The director:
(1)  Shall take all actions not inconsistent with this chapter as are necessary and feasible to enable the department to assume and continue primacy over hazardous waste management, pursuant to RCRA;

Terms Used In Idaho Code 39-4406

  • Department: means the Idaho department of environmental quality. See Idaho Code 39-4403
  • Director: means the director of the Idaho department of environmental quality or the director’s authorized agent. See Idaho Code 39-4403
  • Disposal: means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that such hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including ground waters. See Idaho Code 39-4403
  • Hazardous waste: means a waste or combination of wastes of a solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous form which, because of its quantity, concentration or characteristics (physical, chemical or biological) may:
Idaho Code 39-4403
  • Hazardous waste management: means the systematic control of the collection, source separation, storage, treatment, transportation, processing, and disposal of hazardous wastes. See Idaho Code 39-4403
  • RCRA: means the resource conservation and recovery act of 1976 as amended from time to time. See Idaho Code 39-4403
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Treatment: means any method, technique, or process, including neutralization, which is designed not to be an integral part of a production process, but which is rather designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste prior to storage or final disposal so as to neutralize such waste or so as to render such waste nonhazardous or less hazardous; safer to transport, store, or dispose of; or amenable for recovery, amenable for storage or reduced in volume. See Idaho Code 39-4403
  • Waste: means any solid, semisolid, liquid or contained gaseous material for which no reasonable use or reuse is intended or which is intended to be discarded. See Idaho Code 39-4403
    • (2)  May conduct and publish studies of hazardous waste management in this state;
    (3)  Shall develop, publish, and revise as necessary a plan for the safe and effective management of hazardous wastes within this state. Such a plan may identify those locations in the state which are not suitable for the establishment of hazardous waste treatment or disposal facilities or sites;
    (4)  Shall exercise all powers and discharge all duties expressed in or implied from the other sections of this chapter.