(a) The director has overall responsibility for the promulgation of rules under this article. The director shall promulgate the following rules, in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Resources, the Office of Emergency Services, the Public Service Commission, the state Fire Marshal, the department of public safety, the Division of Highways, the Department of Agriculture, and the environmental quality board. In promulgating and revising such rules, the director shall comply with the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, shall avoid duplication to the maximum extent practicable with the appropriate provisions of the acts and laws set out in subsection (b), section five of this article and shall be consistent with but no more expansive in coverage nor more stringent in effect than the rules and regulations promulgated by the federal environmental protection agency pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act:
(1) Rules establishing a plan for the safe and effective management of hazardous wastes within the state;