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HOUSE BILL 1743
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Representatives Flemming, Horn, Rust, Linville, Valle and J. Kohl
Read first time 02/08/93. Referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs.
AN ACT Relating to pollution prevention; and adding a new section to chapter 70.95C RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 70.95C RCW to read as follows:
(1) Not later than July 1, 1994, based on criteria it has adopted, the department shall designate not more than ten facilities required to prepare pollution prevention plans pursuant to this chapter to each receive a facility-wide permit. The criteria shall include, but need not be limited to:
(a) The potential for the facility to serve as a state-wide model for multimedia pollution prevention programs;
(b) The potential for a facility that does not meet industry-wide pollution prevention goals to meet these goals through a facility-wide permit; and
(c) The potential for a facility that has not met pollution prevention goals set forth in its pollution prevention plan to meet these goals through a facility-wide permit.
(2) At the time the department designates facilities to receive facility-wide permits, it shall submit to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature a report summarizing the designation process and progress made towards establishing a facility-wide permit program.
(3) Not later than January 1, 1996, the department shall issue facility-wide permits for the facilities designated pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
(4) Not later than July 1, 1996, the department shall submit to the governor and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature a report analyzing the facility-wide permit program, evaluating the successes and shortcomings of the program, evaluating the ability of the department to conduct and expand the program, and proposing, if warranted, a schedule to expand the applicability of the program. The department shall not expand the program beyond the number of facilities designated pursuant to subsection (1) of this section without statutory authorization.
(5) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) "Facility-wide permit" means a single permit issued by the department to the owner or operator of a facility required to prepare a pollution prevention plan incorporating the permits, certificates, registrations, and any other relevant department approvals previously issued to the owner or operator pursuant to chapters 70.94, 70.95, 70.105, and 90.48 RCW and the appropriate provisions of the pollution prevention plan prepared by the owner pursuant to this chapter.
(b) "Multimedia release" means the release of a pollutant to any environmental medium, or combination of media, including the air, water, or land, and shall include any release into workplaces.
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