Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 70 Public Health And Safety - Chapter 70.105D Hazardous Waste Cleanup -- Model Toxics Control Act

  • 70.105D.010 Declaration of policy
    (1) Each person has a fundamental and inalienable right to a healthful environment, and each person has a responsibility to preserve and enhance that right. ...
  • 70.105D.020 Definitions
    (1) "Agreed order" means an order issued by the department under this chapter with which the potentially liable person receiving the order agrees to comply. ...
  • 70.105D.030 Department's powers and duties
    (1) The department may exercise the following powers in addition to any other powers granted by law: (a) Investigate, provide for investigating, or require potentially ...
  • 70.105D.040 Standard of liability -- Settlement
    (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the following persons are liable with respect to a facility: (a) The owner or operator ...
  • 70.105D.050 Enforcement
    (1) With respect to any release, or threatened release, for which the department does not conduct or contract for conducting remedial action and for which ...
  • 70.105D.055 Lien authority
    (1) It is in the public interest for the department to recover remedial action costs incurred in discharging its responsibility under this chapter, as these ...
  • 70.105D.060 Timing of review
    The department's investigative and remedial decisions under RCW 70.105D.030 and 70.105D.050, its decisions regarding filing a lien under RCW 70.105D.055, and its decisions regarding liable ...
  • 70.105D.070 Toxics control accounts (as amended by 2008 c 328)
    (1) The state toxics control account and the local toxics control account are hereby created in the state treasury. (2) The following moneys shall be ...
  • 70.105D.070 Toxics control accounts (as amended by 2008 c 329)
    (1) The state toxics control account and the local toxics control account are hereby created in the state treasury. (2) The following moneys shall be ...
  • 70.105D.070 Toxics control accounts (as amended by 2008 c 329)
    (1) The state toxics control account and the local toxics control account are hereby created in the state treasury. (2) The following moneys shall be ...
  • 70.105D.070 Toxics control accounts (as amended by 2008 c 329)
    (1) The state toxics control account and the local toxics control account are hereby created in the state treasury. (2) The following moneys shall be ...
  • 70.105D.080 Private right of action -- Remedial action costs
    Except as provided in RCW 70.105D.040(4) (d) and (f), a person may bring a private right of action, including a claim for contribution or for ...
  • 70.105D.090 Remedial actions -- Exemption from procedural requirements
    (1) A person conducting a remedial action at a facility under a consent decree, order, or agreed order, and the department when it conducts a ...
  • 70.105D.100 Grants to local governments -- Statement of environmental benefits -- Development of outcome-focused performance measures
    In providing grants to local governments, the department shall require grant recipients to incorporate the environmental benefits of the project into their grant applications, and ...
  • 70.105D.110 Releases of hazardous substances -- Notice -- Exemptions
    (1) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, any owner or operator of a facility that is actively transitioning from operating under a ...
  • 70.105D.120 Puget Sound partners
    When administering funds under this chapter, the department shall give preference only to Puget Sound partners, as defined in RCW 90.71.010, in comparison to other ...
  • 70.105D.130 Cleanup settlement account -- Reporting requirements
    (1) The cleanup settlement account is created in the state treasury. The account is not intended to replace the state toxics control account established under ...
  • 70.105D.900 Short title -- 1989 c 2
    This act shall be known as "the model toxics control act."[1989 c 2 § 22 (Initiative Measure No. 97, approved November 8, 1988).] ...
  • 70.105D.905 Captions -- 1989 c 2
    As used in this act, captions constitute no part of the law.[1989 c 2 § 21 (Initiative Measure No. 97, approved November 8, 1988).] ...
  • 70.105D.910 Construction -- 1989 c 2
    The provisions of this act are to be liberally construed to effectuate the policies and purposes of this act. In the event of conflict between ...
  • 70.105D.915 Existing agreements -- 1989 c 2
    The consent orders and decrees in effect on March 1, 1989, shall remain valid and binding.[1989 c 2 § 20 (Initiative Measure No. 97, approved ...
  • 70.105D.920 Effective date -- 1989 c 2
    (1) Sections 1 through 24 of this act shall take effect March 1, 1989, except that the director of ecology and the director of revenue ...
  • 70.105D.921 Severability -- 1989 c 2
    If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009