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Chapter 173-303 WAC Dangerous Waste Regulations

Ecology has amended Chapter 173-303 WAC - Dangerous Waste Regulations to incorporate several federal hazardous waste regulations and change some state-only rules, including:

  • Updates to manifest requirements.
  • Merging universal waste rules for mercury containing devices and mercury thermostats.
  • Incorporating some of EPA's Burden Reduction Initiative rules.
  • Updating some state only requirements (these consist mainly of technical and editorial corrections and clarifications).
  • Regulatory testing methods will be updated.
  • Changes to some permit pre-application requirements.
  • Adding two toxicity databases for designating state-only toxic waste.

Filing date

Type of activity

6/30/09

Rule adoption

01/14/09

Rule proposal

Public comments due by 5:00 p.m. on March 5, 2009

  Comment Period for draft rule language - Closed

Submit written comments by April 25, 2008!

10/19/07

Rule pre-proposal
More info.:
Contact: Rob Rieck (360) 407-6751