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HOUSE BILL 2408
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State of Washington 55th Legislature 1998 Regular Session
By Representatives Pennington and Carlson
Read first time 01/13/98. Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.
AN ACT Relating to hazardous waste fees; and amending RCW 70.95E.030.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 70.95E.030 and 1994 c 136 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
Hazardous
waste generators and hazardous substance users required to prepare plans under
RCW 70.95C.200 shall pay an annual fee to support implementation of RCW
70.95C.200 and 70.95C.040. These fees are to be used by the department,
subject to appropriation, for plan review, technical assistance to facilities
that are required to prepare plans, other activities related to plan
development and implementation, and associated indirect costs. The total fees
collected under this subsection shall not exceed the department's costs of
implementing RCW 70.95C.200 and 70.95C.040 and shall not exceed one million
dollars per year. The annual fee for a facility shall not exceed ((ten))
fifteen thousand dollars per year. Any facility that generates less
than two thousand six hundred forty pounds of hazardous waste per waste
generation site in the previous calendar year shall be exempt from the fee
imposed by this section. The annual fee for a facility generating at least two
thousand six hundred forty pounds but not more than four thousand pounds of
hazardous waste per waste generation site in the previous calendar year shall
not exceed fifty dollars. A person that develops a plan covering more than one
interrelated facility as provided for in RCW 70.95C.200 shall be assessed fees
only for the number of plans prepared. The department shall adopt a fee
schedule by rule after consultation with typical affected businesses and other
interested parties. Hazardous waste generated and recycled for beneficial use,
including initial amount of hazardous substances introduced into a process and
subsequently recycled for beneficial use, shall not be used in the calculations
of hazardous waste generated for purposes of this section.
The annual fee imposed by this section shall be first due on July 1 of the year prior to the year that the facility is required to prepare a plan, and by July 1 of each year thereafter.
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