TITLE 39

HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 44

HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

39-4406.  General powers and duties of director. The director:

(1)  Shall take all actions not inconsistent with this chapter as are necessary and feasible to enable the department to assume and continue primacy over hazardous waste management, pursuant to RCRA;

(2)  May conduct and publish studies of hazardous waste management in this state;

(3)  Shall develop, publish, and revise as necessary a plan for the safe and effective management of hazardous wastes within this state. Such a plan may identify those locations in the state which are not suitable for the establishment of hazardous waste treatment or disposal facilities or sites;

(4)  Shall exercise all powers and discharge all duties expressed in or implied from the other sections of this chapter.

History:

[39-4406, added 1983, ch. 154, sec. 1, p. 420; am. 1993, ch. 291, sec. 3, p. 1086.]