Kittitas SWMP Update_Approved_(2020-07-09)

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2020 Solid Waste and Moderate Risk Waste Management Plan Update AX0304191054PDX 1-3 SWAC will consider issues, concerns, and possible amendments to the Plan at their regular meetings, as follows:  Complete, factual written information is submitted to Solid Waste Staff.  Solid Waste Staff will review with SWAC Chair for completeness.  Information is disseminated to each SWAC member 2 weeks in advance of the next SWAC meeting (see Appendix B for Kittitas County Solid Waste Advisory Committee Bylaws and Meetings Procedures, Section VIII Amendments). 1.3 Changes in Solid Waste Regulation and Policy Since 2010 Several new rules and regulations have been adopted since the previous Plan was developed. The applicable changes are discussed below and were considered as part of the Update. 1.3.1 Apple Maggot Quarantine The majority of Kittitas County (83 percent) is within an Apple Maggot Quarantine area including the existing and proposed Transfer Station (Figure 1-1). Both municipal green waste (MGW2) and municipal solid waste (MSW) are currently listed as regulated commodities under the apple maggot quarantine rule. RCW 70.95 was amended in 2016 to prevent the spread of agricultural plant pathogens and pests. These changes require the following:  Inclusion of an agricultural representative on the SWAC.  Review of the draft SWMP by the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA).  Submittal of a copy of solid waste permits by local health departments to WSDA for compost facilities in a nonquarantine area, when they will receive organic waste from a quarantine area.  Special permits for transporting regulated commodities between quarantined and nonquarantined areas. Effective in 2017, the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) amended WAC 16-470 by adding MSW and MGW (yard debris, organic feedstocks, organic materials, and agricultural wastes) to the list of commodities regulated under the apple maggot quarantine. Special permits, mentioned above, are required for the following: 1) Transportation and disposition of MSW from an area under quarantine for disposal at a solid waste landfill or disposal facility in the apple maggot and plum curculio pest-free area. Currently MSW is transferred to Wenatchee Landfill which is in a non-quarantine area. 2) Transportation and disposition of yard debris, organic feedstocks, organic materials, and agricultural wastes from the area under quarantine for disposal at a solid waste landfill or treatment at a composting facility in the apple maggot and plum curculio pest-free area. Currently organic material is composted in-county. 2 Municipal green waste: “includes yard debris, organic feedstock, organic materials, and agricultural wastes.” https://app.leg.wa.gov/ReportsToTheLegislature/Home/GetPDF?fileName=1807026_394d570e-500f-4374-906d-69c49d098fa2.pdf [}) . . . . .