Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 70A.500 - Electronic Product Recycling.
70A.500.310 - General operating plan.

RCW 70A.500.310
General operating plan.

(1) The board shall adopt a general operating plan of procedures for the authority. The board shall also adopt operating procedures for collecting funds from participating covered electronic manufacturers and for providing funding for contracted services. These operating procedures must be adopted by resolution prior to the authority operating the applicable programs.
(2) The general operating plan must include, but is not limited to: (a) Appropriate minimum reserve requirements to secure the authority's financial stability; (b) appropriate standards for contracting for services; and (c) standards for service.
(3) The board shall conduct at least one public hearing on the general operating plan prior to its adoption. The authority shall provide and make public a written response to all comments received by the public.
(4) The general operating plan must be adopted by resolution of the board. The board may periodically update the general operating plan as necessary, but must update the plan no less than once every four years. The general operating plan or updated plan must include a report on authority activities conducted since the commencement of authority operation or since the last reported general operating plan, whichever is more recent, including a statement of results achieved under the purposes of this chapter and the general operating plan. Upon adoption, the authority shall conduct its programs in observance of the objectives established in the general operating plan.

[ 2006 c 183 § 33. Formerly RCW 70.95N.320.]

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety

Chapter 70A.500 - Electronic Product Recycling.

70A.500.010 - Findings.

70A.500.020 - Definitions.

70A.500.030 - Manufacturer participation.

70A.500.040 - Manufacturer registration.

70A.500.050 - Independent plan requirements.

70A.500.060 - Standard, independent plan requirements—Fees to be set by the department—Acceptance or rejection by department.

70A.500.070 - Plan updates—Revised plan.

70A.500.080 - Independent plan participants changing to standard plan.

70A.500.090 - Collection services.

70A.500.100 - Successor duties.

70A.500.110 - Covered electronic sampling.

70A.500.120 - Promotion of covered product recycling.

70A.500.130 - Electronic products recycling account.

70A.500.140 - Annual reports.

70A.500.150 - Nonprofit charitable organizations—Report.

70A.500.160 - Electronic products for sale must include manufacturer's brand.

70A.500.170 - Sale of covered electronic products.

70A.500.180 - Department website.

70A.500.190 - Return share calculation.

70A.500.200 - Equivalent share calculation—Notice to manufacturers—Billing parties that do not meet their plan's equivalent share—Payments to parties that exceed their plan's equivalent share—Nonprofit charitable organizations.

70A.500.210 - Preliminary return share—Notice—Challenges—Final return share.

70A.500.220 - Covered electronic products collected during a program year—Payment per pound under, over equivalent share.

70A.500.230 - Rules—Fees—Reports.

70A.500.240 - Collector, transporter, processor registration.

70A.500.250 - Processors to comply with performance standards for environmentally sound management—Rules.

70A.500.260 - Selling covered electronic products without participating in an approved plan prohibited—Written warning—Penalty—Failure to comply with manufacturer registration requirements.

70A.500.270 - Materials management and financing authority.

70A.500.280 - Board of directors of the authority.

70A.500.290 - Manufacturers to pay their apportioned share of administrative and operational costs—Performance bonds—Dispute arbitration.

70A.500.300 - Authority use of funds.

70A.500.310 - General operating plan.

70A.500.320 - Authority employees—Initial staff support—Authority powers.

70A.500.330 - Federal preemption.

70A.500.340 - Entity must be registered as a collector to act as a collector in a plan—Disposition of electronic products received by a registered collector—Recordkeeping requirements—Display of notice—Site visits.

70A.500.900 - Construction—2006 c 183.

70A.500.901 - Effective date—2006 c 183.