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                                 SENATE BILL 5081

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State of Washington              56th Legislature             1999 Regular Session

By Senator Swecker

Read first time 01/12/1999.  Referred to Committee on Environmental Quality & Water Resources.

Changing evaluation requirements for biomedical waste treatment technologies.

     AN ACT Relating to biomedical waste treatment technologies; and amending RCW 70.95K.020.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 70.95K.020 and 1992 c 14 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

     (1) ((At the request of an applicant,)) The department of health, in consultation with the department of ecology and local health departments((, may)) shall evaluate the environmental and public health impacts of biomedical waste treatment technologies.  The evaluation shall be consistent with the guidelines established by the state and territorial association on alternative treatment technologies.  The department shall make available the results of any evaluation to local health departments.

     (2) All direct costs associated with the evaluation shall be paid by the applicant to the department of health or to a state or local entity designated by the department of health.

     (3) For the purposes of this section, "applicant" means any person representing a biomedical waste treatment technology that seeks ((an evaluation)) approval to operate a plant by the local health jurisdiction under subsection (1) of this section.

     (4) The department of health may adopt rules to implement this section.

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