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WA Rev Code § 70A.300.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.140 - Powers and duties of department.

RCW 70A.300.140 Powers and duties of department.The department in performing its duties under this chapter may:(1) Conduct studies and coordinate research programs pertaining to extremely hazardous waste management;(2) Render technical assistance to generators of dangerous and extremely hazardous wastes and to state and local agencies in the planning and operation of hazardous waste programs;(3) Encourage and provide technical assistance to waste generators to form and operate a "waste exchange" for the purpose of finding users for dangerous and extremely hazardous wastes that would otherwise be disposed of: PROVIDED, That such technical assistance shall not violate the confidentiality of manufacturing processes; and(4) Provide for appropriate surveillance and monitoring of extremely hazardous waste disposal practices in the state.[1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 101 § 10. Formerly RCW 70.105.100.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.150 - Duty of department to regulate PCB waste.

RCW 70A.300.150 Duty of department to regulate PCB waste.The department of ecology shall regulate under this chapter, wastes generated from the salvaging, rebuilding, or discarding of transformers or capacitors that have been sold or otherwise transferred for salvage or disposal after the completion or termination of their useful lives and which contain polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) and whose disposal is not regulated under 40 C.F.R. part 761. Nothing in this section shall prohibit such wastes from being incinerated or disposed of at facilities permitted to manage PCB wastes under 40 C.F.R. part 761.[ 2020 c 20 § 1283; 1985 c 65 § 1. Formerly RCW 70.105.105.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.160 - Regulation of wastes with radioactive and hazardous components.

RCW 70A.300.160 Regulation of wastes with radioactive and hazardous components.The department of ecology may regulate all hazardous wastes, including those composed of both radioactive and hazardous components, to the extent it is not preempted by federal law.[ 1987 c 488 § 2. Formerly RCW 70.105.109.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.170 - Regulation of dangerous wastes associated with energy facilities.

RCW 70A.300.170 Regulation of dangerous wastes associated with energy facilities.(1) Nothing in this chapter shall alter, amend, or supersede the provisions of chapter 80.50 RCW, except that, notwithstanding any provision of chapter 80.50 RCW, regulation of dangerous wastes associated with energy facilities from generation to disposal shall be solely by the department pursuant to this chapter. In the implementation of said section, the department shall consult and cooperate with the energy facility site evaluation council and, in order to reduce duplication of effort and to provide necessary coordination of monitoring and on-site inspection programs at energy facility sites, any on-site inspection by the department that may be required for the purposes of this chapter shall be performed pursuant to an interagency coordination agreement with the council.(2) To facilitate the implementation of this chapter, the energy facility site evaluation council may require certificate holders to remove from their energy facility sites any dangerous wastes, controlled by this chapter, within ninety days of their generation.[ 2020 c 20 § 1284; 1987 c 488 § 3; 1984 c 237 § 3; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 101 § 11. Formerly RCW 70.105.110.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.180 - Radioactive wastes—Authority of department of social and health services.

RCW 70A.300.180 Radioactive wastes—Authority of department of social and health services.Nothing in this chapter diminishes the authority of the department of social and health services to regulate the radioactive portion of mixed wastes pursuant to chapter 70A.388 RCW.[ 2020 c 20 § 1285; 1987 c 488 § 5. Formerly RCW 70.105.111.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.190 - Application of chapter to special incinerator ash.

RCW 70A.300.190 Application of chapter to special incinerator ash.This chapter does not apply to special incinerator ash regulated under chapter 70A.315 RCW except that, for purposes of RCW 4.22.070(3)(a), special incinerator ash shall be considered hazardous waste.[ 2020 c 20 § 1286; 1987 c 528 § 9. Formerly RCW 70.105.112.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.200 - Hazardous substance remedial actions—Procedural requirements not applicable.

RCW 70A.300.200 Hazardous substance remedial actions—Procedural requirements not applicable.The procedural requirements of this chapter shall not apply to any person conducting a remedial action at a facility pursuant to a consent decree, order, or agreed order issued pursuant to chapter 70A.305 RCW, or to the department of ecology when it conducts a remedial action under chapter 70A.305 RCW. The department of ecology shall ensure compliance with the substantive requirements of this chapter through the consent decree, order, or agreed order issued pursuant to chapter 70A.305 RCW, or during the department-conducted remedial action, through the procedures developed by the department pursuant to RCW 70A.305.090.[ 2020 c 20 § 1287; 1994 c 257 § 17. Formerly RCW 70.105.116.]NOTES:Severability—1994 c 257: See note following RCW 36.70A.270.
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.210 - Authority of attorney general.

RCW 70A.300.210 Authority of attorney general.At the request of the department, the attorney general is authorized to bring such injunctive, declaratory, or other actions to enforce any requirement of this chapter.[ 1980 c 144 § 2. Formerly RCW 70.105.120.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.220 - Department's powers as designated agency under federal act.

RCW 70A.300.220 Department's powers as designated agency under federal act.(1) The department is designated as the state agency for implementing the federal resource conservation and recovery act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901 et seq.).(2) The power granted to the department by this section is the authority to:(a) Establish a permit system for owners or operators of facilities which treat, store, or dispose of dangerous wastes: PROVIDED, That spent containers of pesticides or herbicides which have been used in normal farm operations and which are not extremely hazardous wastes, shall not be subject to the permit system;(b) Establish standards for the safe transport, treatment, storage, and disposal of dangerous wastes as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment;(c) Establish, to implement this section:(i) A manifest system to track dangerous wastes;(ii) Reporting, monitoring, recordkeeping, labeling, sampling requirements; and(iii) Owner, operator, and transporter responsibility;(d) Enter at reasonable times establishments regulated under this section for the purposes of inspection, monitoring, and sampling; and(e) Adopt rules necessary to implement this section.[ 1980 c 144 § 1. Formerly RCW 70.105.130.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.230 - Copies of notification forms or annual reports to officials responsible for fire protection.

RCW 70A.300.230 Copies of notification forms or annual reports to officials responsible for fire protection.Any person who generates, treats, stores, disposes, or otherwise handles dangerous or extremely hazardous wastes shall provide copies of any notification forms, or annual reports that are required pursuant to RCW 70A.300.220 to the fire departments or fire districts that service the areas in which the wastes are handled upon the request of the fire departments or fire districts. In areas that are not serviced by a fire department or fire district, the forms or reports shall be provided to the sheriff or other county official designated pursuant to RCW 43.44.050 upon the request of the sheriff or other county official. This section shall not apply to the transportation of hazardous wastes.[ 2020 c 20 § 1288; 1986 c 82 § 1. Formerly RCW 70.105.135.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.240 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.240 - Rules implemented under RCW 70A.300.220—Review.

RCW 70A.300.240 Rules implemented under RCW 70A.300.220—Review.Rules implementing RCW 70A.300.220 shall be submitted to the house and senate committees on ecology for review prior to being adopted in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW.[ 2020 c 20 § 1289; 1980 c 144 § 3. Formerly RCW 70.105.140.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.250 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.250 - Department's authority to participate in and administer federal act.

RCW 70A.300.250 Department's authority to participate in and administer federal act.Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department of ecology is empowered to participate fully in and is empowered to administer all aspects of the programs of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as it exists on June 7, 1984, (42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901 et seq.), contemplated for participation and administration by a state under that act.[ 2020 c 20 § 1290; 1984 c 237 § 2; 1983 c 270 § 2. Formerly RCW 70.105.145.]NOTES:Severability—1983 c 270: See note following RCW 90.48.260.
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.260 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.260 - Declaration—Management of hazardous waste—Priorities—Definitions.

RCW 70A.300.260 Declaration—Management of hazardous waste—Priorities—Definitions.The legislature hereby declares that:(1) The health and welfare of the people of the state depend on clean and pure environmental resources unaffected by hazardous waste contamination. Management and regulation of hazardous waste disposal should encourage practices which result in the least amount of waste being produced. Towards that end, the legislature finds that the following priorities in the management of hazardous waste are necessary and should be followed in order of descending priority as applicable:(a) Waste reduction;(b) Waste recycling;(c) Physical, chemical, and biological treatment;(d) Incineration;(e) Solidification/stabilization treatment;(f) Landfill.(2) As used in this section:(a) "Waste reduction" means reducing waste so that hazardous by-products are not produced;(b) "Waste recycling" means reusing waste materials and extracting valuable materials from a waste stream;(c) "Physical, chemical, and biological treatment" means processing the waste to render it completely innocuous, produce a recyclable by-product, reduce toxicity, or substantially reduce the volume of material requiring disposal;(d) "Incineration" means reducing the volume or toxicity of wastes by use of an enclosed device using controlled flame combustion;(e) "Solidification/stabilization treatment" means the use of encapsulation techniques to solidify wastes and make them less permeable or leachable; and(f) "Landfill" means a disposal facility, or part of a facility, at which waste is placed in or on land and which is not a land treatment facility, surface impoundment, or injection well.[ 1983 1st ex.s. c 70 § 1. Formerly RCW 70.105.150.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.270 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.270 - Waste management study—Public hearings—Adoption or modification of rules.

RCW 70A.300.270 Waste management study—Public hearings—Adoption or modification of rules.The department shall conduct a study to determine the best management practices for categories of waste for the priority waste management methods established in RCW 70A.300.260, with due consideration in the course of the study to sound environmental management and available technology. As an element of the study, the department shall review methods that will help achieve the priority of RCW 70A.300.260(1)(a), waste reduction. Before issuing any proposed rules, the department shall conduct public hearings regarding the best management practices for the various waste categories studied by the department. After conducting the study, the department shall prepare new rules or modify existing rules as appropriate to promote implementation of the priorities established in RCW 70A.300.260 for management practices which assure use of sound environmental management techniques and available technology. The preliminary study shall be completed by July 1, 1986, and the rules shall be adopted by July 1, 1987.The studies shall be updated at least once every five years. The funding for these studies shall be from the model toxics control operating account created in RCW 70A.305.180, subject to legislative appropriation.[ 2020 c 20 § 1291; 2010 1st sp.s. c 7 § 89; 1998 c 245 § 110; 1984 c 254 § 2; 1983 1st ex.s. c 70 § 2. Formerly RCW 70.105.160.]NOTES:Effective date—2010 1st sp.s. c 26; 2010 1st sp.s. c 7: See note following RCW 43.03.027.Severability—1984 c 254: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1984 c 254 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.280 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.280 - Disposal of dangerous wastes at commercial off-site land disposal facilities—Limitations.

RCW 70A.300.280 Disposal of dangerous wastes at commercial off-site land disposal facilities—Limitations.(1) Independent of the processing or issuance of any or all federal, state, and local permits for disposal of dangerous wastes, no disposal of dangerous wastes at a commercial off-site land disposal facility may be undertaken prior to July 1, 1986, unless:(a) The disposal results from actions taken under *RCW 70.105A.060 (2) and (3), or results from other emergency situations; or(b) Studies undertaken by the department under RCW 70A.300.270 to determine the best management practices for various waste categories under the priority waste management methods established in RCW 70A.300.260 are completed for the particular wastes or waste categories to be disposed of and any regulatory revisions deemed necessary by the department are proposed and do not prohibit land disposal of such wastes; or(c) Final regulations have been adopted by the department that allow for such disposal.(2) Construction of facilities used solely for the purpose of disposal of wastes that have not met the requirements of subsection (1) of this section shall not be undertaken by any developer of a dangerous waste disposal facility.(3) The department shall prioritize the studies of waste categories undertaken under RCW 70A.300.270 to provide initial consideration of those categories most likely to be suitable for land disposal. Any regulatory changes deemed necessary by the department shall be proposed and subjected to the rule-making process by category as the study of each waste category is completed. All of the study shall be completed, and implementing regulations proposed, by July 1, 1986.(4) Any final permit issued by the department before the adoption of rules promulgated as a result of the study conducted under RCW 70A.300.270 shall be modified as necessary to be consistent with such rules.[ 2020 c 20 § 1292; 1984 c 254 § 1. Formerly RCW 70.105.165.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 70.105A.060 was repealed by 1990 c 114 § 21.Severability—1984 c 254: See note following RCW 70A.300.270.
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.290 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.290 - Waste management—Consultative services—Technical assistance—Confidentiality.

RCW 70A.300.290 Waste management—Consultative services—Technical assistance—Confidentiality.Consistent with the purposes of RCW 70A.300.260 and 70A.300.270, the department is authorized to promote the priority waste management methods listed in RCW 70A.300.260 by establishing or assisting in the establishment of: (1) Consultative services which, in conjunction with any business or industry requesting such service, study and recommend alternative waste management practices; and (2) technical assistance, such as a toll-free telephone service, to persons interested in waste management alternatives. Any person receiving such service or assistance may, in accordance with state law, request confidential treatment of information about their manufacturing or business practices.[ 2020 c 20 § 1293; 1983 1st ex.s. c 70 § 3. Formerly RCW 70.105.170.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.300 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.300 - Disposition of fines and penalties—Earnings.

RCW 70A.300.300 Disposition of fines and penalties—Earnings.All fines and penalties collected under this chapter shall be deposited in the model toxics control operating account created in RCW 70A.305.180.[ 2020 c 20 § 1294; 1985 c 57 § 70; 1983 1st ex.s. c 70 § 4. Formerly RCW 70.105.180.]NOTES:Effective date—1985 c 57: See note following RCW 18.04.105.
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.310 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.310 - Hazardous waste management plan.

RCW 70A.300.310 Hazardous waste management plan.(1) The department shall develop, and shall update at least once every five years, a state hazardous waste management plan. The plan shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following elements:(a) A state inventory and assessment of the capacity of existing facilities to treat, store, dispose, or otherwise manage hazardous waste;(b) A forecast of future hazardous waste generation;(c) A description of the plan or program required by RCW 70A.300.270 to promote the waste management priorities established in RCW 70A.300.260;(d) Siting criteria as appropriate for hazardous waste management facilities, including such criteria as may be appropriate for the designation of eligible zones for designated zone facilities. However, these criteria shall not prevent the continued operation, at or below the present level of waste management activity, of existing facilities on the basis of their location in areas other than those designated as eligible zones pursuant to RCW 70A.300.370;(e) Siting policies as deemed appropriate by the department; and(f) A plan or program to provide appropriate public information and education relating to hazardous waste management. The department shall ensure to the maximum degree practical that these plans or programs are coordinated with public education programs carried out by local government under RCW 70A.300.350.(2) The department shall seek, encourage, and assist participation in the development, revision, and implementation of the state hazardous waste management plan by interested citizens, local government, business and industry, environmental groups, and other entities as appropriate.(3) Siting criteria shall be completed by December 31, 1986. Other plan components listed in subsection (1) of this section shall be completed by June 30, 1987.(4) The department shall incorporate into the state hazardous waste management plan those elements of the local hazardous waste management plans that it deems necessary to assure effective and coordinated programs throughout the state.[ 2020 c 20 § 1295; 1985 c 448 § 4. Formerly RCW 70.105.200.]NOTES:Severability—1985 c 448: See note following RCW 70A.300.005.
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.320 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.320 - Hazardous waste management facilities—Department to develop criteria for siting.

RCW 70A.300.320 Hazardous waste management facilities—Department to develop criteria for siting.By May 31, 1990, the department shall develop and adopt criteria for the siting of hazardous waste management facilities. These criteria will be part of the state hazardous waste management plan as described in RCW 70A.300.310. To the extent practical, these criteria shall be designed to minimize the short-term and long-term risks and costs that may result from hazardous waste management facilities. These criteria may vary by type of facilities and may consider natural site characteristics and engineered protection. Criteria may be established for:(1) Geology;(2) Surface and groundwater hydrology;(3) Soils;(4) Flooding;(5) Climatic factors;(6) Unique or endangered flora and fauna;(7) Transportation routes;(8) Site access;(9) Buffer zones;(10) Availability of utilities and public services;(11) Compatibility with existing uses of land;(12) Shorelines and wetlands;(13) Sole-source aquifers;(14) Natural hazards; and(15) Other factors as determined by the department.[ 2020 c 20 § 1296; 1989 1st ex.s. c 13 § 2; 1985 c 448 § 5. Formerly RCW 70.105.210.]NOTES:Severability—1985 c 448: See note following RCW 70A.300.005.
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.330 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.330 - Department to adopt rules for permits for hazardous substances treatment facilities.

RCW 70A.300.330 Department to adopt rules for permits for hazardous substances treatment facilities.The legislature recognizes the need for new, modified, or expanded facilities to treat, incinerate, or otherwise process or dispose of hazardous substances safely. In order to encourage the development of such facilities, the department shall adopt rules as necessary regarding the permitting of such facilities to ensure the most expeditious permit processing possible consistent with the substantive requirements of applicable law. If owners and operators are not the same entity, the operator shall be the permit applicant and responsible for the development of the permit application and all accompanying materials, as long as the owner also signs the application and certifies its ownership of the real property described in the application, and acknowledges its awareness of the contents of the application and receipt of a copy thereof.[ 1986 c 210 § 3. Formerly RCW 70.105.215.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.300.340 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.300 - Hazardous Waste Management.|70A.300.340 - Local government regulatory authority to prohibit or condition.

RCW 70A.300.340 Local government regulatory authority to prohibit or condition.Nothing in this chapter shall alter or affect the regulatory authority of a county, city, or jurisdictional health district to condition or prohibit the acceptance of hazardous waste in a county or city landfill.[ 1994 c 254 § 7. Formerly RCW 70.105.217.]