Washington Administrative Code
Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508)
Chapter 173-304 - Minimum functional standards for solid waste handling
Section 173-304-400 - Solid waste handling facility standards
Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 173-304-400
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Applicability. The standards of WAC 173-304-405 through 173-304-490 are the solid waste handling facility standards and apply to all solid waste handling facilities, except for:
(a) Waste recycling facilities,
whose standards are spelled out in WAC
173-304-300;
(b) On-site containerized storage, collection
and transportation facilities which are spelled out in WAC
173-304-200;
(c) Single family residences and single
family farms whose year round occupants engage in solid waste handling of the
single family's solid waste on-site;
(d) Problem wastes as defined in WAC
173-304-100;
(e) Solid waste handling facilities that have
engaged in closure and closed before the effective date of this regulation;
and
(f) Domestic wastewater
facilities and industrial wastewater facilities otherwise regulated by federal,
state, or local water pollution permits except for any portion that utilizes or
engages in landspreading disposal sludges or solid residues directly on the
land.
(2) Standards for permits. The standards of WAC 173-304-405 through 173-304-490 shall be used as the basis for permitting as required in WAC 173-304-600.
(3) Effective dates.
(a) All existing facilities not in
conformance with the following sections of the facility standards shall be
placed upon compliance schedules under WAC
173-304-600(1)(c)
to assure full compliance within eighteen
months of the effective date of this regulation for:
(i) The general facility standards, WAC
173-304-405;
(ii) The transfer stations, baling and
compaction standards, WAC
173-304-410;
(iii) Groundwater monitoring required in WAC
173-304-490;
(iv) The landfill operating and maintenance
standards, WAC
173-304-460(4);
(v) The tire pile standards of WAC
173-304-420(4);
and
(vi) The landspreading disposal
standards of WAC
173-304-450(5).
(b) All applicable solid waste
facilities shall be in compliance with the general closure and post-closure
standards of WAC
173-304-407 and the financial
assurance standards of WAC
173-304-467 and
173-304-468 by twelve months
after the effective date of WAC
173-304-407,
173-304-467, and
173-304-468, except for owners or
operators of existing facilities that have a closure plan approved by the
jurisdictional health department in a solid waste permit issued before the
effective date of these amendments and are closing before November 27, 1989.
Existing solid waste facilities shall be placed upon compliance schedules under
WAC 173-304-600(1)(c)
to assure compliance by the effective date
of this subsection.
(c) All
existing solid waste facilities not in conformance with facility standards
other than those in (a) and (b) of this subsection shall be placed upon
compliance schedules under WAC
173-304-600(1)(c)
to assure full compliance within four years
of the effective date of this regulation.
(d) All new and expanded facilities other
than those in (b) of this subsection shall meet the facility standards of WAC
173-304-405 to
173-304-490 after the effective
date of this regulation.
Statutory Authority: RCW 70.95.215. 88-20-066 (Order 88-28), § 173-304-400, filed 10/4/88. Statutory Authority: Chapter 43.21A RCW. 85-22-013 (Order 85-18), § 173-304-400, filed 10/28/85.
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