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Statutes > Washington > Title-70 > 70-105e > 70-105e-010Purpose.
The purpose of chapter 1, Laws of 2005 is to prohibit sites at which mixed radioactive and hazardous wastes have contaminated or threaten to contaminate the environment, such as at the Hanford nuclear reservation, from adding more waste that is not generated from the cleanup of the site until such waste on-site has been cleaned up and is stored, treated, or disposed of in compliance with all state and federal environment laws.
[2005 c 1 § 1 (Initiative Measure No. 297, approved November 2, 2004).]
Notes: Reviser's note: Initiative Measure No. 297 was declared unconstitutional in its entirety in United States of America, et al. v. Manning, et al., U.S.D.C. No. CV-04-5128-AAM (E.D. Wash. 2006).
