State/interstate solid waste planning grants : progress abstracts, January 1969 / Compiled by Daniel D. Swavely and Lee F. Hultgren.
- United States. Bureau of Solid Waste Management
- Date:
- 1969
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: State/interstate solid waste planning grants : progress abstracts, January 1969 / Compiled by Daniel D. Swavely and Lee F. Hultgren. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![WASHINGTON The Washington State Department of Health received a two-year Solid Waste Disposal Planning Grant on September 1, 1966. Personnel. The project is headed by a full-time sanitarian assisted by summer student employees, part-time district engineers, and clerical help. The solid waste unit is actively recruiting for three addition- al professional positions. Solid Waste Survey. The State solid waste survey has been com- pleted using Public Health Service forms. To date, 218 incorporated communities, 34 of the State's counties, 340 land disposal sites, 11] transfer stations, 13 hog-feeding operations, and one incinerator have been surveyed. The analysis of the data is not yet complete. Solid Waste Legislation and Regulations. Further drafts of the proposed Rules and Regulations on Solid Wastes have been developed. No action has yet been taken on these. Although a variety of statutes affecting solid wastes have been recently passed, existing State solid waste legislation is still somewhat inadequate. Coordination. The program is coordinated by a seven-member Solid Wastes Advisory Committee appointed by the Governor. A large part of the Committee's time has been devoted to a familiarization of the solid waste disposal. problem.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32170919_0095.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
