WSR 14-09-012
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY
[Order 13-06—Filed April 4, 2014, 12:30 p.m., effective May 5, 2014]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The purpose of this rule is to repeal two chapters that ecology no longer has authority to implement, chapter 173-325 WAC, Low-level radioactive waste disposal and chapter 173-326 WAC, Commercial low-level radioactive waste disposalSite use permits. Chapter 70.98 RCW, as amended by chapter 19, Laws of 2012 (HB 2304 and SB 6491), transferred authority for the site use permit program to the department of health effective July 1, 2012. Health has been administering the program since that date and has adopted rules under chapters 246-249 and 246-254 WAC to align their rules with the statute.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing chapters 173-325 and 173-326 WAC.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 43.200 RCW, Radioactive Waste Act.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 13-20-067 on September 27, 2013.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 11.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: April 4, 2014.
Maia D. Bellon
Director
REPEALER
The following chapter of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 173-325-010
Purpose.
WAC 173-325-020
Definitions.
WAC 173-325-030
Requirements for generators and brokers.
WAC 173-325-040
Requirements for site operator.
WAC 173-325-050
Effective dates.
REPEALER
The following chapter of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 173-326-010
Purpose.
WAC 173-326-020
Definitions.
WAC 173-326-030
Requirements for generators and brokers using the Hanford low-level radioactive waste disposal facility.
WAC 173-326-040
Payment procedures.
WAC 173-326-050
Permit fees.
WAC 173-326-060
Requirements for site operator.