Washington Administrative Code

(1) A transporter of dangerous waste must keep a copy of the manifest signed by the generator, himself, and the next designated transporter or the owner or operator of the designated facility for a period of three years from the date the dangerous waste was accepted by the initia…

In the event of a spill or discharge of dangerous waste during transportation, the transporter must comply with the requirements of WAC 173-303-145, Spills and discharges into the environment. In addition to the notices required by WAC 173-303-145, the transporter must provide th…

(1) Applicability. The requirements of WAC 173-303-280 through 173-303-395 apply to all owners and operators of facilities which store, treat, or dispose of dangerous wastes and which must be permitted under the requirements of this chapter 173-303 WAC, unless otherwise specified…

(1) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide notification to the department, local communities and the public that the siting of a dangerous waste management facility is being considered. Also, to provide general information about the proposed facility owner/operator, t…

(1) Purpose. This section establishes siting criteria which serve as an initial screen in the consideration of sites for dangerous waste management facilities. The purpose of the siting criteria is to immediately disqualify proposed dangerous waste facility sites in locations con…

(1) Purpose. This section provides general performance standards for designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining dangerous waste facilities.(2) Applicability. This section applies to all dangerous waste facilities permitted under WAC 173-303-800 through 173-303-840. These…

(1)(a) The facility owner or operator who is arranging to receive, or has arranged to receive, or is receiving dangerous waste from sources outside the United States must notify the appropriate regional office of the department annually, and in writing at least four weeks in adva…

(1) Purpose. This section requires the facility owner or operator to confirm his knowledge about a dangerous waste before he stores, treats, or disposes of it. The purpose for the analysis is to insure that a dangerous waste is managed properly.(2) The owner or operator must obta…

(1) The owner or operator must prevent the unknowing entry, and minimize the possibility for the unauthorized entry, of persons or livestock onto the active portion of his or her facility, unless he can demonstrate to the department that:(a) Physical contact with waste, structure…

(1) The owner or operator must inspect their facility to prevent malfunctions and deterioration, operator errors, and discharges which may cause or lead to the release of dangerous waste constituents to the environment, or a threat to human health. The owner or operator must cond…

(1) Training program. The facility owner or operator must provide a program of classroom instruction or on-the-job training for facility personnel. This program must teach personnel to perform their duties in a way that ensures the facility's compliance with this chapter 173-303 …

(1) CQA program.(a) A construction quality assurance (CQA) program is required for all surface impoundment, waste pile, and landfill units that are required to comply with WAC 173-303-650 (2)(j) and (k), 173-303-660 (2)(j) and (k), and 173-303-665 (2)(h) and (j). The program must…

Facilities must be designed, constructed, maintained and operated to minimize the possibility of fire, explosion, or any unplanned sudden or nonsudden release of dangerous waste or dangerous waste constituents to air, soil, or surface or groundwater which could threaten the publi…

(1) Purpose. The purpose of this section and WAC 173-303-360 is to lessen the potential impact on the public health and the environment in the event of any emergency event, including, but not limited to, a fire, natural disaster, explosion, or unplanned sudden or nonsudden releas…

(1) Owners or operators must coordinate preparedness and prevention planning and contingency planning efforts, conducted under WAC 173-303-340 and 173-303-350, with local emergency planning committees established pursuant to Title III of the 1986 Superfund Amendments and Reauthor…

(1) Emergency coordinator. At all times, there must be at least one employee either on the facility premises or on call (that is, available to respond to an emergency by reaching the facility within a short period of time) with the responsibility for coordinating all emergency re…

(1) Applicability. The requirements of this section apply to owners and operators of permitted treatment, storage, and disposal facilities and of dangerous waste recycling facilities operating under the requirements of this chapter who receive dangerous waste from off-site source…

(1) Operating record. The owner or operator of a facility must keep a written operating record at their facility. The following information must be recorded, as it becomes available, and maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility:(a) A description of and the…

The owner or operator of a facility is responsible for preparing and submitting the reports described in this section.(1) Unmanifested waste reports. If a facility accepts any dangerous waste from an off-site source without an accompanying manifest, or without an accompanying shi…

(1) Precautions for ignitable, reactive, or incompatible wastes.(a) The owner or operator must take precautions to prevent accidental ignition or reaction of ignitable or reactive waste. This waste must be separated and protected from sources of ignition or reaction including, bu…

(1) Purpose. The purpose of WAC 173-303-400 is to establish standards which define the acceptable management of dangerous waste during the period of interim status and until certification of final closure or, if the facility is subject to post-closure requirements, until post-clo…

(1) Applicability. This section applies to the recycling of state-only dangerous waste that are not regulated as hazardous wastes (defined in WAC 173-303-040) by EPA. (Also, see WAC 173-303-120 (3) and (5).)(2) Standards.(a) If state-only dangerous wastes are recycled in any of t…

(1) Applicability. (Also, see WAC 173-303-120(3).)(a) This section applies to recyclable materials that are applied to or placed on the land:(i) Without mixing with any other substance(s); or(ii) After mixing or combining with any other substance(s). These materials will be refer…

(1) Applicability. (Also, see WAC 173-303-120(3).)(a) This section applies to spent chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) and hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) refrigerants that are reclaimed or recycled. Refrigerants eligible for these special requirements are those CFCs and HCFCs that were use…

(1) Applicability. (Also, see WAC 173-303-120(3).)(a) This section applies to generators, marketers, transporters, blenders, and burners of dangerous waste fuels that are to be burned for energy recovery in any boiler or industrial furnace that is not regulated under Subpart O of…

(1) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide used oil management standards for generators, transporters, collection centers, aggregation points, transfer facilities, processors, and re-refiners, burners, and marketers of used oil.(2) Definitions. In addition to the term…

This section applies to persons who reclaim (including regeneration) spent lead-acid batteries that are recyclable materials ("spent batteries"). (Also, see WAC 173-303-120(3).)(1) Persons who generate, transport, or collect spent batteries, who regenerate spent batteries, or who…

(1) Applicability. This section applies to the recycling of spent antifreeze. Antifreeze means ethylene glycol based coolant used as a heat exchange medium in motor vehicle radiators, motorized equipment, or in other industrial processes. For the purposes of this section recyclin…

(1) Applicability and requirements. (Also, see WAC 173-303-120(3).)(a) This section applies to recyclable materials that are reclaimed to recover economically significant amounts of gold, silver, platinum, palladium, iridium, osmium, rhodium, ruthenium, or any combination of thes…

(1) Definitions. The following definitions apply to this section:"Dangerous waste pharmaceutical" means a pharmaceutical that is a solid waste, as defined in WAC 173-303-016, and that exhibits a dangerous waste characteristic, criteria, or is listed as dangerous waste under WAC 1…

(1) Scope.(a) This section establishes requirements for managing the following:(i) Batteries as described in subsection (2) of this section;(ii) Mercury-containing equipment as described in subsection (3) of this section; and(iii) Lamps as described in subsection (5) of this sect…

(1) Applicability.(a) The rules in this section identify when military munitions become a solid waste, and, if these wastes are also dangerous under this section or WAC 173-303-016 through 173-303-100, the management standards that apply to these wastes.(b) Unless otherwise speci…

Purpose, scope, and applicability.(1) Final facility standards are established in WAC 173-303-600 through 173-303-695, and also include WAC 173-303-280 through 173-303-395. Final facility standards are minimum statewide standards which describe the acceptable management of danger…

(1) Applicability.(a) Subsections (2) through (6) of this section, (which concern closure), apply to the owners and operators of all dangerous waste facilities.(b) Subsections (7) through (11) of this section, (which concern post-closure care), apply to the owners and operators o…

(1) Applicability.(a) The requirements of subsections (3), (4), (7), (8), (9), and (10) of this section, apply to owners and operators of all dangerous waste facilities, except as provided otherwise in this section.(b) The requirements of subsections (5) and (6) of this section a…

(1) Applicability. The regulations in this section apply to owners and operators of all dangerous waste facilities that store dangerous waste in containers.(2) Condition of containers. If a container holding dangerous waste is not in good condition (e.g., severe corroding or rust…

(1) Applicability.(a) The regulations in WAC 173-303-640 apply to owners and operators of facilities that use tank systems to treat or store dangerous waste, except as (b), (c), and (d) of this subsection provides otherwise.(b) Tank systems that are used to store or treat dangero…

(1) Applicability.(a)(i) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, the regulations in this section apply to owners and operators of facilities that treat, store, or dispose of dangerous waste. The owner or operator must satisfy the requirements identified in (a)(ii) of this s…

WAC 173-303-646 has been broken down into the following sections: Old citationWAC 173-303-64610Purpose and applicabilityWAC 173-303-646(1)WAC 173-303-64620RequirementsWAC 173-303-646(2)WAC 173-303-64630Use of the Model Toxics Control ActWAC 173-303-646(3)WAC 173-303-64640Grandfat…

(1) The provisions of this section, and WAC 173-303-64620 and 173-303-64630, establish requirements for corrective action for releases of dangerous wastes and dangerous constituents including releases from solid waste management units.(2) The provisions of this section apply to f…

(1) The owner or operator of a facility must institute corrective action as necessary to protect human health and the environment for all releases of dangerous wastes and dangerous constituents, including releases from all solid waste management units at the facility. Corrective …

(1) The department may require the owner/operator of a facility to fulfill his corrective action responsibilities under WAC 173-303-64620 using an enforceable action issued pursuant to the Model Toxics Control Act, as amended, (chapter 70.105D RCW) and its implementing regulation…

(1)(a) In accordance with the requirements of this section and WAC 173-303-64610 through 173-303-64630, the department may designate an area at a facility as a corrective action management unit for the purpose of treating, storing or disposing of remediation waste that originates…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, CAMUs are subject to the requirements of this section and WAC 173-303-64660 and 173-303-64670.(2) CAMUs that were approved before April 22, 2002, or for which substantially complete applications (or equivalents) were submi…

(1) The department must designate a CAMU that will be used for storage and/or treatment only in accordance with subsection (4) of this section. When designating all other CAMUs, the department will do so in accordance with WAC 173-303-64650 and 173-303-64670, and the following:(a…

(1) The department may designate a regulated unit (as defined in WAC 173-303-040) as a CAMU, or may incorporate a regulated unit into a CAMU, if:(a) The regulated unit is closed or closing, meaning it has begun the closure process under WAC 173-303-610(4) or 40 C.F.R. Part 265.11…

(1) In accordance with the requirements of this subsection, the department may designate a tank or container storage area at a facility as a temporary unit for the purpose of treating or storing remediation waste that originates at the same facility in order to implement remedies…

The requirements for staging piles in 40 C.F.R. Part 264.554 are incorporated by reference. The word "director" in 40 C.F.R. means "department." Section 264.554 (c)(2) is modified by changing "qualified professional engineer" to "independent qualified registered professional engi…

(1) The department may approve placement of CAMU-eligible wastes in dangerous waste landfills not located at the site from which the waste originated, without the wastes meeting the requirements of WAC 173-303-140(2), if the conditions in (a) through (c) of this subsection are me…

Notwithstanding any provision of WAC 173-303-646910, the department may approve placement of CAMU-eligible wastes in hazardous waste landfills located outside of the state of Washington if the landfill receiving the CAMU-eligible waste is authorized to accept CAMU-eligible wastes…