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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 815
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C 249 L 85
State of Washington 49th Legislature 1985 Regular Session
By Select Committee on Clean-up and Management of Puget Sound (originally sponsored by Representatives Unsoeld, Jacobsen and G. Nelson)
Read first time 3/8/85 and passed to Committee on Rules.
AN ACT Relating to water quality; and adding new sections to chapter 90.48 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) In order to protect water quality, the department of ecology, in cooperation with the Puget Sound water quality authority, shall review existing standards for pretreatment of industrial wastewater that is discharged into sewage treatment facilities that discharge into Puget Sound. Standards for treatment by industrial facilities that discharge directly into Puget Sound or into waters that flow into Puget Sound shall also be reviewed.
(2) The department of ecology shall report its progress to the legislature by January 1, 1986. The report shall address whether standards require revision to reflect all known, available, and reasonable methods of treatment. The department shall report its conclusions to the legislature by January 1, 1987.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. (1) The department of ecology shall work with local governments to develop reasonable plans and compliance schedules for the greatest reasonable reduction of combined sewer overflows. The plan shall address various options, including construction of storage tanks for sewage and separation of sewage and stormwater transport systems. The compliance schedule shall be designed to achieve the greatest reasonable reduction of combined sewer overflows at the earliest possible date. The plans and compliance schedules shall be completed by January 1, 1988. A compliance schedule will be a condition of any waste discharge permit issued or renewed after January 1, 1988.
(2) By September 1, 1987, the department of ecology shall report to the legislature any statutory changes necessary to implement the plans and compliance schedules described in subsection (1) of this section. The report shall include (a) a recommended date by which all sewage treatment facilities shall achieve the greatest reasonable reduction of combined sewer overflows, and (b) a comprehensive assessment of the total cost to achieve compliance, the projected need and recommended distribution of local, state, and federal funding, and the availability of local, state, and federal funding. A thorough discussion of the potential funding sources shall accompany the report.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. Plans for upgrading sewage treatment facilities and plans for new sewage treatment facilities shall address the greatest reasonable reduction of combined sewer overflows and implementation of pretreatment standards.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. The department of ecology shall collect administrative expenses from any person or entity requesting action of the department pertaining to the processing of applications for permits provided in RCW 90.48.160, 90.48.162, and 90.48.260. For the purposes of this section, "administrative expenses" shall mean the total actual costs incurred by the department in processing such permit applications.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. Sections 1 through 4 of this act are each added to chapter 90.48 RCW.