Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-305 - Hazardous waste fee regulation › Part B - BASE FEE › Section 173-305-110 - Fees

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The fee imposed
				is a thirty-five dollar (or as adjusted by WAC
				173-305-040)  annual fee payable
				by hazardous waste generators. The fee for the 1990 fee period is due on
				October 1, 1990, for any hazardous waste generator operating in Washington
				after March 22, 1990. The fee for the 1991 calendar year, and the 1990 fee
				period for any hazardous waste generator who began business after October 1,
				1990, is due February 28, 1992. The annual fee for calendar year 1992 and each
				calendar year thereafter is due on July 1 of the next succeeding year.
Table 1
Primary Business Activities of Potential Generators
Soil preparation services:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in application of fertilizer, seed bed
				  preparation, and other services for improving the soil for crop planting such
				  as weed control.
Crop protecting services:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in performing crop protecting services such as
				  disease, weed, and insect control.
Metal mining:
Includes establishments primarily
				  engaged in mining, developing mines, or exploring for metallic minerals. These
				  ores are valued chiefly for the metals contained, to be recovered for use as
				  such or as constituents of alloys, chemicals, pigments, or other products. It
				  also includes mills that crush, grind, wash, dry, sinter, calcine, or leach
				  ore, or perform gravity separation or flotation operations.
General building contractors:
Includes general
				  contractors and operative builders primarily engaged in the construction of
				  nonresidential buildings.
Heavy construction, excluding buildings:
Includes general contractors primarily engaged in heavy construction other than
				  building, such as highways and streets, bridges, sewers, railroads, irrigation
				  products, flood control products, and marine construction. It also includes
				  special trade contractors primarily engaged in activities of a type that are
				  clearly specialized to that type of heavy construction and are not normally
				  performed on buildings or building-related projects.
Painting:
Includes special trade contractors
				  primarily engaged in painting.
Floor laying and other floor work, not elsewhere
				  classified:
Includes special trade contractors primarily engaged in the
				  installation of asphalt tile, linoleum, and resilient flooring, in laying,
				  scraping, and finishing parquet and other hardwood flooring.
Beverages:
Includes establishments primarily
				  engaged in manufacturing:
Malt beverages or malt byproducts;
Wines, brandy, and brandy spirits including the blending of
				  wines;
Alcoholic liquors by distillation or by mixing liquors and
				  other ingredients;
Soft drinks and carbonated waters; and
Flavoring extracts, syrups, powders, and related
				  products.
Textile mill products:
Includes establishments
				  primarily engaged in performing any of the following operations:
Preparation of fiber and subsequent manufacturing of yarn,
				  thread, braids, twine, and cordage;
Manufacturing broadwoven fabrics, narrow woven fabrics, knit
				  fabrics, and carpets and rugs from yarn;
Dyeing and finishing fiber, yarn, fabrics, and knit
				  apparel;
Coating, waterproofing, or otherwise treating fabrics;
The integrated manufacture of knit apparel and other finished
				  articles from yarn; and
The manufacture of felt goods, lace goods, nonwoven fabrics,
				  and miscellaneous textiles.
Sawmills and planing mills, general:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in:
Sawing rough lumber and timber from logs and bolts, or
				  resawing cants and flitches into lumber, including box lumber and softwood cut
				  stock;
Planing mills combined with sawmills; and
Separately operated planing mills that are engaged primarily
				  in producing surfaced lumber and standard workings or patterns of lumber. This
				  industry includes establishments primarily engaged in sawing lath and railroad
				  ties and in producing tobacco hogshead stock, wood chips, and snow fence
				  lath.
Hardwood dimension and flooring mills:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing:
Hardwood dimension lumber and workings therefrom;
Other hardwood dimension, semifabricated or ready for
				  assembly;
Hardwood flooring; and
Wood frames for household furniture.
Millwork:
Includes establishments primarily
				  engaged in manufacturing fabricated wood millwork, including wood millwork
				  covered with materials such as metal and plastics. Planing mills primarily
				  engaged in producing millwork are included in this industry.
Wood kitchen cabinets:
Includes establishments
				  primarily engaged in manufacturing wood kitchen cabinets and wood bathroom
				  vanities, generally for permanent installation.
Hardwood veneer and plywood:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in producing commercial hardwood veneer and
				  those primarily engaged in manufacturing commercial plywood or prefinished
				  hardwood plywood. This includes nonwood backed or faced veneer and nonwood
				  faced plywood.
Softwood veneer and plywood:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in producing commercial softwood veneer and
				  plywood, from veneer produced in the same establishment or from purchased
				  veneer.
Wood preserving:
Includes establishments
				  primarily engaged in treating wood, sawed or planed in other establishments,
				  with creosote or other preservatives to prevent decay and to protect against
				  fire and insects. This industry also includes the cutting, treating, and
				  selling of poles, posts and piling, but establishments primarily engaged in
				  manufacturing other wood products, which they may also treat with
				  preservatives, are not included.
Reconstituted wood products:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing reconstituted wood products.
				  Important products of this industry are hardboard, particleboard, insulation
				  board, medium density fiberboard, waferboard, and oriented strandboard.
Wood products, not elsewhere classified:
Includes establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing wood products, not
				  elsewhere classified, and products from rattan, reed, splint, straw, veneer,
				  veneer strips, wicker, and willow.
Furniture and fixtures:
Includes establishments
				  primarily engaged in manufacturing household, office, public building, and
				  restaurant furniture; and office and store fixtures.
Paper and allied products:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in the manufacture of:
Pulps from wood and other cellulose fibers, and from
				  rags;
Paper and paperboard; and
Paper and paperboard into converted products, such as paper
				  coated off the paper machine, paper bags, paper boxes, and envelopes.
Also included are establishments primarily engaged in
				  manufacturing bags of plastics film and sheet.
Printing and publishing:
Includes establishments
				  primarily engaged in printing by one or more common process, such as
				  letterpress; lithography (including offset), gravure, or screen; and those
				  establishments which perform services for the printing trade, such as
				  bookbinding and platemaking. It also includes establishments engaged in
				  publishing newspapers, books, and periodicals.
Chemicals and allied products:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in producing basic chemicals, and
				  establishments manufacturing products by predominantly chemical
				  processes.
Petroleum refining and related industries:
Includes establishments primarily engaged in petroleum refining, manufacturing
				  paving and roofing materials, and compounding lubricating oils and greases from
				  purchased materials.
Rubber and miscellaneous plastic products:
Includes establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing products from
				  plastics resins and from natural, synthetic, or reclaimed rubber, gutta percha,
				  balata, or butta siak.
Stone, clay, and glass products:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing flat glass and other glass
				  products, cement, structural clay products, pottery, concrete and gypsum
				  products, cut stone, abrasive and asbestos products, and other products from
				  materials taken principally from the earth in the form of stone, clay, and
				  sand.
Primary metal industries:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in:
Smelting and refining ferrous and nonferrous metals from ore,
				  pig, or scrap;
Rolling, drawing, and alloying metals;
Manufacturing castings and other basic metal products;
				  and
Manufacturing nails, spikes, and insulated wire and
				  cable.
This group includes the production of coke.
Fabricated metal products:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in fabricating ferrous and nonferrous metal
				  products, such as:
Metal cans,
Tinware,
Handtools,
Cutlery,
General hardware,
Nonelectric heating apparatus,
Fabricated structural metal products,
Metal forgings,
Metal stampings,
Ordnance (except vehicles and guided missiles), and
A variety of metal and wire products not elsewhere
				  classified.
Industrial and commercial machinery and computer
				  equipment:
Includes establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing
				  industrial and commercial machinery and equipment and computers.
Electronic and other electrical equipment and
				  components, except computer equipment:
Includes establishments primarily
				  engaged in manufacturing machinery, apparatus, and supplies for the generation,
				  storage, transmission, transformation, and utilization of electrical energy.
				  Included is the manufacturing of:
Electricity distribution equipment;
Electrical industrial apparatus;
Household appliances;
Electrical lighting and wiring equipment;
Radio and television receiving equipment;
Communications equipment;
Electronic components and accessories; and
Other electrical equipment and supplies.
Transportation equipment:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing equipment for transportation
				  of passengers and cargo by land, air, and water. Important products produced by
				  establishments classified in this major group include motor vehicles, aircraft,
				  guided missiles, and space vehicles, ships, boats, railroad equipment, and
				  miscellaneous transportation equipment, such as motorcycles, bicycles, and
				  snowmobiles.
Instruments; measuring, analyzing, and controlling
				  photographic, medical, and optical goods; watches and clocks:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing:
Instruments (including professional and scientific) for
				  measuring, testing, analyzing, and controlling, and their associated sensors
				  and accessories;
Optical instruments and lenses;
Surveying and drafting instruments;
Hydrological, hydrographic, meteorological, and geophysical
				  equipment;
Search, detection, navigation, and guidance systems and
				  equipment;
Surgical, medical, and dental instruments, equipment, and
				  supplies;
Ophthalmic goods;
Photographic equipment and supplies; and
Watches and clocks.
Jewelry, silverware, and plated ware:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing:
Jewelry and other articles made of precious metals with or
				  without stones;
Flatware, hollowware, ecclesiastical ware, trophies, trays,
				  and related products made of:
Sterling silver;
Metal plated with silver, gold, or other metal;
Nickel silver;
Pewter; or
Stainless steel.
Toys and sporting goods:
Includes establishments
				  primarily engaged in manufacturing: Sporting and athletic goods such as fishing
				  tackle, golf and tennis goods, skis and skiing equipment.
Signs and advertising specialties:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing electrical, mechanical,
				  cutout, or plate signs and advertising displays, including neon signs, and
				  advertising specialties.
Railroad transportation:
Includes establishments
				  furnishing transportation by line-haul railroad, and switching and terminal
				  establishments.
Local and interurban passenger transit:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in furnishing local and suburban passenger
				  transportation.
Water transportation:
Includes establishments
				  primarily engaged in freight and passenger transportation on the open seas or
				  inland waters, and establishments furnishing incidental services such as
				  lighterage, towing, and canal operation. This major group also includes
				  excursion boats, sightseeing boats, and water taxis.
Transportation by air:
Includes establishments
				  primarily engaged in furnishing domestic and foreign transportation by air and
				  also those operating airports and flying fields and furnishing terminal
				  services.
Electric services:
Includes establishments
				  primarily engaged in the generation, transmission, or distribution, or a
				  combination thereof, of electric energy for sale.
Combination electric and gas, and other utility
				  services:
Includes establishments providing electric or gas services in
				  combination with other services.
Sanitary services:
Includes:
Establishments primarily engaged in the collection and
				  disposal of wastes conducted through a sewer system; and
Establishments primarily engaged in the collection and
				  disposal of refuse by processing or destruction or in the operation of
				  incinerators, waste treatment plants, landfills, or other sites for disposal of
				  those kinds of materials.
Motor vehicles, parts, and supplies:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in the:
Wholesale distribution of new and used passenger automobiles,
				  trucks, trailers, and other motor vehicles, including motorcycles, motor homes,
				  and snowmobiles;
Wholesale distribution of motor vehicle supplies,
				  accessories, tools, and equipment except tires and new motor vehicle
				  parts;
Distribution at wholesale or retail of used motor vehicle
				  parts and those primarily engaged in dismantling motor vehicles for the purpose
				  of selling parts.
Electrical apparatus and equipment, wiring supplies,
				  and construction materials:
Includes establishments primarily engaged in
				  the wholesale distribution of:
Electrical power equipment for the generation, transmission,
				  distribution, or control of electric energy;
Electrical construction materials for outside power
				  transmission lines and for electrical systems; and
Electric light fixtures and bulbs.
Machinery, equipment, and supplies:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in the:
Wholesale distribution of construction or mining cranes,
				  excavating machinery and equipment, power shovels, road construction and
				  maintenance machinery, tractor-mounting equipment and other specialized
				  machinery and equipment used in the construction, mining, and logging
				  industries;
Distribution of agricultural machinery and equipment for use
				  in the preparation and maintenance of the soil, the planting and harvesting of
				  crops, and other operations and processes pertaining to work on the farm or the
				  lawn or garden;
Distribution of dairy and other livestock equipment;
				  and
Wholesale distribution of industrial machinery and
				  equipment.
Miscellaneous durable goods:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in assembling, breaking up, sorting, and
				  wholesale distribution of scrap and waste materials.
Chemicals and allied products:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of:
Plastics materials, and of unsupported plastics film, sheets,
				  sheeting, rods, tubes, and other basic forms and shapes;
Chemicals and allied products, such as acids, industrial and
				  heavy chemicals, dye stuffs, industrial salts, rosin, and turpentine.
Petroleum and petroleum products:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of:
Crude petroleum and petroleum products, including liquefied
				  petroleum gas, from bulk liquid storage facilities;
Petroleum and petroleum products, except those with bulk
				  liquid storage facilities.
Included are packaged and bottled petroleum products
				  distributors, truck jobbers, and others marketing petroleum and its products at
				  wholesale, but without bulk liquid storage facilities.
Farm supplies:
Includes establishments primarily
				  engaged in the wholesale distribution of fertilizers, agricultural chemicals,
				  and pesticides.
New and used car dealers:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in the retail sale of new automobiles or new
				  and used automobiles. These establishments frequently maintain repair
				  departments and carry stocks of replacement parts, tires, batteries, and
				  automotive accessories.
Gasoline service stations:
Includes gasoline
				  service stations primarily engaged in selling gasoline and lubricating
				  oils.
Laundry, cleaning, and garment services:
Includes establishments primarily engaged in:
Operating mechanical laundries with steam or other
				  power;
Linen supply;
Coin-operated laundries and dry-cleaning;
Dry-cleaning plants, except rug cleaning;
Carpet and upholstery cleaning; and
Industrial launderers.
Establishments that solely operate coin-operated washing
				  machines and dryers and establishments that solely clean carpets or rugs are
				  not included.
Disinfecting and pest control services:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in disinfecting dwellings and other buildings,
				  and in termite, insect, rodent, and other pest control, generally in dwellings
				  or other buildings.
Truck rental and leasing, without drivers:
Includes establishments primarily engaged in short-term rental or extended-term
				  leasing of trucks, truck tractors, or semitrailers without drivers.
Automotive repair shops:
Includes establishments
				  primarily engaged in the:
Repair of automotive tops, bodies, and interiors, or
				  automotive painting and refinishing;
Customizing automobiles, trucks, and vans except on a factory
				  basis;
Installation, repair, or sale and installation of automotive
				  exhaust systems;
Repairing and retreading of automotive tires;
Installation, repair, or sales and installation of automotive
				  transmissions;
General automotive repair;
Specialized automotive repair, such as fuel service
				  (carburetor repair), brake relining, front end and wheel alignment, and
				  radiator repair.
Miscellaneous repair shops and related services:
Includes establishments primarily engaged in:
General repair work by welding, including automotive
				  welding;
Rewinding armatures and rebuilding or repairing electric
				  motors;
Specialized repair services, such as bicycle repair, leather
				  goods repair;
Lock and gun repair, including the making of lock parts or
				  gun parts to individual order;
Musical instrument repair;
Septic tank cleaning;
Farm machinery repair;
Furnace cleaning;
Motorcycle repair;
Tank truck cleaning;
Taxidermists;
Tractor repair; and
Typewriter repair.
Hospitals:
Includes establishments primarily
				  engaged in providing:
Diagnostic services, extensive medical treatment including
				  surgical services, and other hospital services, as well as continuous nursing
				  services;
General medical and surgical services and other hospital
				  services;
Diagnostic medical services and inpatient treatment for the
				  mentally ill;
Diagnostic services, treatment, and other hospital services
				  for specialized categories of patients, except mental.
Medical laboratories:
Includes establishments
				  primarily engaged in providing professional analytic or diagnostic services to
				  the medical profession, or to the patient on prescription of a
				  physician.
Colleges, universities, professional schools, and
				  junior colleges:
Colleges, universities, and professional schools
				  furnishing academic courses and granting academic degrees; or junior colleges
				  and technical institutes furnishing academic, or academic and technical,
				  courses, and granting associate academic degrees, certificates, or
				  diplomas.
Research and testing services:
Includes
				  establishments primarily engaged in:
Commercial physical and biological research and development
				  on a contract or fee basis; or
Performing noncommercial research into and dissemination of,
				  information for public health, education, or general welfare; or
Providing testing services.
Environmental quality:
Government establishments
				  primarily engaged in:
Regulation, planning, protection and conservation of air and
				  water resources;
Solid waste management;
Water and air pollution control and prevention;
Flood control;
Drainage development, and consumption of water
				  resources;
Coordination of these activities at intergovernmental
				  levels;
Research necessary for air pollution abatement and control
				  and conservation of water resources;
Government establishments primarily engaged in regulation,
				  supervision and control of land use, including recreational areas;
Conservation and preservation of natural resources;
Control of wind and water erosion;
The administration and protection of publicly and privately
				  owned forest lands, including pest control;
Planning, management, regulation, and conservation of game,
				  fish, and wildlife populations, including wildlife management areas and field
				  stations; and
Other matters relating to the protection of fish, game, and
				  wildlife.
Establishments that only provide information and education
				  services to others are not included.
National security:
Includes establishments of
				  the armed forces, including the National Guard, primarily engaged in national
				  security and related activities.
(2) A
				hazardous waste generator must be exempt from the fee imposed under this
				section if the value of products, gross proceeds of sales, or gross income of
				the business, from all business activities of the hazardous waste generator, is
				less than twelve thousand dollars in the current calendar year.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.95E RCW. 00-16-103 (Order
					 99-16), § 173-305-110, filed 8/1/00, effective 9/1/00; 91-08-040 (Order
					 90-56), § 173-305-110, filed 4/1/91, effective
					 5/2/91.