TITLE 39

HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 44

HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

39-4402.  Legislative findings, purposes, and intent. (1) The legislature of the State of Idaho finds:

(a)  That continuing technological progress, increases in manufacturing, and the abatement of air and water pollution have resulted in ever-increasing quantities of hazardous waste;

(b)  That the public health and safety, and the environment, are threatened when hazardous wastes are not managed in an environmentally sound manner;

(c)  That the knowledge and technology necessary for alleviating adverse health, environmental, and aesthetic impacts resulting from current hazardous waste management and disposal practices are generally available; and

(d)  That the problem of proper management of hazardous waste has become a matter of great statewide concern.

(2)  Therefore, it is hereby declared that the purposes of this chapter are:

(a)  To protect the public health and safety, the health of living organisms, and the environment from the effects of the improper, inadequate, or unsound management of hazardous waste;

(b)  To establish a program to track and control hazardous wastes from the time they are generated through transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal; and

(c)  To assure the safe and adequate management of hazardous wastes within this state.

(3)  It is the intent of the legislature that the site licensing process provided for by this chapter not duplicate processes otherwise provided for by state or federal law. The site licensing procedure provided by sections 39-4433 through 39-4441, Idaho Code, is intended to be a preliminary, general review that does not include the type of specific, detailed technical information required for the hazardous waste management act permit process provided for by section 39-4409, Idaho Code.

History:

[39-4402, added 1983, ch. 154, sec. 1, p. 417; am. 2026, ch. 89, sec. 2, p. 462.]