Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-306 - Special incinerator ash management standards › Section 173-306-200 - Generator management plans

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
			 Applicability. These standards apply to special incinerator ash generators that
			 incinerate more than twelve tons of municipal solid waste per day. Existing
			 generators shall meet the requirements of this section within six months after
			 the effective date of this chapter.
(2) Management plans procedures.
(a) Before generating or managing any special
			 incinerator ash, any generator subject to this section shall submit a generator
			 management plan to the department for review and approval. The department may
			 publish guidelines on the form and content of management plans consistent with
			 this chapter. Within thirty days of receipt, the department shall determine
			 whether the plan is factually complete and so notify the generator.
(b) Upon receipt of a complete generator
			 management plan, the department shall give notice of its receipt of a proposed
			 management plan to the public and to interested persons for public comment for
			 thirty days after the date of publication.
(c) The department shall also perform the
			 following additional public notification requirements:
(i) Mail the notice to persons who have
			 expressed an interest in being notified;
(ii) Mail the notice to other state agencies
			 and local governments with a regulatory interest in the proposal;
(iii) The public notice shall include a
			 statement that any person may express their views in writing to the department
			 within thirty days of the last date of publication;
(iv) Any person submitting written comment or
			 any other person upon request, may obtain a copy of the department's final
			 decision;
(v) The department shall
			 add the name of any person, upon request, to a mailing list to receive copies
			 of notices for all applications within the state or within a geographical
			 area.
(d) The department
			 shall review each generator management plan to determine whether the generator
			 management plan complies with this chapter and
			 chapter
			 70.138 RCW, including
			 whether the necessary ash disposal permit has been or is likely to be
			 issued.
(e) Within sixty days of
			 receipt of a complete generator management plan, the department may approve,
			 approve with conditions, or reject the submitted generator management plan.
			 Approval may be conditioned upon additional requirements necessary to protect
			 employees, human health, and the environment, including special management
			 requirements such as waste and ash segregation, or treatment techniques such as
			 neutralization, detoxification, and solidification or stabilization.
(f) All generators shall comply with their
			 individual approved management plan. No generator may construct and operate an
			 incineration or energy recovery facility without an approved management
			 plan.
(g) Any generator operating
			 under an approved generator management plan shall notify the department and the
			 department may require resubmission of the generator management plan when there
			 is a proposed material change in the ash management of the special incinerator
			 ash collection and/or handling system.
Upon receipt of the revised generator management plan, the
				department shall proceed according to subsection (2) of this section.