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                                           SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 832

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By House Committee on Environmental Affairs (originally sponsored by Representatives Sprenkle, Allen, Rust, Grant, Unsoeld and Todd)

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

AN ACT Relating to solid wastes; amending RCW 70.95.240; and prescribing penalties.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 24, chapter 134, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. and RCW 70.95.240 are each amended to read as follows:

          ((After the adoption of regulations or ordinances by any county, city, or jurisdictional board of health providing for the issuance of permits as provided in RCW 70.95.160,)) It ((shall be)) is unlawful for any person to transport, dump, or deposit or permit the transporting, dumping, or depositing of any solid waste onto or under the surface of the ground or into the waters of this state except at a solid waste disposal site for which there is a valid permit((:  PROVIDED, That nothing herein)) issued under this chapter.  However, nothing in this section shall prohibit a person from dumping or depositing solid waste resulting from his or her own activities onto or under the surface of ground owned or leased by him or her when such action does not violate statutes or ordinances, or create a nuisance.  Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars.  Each day upon which a violation occurs constitutes a separate violation.