Dangerous waste permits

Only facilities with a dangerous waste permit may treat dangerous waste for other businesses or store dangerous waste on a long-term basis. This permit is also required to dispose of dangerous waste by burning or burying.

Permitted dangerous waste facilities are:

Operated by hazardous waste service providers.
Also known as TSDs, TSDRs, or TSDFs (which stands for some combination of Treatment, Storage, Disposal, or Recycling Facilities).

We are authorized by the 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 involves many steps. Years may pass between the time a facility submits an application and when it receives a permit approval or denial. Most of our dangerous waste permitting work is permit renewals. We rarely get applications for new facilities.

Current permitted dangerous waste facilities

Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)

This facility is at 5411 NE Highway 99 in Vancouver, Washington. 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 manages 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 wastewater.
Solids and sludges.

Current permit

BPA dangerous waste permit

Corrective action

Cleanup and remediation work (or, corrective action) is required at most facilities with dangerous waste permits. Learn more about cleanup at this site:

BPA cleanup

Questions about this facility?

Rob Reed
Compliance Inspector
rob.reed@ecy.wa.gov
360-480-5712

Mark Furnish
Permit writer
mark.furnish@ecy.wa.gov
360-584-4257

Clean Earth - Kent

This facility is located at 20245 77th Ave S. in Kent, Washington. 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 include the processing and treatment of:

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

Current permit

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

Corrective action

Cleanup and remediation work (or, corrective action) is required at most facilities with dangerous waste permits. Learn more about cleanup at this site:

Clean Earth - Kent cleanup
(formerly Stericycle and Burlington Environmental)

Questions about this facility?

Nick Bennett
Compliance Inspector
nick.bennett@ecy.wa.gov
206-327-1576

Mark Furnish
Permit writer
mark.furnish@ecy.wa.gov
360-584-4257

Clean Earth – Tacoma

This facility is located at 1701 E. Alexander Ave. in Tacoma, Washington. This company offers fuel blending and industrial treatment services. 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 wastewaters.
Solvent and flammable liquids.
Cyanide and sulfide-bearing wastes.

Corrective action

Cleanup and remediation work (or, corrective action) is required at most facilities with dangerous waste permits. Learn more about cleanup at this site:

Clean Earth - Tacoma cleanup
(formerly Stericycle and Burlington Environmental)

Questions about this facility?

Nick Bennett
Compliance Inspector
nick.bennett@ecy.wa.gov
206-327-1576

Mark Furnish
Permit writer
mark.furnish@ecy.wa.gov
360-584-4257

Emerald Kalama Chemical

Emerald Kalama Chemical, LLC operates an organic chemical manufacturing plant in Kalama. The manufacturing plant consists of 40 acres and the remaining 125 acres of the site is wetland. 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.

Corrective action

Cleanup and remediation work (or, corrective action) is required at most facilities with dangerous waste permits. Learn more about cleanup at this site:

Emerald Kalama Chemical cleanup

Questions about this facility?

Greg Gould
Permit Writer
greg.gould@ecy.wa.gov
360-819-6426

Emerald Services – Tacoma

This facility is located at 1825 Alexander Ave. in Tacoma, Washington. There are several dangerous waste operations at this facility. The company recycles waste solvents and glycol to reuse and sell. They also blend 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.

They also accept 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.

Corrective action

Cleanup and remediation work (or, corrective action) is required at most facilities with dangerous waste permits. Learn more about cleanup at this site:

Emerald Services - Tacoma cleanup

Questions about this facility?

Rob Reed
Compliance Inspector
rob.reed@ecy.wa.gov
360-480-5712

Mark Furnish
Permit writer
mark.furnish@ecy.wa.gov
360-584-4257

Hanford

Hanford is a federal facility operated by the Department of Energy. It has several different treatment and disposal facilities, all operated under one permit. That permit is for the remediation of the area. This facility does not accept commercial waste.

Permit

Learn more about the Hanford federal facility permits.

Corrective action

Cleanup and remediation work (or, corrective action) is required at facilities with dangerous waste permits. Learn more about cleanup at this site:

Hanford cleanup website

Questions about this facility?

Annette Carlson
Project Manager
annette.carlson@ecy.wa.gov
509-578-8721

Keyport Naval Facility

This facility is located on the U.S. Naval Base in Keyport, Washington. The Navy generates dangerous waste while testing, evaluating, and refurbishing undersea warfare systems and components. The Navy manages dangerous waste in a single building on the base until sending it off-site for treatment, recycling, or disposal. The facility does not incinerate or dispose of any dangerous wastes on the base.

The facility accepts a wide range of wastes from other U.S. military bases including:

Flammable and combustible wastes.
Corrosive wastes.
Reactive wastes.
Toxic wastes.
Oxidizers.
Oily wastes.
Industrial wastewater.
Solids and sludges.

Corrective action

Cleanup and remediation work (or, corrective action) is required at most facilities with dangerous waste permits. Learn more about cleanup at this site:

Keyport Naval Facility cleanup

Questions about this facility?

Rob Reed
Compliance Inspector
rob.reed@ecy.wa.gov
360-480-5712

Mark Furnish
Permit writer
mark.furnish@ecy.wa.gov
360-584-4257

Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery

This refinery is located at 3901 Unick Road in Ferndale, Washington along the Strait of Georgia between Cherry Point and Sandy Point. The main source of crude oil at this facility 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.

Corrective action

Cleanup and remediation work (or, corrective action) is required at most facilities with dangerous waste permits. Learn more about cleanup at this site:

Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery cleanup

Questions about this facility?

Liem Nguyen
Permit Writer
liem.nguyen@ecy.wa.gov
360-790-4730

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

This federal facility is at 1400 Farragut Ave. in Bremerton, Washington. This shipyard covers 179 acres and only serves the U.S. Navy. It does not accept waste from any generator outside the naval shipyard.

This facility started in 1891 and has operated consistently since. It is a mixed waste facility that accepts dangerous waste with a radioactive component.

Corrective action

Cleanup and remediation work (or, corrective action) is required at most facilities with dangerous waste permits. Learn more about cleanup at this site:

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard cleanup

Questions about this facility?

John Temple
Project manager
john.temple@ecy.wa.gov
509-980-1038

Contact information

Mark Furnish
Permit writer
mark.furnish@ecy.wa.gov
360-584-4257

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Dangerous waste permits

Dangerous waste permitting process

Current permitted dangerous waste facilities

Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)

Current permit

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Clean Earth - Kent

Current permit

Corrective action

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Clean Earth – Tacoma

Corrective action

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Emerald Kalama Chemical

Corrective action

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Emerald Services – Tacoma

Corrective action

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Hanford

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Keyport Naval Facility

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Perma-Fix Northwest

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Phillips 66 Ferndale Refinery

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Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

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