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Section 39-4402 - LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

ID Code § 39-4402 (2019) (N/A)
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39-4402. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (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 act 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.

History:

[39-4402, added 1983, ch. 154, sec. 1, p. 417.]

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