Chapter 173-305 WAC

The Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) plans to amend chapter 173-305 WAC Hazardous Waste Fee Regulation. This rulemaking will specifically focus on amending section 220, the Hazardous Waste Planning Fee (planning fee). We will also update citations in this chapter to match new statutory references per the requirements of Substitute House Bill 2246, Chapter 20, Laws of 2020.

The planning fee in WAC 173-305-220 doesn’t state which risk factor to apply to an individual waste stream that designates as both dangerous waste (DW) and extremely hazardous waste (EHW). This rulemaking will clarify how Ecology calculates the planning fee by adding language that directs Ecology to apply a risk factor of 1 to a waste stream that designates as both DW and EHW.

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Rulemaking timeline

Timeline

Date	Activity
Sept. 6, 2022	Present to Executive Leadership Team (ELT).
Sept. 14, 2022	Announce start of rulemaking. File CR-101.
Oct. 5, 2022	Publish CR-101.
Sept. 2022	Launch rulemaking webpage. Send info to email list, letters to tribes, agencies, and interested parties. Post to social media, blogs, and media release.
Sept. 2022 – July 2023	Develop formal draft of the rule. Managers and team review formal draft.
July 2023	Final rule language to economists.
July 2023 – Sept. 2023	Economists conduct economic analysis. Prepare CR-102 rulemaking documents (CR-102, SEPA, outreach materials).
Sept. 6, 2023	File CR-102 (propose rule).
Sept. 20, 2023	Publish CR-102.
Sept. 2023	Present formal draft rule to Ecology's Deputy Director Propose the formal draft rule, CR-102 rulemaking documents, hearing info, and start of comment period. Launch rulemaking webpage. Send info to email list, letters to tribes, agencies, and interested parties.
Oct. 2023	Hold public hearings via webinar and in-person—if safe to do so.
Nov. 2023	Comment period ends.
Nov. 2023 – Feb. 2024	Review comments and prepare to send final rule language to economists.
Feb. 5, 2024	Final rule language to economists.
Feb. 2024 – March 2024	Economists conduct economic analysis. Prepare CR-103 rulemaking documents (adoption packet).
March 2024	Present rule to ECY Director.
March 18, 2024	File CR-103 (adopt rule <180 days after CR-102 publication).
April 18, 2024	Rule effective (31 days after filing with Code Reviser).
July 1, 2024	Fees for facilities that are required to prepare plans are due on July 1 following the year they become qualified to pay the fee, in accordance with Chapter 70A.218.30 RCW.

Announcement phase (CR-101)

Filing date:
Sept. 14, 2022

Announcement documents

Announcement Notice – CR-101 form

Rule development phase

Sept. 14, 2022 - Sept. 6, 2023

Additional languages

Español (Spanish)

Departamento de Ecología está empezando el proceso de reglamentación para enmendar el Capítulo 173-305 WAC Reglamento de Tarifa de Desechos Peligrosos (Hazardous Waste Fee Regulation). Este proceso de reglamentación se enfocará específicamente en enmendar la sección 220—Tarifa de Planificación de Desechos Peligrosos. Esta reglamentación aclarará cómo Ecología calcula la tarifa de planificación añadiendo lenguaje que dirige a Ecología aplicar un factor de riesgo de 1 a un flujo de desechos que lo designa ambos como desechos peligrosos y desechos extremadamente peligrosos.

Para más información, por favor llame a Megan Hillyard al 425-559-5463 y solicite un intérprete.

中文 (Chinese)

生態管理署正在啟動規則制定過程，修訂第 173-305 章 WAC 危險廢物收費條例(Hazardous Waste Fee Regulation)。該規則制定過程將特別關注修改第 220 條——危險廢物規劃費。該規則制定將明晰生態署如何通过添加语言描述計算規劃費用，方法是将風險因子 1应用在指定的危险和极危险两类废物流。

如需更多信息，請致電 425-559-5463 聯繫 Megan Hillyard 並要求翻譯。

Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)

Bộ Môi Sinh (Ecology) đang bắt đầu quy trình sửa đổi luật cho Chương 173-305 WAC Quy định về Phí Chất thải Nguy hại (Hazardous Waste Fee Regulation). Quy trình này sẽ đặc biệt tập trung vào việc sửa đổi mục 220 — Phí Lập Kế Hoạch Chất Thải Nguy Hại. Việc sửa đổi sẽ làm rõ cách Bộ Môi Sinh tính phí quy hoạch bằng cách thêm ngôn ngữ chỉ thị Bộ Môi Sinh

áp dụng hệ số rủi ro 1 cho dòng chất thải được chỉ định là chất thải nguy hiểm và chất thải cực kỳ nguy hại. Để biết thêm thông tin, vui lòng gọi Megan Hillyard theo số 425-559-5463 và yêu cầu thông dịch viên.

한국어 (Korean)

주 환경부는 유해폐기물 수수료 규정에 관한 주법 Chapter 173-305 WAC (Hazardous Waste Fee Regulation) 개정 절차를 시작합니다. 이 절차는 특별히 제220항 – 유해폐기물 계획 수수료 항목 개정에 중점을 둘 것입니다. 이 개정은 주 환경부가 유해폐기물 및 극도로 위험한 폐기물로 지정되는 폐 하천에 대해 위험요소 1을 적용한다는 문구를 더함으로써, 계획 수수료를 어떻게 산정하는지 명확히 밝힐 것입니다.

보다 많은 정보를 위해서는 담당자(Megan Hillyard, 425-559-5463)에게 연락하여 통역을 요청하십시오.

Contact information

Megan Hillyard
Rulemaking lead
megan.hillyard@ecy.wa.gov

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Chapter 173-305 WAC

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Rulemaking timeline

Announcement phase (CR-101)

Rule development phase

Rule proposal phase (CR-102)

Comment period

Rule adoption phase (CR-103)

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