RCW 70A.384.070
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Except as provided in chapter 70A.388 RCW related to administration of a user permit system, the department of ecology shall be the state agency responsible for implementation of the federal low-level radioactive waste policy amendments act of 1985, including:
(1)Collecting and administering the surcharge assessed by the governor under RCW 70A.384.060 ;
(2)Collecting low-level radioactive waste data from disposal facility operators, generators, intermediate handlers, and the federal department of energy;
(3)Developing and operating a computerized information system to manage low-level radioactive waste data;
(4)Denying and reinstating access to the commercial low-level radioactive waste disposal facility pursuant to the authority granted under federal law;
(5)Administering and/or monitoring
(a)the maximum waste volume levels for the commercial low-level radioactive waste disposal facility,
(b)reactor waste allocations,
(c)priority allocations under the Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management, and
(d)adherence by other states and compact regions to federal statutory deadlines; and
(6)Coordinating the state's low-level radioactive waste disposal program with similar programs in other states.
[ 2020 c 20 s 1057 ; 2012 c 19 s 4 ; 1998 c 245 s 81 ; 1986 c 2 s 4 . Formerly RCW 43.200.180 .]
Notes:
Effective date — 2012 c 19: See note following RCW 70A.384.010 .