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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5072

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Senator Kreidler

Read first time 1/14/87 and referred to Committee on Parks & Ecology.

AN ACT Relating to hazardous waste; and amending RCW 70.105.145.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 2, chapter 270, Laws of 1983 as amended by section 2, chapter 237, Laws of 1984 and RCW 70.105.145 are each amended to read as follows:

          Notwithstanding any other provision of chapter 70.105 RCW, the department of ecology is empowered to participate fully in and is empowered to administer all aspects of the programs of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as it exists on ((June 7, 1984)) January 1, 1985, (42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901 et seq.), contemplated for participation and administration by a state under that act.

The department of ecology is empowered to participate in and administer all provisions of the federal act, the hazardous and solid waste amendments of 1984, P.L. 98-616, that are contemplated for state participation and state administration under that act, excluding provisions in subtitle I of that act.   The director of the department of ecology is also authorized to order corrective action to protect public health or the environment when there is or has been a release of hazardous waste from a facility regulated under this chapter.  Said corrective action orders shall be administered pursuant to RCW 70.105.095.