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                                          SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1053

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Rasmussen, Madsen, Walker, Hine, Meyers and Grimm)

Read first time 3/6/87 and passed to Committee on Rules.

AN ACT Relating to waste disposal; and adding a new section to chapter 36.32 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 36.32 RCW to read as follows:

          The operation of a public or private waste facility regulated under chapter 70.95 RCW in the unincorporated area of a county shall be a conditional use and shall be operated only pursuant to a permit issued by the county under the authority of chapter 35.63 or 36.70 RCW, or a county charter.  The permit shall be subject to such conditions as the county finds necessary to protect the public health and the environmental quality of the area.  The issuance or denial of the permit or the imposition of conditions is subject to appeal to the county legislative authority.

          This section only applies to those facilities that handle more than five tons of waste per year.