Dangerous waste permits

Only facilities with a dangerous waste permit may treat other businesses' dangerous waste or store dangerous waste on a long-term basis. This permit is also required to dispose dangerous waste by burning or burying. These permitted businesses are often called Treatment, Storage, Disposal, or Recycling Facilities (TSDs or TSDRs).

We are authorized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to administer the dangerous waste permitting process in Washington.

Dangerous waste permitting process

Anyone proposing to construct and operate a dangerous waste facility in Washington must comply with state and federal laws and regulations. One of those requirements is to obtain a final status, or Part B permit, from us.

The formal permitting process for a dangerous waste involves many steps. Many years may pass between the time a facility submits a Part B permit application and when it receives a permit, or a permit denial. Most of our dangerous waste permitting work is permit renewals. We rarely get applications for new facilities.

Current permitted facilities

Bonneville Power Administration

About this facility

This facility is at 5411 NE Highway 99, Vancouver. The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) dangerous waste management facility is located in a single building on the Ross Complex called the HazMat Building. BPA stores and managers hazardous substances and waste in the HazMat Building. The facility manages wastes generated on-site and from a number of BPA sites in their service area. This service area includes Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, and California.

The HazMat Building accepts and manages a wide range of wastes including:

Flammable and combustible wastes
Corrosive wastes
Reactive wastes
Toxic wastes
Oxidizers
Oily wastes
Industrial waste waters
Solids and sludges

Current dangerous waste permit for BPA Ross Complex.

Cleanup

Cleanup and remediation work, known as "corrective action," is required at facilities with dangerous waste permits. Learn more about cleanup at this site:

BPA Ross Complex cleanup website

Questions about this facility?

Lisa Perle
Compliance Inspector
lisa.perle@ecy.wa.gov
360-407-7553

Emerald Kalama Chemical LLC

About this facility

Emerald Kalama Chemical, LLC (Emerald) operates an organic chemical manufacturing plant in Kalama. The plant uses toluene to manufacture chemicals for use in food, flavor, fragrance, and the pharmaceutical industry. It produces about 194,000 tons of chemicals each year.

Cleanup

Cleanup and remediation work, known as "corrective action," is required at facilities with dangerous waste permits. Learn more about cleanup at this site:

Emerald Kalama Chemical LLC cleanup website.

Questions about this facility?

Greg Gould
Permit Writer
greg.gould@ecy.wa.gov
360-407-6934

Emerald Services Tacoma

About this facility

This facility is located at 1825 Alexander Ave. in Tacoma. Emerald has several dangerous waste operations at this facility. The company recycles waste solvents and glycol to reuse and sell. Emerald also blends contaminated oils, paint-related wastes, ink formulations, and other organic wastes into fuels. These blended fuels are shipped out of state to a permitted hazardous waste industrial facility, which destroys the waste and uses the energy produced for industrial processes.

Emerald also accepts a limited amount of dangerous waste not processed at the Tacoma facility. It stores these wastes in containers and tanks, then ships them to another facility for processing or disposal.

Cleanup

Cleanup and remediation work, known as "corrective action," is required at facilities with dangerous waste permits. Learn more about cleanup at this site:

Emerald Services, Tacoma cleanup website

Questions about this facility?

Lisa Perle
Compliance Inspector
lisa.perle@ecy.wa.gov
360-407-7553

Keyport Naval Facility

About this facility

This facility is located on Naval Base Kitsap - Keyport. The Navy generates dangerous waste while testing, evaluating, and refurbishing undersea warfare systems and components. The facility also accepts wastes from other U.S. military bases. The Navy manages dangerous wastes in a single building on the base until it sends wastes off-site for treatment, recycling, or disposal. The facility does not incinerate or dispose of any dangerous wastes on the base. The facility accepts and manages a wide range of wastes including:

Flammable and combustible wastes
Corrosive wastes
Reactive wastes
Toxic wastes
Oxidizers
Oily wastes
Industrial waste waters
Solids and sludges

Cleanup

Cleanup and remediation work, known as "corrective action," is required at facilities with dangerous waste permits. Learn more about cleanup at this site:

Keyport Naval Facility cleanup website

Questions about this facility?

Rob Reed
Compliance Inspector
rob.reed@ecy.wa.gov
425-649-7277

Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery

About this facility

This refinery is located at 3901 Unick Road in Ferndale, along the Strait of Georgia between Cherry Point and Sandy Point. The main source of crude oil coming to this facility historically comes from Alaska's Prudhoe Bay oil field, delivered by tankers, and Canadian crude oil, delivered by pipeline.

The refinery separates crude oil for further processing and blending into a variety of petroleum products.

Gasoline
Diesel oil
Jet fuel
Liquid petroleum gas
Residual fuel oil
Marine bunker fuel oil

Cleanup

Cleanup and remediation work, known as "corrective action," is required at facilities with dangerous waste permits. Learn more about cleanup at this site:

Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery cleanup website.

Questions about this facility?

Liem Nguyen
Permit Writer
liem.nguyen@ecy.wa.gov
360-407-6955

Stericycle Kent

About this facility

This facility is located at 20245 77th Ave S, Kent. In late 1980, the site was developed as a commercial treatment and storage facility for oily wastewater. Since 1985, the facility has also been used for commercial storage and transfer of material contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Other hazardous waste management activities at the facility included the processing and treatment of:

Acids
Caustics
Oily wastes
Phenols
Cyanide wastes
Sludges
Aqueous metal-bearing wastes

For Burlington Environmental's current dangerous waste permit, contact us at 360-407-6700.

Cleanup

Cleanup and remediation work, known as "corrective action," is required at facilities with dangerous waste permits. Learn more about cleanup at this site:

Burlington Environmental, LLC Kent cleanup website

Questions about this facility?

Rob Reed
Compliance Inspector
rob.reed@ecy.wa.gov
425-649-7277

Stericycle Tacoma

About this facility

This facility is located at 1701 E. Alexander Ave. in Tacoma. This company offers fuel blending and treatment services for industry. The facility includes a dangerous waste container check-in and storage area, tank systems to store and treat wastes, and waste stabilization and solidification equipment.

Wastes stored and treated at the facility include:

Acid and alkaline wastes
Metal-bearing aqueous liquids and sludges
Waste oils and oily waste waters
Solvent and flammable liquids
Cyanide and sulfide bearing wastes

Cleanup

Cleanup and remediation work, known as "corrective action," is required at facilities with dangerous waste permits. Learn more about cleanup at this site:

Burlington Environmental, LLC Tacoma (former facility name) cleanup website

Questions about this facility?

Leslie Morris
Compliance Inspector
leslie.morris@ecy.wa.gov
360-407-6343