Authority.
This regulation is adopted pursuant to chapter
90.52 RCW, the Pollution Disclosure Act of 1971, and chapter
43.21A RCW.
[Order 72-26, § 173-40-010, filed 11/27/72.]
Purpose.
Chapter
90.52 RCW requires the director of the department of ecology to adopt a critical materials registry and establish an annual reporting procedure for those operations which discharge wastes, other than sanitary sewage, into waters of the state and/or into the air of the state.
[Order 72-26, § 173-40-020, filed 11/27/72.]
Definitions.
As used herein "director" shall mean the director of the department of ecology. "Department" shall mean the department of ecology. Waters of the state shall include both surface and groundwaters.
[Order 72-26, § 173-40-030, filed 11/27/72.]
Critical materials registry.
The director, having consulted with a committee of environmental specialists as required by law, hereby designates the following materials as critical materials to be set forth in a critical materials registry filed at the department:
| Asbestos |
| Arsenic, elemental and compounds of |
| Barium, soluble salts of |
| Beryllium, elemental and compounds of |
| Boron, elemental and compounds of |
| Cadmium, elemental and compounds of |
| Chlorinated hydrocarbons, compounds |
| Chlorine, elemental and compounds of |
| Chromium, soluble salts and all chromates |
| Copper, elemental and compounds of |
| Cyanides, compounds including the organic nitriles |
| Fluorine, elemental and compounds of |
| Lead, elemental and compounds of |
| Mercury, elemental and compounds of |
| Nickel, soluble salts of |
| Organo phosphorus; insecticide, algaecide, and slimecide compounds |
| Phenols and polychorinated biphenyls, compounds |
| Selenium, elemental and compounds of |
| Silver, soluble salts of |
| Zinc, soluble salts of |
[Order 72-26, § 173-40-040, filed 11/27/72.]
Annual reports.
Upon notification by the director of the department of ecology, commercial operations including industrial operations which discharge wastes, other than sanitary sewage, into waters of the state and/or into the air of the state, shall file annually, during the month of January, reports, on forms provided by the department. The information required shall pertain to those materials set forth in WAC
173-40-040 above, which are in excess of the corresponding materials occurring in the intake source used by the operation. The information shall also include volumes of process and cooling water to be discharged into the water, air or into any sewer system. The information given is to be an estimate of the amount(s) of such materials to be discharged in the calendar year in which the report is being filed. The reports shall be postmarked no later than January 31 and be sent to:
Director
Department of Ecology
Olympia, Washington 98504
attn: pollution disclosure
[Order 72-26, § 173-40-050, filed 11/27/72.]
