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