(1) Applicability. The standards of WAC
173-306-405 through
173-306-470 are the ash disposal standards and apply to all disposal facilities except ash disposal facilities that are engaged in closure or were closed before the effective date of this chapter.
(3) Effective dates.
(a) All existing ash disposal facilities not in conformance with these standards must be placed on compliance schedules as part of the permit issued in WAC
173-306-300. Full compliance must be met within three years of the effective date of this chapter. However, the following facility standards must be met within eighteen months of the effective date of this chapter:
(ii) The operating and maintenance standards of WAC
173-306-440(5); and
(b) All new and expanded facilities shall meet the ash disposal facility standards of WAC
173-306-405 to
173-306-470 after the effective date of this chapter.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter
70.138 RCW. WSR 00-19-018 (Order 00-17), § 173-306-400, filed 9/8/00, effective 10/9/00; WSR 90-10-047, § 173-306-400, filed 4/30/90, effective 5/31/90.]