** dangerous 3 vastest controlled by thi5 chapter, within n inet-y da:lsof th.ir 4 gener3tion.

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# -- (1) No person shall' dispose of designa ted extremely hazardous 

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.. '<: 0 n t a in radioactive ,1$ components mav be disposed at a radioactive waste disposal site that 16' is Ca; owned bv the United States department of energy or a**license~** 17 of the nuclear regulatory commission and Cb) permitted by' the. 18 department and operated in compliance with the provisions of this 19 chapter. However, prior to disposal, or as a part.of disposal, all

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21 other· vaste management**met~odologies d~signed**  to mitigate hazards 22 associated with these vastes shall be employed, as r.equired, by 23 applicable federal an4**~tate** laws and regulations.
24 Sec. S. A new section is added to chapter 70.10S 25 RCW to read as follovs: 26 Nothin9 in this chapter diminishes the authority of the' 27 department of social and health services to regulate the radioactive 28 portion of mixed wastes pursuant to chapter 70.98 RCW. 

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