8.08B.120 On-site Storage, Collection, and
Transportation Standards and Permits
A.
On-site Storage, collection and transportation
standards - Applicability. This section is applicable to the temporary Storage of Solid Waste in
a Container at a Premises, business establishment, or industry and the
collecting and transporting of the Solid Waste.
B.
On-site Storage.
1.
The owner
or occupant of any Premises, business establishment, or industry shall be
responsible for the safe and sanitary Storage of all Containerized Solid Wastes
accumulated at those Premises.
2.
The
owner, operator, or occupant of any Premises, business establishment, or
industry shall store Solid Wastes in Containers that meet the following
requirements:
a)
Disposable
Containers shall be sufficiently strong to allow lifting without breakage and
shall be thirty-two gallons in capacity or less where manual handling is
practiced;
b)
Reusable
Containers, except for Detachable Containers, shall be:
(i)
Rigid
and durable;
(ii)
Corrosion
resistant;
(iii)
Nonabsorbent
and water tight;
(iv)
Rodent-proof
and easily cleanable;
(v)
Equipped
with a close-fitting cover;
(vi)
Suitable for handling with
no sharp edges or other hazardous conditions; and
(vii)
Equal to or less than thirty-two gallons in volume where manual handling
is practiced;
c)
Detachable
Containers shall be durable, corrosion-resistant, nonabsorbent, nonleaking and
have either a solid cover or screen cover to prevent littering.
C.
Collection and transportation standards.
1.
All
Persons collecting or transporting Solid Waste shall avoid littering at the
loading point, during transport and during proper unloading of the Solid Waste.
2.
Vehicles
or Containers used for the collection and transportation of Solid Waste shall be
tightly covered or screened where littering may occur, durable and of easily
cleanable construction. Where Garbage is being collected or transported,
Containers shall be cleaned as necessary to prevent Nuisance Odors and insect
breeding and shall be maintained in good repair.
3.
Vehicles
or Containers used for the collection and transportation of any Solid Waste
shall be loaded and moved in such manner that the Containers will not fail, and
the contents will not spill or leak. Where such spillage or leakage does occur
the waste shall be picked up immediately by the collector or transporter and
returned to the Vehicle or Container and the area properly cleaned.
4.
All
Persons Commercially collecting or transporting Solid Waste shall inspect
collection and transportation Vehicles at least monthly. Inspection records
shall be maintained at the Facility normally used to park such Vehicles or such
other location that maintenance records are kept. Such records shall be kept for
a period of at least two years, and be made available upon the request of the
Health Department.
5.
Dangerous
waste handling must conform to WAC 173-303, Dangerous Waste Regulations.
6.
Infectious
Waste shall be transported over the highways only in a leakproof and fully
enclosed Container or Vehicle compartment.
Infectious Waste shall not be transported in the same Vehicle with Other
Waste or medical specimens unless the Infectious Waste is contained in a
separate, fully enclosed leakproof Container within the Vehicle compartment.
Infectious Waste shall be delivered only to an approved Permitted
Facility for Treatment or Disposal. Surfaces
of Infectious Waste collection/ transportation Vehicles that have contacted
spilled or leaked Infectious Waste shall be decontaminated as described in this
regulation. Infectious Waste spills
should be promptly decontaminated and cleaned.
7.
Infectious
Waste Collection/Transportation Vehicles used within Island County shall have a
leakproof, fully enclosed Vehicle compartment of a durable and easily cleanable
construction and shall be identified on each side of the Vehicle with the name
or trademark of the Infectious Waste Transporter.