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Generator Status and Requirements

A dangerous waste generator is "any person, by site, whose act or process produces dangerous waste or whose act first causes a dangerous waste to become subject to regulation". Dangerous Waste Regulations, WAC 173-303-040 Exit Ecology.

Generators have a generator status based on the amount of dangerous waste generated each month. The reporting, manifesting, and management requirements are different for each generator status.

• Large Quantity Generator (LQG)
• Medium Quantity Generator (MQG)
• Small Quantity Generator (SQG)

Most job sites with dangerous waste will qualify as Small Quantity Generators (SQGs) or Medium Quantity Generators (MQGs). Contractors may be able to take SQG wastes to a collection site operated by local government. This option can be less expensive than dangerous waste disposal. Information on local programs may be obtained from local government sources or Ecology regional offices.

A RCRA Site Identification Number (ID#) is required for;

• sites that generate regulated amounts of dangerous waste,
• transporters of regulated quantities of dangerous waste, and
• facilities that transfer, store, treat, recycle, or dispose of dangerous waste.

A site with a current RCRA Site ID# files an Annual Dangerous Waste Report . 

Pollution Prevention Plans are required from

• businesses that generate more than 2,640 pounds of recurrent hazardous waste a year, or
• businesses required to report their toxic chemical releases under the 1986 Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) Title III, Section 313.

All dangerous waste generators pay an annual Hazardous Waste Education Fee of $46.

• Facilities submitting Pollution Prevention Plans pay an additional variable amount Planning Fee, based upon the amount of waste manifested.

For more information refer to  Generator Status and Requirements .