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                                            SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 69

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By House Committee on Environmental Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Rust, Allen, Valle, Brekke, R. King, Lux, Unsoeld, D. Nelson and Isaacson)

Read first time 2/11/85 and passed to Committee on Rules.

AN ACT Relating to solid waste management; and adding a new section to chapter 70.95 RCW.

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) By July 1, 1987, each holder or applicant of a permit for a landfill disposal facility issued under this chapter shall establish a reserve account to cover the costs of closing the facility in accordance with state and federal regulations.  The account shall be designed to ensure that there will be adequate revenue available by the projected date of closure.

          (2) By July 1, 1986, the department shall adopt rules under chapter 34.04 RCW to implement subsection (1) of this section.  The rules shall include but not be limited to:

          (a) Methods to estimate closure costs, including postclosure monitoring, pollution prevention measures, and any other procedures required under state and federal regulations;

          (b) Requirements that the reserve account be generated by user fees.  However, the department may waive this requirement for existing landfills if user fees would be prohibitively high;

          (c) Requirements that moneys be placed in the reserve account on a regular basis and that the reserve account be kept separate from all other accounts; and

          (d) Procedures for the department to verify that adequate sums are deposited in the reserve account.