Certificates shall be issued without examination under the following conditions:

Terms Used In Washington Code 70A.212.080

  • Certificate: means a certificate of competency issued by the director stating that the operator has met the requirements for the specified operator classification of the certification program. See Washington Code 70A.212.020
  • Department: means the department of ecology. See Washington Code 70A.212.020
  • Operator in responsible charge: means an individual who is designated by the owner as the person on-site in responsible charge of the routine operation of a wastewater treatment plant. See Washington Code 70A.212.020
  • Owner: means in the case of a town or city, the city or town acting through its chief executive officer or the lessee if operated pursuant to a lease or contract; in the case of a county, the chair of the county legislative authority or the chair's designee; in the case of a water-sewer district, board of public utilities, association, municipality, or other public body, the president or chair of the body or the president's or chair's designee; in the case of a privately owned wastewater treatment plant, the legal owner. See Washington Code 70A.212.020
(1) Certificates, in appropriate classifications, shall be issued without application fee to operators who, on July 1, 1973, hold certificates of competency attained by examination under the voluntary certification program sponsored jointly by the state department of social and health services, health services division, and the Pacific Northwest pollution control association.
(2) Certificates, in appropriate classifications, shall be issued to persons certified by a governing body or owner to have been the operator in responsible charge of a waste treatment plant on July 1, 1973. A certificate so issued will be valid only for the existing plant.
(3) A nonrenewable certificate, temporary in nature, may be issued for a period not to exceed twelve months, to an operator who fills a vacated position required to be filled by a certified operator. Only one such certificate may be issued subsequent to each instance of vacation of any such position.
[ 1987 c 357 § 5; 1973 c 139 § 8. Formerly RCW 70.95B.080.]
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