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                                  HOUSE BILL 2636

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1992 Regular Session

By Representatives Rust, Horn, Valle, Heavey and Brekke

Read first time 01/22/92.  Referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs.Requiring solid waste reports and landfill fee reciprocity on waste received from outside the state.

     AN ACT Relating to solid waste received from outside the state; adding a new section to chapter 70.95 RCW; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 70.95 RCW to read as follows:

     (1) At least sixty days prior to receiving solid waste generated from outside of the state, each holder or applicant of a permit for a landfill disposal or incineration facility under this chapter shall report to the department the types and quantities of waste to be received.  The department shall develop guidelines for owners or operators of land disposal facilities to report this information.

     (2) If another state imposes a fee, tax, or other assessment for the disposal or incineration of solid waste generated in Washington state, the department shall impose a similar fee, tax, or assessment on incoming solid waste generated from that state.  All money received from any fee, tax, or assessment imposed under this subsection shall be deposited into the solid waste management account created by RCW 70.95.800.  This subsection shall apply to contracts entered into on or after March 1, 1992.

     (3) The department shall prohibit in-state land disposal  and incineration of solid waste generated from a unit of government outside of the state, unless that unit of government has a recycling rate equivalent to that of a comparable unit of government within this state.

     For the purposes of this subsection "unit of government" means any country, province, state, county, city, or a federally recognized Indian tribe.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.      If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.      This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.