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HOUSE BILL 2662
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By Representatives Holm, Foreman, G. Fisher, Dunshee, Patterson, Dorn, Lemmon, Basich, Ogden, Jones, Finkbeiner, Moak, Kremen, Springer, Roland, King, Cothern, Morris, J. Kohl and L. Johnson; by request of Department of Revenue
Read first time 01/19/94. Referred to Committee on Revenue.
AN ACT Relating to hazardous waste fees; amending RCW 70.95E.020, 70.95E.030, and 70.95E.050; and repealing RCW 70.95E.060.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 70.95E.020 and 1990 c 114 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:
A fee is imposed for
the privilege of generating or potentially generating hazardous waste in the
state. The annual amount of the fee shall be thirty-five dollars upon every
known generator or potential generator doing business in Washington in the
current calendar year or any part thereof. This fee shall be collected by the
department of revenue. A potential generator shall be exempt from the fee
imposed under this section if the potential generator is entitled to the
exemption in RCW 82.04.300 in the current calendar year. The department shall,
subject to appropriation, use the funds collected from the fees assessed in
this subsection to support the activities of the office of waste reduction as
specified in RCW 70.95C.030. The fee imposed pursuant to this section ((shall
be first due on July 31, 1990, for any generator or potential generator
operating in Washington from March 21, 1990, to December 31, 1990, or any part
thereof)) is due annually by July 1 of the year following the calendar
year for which the fee is imposed, except the fee scheduled to be imposed for
calendar year 1993 shall not be collected.
Sec. 2. RCW 70.95E.030 and 1990 c 114 s 13 are each amended to read as follows:
(((1)))
Hazardous waste generators and hazardous substance users required to prepare
plans under RCW 70.95C.200 shall pay an ((additional)) 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 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.
(((2) Fees imposed
by this section shall be first due on July 1, 1991, for facilities that are
required to prepare plans in 1992, on July 1, 1992, for facilities that are
required to prepare plans in 1993, and on July 1, 1993, for facilities that are
required to prepare plans in 1994.)) 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.
Sec. 3. RCW 70.95E.050 and 1990 c 114 s 15 are each amended to read as follows:
In administration of
this chapter for the enforcement and collection of the fees due and owing under
this chapter, the department of revenue is authorized to apply the provisions
of chapter 82.32 RCW, except that the provisions of RCW ((82.32.050 and
82.32.090)) 82.32.045 shall not apply.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. RCW 70.95E.060 and 1990 c 114 s 16 are each repealed.
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