Kittitas SWMP Update_Approved_(2020-07-09)

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KCHD ORDINANCE 1999- 5 SOLID WASTE REGULATIONS Drop Box Facility: A facility used for the placement of a detachable container, including the area adjacent for necessary entrance and exit roads, unloading and turnaround areas. Drop box facilities normally serve the general public with loose loads and receive waste from off-site. Drop box facilities may also include containers for separated recyclables. Ecology: The Washington State Department of Ecology. Emission: The release of air contaminants from solid waste into the outdoor atmosphere. Energy Recovery: The recovery of energy in a usable form from mass burning or refuse derived fuel incineration, pyrolysis or any other means of using the heat of combustion of solid waste that involves high temperature (above 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit) processing. EPA: The United States Environmental Protection Agency. Existing Facility: A facility which is owned or leased, and in operation, or for which construction has begun, on or before the effective date of Chapter 173-304 WAC and the owner or operator has obtained permits or approvals necessary under federal, state and local statutes, regulations and ordinances. A facility has commenced construction if either: 1. A continuous on-site physical construction program has begun; or 2. The owner or operator has entered into contractual obligations which cannot be canceled or modified without substantial financial loss for physical construction of the facility to be completed within a reasonable time. Lateral extensions of a landfill's active area on land purchased and permitted by the Health Department for the purpose of landfilling before the effective date of Chapter 173-304 WAC shall be considered existing facilities. Expanded Facility: A facility adjacent to an existing facility for which the land is purchased and approved by the Health Officer after the effective date of Chapter 173-304 WAC. A vertical expansion approved and permitted by the Health Department after the effective date of Chapter 173-304 WAC shall also be considered an expanded facility. Extremely Hazardous Waste: Those dangerous and mixed wastes designated in WAC 173-303-100 as extremely hazardous. The abbreviation “EHW” will be used in this ordinance to refer to those dangerous and mixed wastes which are extremely hazardous Facility: All contiguous land (including buffer zones) and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land used for solid waste handling. Facility Structures: Buildings, sheds, utility lines and drainage systems on the facility. Final Treatment: The act of processing or preparing solid waste for disposal, utilization, reclamation or other approved method of use. Garbage: Unwanted animal and vegetable wastes and animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food, swill and carcasses of dead animals, and of such a character and proportion as to be capable of attracting or providing food for vectors, except sewage and sewage sludge.