Idaho Statutes Title 39. Health and Safety § 39-4402. Legislative findings and purposes

(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.

(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.