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WA Rev Code § 70A.350.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.350 - Toxic Pollution.|70A.350.080 - Adoption of rules.

RCW 70A.350.080 Adoption of rules.(1) The department may adopt rules as necessary for the purpose of implementing, administering, and enforcing this chapter.(2)(a) The department must adopt rules to implement the determinations of regulatory actions specified in RCW 70A.350.040(1) (b) or (c). When proposing or adopting rules to implement regulatory determinations specified in this subsection, the department must identify the expected costs and benefits of the proposed or adopted rules to state agencies to administer and enforce the rules and to private persons or businesses, by category of type of person or business affected.(b) A rule adopted to implement a regulatory determination involving a restriction on the manufacture, wholesale, distribution, sale, retail sale, or use of a priority consumer product containing a priority chemical may take effect no sooner than three hundred sixty-five days after the adoption of the rule.(c) Each rule adopted to implement a determination of regulatory action specified in RCW 70A.350.040(1) (b) or (c) is a significant legislative rule for purposes of RCW 34.05.328. The department must prepare a small business economic impact statement consistent with the requirements of RCW 19.85.040 for each rule to implement a determination of a regulatory action specified in RCW 70A.350.040(1) (b) or (c).[ 2020 c 20 § 1457; 2019 c 292 § 8. Formerly RCW 70.365.080.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.350.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.350 - Toxic Pollution.|70A.350.900 - Short title—2019 c 292.

RCW 70A.350.900 Short title—2019 c 292.This act may be known and cited as the pollution prevention for healthy people and Puget Sound act.[ 2019 c 292 § 14. Formerly RCW 70.365.900.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.355.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.355 - Underground Storage Tanks.|70A.355.005 - Findings—Intent.

RCW 70A.355.005 Findings—Intent.The legislature finds that leaking underground storage tanks containing petroleum and other regulated substances pose a serious threat to human health and the environment. To address this threat, the legislature intends for the department of ecology to establish an underground storage tank program designed, operated, and enforced in a manner that, at a minimum, meets the requirements for delegation of the federal underground storage tank program of the resource conservation and recovery act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901, et seq.). The legislature intends that statewide requirements for underground storage tanks adopted by the department be consistent with and no less stringent than the requirements in the federal regulations and the underground storage tank compliance act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 15801 et seq., energy policy act of 2005, P.L. 109-58, Title XV, subtitle B).The legislature further finds that certain areas of the state possess physical characteristics that make them especially vulnerable to threats from leaking underground storage tanks and that in these environmentally sensitive areas, local requirements more stringent than the statewide requirements may apply.[ 2007 c 147 § 1; 1989 c 346 § 1. Formerly RCW 90.76.005.]NOTES:Sunset Act application: See note following chapter digest.
WA Rev Code § 70A.355.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.355 - Underground Storage Tanks.|70A.355.010 - Definitions.

RCW 70A.355.010 Definitions.(1) The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(a) "Department" means the department of ecology.(b) "Director" means the director of the department.(c) "Facility compliance tag" means a marker, constructed of metal, plastic, or other durable material, that clearly identifies all qualifying underground storage tanks on the particular site for which it is issued.(d) "Federal act" means the federal resource conservation and recovery act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901, et seq.).(e) "Federal regulations" means the underground storage tanks regulations (40 C.F.R. Secs. 280 and 281) adopted by the United States environmental protection agency under the federal act.(f) "License" means the business license underground storage tank endorsement issued by the department of revenue under chapter 19.02 RCW.(g) "Underground storage tank compliance act of 2005" means Title XV and subtitle B of P.L. 109-58 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 15801 et seq.) which have amended the federal resource conservation and recovery act's subtitle I.(h) "Underground storage tank system" means an underground storage tank, connected underground piping, underground ancillary equipment, and containment system, if any.(2) Except as provided in this section and any rules adopted by the department under this chapter, the definitions contained in the federal regulations apply to the terms in this chapter.[ 2013 c 144 § 53; 2011 c 298 § 39; 2007 c 147 § 2; 1998 c 155 § 1; 1989 c 346 § 2. Formerly RCW 90.76.010.]NOTES:Sunset Act application: See note following chapter digest.Purpose—Intent—Agency transfer—Contracting—Effective date—2011 c 298: See notes following RCW 19.02.020.
WA Rev Code § 70A.355.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.355 - Underground Storage Tanks.|70A.355.030 - Environmentally sensitive areas.

RCW 70A.355.030 Environmentally sensitive areas.(1) A city, town, or county may apply to the department to have an area within its jurisdictional boundaries designated an environmentally sensitive area. A city, town, or county may submit a joint application with any other city, town, or county for joint administration under chapter 39.34 RCW of a single environmentally sensitive area located in both jurisdictions.(2) A city, town, or county may adopt proposed ordinances or resolutions establishing requirements for underground storage tanks located within an environmentally sensitive area that are more stringent than the statewide standards established under RCW 70A.355.020. Proposed local ordinances and resolutions shall only apply to new underground storage tank installations. The local government adopting the ordinances and resolutions shall submit them to the department for approval. Disapproved ordinances and resolutions may be modified and resubmitted to the department for approval. Proposed local ordinances and resolutions become effective when approved by the department.(3) The department shall approve or disapprove each proposed local ordinance or resolution based on the following criteria:(a) The area to be regulated is found to be an environmentally sensitive area based on rules adopted by the department; and(b) The proposed local regulations are reasonably consistent with previously approved local regulations for similar environmentally sensitive areas.(4) A city, town, or county for which a proposed local ordinance or resolution establishing more stringent requirements is approved by the department may establish local tank fees that meet the requirements of RCW 70A.355.080, if such fees are necessary for enhanced program administration or enforcement.[ 2020 c 20 § 1510; 1998 c 155 § 3; 1989 c 346 § 5. Formerly RCW 90.76.040.]NOTES:Sunset Act application: See note following chapter digest.
WA Rev Code § 70A.355.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.355 - Underground Storage Tanks.|70A.355.040 - Delivery of regulated substances.

RCW 70A.355.040 Delivery of regulated substances.(1) A person delivering regulated substances to underground storage tanks shall not deliver or deposit regulated substances to underground storage tanks or facilities that do not have a facility compliance tag displayed as required in RCW 70A.355.020(5)(a). Additionally, a person delivering regulated substances to underground storage tanks shall not deliver or deposit regulated substances to an individual underground storage tank on which the department has placed a red tag under RCW 70A.355.020(6).(2) An owner or operator of an underground storage tank system or facility shall not accept delivery or deposit of regulated substances to that underground storage tank system or facility, if the system does not have a facility compliance tag displayed as required in RCW 70A.355.020(5)(a). Additionally, an owner or operator of an underground storage tank system or facility shall not accept delivery or deposit of regulated substances to an individual underground storage tank on which the department has placed a red tag under RCW 70A.355.020(6).(3) A supplier shall not refuse to deliver regulated substances to an underground storage tank regulated under this chapter on the basis of its potential to leak contents where the facility displays a valid facility compliance tag as required in this chapter, and the department has not placed a red tag on the underground storage tank. This section does not apply to a supplier who does not directly transfer a regulated substance into an underground storage tank.[ 2020 c 20 § 1511; 2007 c 147 § 4; 1998 c 155 § 4; 1989 c 346 § 6. Formerly RCW 90.76.050.]NOTES:Sunset Act application: See note following chapter digest.
WA Rev Code § 70A.355.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.355 - Underground Storage Tanks.|70A.355.050 - Investigation and access.

RCW 70A.355.050 Investigation and access.(1) If necessary to determine compliance with the requirements of this chapter, an authorized representative of the state engaged in compliance inspections, monitoring, and testing may, by request, require an owner or operator to submit relevant information or documents. The department may subpoena witnesses, documents, and other relevant information that the department deems necessary. In the case of any refusal to obey the subpoena, the superior court for any county in which the person is found, resides, or transacts business has jurisdiction to issue an order requiring the person to appear before the department and give testimony or produce documents. Any failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the court as contempt.(2) Any authorized representative of the state may require an owner or operator to conduct monitoring or testing.(3) Upon reasonable notice, an authorized representative of the state may enter a premises or site subject to regulation under this chapter or in which records relevant to the operation of an underground storage tank system are kept. In the event of an emergency or in circumstances where notice would undermine the effectiveness of an inspection, notice is not required. The authorized representative may copy these records, obtain samples of regulated substances, and inspect or conduct monitoring or testing of an underground storage tank system.(4) For purposes of this section, the term "authorized representative" or "authorized representative of the state" means an enforcement officer, employee, or representative of the department.[ 1998 c 155 § 5; 1989 c 346 § 7. Formerly RCW 90.76.060.]NOTES:Sunset Act application: See note following chapter digest.
WA Rev Code § 70A.355.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.355 - Underground Storage Tanks.|70A.355.060 - Enforcement.

RCW 70A.355.060 Enforcement.The director may seek appropriate injunctive or other judicial relief by filing an action in Thurston county superior court or issue such order as the director deems appropriate to:(1) Enjoin any threatened or continuing violation of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter;(2) Restrain immediately and effectively a person from engaging in unauthorized activity that results in a violation of any requirement of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter and is endangering or causing damage to public health or the environment;(3) Require compliance with requests for information, access, testing, or monitoring under RCW 70A.355.050; or(4) Assess and recover civil penalties authorized under RCW 70A.355.070.[ 2020 c 20 § 1512; 2007 c 147 § 5; 1989 c 346 § 8. Formerly RCW 90.76.070.]NOTES:Sunset Act application: See note following chapter digest.
WA Rev Code § 70A.355.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.355 - Underground Storage Tanks.|70A.355.070 - Penalties.

RCW 70A.355.070 Penalties.(1) A person who fails to notify the department pursuant to tank notification requirements or who submits false information is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars per violation.(2) A person who violates this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars for each tank per day of violation.(3) A person incurring a penalty under this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter may apply to the department in writing for the remission or mitigation of the penalty as set out in RCW 43.21B.300. A person also may appeal a penalty directly to the pollution control hearings board in accordance with RCW 43.21B.300.[ 2007 c 147 § 6; 1995 c 403 § 639; 1989 c 346 § 9. Formerly RCW 90.76.080.]NOTES:Sunset Act application: See note following chapter digest.Findings—Short title—Intent—1995 c 403: See note following RCW 34.05.328.
WA Rev Code § 70A.355.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.355 - Underground Storage Tanks.|70A.355.080 - Annual tank fee.

RCW 70A.355.080 Annual tank fee.(1) An annual tank fee of one hundred twenty dollars per tank is effective July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008. An annual tank fee of one hundred forty dollars per tank is effective from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009. Effective July 1, 2009, the annual tank fee will increase up to one hundred sixty dollars per tank unless the department has received sufficient additional federal grant funding to offset the increased cost of implementation of the underground storage tank compliance act of 2005 (Title XV, Subtitle B of the energy policy act of 2005). Annually, beginning on July 1, 2010, and upon a finding by the department that a fee increase is necessary, the previous tank fee amount may be increased up to the fiscal growth factor for the next year. The fiscal growth factor is calculated by the office of financial management under RCW 43.135.025 for the upcoming biennium. The department shall use the fiscal growth factor to calculate the fee for the next year and shall publish the new fee by March 1st before the year for which the new fee is effective. The new tank fee is effective from July 1st to June 30th of every year. The tank fee shall be paid by every person who:(a) Owns an underground storage tank located in this state; and(b) Was required to provide notification to the department under the federal act.This fee is not required of persons who have (i) permanently closed their tanks, and (ii) if required, have completed corrective action in accordance with the rules adopted under this chapter.(2) The department may authorize the imposition of additional annual local tank fees in environmentally sensitive areas designated under RCW 70A.355.030. Annual local tank fees may not exceed fifty percent of the annual state tank fee.(3) State and local tank fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the account established under RCW 70A.355.090.(4) Other than the annual local tank fee authorized for environmentally sensitive areas, no local government may levy an annual tank fee on the ownership or operation of an underground storage tank.[ 2020 c 20 § 1513; 2007 c 147 § 7; 1998 c 155 § 6; 1989 c 346 § 10. Formerly RCW 90.76.090.]NOTES:Sunset Act application: See note following chapter digest.
WA Rev Code § 70A.355.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.355 - Underground Storage Tanks.|70A.355.090 - Underground storage tank account.

RCW 70A.355.090 Underground storage tank account.The underground storage tank account is created in the state treasury. Money in the account may only be spent, subject to legislative appropriation, for the administration and enforcement of the underground storage tank program established under this chapter. The account shall contain:(1) All fees collected under RCW 70A.355.080; and(2) All fines or penalties collected under RCW 70A.355.070.[ 2020 c 20 § 1514; 1991 sp.s. c 13 § 72; 1989 c 346 § 11. Formerly RCW 90.76.100.]NOTES:Sunset Act application: See note following chapter digest.Effective dates—Severability—1991 sp.s. c 13: See notes following RCW 18.08.240.
WA Rev Code § 70A.355.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.355 - Underground Storage Tanks.|70A.355.100 - Preemption.

RCW 70A.355.100 Preemption.(1) Except as provided in RCW 70A.355.030 and subsections (2), (3), (4), and (5) of this section, the rules adopted under this chapter supersede and preempt any state or local underground storage tank law, ordinance, or resolution governing any aspect of regulation covered by the rules adopted under this chapter.(2) Provisions of the international fire code adopted under chapter 19.27 RCW, which are not more stringent than, and do not directly conflict with, rules adopted under this chapter are not superseded or preempted.(3) Local laws, ordinances, and resolutions pertaining to local authority to take immediate action in response to a release of a regulated substance are not superseded or preempted.(4) City, town, or county underground storage tank ordinances that are more stringent than the federal regulations and the uniform codes adopted under chapter 19.27 RCW and that were in effect on or before November 1, 1988, are not superseded or preempted.(5) Local laws, ordinances, and resolutions pertaining to permits and fees for the use of underground storage tanks in street right-of-ways [rights-of-way] that were in existence prior to July 1, 1990, are not superseded or preempted.[ 2020 c 20 § 1515; 2007 c 147 § 8; 1991 c 83 § 1; 1989 c 346 § 12. Formerly RCW 90.76.110.]NOTES:Sunset Act application: See note following chapter digest.
WA Rev Code § 70A.355.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.355 - Underground Storage Tanks.|70A.355.900 - Captions not law.

RCW 70A.355.900 Captions not law.Section headings used in this chapter do not constitute any part of the law.[ 1989 c 346 § 15. Formerly RCW 90.76.900.]NOTES:Sunset Act application: See note following chapter digest.
WA Rev Code § 70A.355.901 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.355 - Underground Storage Tanks.|70A.355.901 - Severability—1989 c 346.

RCW 70A.355.901 Severability—1989 c 346.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.[ 1989 c 346 § 14. Formerly RCW 90.76.901.]NOTES:Sunset Act application: See note following chapter digest.
WA Rev Code § 70A.355.902 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.355 - Underground Storage Tanks.|70A.355.902 - Effective date—1989 c 346.

RCW 70A.355.902 Effective date—1989 c 346.(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, RCW 70A.355.040, 70A.355.100, and 19.27.080 take effect on July 1, 1990.(2) This section shall apply only if this act becomes effective as provided under *section 20(2) of this act.[ 2020 c 20 § 1516; 1989 c 346 § 18. Formerly RCW 90.76.902.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: Section 20(2) is an uncodified section that made a state reinsurance program for owners and operators of underground storage tanks a prerequisite to 1989 c 346 taking effect. 1989 c 383 created such a program.Sunset Act application: See note following chapter digest.
WA Rev Code § 70A.380.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.380 - Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management.|70A.380.020 - Requirements of Washington representative to Northwest low-level waste compact committee.

RCW 70A.380.020 Requirements of Washington representative to Northwest low-level waste compact committee.The person designated as the Washington representative to the committee as specified in Article V shall adhere to all provisions of the low-level radioactive waste compact. In considering special conditions or arrangements for access to the state's facilities from wastes generated outside of the region, the committee member shall ensure at a minimum, that the provisions of Article IV, Section 3 are complied with. After 1992 the Washington representative may approve access to the state's facility only for the states currently members of the Rocky Mountain compact or states which generate less than one thousand cubic feet of waste annually and are contiguous with a state which is a member of the Northwest compact.[ 1990 c 21 § 5; 1981 c 124 § 2. Formerly RCW 43.145.020.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.380.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.380 - Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management.|70A.380.030 - Rule-making authority.

RCW 70A.380.030 Rule-making authority.See RCW 70A.384.040.
WA Rev Code § 70A.382.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.382 - Pacific States Agreement on Radioactive Material Transportation Management.|70A.382.900 - Legislative directive—State designee—1987 c 90.

RCW 70A.382.900 Legislative directive—State designee—1987 c 90.(1) Section 1 of this act shall constitute a new chapter in Title 70A RCW.(2) The Washington state designee to the committee shall be appointed by the governor.[ 2020 c 20 § 1052; 1987 c 90 § 2. Formerly RCW 43.146.900.]
WA Rev Code § 70A.384.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety|Chapter 70A.384 - Radioactive Waste Act.|70A.384.005 - Finding—Purpose.

RCW 70A.384.005 Finding—Purpose.The legislature finds that the safe transporting, handling, storage, or otherwise caring for radioactive wastes is required to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the state of Washington. It is the purpose of this chapter to establish authority for the state to exercise appropriate oversight and care for the safe management and disposal of radioactive wastes; to consult with the federal government and other states on interim or permanent storage of these radioactive wastes; and to carry out the state responsibilities under the federal nuclear waste policy act of 1982.[ 1983 1st ex.s. c 19 § 1. Formerly RCW 43.200.010.]