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<br />2020 Solid Waste and Moderate <br />Risk Waste Management Plan Update <br /> <br />6-6 AX0304191054PDX <br />6.3 Waste Import/Waste Export <br />6.3.1 Waste Import <br />"Waste import" refers to the transfer of waste into Kittitas County from other areas. The County owns and <br />operates the Ryegrass Landfill, which has been permitted as a Limited Purpose Landfill that accepts inert, <br />demolition, debris waste. According to state records, this landfill does not accept waste from other <br />counties; therefore, there currently isn’t any waste imported into Kittitas County. <br />6.3.2 Waste Export <br />“Waste export” refers in this section to the transfer of waste from Kittitas County to a landfill located <br />outside the area. There are no active municipal solid waste landfills in Kittitas County. The County’s <br />municipal solid waste is transferred from the Ellensburg Transfer Station and the Upper County Transfer <br />Station to the Greater Wenatchee Landfill, in Douglas County, Washington. <br />Kittitas County is one of the counties within Washington state that is in a quarantine area (as defined by <br />the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA), WAC 16-470, Quarantine – Agriculture Pests <br />(i.e., apple maggot quarantine rules [RCW 17.24]). Solid waste and organic waste from this area cannot <br />be transported out of the quarantine area without a special permit. WSDA recently amended WAC 16- <br />470-124, Special Permits for Solid Waste and Organic Waste Transport and Disposition, effective <br />January 1, 2017. WAC 16-470-124 now includes MSW, yard debris, organic feedstocks, organic <br />materials, and agricultural wastes as regulated commodities. <br />RCW 70.95 was amended in 2016 to reflect these requirements and to further prevent the spread of <br />agricultural plant pathogens and pests. In addition to requiring Special Permits (as described above) for <br />transporting regulated commodities, WSDA must now review SWMP, the SWAC must include an <br />agricultural representative, and solid waste permits must be submitted by local health departments to <br />WSDA for compost facilities in a nonquarantine area, when they will receive organic waste from a <br />quarantine area. <br />The Greater Wenatchee Landfill (owned by Waste Management of Washington) has a Special Permit for <br />transport issued to Waste Management that allows municipal solid waste from quarantine areas to be <br />transported to it. As of 2018, all MSW in the County requiring disposal goes to this landfill. <br />Landfills that have historically been used by Kittitas County for municipal and non-MSW disposal include: <br />Greater Wenatchee Regional Landfill: The majority of MSW from Kittitas County is currently sent to this <br />landfill. This landfill is owned by Waste Management of Washington in Douglas County, Washington. It <br />was opened in 1960 and has 96 years of remaining life projected. (Waste Management, 2019). <br />Columbia Ridge Landfill: The Columbia Ridge Landfill is a regional landfill that is owned and operated <br />by Waste Management, Inc. in Arlington, Oregon. <br />Roosevelt Regional Landfill: The Roosevelt Regional Landfill is owned by Republic and located in a <br />remote area of Klickitat County in South Central Washington. <br />Graham Road Limited Purpose Landfill: The Graham Road Facility is owned and operated by Waste <br />Management of Washington, Inc., and is located in Spokane County. <br />Caton Limited Purpose Landfill: The Caton Limited Purpose Landfill is a privately-owned facility in <br />Naches, Washington.