Washington Code 70A.218.020 – Hazardous waste generation — Fee
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A fee is imposed for the privilege of generating hazardous waste in the state. The annual amount of the fee shall be thirty-five dollars upon every hazardous waste generator doing business in Washington in the current calendar year or any part thereof. This fee shall be collected by the department or its designee. A hazardous waste generator shall be exempt from the fee imposed under this section if the value of products, gross proceeds of sales, or gross income of the business, from all business activities of the hazardous waste generator, is less than twelve thousand dollars in the current calendar year. The department shall, subject to appropriation, use the funds collected from the fees assessed in this subsection to support the activities of the office of waste reduction as specified in RCW 70A.214.030. The fee imposed pursuant to this section is due annually by July 1 of the year following the calendar year for which the fee is imposed.
[ 2020 c 20 § 1222; 1995 c 207 § 2. Prior: 1994 sp.s. c 2 § 3; 1994 c 136 § 2; 1990 c 114 § 12. Formerly RCW 70.95E.020.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1995 c 207: See note following RCW 70A.218.010.
Effective date—1994 sp.s. c 2: See note following RCW 82.04.4451.
Terms Used In Washington Code 70A.218.020
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Department: means the department of ecology. See Washington Code 70A.218.010
- Fee: means the annual fees imposed under this chapter. See Washington Code 70A.218.010
- Hazardous waste: means and includes all dangerous and extremely hazardous wastes but for the purposes of this chapter excludes all radioactive wastes or substances composed of both radioactive and hazardous components. See Washington Code 70A.218.010
- Hazardous waste generator: means all persons whose primary business activities are identified by the department to generate any quantity of hazardous waste in the calendar year for which the fee is imposed. See Washington Code 70A.218.010