Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 70A.218 - Hazardous waste fees

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Department: means the department of ecology. See Washington Code 70A.218.010
• Fee: means the annual fees imposed under this chapter. See Washington Code 70A.218.010
• Generate: means any act or process which produces hazardous waste or first causes a hazardous waste to become subject to regulation. See Washington Code 70A.218.010
• Hazardous waste: means and includes all dangerous and extremely hazardous wastes but for the purposes of this chapter excludes all radioactive wastes or substances composed of both radioactive and hazardous components. See Washington Code 70A.218.010
• Hazardous waste generator: means all persons whose primary business activities are identified by the department to generate any quantity of hazardous waste in the calendar year for which the fee is imposed. See Washington Code 70A.218.010
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, partnership, association, state, public or private or municipal corporation, commission, political subdivision of a state, interstate body, the federal government including any agency or officer thereof, and any Indian tribe or authorized tribal organization. See Washington Code 70A.218.010
• Price deflator: means the United States department of commerce bureau of economic analysis, "Implicit Price Deflator for Gross National Product" for "Government Purchases of Goods and Services" for "State and Local Government. See Washington Code 70A.218.010
• Recycled for beneficial use: means the use of hazardous waste, either before or after reclamation, as a substitute for a commercial product or raw material, but does not include: (a) Use constituting disposal; (b) incineration; or (c) use as a fuel. See Washington Code 70A.218.010
• Waste generation site: means any geographical area that has been assigned an EPA/state identification number. See Washington Code 70A.218.010