2226‑S AMS FRAS WILB 01

SHB 2226 - S AMD

    By Senators Fraser, ,Snyder and Loveland

                                                  WITHDRAWN 3/3/94

    On page 2, after line 24, insert the following:

    "Sec. 4.  RCW 70.95.060 and 1969 ex.s. c 134 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The department in accordance with procedures prescribed by the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 34.05 RCW, as now or hereafter amended, may adopt such minimum functional standards for solid waste handling as it deems appropriate.  The department in adopting such standards may classify areas of the state with respect to population density, climate, geology, and other relevant factors bearing on solid waste disposal standards. 

(2) Standards with an effective date on or after October 1, 1993 shall define "existing municipal solid waste landfill units" to include defined areas of land that have been permitted by a jurisdictional health department to receive, and any part of which is receiving, solid waste as of the effective date of the standard. This subsection (2) shall apply only to landfills with a total capacity of less than two million tons of municipal solid waste as of the effective date of the standard. This subsection shall apply only to landfills in counties bordering the state of Oregon that have a total capacity of less than  two million tons of municipal solid waste as of October 1, 1993.  Furthermore, for such landfills, this subsection shall apply only as long as the landfill does not receive waste from other counties, except as provided under a contract for disposal of waste entered before October 1, 1993, and any renewals of such contract."

SHB 2226 - S AMD

    By Senators Fraser, Snyder and Loveland

    On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "chapter 35A.21 RCW;" insert "amending RCW 70.95.060;"

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