(1) Each generator and each broker of radioactive waste shall possess a valid and unencumbered site use permit prior to the shipment of such waste to, or the disposal of such waste at any commercial disposal facility in the state of Washington and shall have complied with the permit requirements of the department of ecology.
(2) Suspension or revocation of permit.
(a) The failure of one or more packages in a shipment of waste to be in compliance with one or more of the requirements of the license issued to the commercial low-level radioactive waste disposal site operator, Title
246 WAC, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the United States Department of Transportation, or conditions of the disposal site operator's radioactive materials license may cause the suspension of the site use permit of the responsible generator and/or broker.
(b) The site use permit of a generator and/or broker may be suspended or revoked if any other licensed commercial low-level radioactive waste disposal site in the United States has refused to accept waste from that generator or broker.
(c) A suspended site use permit may be reinstated provided:
(i) The generator and/or broker submits a quality assurance procedure designed to correct previous problems and to achieve and maintain compliance with all applicable requirements; and
(ii) A point-of-origin inspection by the state of Washington, of the generator's and/or broker's waste management activities, indicates compliance with all applicable requirements and regulations.
(3) Brokered shipments.
(a) It is the broker's responsibility to assure that a generator of waste has a valid unencumbered site use permit prior to shipment of waste for disposal.
(b) A broker, as consignor, assumes coresponsibility with a generator for all aspects of that generator's waste until it can be documented to the department's satisfaction that the broker's sphere of responsibility was limited.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 70.98 RCW. 95-13-094, § 246-249-020, filed 6/21/95, effective 7/22/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.050 and 70.98.080. 91-16-109 (Order 187), § 246-249-020, filed 8/7/91, effective 9/7/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as § 246-249-020, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.080. 87-01-031 (Order 2450), § 402-62-030, filed 12/11/86.]