WAC 173-303-010
Purpose. This regulation implements
chapter 70.105 RCW, the Hazardous Waste Management Act of 1976
as amended, and implements, in part, chapters 70.105A, 70.105D, and 15.54 RCW, and Subtitle C of Public Law 94-580,
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, which the
legislature has empowered the department to implement. The
purposes of this regulation are to:
(1) Designate those solid wastes which are dangerous or
extremely hazardous to the public health and environment;
Note:
The terms public health and human health are used in this chapter interchangeably.
(2) Provide for surveillance and monitoring of dangerous
and extremely hazardous wastes until they are detoxified,
reclaimed, neutralized, or disposed of safely;
(3) Provide the form and rules necessary to establish a
system for manifesting, tracking, reporting, monitoring,
recordkeeping, sampling, and labeling dangerous and extremely
hazardous wastes;
(4) Establish the siting, design, operation, closure,
post-closure, financial, and monitoring requirements for
dangerous and extremely hazardous waste transfer, treatment,
storage, and disposal facilities;
(5) Establish design, operation, and monitoring
requirements for managing the state's extremely hazardous
waste disposal facility;
(6) Establish and administer a program for permitting
dangerous and extremely hazardous waste management facilities;
and
(7) Encourage recycling, reuse, reclamation, and recovery
to the maximum extent possible.