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H-2239.1 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1663 State of Washington 67th Legislature 2022 Regular Session By House Environment & Energy (originally sponsored by Representatives Duerr, Fitzgibbon, Ryu, Berry, Leavitt, Ramel, Thai, Walen, Valdez, Goodman, Gregerson, Macri, Peterson, Slatter, Tharinger, Kloba, Pollet, Harris-Talley, and Hackney) READ FIRST TIME 01/24/22.
H-1833.2 HOUSE BILL 1663 State of Washington 67th Legislature 2022 Regular Session By Representatives Duerr, Fitzgibbon, Ryu, Berry, Leavitt, Ramel, Thai, Walen, Valdez, Goodman, Gregerson, Macri, Peterson, Slatter, Tharinger, Kloba, Pollet, Harris-Talley, and Hackney Prefiled 12/17/21.
Read first time 01/10/22.
Referred to Committee on Environment & Energy.
(1) "Active municipal solid waste landfill" means a municipal solid waste landfill that has accepted or is accepting solid waste for disposal and has not been closed in accordance with the requirements set forth in WAC 173-351-500 as it existed on January 10, 2022.
(1) "Active limited purpose landfill" means a limited purpose landfill that has accepted or is accepting solid waste for disposal and has not been closed in accordance with the requirements set forth in chapter 173-350 WAC as those requirements existed on January 10, 2022.
(2) "Air pollution" is presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more air contaminants in sufficient quantities and of such characteristics and duration as is, or is likely to be, injurious to human health, plant or animal life, or property, or which unreasonably interfere with enjoyment of life and property.
(2) "Active municipal solid waste landfill" means a municipal solid waste landfill that has accepted or is accepting solid waste for disposal and has not been closed in accordance with the requirements set forth in WAC 173-351-500 as it existed on January 10, 2022.
(3) "Air pollution" is presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more air contaminants in sufficient quantities and of such characteristics and duration as is, or is likely to be, injurious to human health, plant or animal life, or property, or which p.
1 HB 1663 unreasonably interfere with enjoyment of life and property.
(3) "Ambient air" means the surrounding outside air.
(4) "Ambient air" means the surrounding outside air.
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(5) "Authority" means any air pollution control agency whose jurisdictional boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of one or more counties.
1 SHB 1663 (4) "Authority" means any air pollution control agency whose jurisdictional boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of one or more counties.
(6) "Closed limited purpose landfill" means a limited purpose landfill that is no longer accepting solid waste for disposal and has been closed in accordance with the requirements set forth in chapter 173-350 WAC as those requirements existed on January 10, 2022.
(5) "Closed municipal solid waste landfill" means a municipal solid waste landfill that is no longer accepting solid waste for disposal and has been closed in accordance with the requirements set forth in WAC 173-351-500 as it existed on January 10, 2022.
(7) "Closed municipal solid waste landfill" means a municipal solid waste landfill that is no longer accepting solid waste for disposal and has been closed in accordance with the requirements set forth in WAC 173-351-500 as it existed on January 10, 2022.
(6) "Department" means the department of ecology.
(8) "Department" means the department of ecology.
(7) "Emission" means a release of air contaminants into the ambient air.
(9) "Emission" means a release of air contaminants into the ambient air.
(8) "Gas collection system" means any system that employs various gas collection wells and connected piping, and mechanical blowers, fans, pumps, or compressors to create a pressure gradient and actively extract landfill gas.
(10) "Gas collection system" means any system that employs various gas collection wells and connected piping, and mechanical blowers, fans, pumps, or compressors to create a pressure gradient and actively extract landfill gas.
(9) "Gas control device" means any device used to dispose of or treat collected landfill gas including, but not limited to, enclosed flares, internal combustion engines, boilers and boiler-to-steam turbine systems, fuel cells, and gas turbines.
(11) "Gas control device" means any device used to dispose of or treat collected landfill gas including, but not limited to, enclosed flares, internal combustion engines, boilers and boiler-to-steam turbine systems, fuel cells, and gas turbines.
(10) "Gas control system" means any system that disposes of or treats collected landfill gas by one or more of the following means:
(12) "Gas control system" means any system that disposes of or treats collected landfill gas by one or more of the following means:
(11) "Municipal solid waste landfill" means a discrete area of land or an excavation that receives household waste and that is not a land application site, surface impoundment, injection well, or pile.
(13) "Limited purpose landfill" means a landfill that is not an inert waste landfill and receives or has received only solid wastes that are designated as nonhazardous and that are not municipal solid wastes.
(12) "Person" means an individual, firm, public or private corporation, association, partnership, political subdivision of the state, municipality, or governmental agency.
(14) "Municipal solid waste landfill" means a discrete area of land or an excavation that receives household waste and that is not a land application site, surface impoundment, injection well, or pile.
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2 HB 1663 (15) "Person" means an individual, firm, public or private corporation, association, partnership, political subdivision of the state, municipality, or governmental agency.
(1) This chapter applies to all municipal solid waste landfills that received solid waste after January 1, 1977, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
(1) This chapter applies to all municipal solid waste landfills and limited purpose landfills that received solid waste after January 1, 1977, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
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(3) The department must adopt rules to implement this chapter.
2 SHB 1663 (3) The department must adopt rules to implement this chapter.
(1) Each owner or operator of an active municipal solid waste landfill having fewer than 450,000 tons of waste in place must submit an annual waste in place report to the department or local authority pursuant to section 7 of this act.
(1) Each owner or operator of an active municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill having fewer than 450,000 tons of waste in place must submit an annual waste in place report to the department or local authority pursuant to section 7 of this act.
(i) The municipal solid waste landfill reaches a size greater than or equal to 450,000 tons of waste in place;
(i) The municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill reaches a size greater than or equal to 450,000 tons of waste in place;
(2) Each owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill having greater than or equal to 450,000 tons of waste in place must calculate the landfill gas heat input capacity pursuant to section 8 of this act and the department's implementing rules and must submit a landfill gas heat input capacity report to the department or local authority.
(2) Each owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill having greater than or equal to 450,000 tons of waste in place must calculate the landfill gas heat input capacity p.
3 HB 1663 pursuant to section 8 of this act and the department's implementing rules and must submit a landfill gas heat input capacity report to the department or local authority.
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or (B) If the municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill is active, the owner or operator submits a closure notification pursuant to section 7 of this act.
3 SHB 1663 (B) If the municipal solid waste landfill is active, the owner or operator submits a closure notification pursuant to section 7 of this act.
(A) If there is any measured concentration of methane of 200 parts per million by volume or greater from the surface of an active, inactive, or closed municipal solid waste landfill, comply with this chapter and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act;
(A) If there is any measured concentration of methane of 200 parts per million by volume or greater from the surface of an active, inactive, or closed municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill, comply with this chapter and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act;
(B) If there is no measured concentration of methane of 200 parts per million by volume or greater from the surface of an active municipal solid waste landfill, recalculate the landfill gas heat input capacity annually as required in (a) of this subsection until such time that the owner or operator submits a closure notification pursuant to section 7 of this act and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act;
(B) If there is no measured concentration of methane of 200 parts per million by volume or greater from the surface of an active municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill, recalculate the landfill gas heat input capacity annually as required in (a) of this subsection until such time that the owner or operator p.
or (C) If there is no measured concentration of methane of 200 parts per million by volume or greater from the surface of a closed or inactive municipal solid waste landfill, the requirements of this chapter and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act no longer apply, provided that the following information is submitted to and approved by the department or local authority:
4 HB 1663 submits a closure notification pursuant to section 7 of this act and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act;
or (C) If there is no measured concentration of methane of 200 parts per million by volume or greater from the surface of a closed or inactive municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill, the requirements of this chapter and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act no longer apply, provided that the following information is submitted to and approved by the department or local authority:
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NEW SECTION.
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(1) The owner or operator of any municipal solid waste landfill that has a calculated landfill gas heat input capacity greater than or equal to 3,000,000 British thermal units per hour recovered must install a gas collection and control system that meets the requirements of this section and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act, unless the owner or operator demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department or local authority that after four consecutive quarterly monitoring periods there is no measured concentration of methane of 200 parts per million by volume or greater using the instantaneous surface monitoring procedures specified in section 8 of this act and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act.
(1) The owner or operator of any municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill that has a calculated landfill gas heat input capacity greater than or equal to 3,000,000 British thermal units per hour recovered must install a gas collection and control system that meets the requirements of this section and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act, unless the owner or operator demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department or local authority that after four consecutive quarterly monitoring periods there is no measured concentration of methane of 200 parts per million by volume or greater using the instantaneous surface monitoring procedures specified in section 8 of this act and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act.
The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill may partner with a third party to operate all or a portion of the gas collection and control system, but the obligation to comply with the requirements of this chapter, and the liability for civil penalties issued pursuant to this chapter, remain the responsibility of the owner or operator of the municipal solid waste landfill.
(2) The gas collection and control system must handle the expected gas generation flow rate from the entire area of the municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill and must collect gas at an extraction rate to comply with the surface methane emission limits set forth in section 5 of this act and the department's implementing rules.
(2) The gas collection and control system must handle the expected gas generation flow rate from the entire area of the municipal solid waste landfill and must collect gas at an extraction rate to comply with the surface methane emission limits set forth in section 5 of this act and the department's implementing rules.
(4) The gas collection and control system, if it uses a flare, must achieve a methane destruction efficiency of at least 99 percent by weight and must use either an enclosed flare or, if the system uses an open flare, the open flare must comply with the following requirements:
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5 HB 1663 (4) The gas collection and control system, if it uses a flare, must use either an enclosed flare or, if the system uses an open flare, the open flare must comply with the following requirements:
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(b) An open flare installed and operating prior to August 1, 2022, may operate until January 1, 2032, unless the owner or operator demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department or local authority that the landfill gas heat input capacity is less than 3,000,000 British thermal units per hour pursuant to section 8 of this act and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of p.
(b) An open flare installed and operating prior to August 1, 2022, may operate until January 1, 2032, unless the owner or operator demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department or local authority that the landfill gas heat input capacity is less than 3,000,000 British thermal units per hour pursuant to section 8 of this act and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act and is insufficient to support the continuous operation of an enclosed flare or other gas control device;
5 SHB 1663 this act and is insufficient to support the continuous operation of an enclosed flare or other gas control device;
(a) The device or devices must achieve a methane destruction efficiency of at least 97 percent by weight;
(a) The device or devices must achieve a methane destruction efficiency of at least 99 percent by weight;
(7) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill must conduct an annual source test for any gas control device or devices subject to this section using the test methods identified in section 8 of this act and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act .
(7) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill must conduct an annual source test for any gas control device or devices subject to this section using the test methods identified in section 8 of this act and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act.
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(1) Except as provided in section 4 of this act, beginning January 1st of the year following the year in which the department adopts rules to implement this chapter, or upon commencing operation of a newly installed gas collection and control system or modification of an existing gas collection and control system pursuant to section 4 of this act, whichever is later, no location on a municipal solid waste landfill surface may exceed either of the following methane concentration limits:
(1) Except as provided in section 4 of this act, beginning January 1st of the year following the year in which the department adopts rules to implement this chapter, or upon commencing operation of a newly installed gas collection and control system or modification of an existing gas collection and control system pursuant to section 4 of this act, whichever is later, no location on a municipal solid waste landfill surface or limited purpose landfill surface may exceed either of the following methane concentration limits:
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(a) Five hundred parts per million by volume, other than nonrepeatable, momentary readings, as determined by instantaneous surface emissions monitoring;
6 SHB 1663 (a) Five hundred parts per million by volume, other than nonrepeatable, momentary readings, as determined by instantaneous surface emissions monitoring;
(c) Areas of the landfill surface where the landfill cover material has been removed for law enforcement activities requiring excavation;
or (c) Areas of the landfill surface where the landfill cover material has been removed for law enforcement activities requiring excavation.
or (d) Areas of the landfill in which the landfill owner or operator, or a designee of the owner or operator, is engaged in active mining for minerals or metals.
(1) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill with a gas collection and control system must conduct instantaneous and integrated surface monitoring of the landfill surface according to the requirements specified in implementing rules adopted by the department pursuant to section 2 of this act.
(1) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill with a gas collection and control system must conduct instantaneous and integrated surface monitoring of the landfill surface according to the requirements specified in implementing rules adopted by the department pursuant to section 2 of this act.
(2) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill with a gas collection and control system must monitor the gas control system according to the requirements specified in implementing rules adopted by the department pursuant to section 2 of this act.
(2) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill with a gas collection and control system must monitor the gas control system according to the requirements specified in implementing rules adopted by the department pursuant to section 2 of this act.
(3) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill with a gas collection and control system must monitor each individual wellhead to determine the gauge pressure according to the requirements specified in implementing rules adopted by the department pursuant to section 2 of this act.
(3) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill with a gas collection and control system p.
7 HB 1663 must monitor each individual wellhead to determine the gauge pressure according to the requirements specified in implementing rules adopted by the department pursuant to section 2 of this act.
(1) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill must maintain records and prepare reports as p.
(1) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill must maintain records and prepare reports as prescribed in this section and in the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act.
7 SHB 1663 prescribed in this section and in the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act.
(2) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill must maintain records related to monitoring, testing, landfill operations, and the operation of the gas control device, gas collection system, and gas control system.
(2) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill must maintain records related to monitoring, testing, landfill operations, and the operation of the gas control device, gas collection system, and gas control system.
(3) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill that ceases to accept waste must submit a closure notification to the department or local authority within 30 days of ceasing to accept waste.
(3) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill that ceases to accept waste must submit a closure notification to the department or local authority within 30 days of ceasing to accept waste.
(4) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill must submit a gas collection and control system equipment removal report to the department or local authority 30 days prior to well capping or the removal or cessation of operation of the gas collection, treatment, or control system equipment.
(4) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill must submit a gas collection and control system equipment removal report to the department or local authority 30 days prior to well capping or the removal or cessation of operation of the gas collection, treatment, or control system equipment.
(5) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill with 450,000 or more tons of waste in place must prepare an annual report for the period of January 1st through December 31st of each year.
(5) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill with 450,000 or more tons of waste in place must prepare an annual report for the period of January 1st through December 31st of each year.
(6) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill with fewer than 450,000 tons of waste in place must submit a waste in place report to the department or local authority.
(6) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill with fewer than 450,000 tons of waste in place must submit a waste in place report to the department or local authority.
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(3) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill must measure the landfill surface concentration of methane using a p.
(3) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill must measure the landfill surface concentration of methane using a hydrocarbon detector meeting the requirements of this section and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act.
8 SHB 1663 hydrocarbon detector meeting the requirements of this section and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act.
(4) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill must measure leaks using a hydrocarbon detector meeting the requirements of this section and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act.
(4) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill must measure leaks using a hydrocarbon detector meeting the requirements of this section and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act.
(1) The department or local authority must allow the capping or removal of the gas collection and control system at a closed municipal solid waste landfill, provided the following three requirements are met:
(1) The department or local authority must allow the capping or removal of the gas collection and control system at a closed municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill, provided the following three requirements are met:
(a) The gas collection and control system was in operation for at least 15 years, unless the owner or operator demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department or local authority that due to declining methane rates, the municipal solid waste landfill will be unable to operate the gas collection and control system for a 15 year period;
(a) The gas collection and control system was in operation for at least 15 years, unless the owner or operator demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department or local authority that due to declining methane rates, the municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill will be unable to operate the gas collection and control system for a 15 year period;
(b) Surface methane concentration measurements do not exceed the limits specified in section 5 of this act;
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9 HB 1663 (b) Surface methane concentration measurements do not exceed the limits specified in section 5 of this act;
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(1) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill may request alternatives to the compliance measures, monitoring requirements, and test methods and procedures set forth in sections 4, 6, and 8 of this act, and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act.
(1) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill may request alternatives to the compliance measures, monitoring requirements, and test methods and procedures set forth in sections 4, 6, and 8 of this act, and the department's implementing rules adopted pursuant to section 2 of this act.
NEW SECTION.
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The department or local authority may request that any owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill demonstrate that a landfill does not meet the applicability criteria specified in section 2 of this act.
The department or local authority may request that any owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill or limited purpose landfill demonstrate that a landfill does not meet the applicability criteria specified in section 2 of this act.
The department and local authorities may assess and collect such fees as may be necessary to recover the p.
The department and local authorities may assess and collect such fees as may be necessary to recover the direct and indirect costs associated with the implementation of this chapter.
10 SHB 1663 direct and indirect costs associated with the implementation of this chapter.
In consultation with any linked jurisdiction to the program created by this chapter, by October 1, 2026, the department, in consultation with the department of commerce and the utilities and transportation commission, shall adopt by rule a methodology for addressing imported electricity associated with a centralized electricity market;
In consultation with any linked jurisdiction to the program created by this chapter, by October 1, p.
11 HB 1663 2026, the department, in consultation with the department of commerce and the utilities and transportation commission, shall adopt by rule a methodology for addressing imported electricity associated with a centralized electricity market;
and (e)(i) Where the person supplies natural gas in amounts that would result in exceeding 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions if fully combusted or oxidized, excluding the amounts for fuel products that are produced or imported with a p.
and (e)(i) Where the person supplies natural gas in amounts that would result in exceeding 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions if fully combusted or oxidized, excluding the amounts for fuel products that are produced or imported with a documented final point of delivery outside of Washington and combusted outside of Washington, and excluding the amounts:
11 SHB 1663 documented final point of delivery outside of Washington and combusted outside of Washington, and excluding the amounts:
(2) A person is a covered entity as of the beginning of the second compliance period and all subsequent compliance periods if the person reported emissions under RCW 70A.15.2200 or provided emissions data as required by this chapter for any calendar year from 2023 through 2025, where the person owns or operates a waste to energy facility utilized by a county and city solid waste management program and the facility's emissions equal or exceed 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.
(2) A person is a covered entity as of the beginning of the second compliance period and all subsequent compliance periods if the person reported emissions under RCW 70A.15.2200 or provided emissions data as required by this chapter for any calendar year from 2023 through 2025, where the person owns or operates a waste to energy facility utilized by a county and city solid waste management program p.
12 HB 1663 and the facility's emissions equal or exceed 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.
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(i) Capture at least 75 percent of the landfill gas generated by the decomposition of waste using methods under 40 C.F.R.
12 SHB 1663 (i) Capture at least 75 percent of the landfill gas generated by the decomposition of waste using methods under 40 C.F.R.
Whenever a covered entity ceases to be a covered entity, the department shall notify the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature of the name of the entity and the reason the entity is no longer a covered entity.
Whenever a covered entity ceases to be a covered entity, the p.
13 HB 1663 department shall notify the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature of the name of the entity and the reason the entity is no longer a covered entity.
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(6) For emission sources described in subsection (1) of this section that are in operation or otherwise active between 2015 and 2019 but were not required to report emissions for those years under RCW 70A.15.2200 for the reporting periods between 2015 and 2019, coverage under the program starts in the calendar year following the year in which emissions from the source exceed the applicable thresholds in subsection (1) of this section as reported pursuant to RCW 70A.15.2200 or provided as required by this chapter, or upon formal notice from the department that the source is expected to exceed the applicable emissions threshold for the first year that source is required to report emissions, whichever happens first.
13 SHB 1663 (6) For emission sources described in subsection (1) of this section that are in operation or otherwise active between 2015 and 2019 but were not required to report emissions for those years under RCW 70A.15.2200 for the reporting periods between 2015 and 2019, coverage under the program starts in the calendar year following the year in which emissions from the source exceed the applicable thresholds in subsection (1) of this section as reported pursuant to RCW 70A.15.2200 or provided as required by this chapter, or upon formal notice from the department that the source is expected to exceed the applicable emissions threshold for the first year that source is required to report emissions, whichever happens first.
(d) Carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion of biomass or biofuels;
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((and)) (f) Emissions from facilities with North American industry classification system code 92811 (national security);
14 SHB 1663 (f) Emissions from facilities with North American industry classification system code 92811 (national security);
and (g) Emissions from municipal solid waste landfills and limited purpose landfills that are subject to, and in compliance with, chapter 70A.--- RCW (the new chapter created in section 16 of this act).
and (g) Emissions from municipal solid waste landfills that are subject to, and in compliance with, chapter 70A.--- RCW (the new chapter created in section 16 of this act).
(b) Consistent with the intent of the legislature to avoid the leakage of emissions to other jurisdictions, in achieving the state's greenhouse gas limits in RCW 70A.45.020, the state, including lead agencies under chapter 43.21C RCW, shall pursue the limits in a manner that recognizes that the siting and placement of new or expanded best-in-class facilities with lower carbon emitting processes is in the economic and environmental interests of the state of Washington.
(b) Consistent with the intent of the legislature to avoid the leakage of emissions to other jurisdictions, in achieving the state's greenhouse gas limits in RCW 70A.45.020, the state, including lead agencies under chapter 43.21C RCW, shall pursue the limits in a manner that recognizes that the siting and placement of new or expanded best-in-class facilities with lower carbon emitting p.
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Nothing in this subsection requires a lead agency or a permitting agency to p.
Nothing in this subsection requires a lead agency or a permitting agency to approve or issue a permit to a permit applicant, including to a new or expanded fossil fuel project.
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(b) Any person who fails to take action as specified by an order issued pursuant to this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for each day of continued noncompliance.
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16 HB 1663 (b) Any person who fails to take action as specified by an order issued pursuant to this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for each day of continued noncompliance.
(3) Each act of commission or omission which procures, aids or abets in the violation shall be considered a violation under the p.
(3) Each act of commission or omission which procures, aids or abets in the violation shall be considered a violation under the provisions of this section and subject to the same penalty.
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(7) In addition to other penalties provided by this chapter, persons knowingly underreporting emissions or other information used to set fees, or persons required to pay emission or permit fees who are more than ninety days late with such payments may be subject to a penalty equal to three times the amount of the original fee owed.
(7) In addition to other penalties provided by this chapter, persons knowingly underreporting emissions or other information used p.
17 HB 1663 to set fees, or persons required to pay emission or permit fees who are more than ninety days late with such payments may be subject to a penalty equal to three times the amount of the original fee owed.
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the p.
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 of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
17 SHB 1663 remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
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