Model Toxics Control Act (Washington)

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Washington State statute environmental cleanup law

The Model Toxics Control Act (Washington) is Washington State’s primary environmental cleanup law that funds and governs the investigation and remediation of contaminated sites, often using revenues from a hazardous substance tax.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Washington Model Toxics Control Act	1
Washington State Hazardous Waste Management Act	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Washington State statute ⓘ environmental cleanup law ⓘ
administeredBy	Washington State Department of Ecology ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Model Toxics Control Act (Washington) ⓘ surface form: Washington Model Toxics Control Act
appliesToJurisdiction	Washington ⓘ surface form: State of Washington
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
covers	contaminated groundwater ⓘ contaminated sediments ⓘ contaminated soil ⓘ contaminated surface water ⓘ hazardous substance releases ⓘ
enables	state oversight of voluntary cleanups ⓘ
establishes	state hazardous substance tax accounts for cleanup funding ⓘ statewide cleanup standards for hazardous substances ⓘ
focusesOn	sites contaminated by hazardous substances ⓘ
fundingSource	hazardous substance tax ⓘ
funds	cleanup of contaminated sites ⓘ investigation of contaminated sites ⓘ remedial actions ⓘ
goal	facilitate cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties ⓘ protect human health ⓘ protect the environment ⓘ
hasComponent	cleanup standards ⓘ enforcement provisions ⓘ grant and loan programs ⓘ liability provisions ⓘ public participation requirements ⓘ
imposesLiabilityOn	potentially liable persons for contamination ⓘ
isComplementaryTo	Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ surface form: federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
isPrimaryEnvironmentalCleanupLawOf	Washington ⓘ surface form: State of Washington
legalArea	environmental law ⓘ hazardous waste and contaminated site management ⓘ
regulates	investigation of contaminated sites ⓘ remediation of contaminated sites ⓘ
requires	cleanup actions to meet state cleanup standards ⓘ public notice and comment on many cleanup decisions ⓘ
shortName	MTCA ⓘ
subjectOf	Washington Administrative Code cleanup regulations ⓘ
supports	brownfield redevelopment ⓘ local government cleanup projects ⓘ state-led cleanup projects ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Model Toxics Control Act (Washington) → alsoKnownAs → Model Toxics Control Act (Washington) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Washington Model Toxics Control Act

Washington State Department of Ecology → implements → Model Toxics Control Act (Washington) ⓘ

Tri-Party Agreement → legalBasis → Model Toxics Control Act (Washington) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Washington State Hazardous Waste Management Act