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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.445 - Waste tires—License for transport or storage business—Requirements.

RCW 70A.205.445
Waste tires—License for transport or storage business—Requirements.
Any person engaged in the business of transporting or storing waste tires shall be licensed by the department. To obtain a license, each applicant must:
(1) Provide assurances that the applicant is in compliance with this chapter and the rules regarding waste tire storage and transportation;
(2) Accept liability for and authorize the department to recover any costs incurred in any cleanup of waste tires transported or newly stored by the applicant in violation of this section, or RCW 70A.205.450, 70A.205.410, or 70A.205.460, or rules adopted thereunder, after July 1, 2005;
(3) After January 1, 2006, for waste tires transported or stored before July 1, 2005, or for waste tires transported or stored after July 1, 2005, post a bond in an amount to be determined by the department sufficient to cover the liability for the cost of cleanup of the transported or stored waste tires, in favor of the state of Washington. In lieu of the bond, the applicant may submit financial assurances acceptable to the department;
(4) Be registered in the state of Washington as a business and be in compliance with all state laws, rules, and local ordinances;
(5) Have a federal tax identification number and be in compliance with all applicable federal codes and regulations; and
(6) Report annually to the department the amount of tires transported and their disposition. Failure to report shall result in revocation of the license.
[ 2020 c 20 § 1195; 2009 c 261 § 6; 2005 c 354 § 6; 1988 c 250 § 4. Formerly RCW 70.95.555.]
NOTES:
Intent—2009 c 261: See note following RCW 70A.205.405.
Finding—Intent—Severability—Effective date—2005 c 354: See notes following RCW 70A.205.405.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.450 - Waste tires—Violation of RCW 70A.205.445—Penalty.

RCW 70A.205.450
Waste tires—Violation of RCW 70A.205.445—Penalty.
(1) Any person who transports or stores waste tires without a license in violation of RCW 70A.205.445 shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished under RCW 9A.20.021(2).
(2) Any person who transports or stores waste tires without a license in violation of RCW 70A.205.445 is liable for the costs of cleanup of any and all waste tires transported or stored. This subsection does not apply to the storage of waste tires when the storage of the tires occurred before July 1, 2005, and the storage was licensed in accordance with RCW 70A.205.445 at the time the tires were stored.
[ 2020 c 20 § 1196; 2005 c 354 § 7; 1989 c 431 § 95; 1988 c 250 § 5. Formerly RCW 70.95.560.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—Severability—Effective date—2005 c 354: See notes following RCW 70A.205.405.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.455 - Waste tires—Contracts with unlicensed persons prohibited.

RCW 70A.205.455
Waste tires—Contracts with unlicensed persons prohibited.
No business may enter into a contract for:
(1) Transportation of waste tires with an unlicensed waste tire transporter; or
(2) Waste tire storage with an unlicensed owner or operator of a waste tire storage site.
[ 1988 c 250 § 6. Formerly RCW 70.95.565.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.460 - Limitations on liability.

RCW 70A.205.460
Limitations on liability.
No person or business, having documented proof that it legally transferred possession of waste tires to a validly licensed transporter or storer of waste tires or to a validly permitted recycler, has any further liability related to the waste tires legally transferred.
[ 2005 c 354 § 8. Formerly RCW 70.95.570.]
NOTES:
Finding—Intent—Severability—Effective date—2005 c 354: See notes following RCW 70A.205.405.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.500 - Educational material promoting household waste reduction and recycling.

RCW 70A.205.500
Educational material promoting household waste reduction and recycling.
The department of ecology, at the request of a local government jurisdiction, may periodically provide educational material promoting household waste reduction and recycling to public and private refuse haulers. The educational material shall be distributed to households receiving refuse collection service by local governments or the refuse hauler providing service. The refuse hauler may distribute the educational material by any means that assures timely delivery.
Reasonable expenses incurred in the distribution of this material shall be considered, for rate-making purposes, as legitimate operating expenses of garbage and refuse haulers regulated under chapter 81.77 RCW.
[ 1988 c 175 § 3. Formerly RCW 70.95.600.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1988 c 175: See note following RCW 39.26.255.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.505 - Battery disposal—Restrictions—Violators subject to fine—"Vehicle battery" defined.

RCW 70A.205.505
Battery disposal—Restrictions—Violators subject to fine—"Vehicle battery" defined.
(1) No person may knowingly dispose of a vehicle battery except by delivery to: A person or entity selling lead acid batteries, a person or entity authorized by the department to accept the battery, or to a secondary lead smelter.
(2) No owner or operator of a solid waste disposal site shall knowingly accept for disposal used vehicle batteries except when authorized to do so by the department or by the federal government.
(3) Any person who violates this section shall be subject to a fine of up to one thousand dollars. Each battery will constitute a separate violation. Nothing in this section and RCW 70A.205.510 through 70A.205.530 shall supersede the provisions under chapter 70A.300 RCW.
(4) For purposes of this section and RCW 70A.205.510 through 70A.205.530, "vehicle battery" means batteries capable for use in any vehicle, having a core consisting of elemental lead, and a capacity of six or more volts.
[ 2020 c 20 § 1197; 1989 c 431 § 37. Formerly RCW 70.95.610.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.510 - Identification procedure for persons accepting used vehicle batteries.

RCW 70A.205.510
Identification procedure for persons accepting used vehicle batteries.
The department shall establish a procedure to identify, on an annual basis, those persons accepting used vehicle batteries from retail establishments.
[ 1989 c 431 § 38. Formerly RCW 70.95.620.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.515 - Requirements for accepting used batteries by retailers of vehicle batteries—Notice.

RCW 70A.205.515
Requirements for accepting used batteries by retailers of vehicle batteries—Notice.
A person selling vehicle batteries at retail in the state shall:
(1) Accept, at the time of purchase of a replacement battery, in the place where the new batteries are physically transferred to the purchasers, and in a quantity at least equal to the number of new batteries purchased, used vehicle batteries from the purchasers, if offered by the purchasers. When a purchaser fails to provide an equivalent used battery or batteries, the purchaser may reclaim the core charge paid under RCW 70A.205.520 by returning, to the point of purchase within thirty days, a used battery or batteries and a receipt showing proof of purchase from the establishment where the replacement battery or batteries were purchased; and
(2) Post written notice which must be at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches in size and must contain the universal recycling symbol and the following language:
(a) "It is illegal to put a motor vehicle battery or other vehicle battery in your garbage."
(b) "State law requires us to accept used motor vehicle batteries or other vehicle batteries for recycling, in exchange for new batteries purchased."
(c) "When you buy a battery, state law also requires us to include a core charge of five dollars or more if you do not return your old battery for exchange."
[ 2020 c 20 § 1198; 1989 c 431 § 39. Formerly RCW 70.95.630.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.520 - Retail core charge.

RCW 70A.205.520
Retail core charge.
Each retail sale of a vehicle battery shall include, in the price of the battery for sale, a core charge of not less than five dollars. When a purchaser offers the seller a used battery of equivalent size, the seller shall omit the core charge from the price of the battery.
[ 1989 c 431 § 40. Formerly RCW 70.95.640.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.525 - Vehicle battery wholesalers—Obligations regarding used batteries—Noncompliance procedure.

RCW 70A.205.525
Vehicle battery wholesalers—Obligations regarding used batteries—Noncompliance procedure.
(1) A person selling vehicle batteries at wholesale to a retail establishment in this state shall accept, at the time and place of transfer, used vehicle batteries in a quantity at least equal to the number of new batteries purchased, if offered by the purchaser.
(2) When a battery wholesaler, or agent of the wholesaler, fails to accept used vehicle batteries as provided in this section, a retailer may file a complaint with the department and the department shall investigate any such complaint.
(3)(a) The department shall issue an order suspending any of the provisions of RCW 70A.205.515 through 70A.205.530 whenever it finds that the market price of lead has fallen to the extent that new battery wholesalers' estimated statewide average cost of transporting used batteries to a smelter or other person or entity in the business of purchasing used batteries is clearly greater than the market price paid for used lead batteries by such smelter or person or entity.
(b) The order of suspension shall only apply to batteries that are sold at retail during the period in which the suspension order is effective.
(c) The department shall limit its suspension order to a definite period not exceeding six months, but shall revoke the order prior to its expiration date should it find that the reasons for its issuance are no longer valid.
[ 2020 c 20 § 1199; 1989 c 431 § 41. Formerly RCW 70.95.650.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.530 - Department to distribute printed notice—Issuance of warnings and citations—Fines.

RCW 70A.205.530
Department to distribute printed notice—Issuance of warnings and citations—Fines.
The department shall produce, print, and distribute the notices required by RCW 70A.205.515 to all places where vehicle batteries are offered for sale at retail and in performing its duties under this section the department may inspect any place, building, or premise governed by RCW 70A.205.520. Authorized employees of the agency may issue warnings and citations to persons who fail to comply with the requirements of RCW 70A.205.505 through 70A.205.535. Failure to conform to the notice requirements of RCW 70A.205.515 shall subject the violator to a fine imposed by the department not to exceed one thousand dollars. However, no such fine shall be imposed unless the department has issued a warning of infraction for the first offense. Each day that a violator does not comply with the requirements of chapter 431, Laws of 1989 following the issuance of an initial warning of infraction shall constitute a separate offense.
[ 2020 c 20 § 1200; 1989 c 431 § 42. Formerly RCW 70.95.660.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.535 - Rules.

RCW 70A.205.535
Rules.
The department shall adopt rules providing for the implementation and enforcement of RCW 70A.205.505 through 70A.205.530.
[ 2020 c 20 § 1201; 1989 c 431 § 43. Formerly RCW 70.95.670.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.550 - Data to support the goals of the Washington center for sustainable food management—Voluntary reporting protocols.

RCW 70A.205.550
Data to support the goals of the Washington center for sustainable food management—Voluntary reporting protocols.
(1) In order to obtain data as necessary to support the goals of the Washington center for sustainable food management created in RCW 70A.207.020 and to achieve the goals of RCW 70A.205.715(1), the department may establish a voluntary reporting protocol for the receipt of reports by businesses that donate food under RCW 69.80.031 and recipients of the donated food, and may encourage the use of this voluntary reporting protocol by the businesses and recipients. The department may also request that a donating business or recipient of donated food provide information to the department regarding the volumes, types, and timing of food managed by the donating facility or business, and food waste and wasted food generated by the donating facility or business. To the extent practicable, the department must seek to obtain information under this section in a manner compatible with any information reported to the department of agriculture under RCW 43.23.290, and in a manner that minimizes the reporting and information-provision burdens of donating businesses and recipients.
(2) For the purposes of this subsection, "food waste" and "wasted food" have the same meaning as defined in RCW 70A.205.715.
[ 2022 c 180 § 403.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Scope of authority of chapter 180, Laws of 2022—2022 c 180: See notes following RCW 70A.205.007.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.600 - Solid waste incineration or energy recovery facility—Environmental impact statement requirements.

RCW 70A.205.600
Solid waste incineration or energy recovery facility—Environmental impact statement requirements.
No solid waste incineration or energy recovery facility shall be operated prior to the completion of an environmental impact statement containing the considerations required under RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c) and prepared pursuant to the procedures of chapter 43.21C RCW. This section does not apply to a facility operated prior to January 1, 1989, as a solid waste incineration facility or energy recovery facility burning solid waste.
[ 1989 c 431 § 55. Formerly RCW 70.95.700.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.605 - Incineration of medical waste.

RCW 70A.205.605
Incineration of medical waste.
Incineration of medical waste shall be conducted under sufficient burning conditions to reduce all combustible material to a form such that no portion of the combustible material is visible in its uncombusted state.
[ 1989 c 431 § 77. Formerly RCW 70.95.710.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.610 - Sharps waste—Drop-off sites—Pharmacy return program.

RCW 70A.205.610
Sharps waste—Drop-off sites—Pharmacy return program.
(1) A solid waste planning jurisdiction may designate sharps waste container drop-off sites.
(2) A pharmacy return program shall not be considered a solid waste handling facility and shall not be required to obtain a solid waste permit. A pharmacy return program is required to register, at no cost, with the department. To facilitate designation of sharps waste drop-off sites, the department shall share the name and location of registered pharmacy return programs with jurisdictional health departments and local solid waste management officials.
(3) A public or private provider of solid waste collection service may provide a program to collect source separated residential sharps waste containers as provided in chapter 70A.228 RCW.
(4) For the purpose of this section, "sharps waste," "sharps waste container," and "pharmacy return program" shall have the same meanings as provided in RCW 70A.228.010.
[ 2020 c 20 § 1202; 1994 c 165 § 5. Formerly RCW 70.95.715.]
NOTES:
Findings—Purposes—Intent—1994 c 165: See note following RCW 70A.228.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.615 - Closure of energy recovery and incineration facilities—Recordkeeping requirements.

RCW 70A.205.615
Closure of energy recovery and incineration facilities—Recordkeeping requirements.
The department shall require energy recovery and incineration facilities to retain records of monitoring and operation data for a minimum of ten years after permanent closure of the facility.
[ 1990 c 114 § 4. Formerly RCW 70.95.720.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.620 - Paper conservation program—Paper recycling program.

RCW 70A.205.620
Paper conservation program—Paper recycling program.
By July 1, 2010, each state agency shall develop and implement:
(1) A paper conservation program. Each state agency shall endeavor to conserve paper by at least thirty percent of their current paper use.
(2) A paper recycling program to encourage recycling of all paper products with the goal of recycling one hundred percent of all copy and printing paper in all buildings with twenty-five employees or more.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "state agencies" include, but are not limited to, colleges, universities, offices of elected and appointed officers, the supreme court, court of appeals, and administrative departments of state government.
[ 2009 c 356 § 1. Formerly RCW 70.95.725.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.710 - Composting food and yard wastes—Grants and study.

RCW 70A.205.710
Composting food and yard wastes—Grants and study.
(1) In order to establish the feasibility of composting food and yard wastes, the department shall provide funds, as available, to local governments submitting a proposal to compost such wastes.
(2) The department, in cooperation with the department of commerce, may approve an application if the project can demonstrate the essential parameters for successful composting, including, but not limited to, cost-effectiveness, handling and safety requirements, and current and potential markets.
[ 2023 c 470 § 2118; 1998 c 245 § 132; 1995 c 399 § 191; 1989 c 431 § 97. Formerly RCW 70.95.810.]
NOTES:
Explanatory statement—2023 c 470: See note following RCW 10.99.030.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.900 - Authority and responsibility of utilities and transportation commission not changed.

RCW 70A.205.900
Authority and responsibility of utilities and transportation commission not changed.
Nothing in this act shall be deemed to change the authority or responsibility of the Washington utilities and transportation commission to regulate all intrastate carriers.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 134 § 27. Formerly RCW 70.95.900.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.901 - Application of chapter—Collection and transportation of recyclable materials by recycling companies or nonprofit entities—Reuse or reclamation.

RCW 70A.205.901
Application of chapter—Collection and transportation of recyclable materials by recycling companies or nonprofit entities—Reuse or reclamation.
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a recycling company or nonprofit entity from collecting and transporting recyclable materials from a buy-back center, drop-box, or from a commercial or industrial generator of recyclable materials, or upon agreement with a solid waste collection company.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting a commercial or industrial generator of commercial recyclable materials from selling, conveying, or arranging for transportation of such material to a recycler for reuse or reclamation.
[ 1989 c 431 § 32. Formerly RCW 70.95.903.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.205 - Solid Waste Management—Reduction and Recycling. › 70A.205.902 - Application of chapter—Steel slag.

RCW 70A.205.902
Application of chapter—Steel slag.
Nothing in this chapter is applicable to steel slag that is a primary product of production in the electric arc steel-making process, produced to specification, managed as an item of commercial value, and placed in commerce for general public consumption, provided that such steel slag material is not abandoned, discarded, or placed in the solid waste stream.
[ 2016 c 165 § 1. Formerly RCW 70.95.904.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.207 - Washington Center for Sustainable Food Management. › 70A.207.010 - Definitions.

RCW 70A.207.010
Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Center" means the Washington center for sustainable food management.
(2) "Department" means the department of ecology.
(3) "Organic material" has the same definition as provided in RCW 70A.205.015.
(4) "Plan" means the use food well Washington plan developed under RCW 70A.205.715.
[ 2022 c 180 § 401.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Scope of authority of chapter 180, Laws of 2022—2022 c 180: See notes following RCW 70A.205.007.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.207 - Washington Center for Sustainable Food Management. › 70A.207.030 - Model ordinances—Mechanisms for commercial solid waste collection and disposal.

RCW 70A.207.030
Model ordinances—Mechanisms for commercial solid waste collection and disposal.
(1) By January 1, 2025, and in consultation with the office of the attorney general, the department must research and adopt several model ordinances for optional use by counties and cities that provide for model mechanisms for commercial solid waste collection and disposal that are designed, in part, to establish a financial disincentive or other disincentives for the generation of organic waste and for the ultimate disposal of organic materials in landfills. The model ordinances must be designed to provide options that might be preferred by jurisdictions of different sizes and consider other key criteria applicable to local solid waste management circumstances.
(2)(a) The department must review the model ordinances created in this section under the provisions of chapter 43.21C RCW.
(b) A county or city that adopts a model ordinance created by the department under this section and that has been reviewed by the department under the provisions of chapter 43.21C RCW is not required to review the ordinance under the provisions of chapter 43.21C RCW.
(3) No city, town, or county is required to adopt the model ordinances created in this section.
[ 2022 c 180 § 405.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—Scope of authority of chapter 180, Laws of 2022—2022 c 180: See notes following RCW 70A.205.007.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.210 - Pollution Control—Municipal Bonding Authority. › 70A.210.010 - Legislative declaration—Liberal construction.

RCW 70A.210.010
Legislative declaration—Liberal construction.
The legislature finds:
(1) That environmental damage seriously endangers the public health and welfare;
(2) That such environmental damage results from air, water, and other resources pollution and from solid waste disposal, noise and other environmental problems;
(3) That to abate or control such environmental damage antipollution devices, equipment, and facilities must be acquired, constructed and installed;
(4) That the tax exempt financing permitted by Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and authorized by this chapter results in lower costs of installation of pollution control facilities;
(5) That such lower costs benefit the public with no measurable cost impact;
(6) That the method of financing provided in this chapter is in the public interest and its use serves a public purpose in (a) protecting and promoting the health and welfare of the citizens of the cities, towns, counties, and port districts and of this state by encouraging and accelerating the installation of facilities for abating or controlling and preventing environmental damage and (b) in attracting and retaining environmentally sound industry in this state which reduces unemployment and provides a more diversified tax base.
(7) For the reasons set forth in subsection (6) of this section, the provisions of this chapter relating to port districts and all proceedings heretofore or hereafter taken by port districts pursuant thereto are, and shall be deemed to be, for industrial development as authorized by Article 8, section 8 of the Washington state Constitution.
This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish the intentions expressed in this section.
[ 1975 c 6 § 1; 1973 c 132 § 2. Formerly RCW 70.95A.010.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.210 - Pollution Control—Municipal Bonding Authority. › 70A.210.020 - Definitions.

RCW 70A.210.020
Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Department" shall mean the state department of ecology;
(2) "Facility" or "facilities" shall mean any land, building, structure, machinery, system, fixture, appurtenance, equipment or any combination thereof, or any interest therein, and all real and personal properties deemed necessary in connection therewith whether or not now in existence, which is used or to be used by any person, corporation or municipality in furtherance of the purpose of abating, controlling or preventing pollution;
(3) "Governing body" shall mean the body or bodies in which the legislative powers of the municipality are vested;
(4) "Mortgage" shall mean a mortgage or a mortgage and deed of trust or other security device;
(5) "Municipality" shall mean any city, town, county, port district, or water-sewer district in the state; and
(6) "Pollution" shall mean any form of environmental pollution, including but not limited to water pollution, air pollution, land pollution, solid waste disposal, thermal pollution, radiation contamination, or noise pollution.
[ 2017 c 314 § 3; 1973 c 132 § 3. Formerly RCW 70.95A.020.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.210 - Pollution Control—Municipal Bonding Authority. › 70A.210.030 - Municipalities—Powers.

RCW 70A.210.030
Municipalities—Powers.
In addition to any other powers which it may now have, each municipality shall have the following powers:
(1) To acquire, whether by construction, purchase, devise, gift or lease, or any one or more of such methods, one or more facilities which shall be located within, or partially within the municipality;
(2) To lease, lease with option to purchase, sell or sell by installment sale, any or all of the facilities upon such terms and conditions as the governing body may deem advisable but which shall at least fully reimburse the municipality for all debt service on any bonds issued to finance the facilities and for all costs incurred by the municipality in financing and operating the facilities and as shall not conflict with the provisions of this chapter;
(3) To issue revenue bonds for the purpose of defraying the cost of acquiring or improving any facility or facilities or refunding any bonds issued for such purpose and to secure the payment of such bonds as provided in this chapter. Revenue bonds may be issued in one or more series or issues where deemed advisable, and each such series or issue may have the same or different maturity dates, interest rates, priorities on revenues available for payment of such bonds and priorities on security available for assuring payment thereof, and such other differing terms and conditions as are deemed necessary and are not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.
[ 1973 c 132 § 4. Formerly RCW 70.95A.030.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.210 - Pollution Control—Municipal Bonding Authority. › 70A.210.040 - Actions by municipalities validated.

RCW 70A.210.040
Actions by municipalities validated.
All actions heretofore taken by any municipality in conformity with the provisions of this chapter and the provisions of chapter 6, Laws of 1975 hereby made applicable thereto relating to pollution control facilities, including but not limited to all bonds issued for such purposes, are hereby declared to be valid, legal and binding in all respects.
[ 1975 c 6 § 4. Formerly RCW 70.95A.035.]
NOTES:
Port districts—Pollution control facilities or other industrial development—Validation: RCW 53.08.041.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.210 - Pollution Control—Municipal Bonding Authority. › 70A.210.060 - Proceeds of bonds are separate trust funds—Municipal treasurer, compensation.

RCW 70A.210.060
Proceeds of bonds are separate trust funds—Municipal treasurer, compensation.
The proceeds of any bonds heretofore or hereafter issued in conformity with the authority of this chapter, together with interest and premiums thereon, and any revenues used to pay or redeem any of such bonds, together with interest and any premiums thereon, shall be separate trust funds and used only for the purposes permitted herein and shall not be considered to be money of the municipality. The services of the treasurer of a municipality, if such treasurer is or has been used, were and are intended to be for the administrative convenience of receipt and payment of nonpublic moneys only for which reasonable compensation may be charged by such treasurer or municipality.
[ 1975 c 6 § 2. Formerly RCW 70.95A.045.]
NOTES:
Port districts—Pollution control facilities or other industrial development—Validation: RCW 53.08.041.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.210 - Pollution Control—Municipal Bonding Authority. › 70A.210.080 - Facilities—Leases authorized.

RCW 70A.210.080
Facilities—Leases authorized.
Prior to the issuance of the bonds authorized by this chapter, the municipality may lease the facilities to a lessee or lessees under an agreement providing for payment to the municipality of such rentals as will be sufficient (a) to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds issued to finance the facilities, (b) to pay the taxes on the facilities, (c) to build up and maintain any reserves deemed by the governing body to be advisable in connection therewith, and (d) unless the agreement of lease obligates the lessees to pay for the maintenance and insurance of the facilities, to pay the costs of maintaining the facilities in good repair and keeping the same properly insured. Subject to the limitations of this chapter, the lease or extensions or modifications thereof may contain such other terms and conditions as may be mutually acceptable to the parties, and notwithstanding any other provisions of law relating to the sale of property owned by municipalities, such lease may contain an option for the lessees to purchase the facilities on such terms and conditions with or without consideration as may be mutually acceptable to the parties.
[ 1973 c 132 § 7. Formerly RCW 70.95A.060.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.210 - Pollution Control—Municipal Bonding Authority. › 70A.210.090 - Facilities—Revenue bonds—Refunding provisions.

RCW 70A.210.090
Facilities—Revenue bonds—Refunding provisions.
Any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter and at any time outstanding may at any time and from time to time be refunded by a municipality by the issuance of its refunding bonds in such amount as the governing body may deem necessary but not exceeding an amount sufficient to refund the principal of the bonds to be so refunded, together with any unpaid interest thereon and any premiums and commissions necessary to be paid in connection therewith: PROVIDED, That an issue of refunding bonds may be combined with an issue of additional revenue bonds on any facilities. Any such refunding may be effected whether the bonds to be refunded shall have then matured or shall thereafter mature, either by sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the proceeds thereof for the payment of the bonds to be refunded thereby, or by exchange of the refunding bonds for the bonds to be refunded thereby: PROVIDED FURTHER, That the owners of any bonds to be so refunded shall not be compelled without their consent to surrender their bonds for payment or exchange except on the terms expressed on the face thereof. Any refunding bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall be subject to the provisions contained in RCW 70A.210.050 and may be secured in accordance with the provisions of RCW 70A.210.070.
[ 2020 c 20 § 1205; 1983 c 167 § 176; 1973 c 132 § 8. Formerly RCW 70.95A.070.]
NOTES:
Liberal construction—Severability—1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.210 - Pollution Control—Municipal Bonding Authority. › 70A.210.100 - Revenue bonds—Disposition of proceeds.

RCW 70A.210.100
Revenue bonds—Disposition of proceeds.
The proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued under authority of this chapter shall be applied only for the purpose for which the bonds were issued: PROVIDED, That any accrued interest and premium received in any such sale shall be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds sold: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That if for any reason any portion of such proceeds shall not be needed for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, then such unneeded portion of said proceeds shall be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on said bonds. The cost of acquiring or improving any facilities shall be deemed to include the following: The actual cost of acquiring or improving real estate for any facilities; the actual cost of construction of all or any part of the facilities which may be constructed, including architects' and engineers' fees, all expenses in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the bonds to finance such acquisition or improvements; and the interest on such bonds for a reasonable time prior to construction, during construction, and for a time not exceeding six months after completion of construction.
[ 1973 c 132 § 9. Formerly RCW 70.95A.080.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.210 - Pollution Control—Municipal Bonding Authority. › 70A.210.110 - Facilities—Sale or lease—Certain restrictions on municipalities not applicable.

RCW 70A.210.110
Facilities—Sale or lease—Certain restrictions on municipalities not applicable.
The facilities shall be constructed, reconstructed, and improved and shall be leased, sold or otherwise disposed of in the manner determined by the governing body in its sole discretion and any requirement of competitive bidding, lease performance bonds or other restriction imposed on the procedure for award of contracts for such purpose or the lease, sale or other disposition of property of a municipality is not applicable to any action taken under authority of this chapter.
[ 1973 c 132 § 10. Formerly RCW 70.95A.090.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.210 - Pollution Control—Municipal Bonding Authority. › 70A.210.120 - Facilities—Department of ecology certification.

RCW 70A.210.120
Facilities—Department of ecology certification.
Upon request by a municipality or by a user of the facilities the department of ecology may in relation to chapter 54, Laws of 1972 ex. sess. and this chapter issue its certificate stating that the facilities (1) as designed are in furtherance of the purpose of abating, controlling or preventing pollution, and/or (2) as designed or as operated meet state and local requirements for the control of pollution. This section shall not be construed as modifying the provisions of RCW 82.34.030; chapter 70A.15 RCW; or chapter 90.48 RCW.
[ 2020 c 20 § 1206; 1973 c 132 § 11. Formerly RCW 70.95A.100.]
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RCW 70A.210.900
Construction—1973 c 132.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any powers which a municipality might otherwise have under any laws of this state, but shall be construed as cumulative.
[ 1973 c 132 § 12. Formerly RCW 70.95A.910.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.210 - Pollution Control—Municipal Bonding Authority. › 70A.210.901 - Construction—1975 c 6.

RCW 70A.210.901
Construction—1975 c 6.
This 1975 amendatory act shall be liberally construed to accomplish the intention expressed herein.
[ 1975 c 6 § 6. Formerly RCW 70.95A.912.]
NOTES:
Port districts—Pollution control facilities or other industrial development—Validation: RCW 53.08.041.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.210 - Pollution Control—Municipal Bonding Authority. › 70A.210.902 - Acquisitions by port districts under RCW 53.08.040—Prior rights or obligations.

RCW 70A.210.902
Acquisitions by port districts under RCW 53.08.040—Prior rights or obligations.
All acquisitions by port districts pursuant to RCW 53.08.040 may, at the option of a port commission, be deemed to be made under this chapter, or under both: PROVIDED, That nothing contained in this chapter shall impair rights or obligations under contracts entered into before March 19, 1973.
[ 1973 c 132 § 14. Formerly RCW 70.95A.930.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.212 - Domestic Waste Treatment Plants—Operators. › 70A.212.010 - Legislative declaration.

RCW 70A.212.010
Legislative declaration.
The legislature declares that competent operation of waste treatment plants plays an important part in the protection of the environment of the state and therefore it is of vital interest to the public. In order to protect the public health and to conserve and protect the water resources of the state, it is necessary to provide for the classifying of all domestic wastewater treatment plants; to require the examination and certification of the persons responsible for the supervision and operation of such systems; and to provide for the promulgation of rules and regulations to carry out this chapter.
[ 1973 c 139 § 1. Formerly RCW 70.95B.010.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.212 - Domestic Waste Treatment Plants—Operators. › 70A.212.020 - Definitions.

RCW 70A.212.020
Definitions.
As used in this chapter unless context requires another meaning:
(1) "Certificate" means a certificate of competency issued by the director stating that the operator has met the requirements for the specified operator classification of the certification program.
(2) "Department" means the department of ecology.
(3) "Director" means the director of the department of ecology.
(4) "Nationally recognized association of certification authorities" shall mean that organization which serves as an information center for certification activities, recommends minimum standards and guidelines for classification of potable water treatment plants, water distribution systems and wastewater facilities and certification of operators, facilitates reciprocity between state programs and assists authorities in establishing new certification programs and updating existing ones.
(5) "Operating experience" means routine performance of duties, on-site in a wastewater treatment plant, that affects plant performance or effluent quality.
(6) "Operator in responsible charge" means an individual who is designated by the owner as the person on-site in responsible charge of the routine operation of a wastewater treatment plant.
(7) "Owner" means in the case of a town or city, the city or town acting through its chief executive officer or the lessee if operated pursuant to a lease or contract; in the case of a county, the chair of the county legislative authority or the chair's designee; in the case of a water-sewer district, board of public utilities, association, municipality, or other public body, the president or chair of the body or the president's or chair's designee; in the case of a privately owned wastewater treatment plant, the legal owner.
(8) "Wastewater certification program coordinator" means an employee of the department who administers the wastewater treatment plant operators' certification program.
(9) "Wastewater collection system" means any system of lines, pipes, manholes, pumps, liftstations, or other facilities used for the purpose of collecting and transporting wastewater.
(10) "Wastewater treatment plant" means a facility used to treat any liquid or waterborne waste of domestic origin or a combination of domestic, commercial, or industrial origin, and which by its design requires the presence of an operator for its operation. It shall not include any facility used exclusively by a single-family residence, septic tanks with subsoil absorption, industrial wastewater treatment plants, or wastewater collection systems.
[ 2012 c 117 § 412; 1999 c 153 § 66; 1995 c 269 § 2901; 1987 c 357 § 1; 1973 c 139 § 2. Formerly RCW 70.95B.020.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: The definitions in this section have been alphabetized pursuant to RCW 1.08.015(2)(k).
Part headings not law—1999 c 153: See note following RCW 57.04.050.
Effective date—Part headings not law—Severability—1995 c 269: See notes following RCW 18.16.050.
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RCW 70A.212.030
Wastewater treatment plant operators—Certification required.
As provided for in this chapter, the individual on-site at a wastewater treatment plant who is designated by the owner as the operator in responsible charge of the operation and maintenance of the plant on a routine basis shall be certified at a level equal to or higher than the classification rating of the plant being operated.
If a wastewater treatment plant is operated on more than one daily shift, the operator in charge of each shift shall be certified at a level no lower than one level lower than the classification rating of the plant being operated and shall be subordinate to the operator in responsible charge who is certified at a level equal to or higher than the plant. This requirement for shift operator certification shall be met by January 1, 1989.
Operators not required to be certified by this chapter are encouraged to become certified on a voluntary basis.
[ 1987 c 357 § 2; 1973 c 139 § 3. Formerly RCW 70.95B.030.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.212 - Domestic Waste Treatment Plants—Operators. › 70A.212.040 - Administration of chapter—Rules and regulations—Director's duties.

RCW 70A.212.040
Administration of chapter—Rules and regulations—Director's duties.
The director shall adopt and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the administration of this chapter. The rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for the qualification and certification of operators for different classifications of wastewater treatment plants.
[ 1995 c 269 § 2902; 1987 c 357 § 3; 1973 c 139 § 4. Formerly RCW 70.95B.040.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Part headings not law—Severability—1995 c 269: See notes following RCW 18.16.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.212 - Domestic Waste Treatment Plants—Operators. › 70A.212.050 - Wastewater treatment plants—Classification.

RCW 70A.212.050
Wastewater treatment plants—Classification.
The director shall classify all wastewater treatment plants with regard to the size, type, and other conditions affecting the complexity of such treatment plants and the skill, knowledge, and experience required of an operator to operate such facilities to protect the public health and the state's water resources.
[ 1987 c 357 § 4; 1973 c 139 § 5. Formerly RCW 70.95B.050.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.212 - Domestic Waste Treatment Plants—Operators. › 70A.212.060 - Criteria and guidelines.

RCW 70A.212.060
Criteria and guidelines.
The director is authorized when taking action pursuant to RCW 70A.212.040 and 70A.212.050 to consider generally applicable criteria and guidelines developed by a nationally recognized association of certification authorities.
[ 2020 c 20 § 1207; 1973 c 139 § 6. Formerly RCW 70.95B.060.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.212 - Domestic Waste Treatment Plants—Operators. › 70A.212.070 - Ad hoc advisory committees.

RCW 70A.212.070
Ad hoc advisory committees.
The director, in cooperation with the secretary of health, may establish ad hoc advisory committees, as necessary, to obtain advice and technical assistance regarding the examination and certification of operators of wastewater treatment plants.
[ 1995 c 269 § 2908. Formerly RCW 70.95B.071.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Part headings not law—Severability—1995 c 269: See notes following RCW 18.16.050.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety › Chapter 70A.212 - Domestic Waste Treatment Plants—Operators. › 70A.212.080 - Certificates—When examination not required.

RCW 70A.212.080
Certificates—When examination not required.
Certificates shall be issued without examination under the following conditions:
(1) Certificates, in appropriate classifications, shall be issued without application fee to operators who, on July 1, 1973, hold certificates of competency attained by examination under the voluntary certification program sponsored jointly by the state department of social and health services, health services division, and the Pacific Northwest pollution control association.
(2) Certificates, in appropriate classifications, shall be issued to persons certified by a governing body or owner to have been the operator in responsible charge of a waste treatment plant on July 1, 1973. A certificate so issued will be valid only for the existing plant.
(3) A nonrenewable certificate, temporary in nature, may be issued for a period not to exceed twelve months, to an operator who fills a vacated position required to be filled by a certified operator. Only one such certificate may be issued subsequent to each instance of vacation of any such position.
[ 1987 c 357 § 5; 1973 c 139 § 8. Formerly RCW 70.95B.080.]