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Recommendation MRW8: Ensure MRW and hazardous substances are managed according to hazards, toxicity and risk

Develop a long-term approach to evaluate and, if needed, modify environmental laws and regulations that govern MRW, looking into two main areas. First, consider a graduated regulatory system governing waste that is based less on quantity and more on other risk factors such as toxicity, mobility, and persistence. These changes would be two-fold: to provide more incentive for the reduction of target risk factors, such as toxicity and to ensure that wastes that exhibit these target risk factors are subject to the highest level of care the regulatory system affords, possibly regardless of quantity. Second, evaluate moving to a more comprehensive regulatory system that removes barriers and provides incentives to reduce the same target risk factors in hazardous substances and products that contain hazardous substances.

Related Milestone

A consensus-based process is in place and used to rank priority substances that are high-risk, and the next set of substances to pursue have been identified.

Related Milestone

All MRW facilities are in compliance with Chapter 173-350 WAC, and all treatment storage and disposal facilities handling MRW are also in compliance with Chapter 173-303 WAC.

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