Rule-Making Archive

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-making order – CR-103 form and attachment
• Adopted rule text
  • Part One
  • Part Two
• Cost Benefit and Least Burdensome Analyses - Final
• Response to Comments
• Implementation Plan
• Rule Adoption Notice
• Chemical Test Methods for Designation Dangerous Waste – Final
• Biological Test Methods 80-12 - Final

01/14/09

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

• Proposed rule making - CR-102
• Preamble and summary of proposed rules
• Comment form and instructions:
  • PDF
  • MS Word
• Proposed rule text
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
• Chemical Testing Methods for Designating Dangerous Waste --Revised Draft. See the proposed rule preamble for explanation of revisions.
• Biological Testing Methods 80-012 For the Designation of Dangerous Waste  - Revised Draft
• Preliminary cost benefit analysis
• Small business economic impact statement
• Rule proposal notice

Submit written comments by April 25, 2008!

• Comment form and instructions
  • PDF
  • MS Word
• Summary of Draft Amendments
• Draft rule language:
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
• Biological Testing Methods 80-12 For the Designation of Dangerous Waste  - Revised Draft
  • Background and Rationale for the Update of Biological Testing Methods 80-12 for the Designation of Dangerous Waste Publication #80-12, Revised March 2008
• Chemical Testing Methods for Designating Dangerous Waste - Revised Draft

10/19/07

• Rule-making pre-proposal - CR-101 form

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