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<br />KCHD ORDINANCE 1999- 36 SOLID WASTE REGULATIONS <br />The following Ecology facility requirements are hereby adopted by reference: <br />a. WAC 173-304-300: Waste Recycling Facility Standards. <br />I. Moderate Risk Waste Collection Facilities <br />1. Applicability. <br />a. Any facility must comply with the Kittitas County Moderate Risk Waste Plan, Solid Waste Plan <br />and Used Oil Amendment to the Solid Waste Plan. <br />b. Owners and operators of MRW Facilities shall obtain a permit from the Health Officer as required <br />in Section VI.I.2. <br />c. Unless otherwise directed by the Health Officer, operators of temporary MRW collection facilities, <br />commonly referred to as “MRW collection events” or “MRW roundups”, are not required to obtain <br />a permit under these regulations when the following conditions are met: <br />(1) The Health Department is notified of the event location and schedule at least thirty (30) days in <br />advance of operations; and <br />(2) Adequate systems and procedures are implemented to protect pubic health and the <br />environment, and the event meets the general intent of Section VI.I.3. <br />2. Permit Application Contents. <br />In addition to the requirements of Section VI.A.2., each application shall include, but may not be <br />limited to: <br />a. A description of how the facility will meet each of the operational requirements of Section VI.I.3.a. <br />b. Engineering reports, plans, and specifications that include, but are not limited to: <br />(1) How the facility will meet the locational requirements of WAC 173-304-130; <br />(2) Facility drawings showing the location of fencing, signs, emergency equipment, absorbents <br />and other supplies, shower(s), eye wash(es), fire extinguishers and other fire suppression <br />equipment, and the location of MRW sorting, analysis, and storage, including a description of <br />aisle spacing between containers and vertical container stacking; <br />(3) Stormwater surface run-off quality and quantity control, discharge, and monitoring; and <br />(4) Closure/post-closure design, construction, maintenance, and land use. <br />c. An operations plan that includes: <br />(1) A visitor policy including requirements for safety and supervision; <br />(2) A waste acceptance protocol to preclude and redirect fully regulated dangerous waste <br />generators and excluded waste types such as explosives and/or radioactives;