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Business and Industry

Education and Resources

• General Requirements for Managing Dangerous Waste  includes labeling, appropriate containers,  storage and accumulation, and transport and shipping.
• Dangerous Materials describes common materials that may or not be dangerous waste.
  
• Which Rules Apply? depends on how much waste you produce. Find out your generator status: small-, medium-, or large-quantity generators have different rules.
• Tutorials and Trainings for Dangerous Waste Generators offers a step-by-step guide
• ShopTalk is an on-line newsletter for dangerous waste generators.
• Lean and Environment  practices benefit industry by lowering costs, improving product and service quality, and reducing lead times, while reducing environmental waste and impact.
• Technical Resources For Engineering Efficiency (TREE) offers free engineering assistance from the TREE team can improve your business' efficiency, make less waste, and save money.
• Transport and dShip Dangerous Waste For generators, transporters, transfer facilities, and receiving facility or recycler (TSDR) of Dangerous Waste.

Industry Specific Information

• Manage Waste by Business Type covers business-specific information, including common waste streams and special requirements.

• Pollution Prevention by Business Type offers business-sector-specific opportunities for process changes and safer substitutions for dangerous materials.

Waste Management Facilities

• Hazardous Waste Service Providers Directory is a handy database and guide to businesses that help others handle dangerous waste in Washington state. Looking for someone to help dispose of your wastes properly? Here's the place.
• Active Hazardous Waste & Used Oil Facilities in WA State provides information about hazardous waste management facilities and used oil processors and a guide and tools for selecting the right contractor.
• Dangerous Waste Permits  are required to treat the dangerous waste of others or store waste on a long-term basis. A permit is also required to burn or dispose in the land any dangerous waste.

Permits and Fees

• Hazardous Waste Generation Fee If you are in business and your activities generate any amount of dangerous waste, you are required to pay this fee.
  
• Pollution Prevention Planning Fee Pollution Prevention (P2) Planners who qualify for the Pollution Prevention Planning program by the amount of waste they generate must pay a fee.
• Hazardous Waste Permits Learn how to obtain a permit to treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste and find out if there is a draft permit -- or permit modification – available for public comment.

Laws and Rules

• Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction Rules links to rules governing Dangerous Waste Regulations, Hazardous Waste Fee Regulation, Pollution Prevention Plans, and Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins.
• Dangerous Waste and Pollution Prevention Laws  links to Dangerous Waste Laws in Title 70 of the Revised Code of Washington.
• Dangerous Waste Regulations links to a section by section description of Dangerous Waste Regulations WAC 173-303.

Reporting Requirements

• Dangerous Waste Annual Report
• Notification of Dangerous Waste Activities (RCRA Site ID#s) For information please contact Iris Aguilera at 360-407-6024.
• Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Facilities may be subject to one or all of the reporting requirements depending on the types and quantities of chemicals stored or released.
• Where Do I Start?  Overview for new reporters
• EPCRA Reporting Forms Reporting forms for all EPCRA requirements.
• Tier Two Electronic Reporting  Tier Two Online is a web-based application that provides facilities with an easy, efficient method for reporting Tier Two chemicals to the Washington State Emergency Response Commission and local agencies.
• Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Reporting  Businesses in specific industries, such as manufacturing, mining, electric power generation, and federal agencies that employ 10 or more full-time employees, AND manufacture or process more than 25,000 pounds of a TRI-listed chemical OR use more than 10,000 pounds of a listed chemical in a given year must report.
• Pollution Prevention Information and Planning Facilities that report under EPCRA Section 313 (Toxics Release Inventory) or that generate more than 2,640 pounds of dangerous waste per year must prepare  Pollution Prevention Plans.

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