Property owners - Are responsible for the dangerous
wastes generated on their property.
Manifest any regulated amounts of dangerous wastes
off-site under your site's RCRA Site Identification Number -
not your contractors RCRA Site ID Number..
Count regulated dangerous waste amounts towards the
site's generator status.
Contractors - Are responsible for wastes that originate
on their own property.
Manifest any regulated amounts of dangerous wastes - for
example from re-finishing salvaged architectural doors and
trim under your own shop's RCRA Site Identification number -
not your client's RCRA Site ID number.
Do not take regulated amounts of dangerous wastes
generated at a work site back to your own shop or another
work site. That would be illegal transportation of dangerous
wastes under the regulations.
Contractors can represent a property owner or generator
in managing their waste.
Contractors and property owners are both responsible
for protecting their employees and clients from hazardous
exposures. Painters, abatement workers, and demolition workers
who use unsafe practices can be exposed to extremely high levels
of lead and asbestos.
The Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act (WISHA),
which is enforced by the State Department of Labor and
Industries, requires an assessment of workers' risk of
exposure to lead and asbestos in all types of construction,
renovation and demolition projects.
Homeowners - Dangerous wastes such as lead paint are
Household Hazardous Wastes when they originate from maintenance
and renovation activities done by homeowners or their
contractors. Household Hazardous Waste is regulated by your
local Solid Waste program and the Department of Health. However,
lead paint wastes from the demolition of an entire home may be
regulated as dangerous waste.
