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Chapter 173-40 WAC

Last Update: 12/31/72

POLLUTION DISCLOSURE

WAC Sections

HTMLPDF173-40-010Authority.
HTMLPDF173-40-020Purpose.
HTMLPDF173-40-030Definitions.
HTMLPDF173-40-040Critical materials registry.
HTMLPDF173-40-050Annual reports.

PDF173-40-010

Authority.

This regulation is adopted pursuant to chapter 90.52 RCW, the Pollution Disclosure Act of 1971, and chapter 43.21A RCW.
[Order 72-26, § 173-40-010, filed 11/27/72.]


PDF173-40-020

Purpose.

Chapter 90.52 RCW requires the director of the department of ecology to adopt a critical materials registry and establish an annual reporting procedure for those operations which discharge wastes, other than sanitary sewage, into waters of the state and/or into the air of the state.
[Order 72-26, § 173-40-020, filed 11/27/72.]


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Definitions.

As used herein "director" shall mean the director of the department of ecology. "Department" shall mean the department of ecology. Waters of the state shall include both surface and groundwaters.
[Order 72-26, § 173-40-030, filed 11/27/72.]


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Critical materials registry.

The director, having consulted with a committee of environmental specialists as required by law, hereby designates the following materials as critical materials to be set forth in a critical materials registry filed at the department:
 
Asbestos
 
Arsenic, elemental and compounds of
 
Barium, soluble salts of
 
Beryllium, elemental and compounds of
 
Boron, elemental and compounds of
 
Cadmium, elemental and compounds of
 
Chlorinated hydrocarbons, compounds
 
Chlorine, elemental and compounds of
 
Chromium, soluble salts and all chromates
 
Copper, elemental and compounds of
 
Cyanides, compounds including the organic nitriles
 
Fluorine, elemental and compounds of
 
Lead, elemental and compounds of
 
Mercury, elemental and compounds of
 
Nickel, soluble salts of
 
Organo phosphorus; insecticide, algaecide, and slimecide compounds
 
Phenols and polychorinated biphenyls, compounds
 
Selenium, elemental and compounds of
 
Silver, soluble salts of
 
Zinc, soluble salts of
[Order 72-26, § 173-40-040, filed 11/27/72.]


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Annual reports.

Upon notification by the director of the department of ecology, commercial operations including industrial operations which discharge wastes, other than sanitary sewage, into waters of the state and/or into the air of the state, shall file annually, during the month of January, reports, on forms provided by the department. The information required shall pertain to those materials set forth in WAC 173-40-040 above, which are in excess of the corresponding materials occurring in the intake source used by the operation. The information shall also include volumes of process and cooling water to be discharged into the water, air or into any sewer system. The information given is to be an estimate of the amount(s) of such materials to be discharged in the calendar year in which the report is being filed. The reports shall be postmarked no later than January 31 and be sent to:
Director
Department of Ecology
Olympia, Washington 98504
attn: pollution disclosure
[Order 72-26, § 173-40-050, filed 11/27/72.]