HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0334.001 1996-1998 February 7, 1997
TO: Jiro Sumada, DEP
FROM: Larry Capellas, SWD
SUBJECT: PRIVATE COMMUNITY CLEANUP LANDFILL CHARGES
Attached are copies of eight (8) weight tickets from the Hilo Landfill Scalehouse totaling
$4,856.95. These chazges aze for about 139 tons of rubbish that was brought into the landfill by
Hawaii Metal Recycling from vazious private subdivisions as part of the program to clean up the
abandoned vehicles from those subdivisions.
Appazently whoever is in charge of this program told HMR that this rubbish was part of
the subdivision clean up program and that you would waive all fees at the landfill for this
rubbish.
Please be aware that there is no legal method of waiving any landfill fees. The Tipping
Fee Ordinance does not allow this.
Who is going to pay for this? HMR does not think it is their responsibility since they
were doing a community service action under the direction of you and your designated private
subdivision metal clean up person. Appazently this person exceeded his authority by informing
HMR that non metal rubbish was a part of the cleanup effort. If what HMR tells me is correct, I
tend to agree with HMR.
Si;:ce the County has no right to spend public funds, other than those related to
emergency measures, in private property and you authorized this private property clean up
program, this division needs to know where to send the bills for the landfill charges. Your
attention to this matter as soon as possible will be appreciated.
I have advised HMR to stop bringing any more rubbish into the landfill as pazt of any
private property cleanup program unless they are willing to be liable for the landfill chazges or
there is a designee who has agreed to pay the charges.
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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 13
(Drai=t v)
ORDINANCE NO. 95 ~1
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983, AS
AMENDED, RELATING TO REFUSE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HA~VAfI:
SECTION I. Chapter 20, Article 3, Section 20-35 of the Hawaii County Code ;983, zs
amended. is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 20-35. Permit required for refuse disposal.
(a) No business, federal or state agency, religious entity or nonprofit oreanization shall
dispose of refuse at any county solid waste facility without first obtaining a disposal permit
issued by the engineer and making payment of the permit Iee as required herein.
(bl 'Jo per on shall dispose of rPfiaSe at anv counrv landfill withou[ first obtaining a
i s Rer..,;~ ; - I by the ngi^PP^ Prrc~ne ^nr rrnrecrnrinn anv business federal or state
a~enc~ eligious entity or nonprofit nrvan;~arinn ^PPd not obtain a permit to dispose of re_iuse st
a rounty transfer station.
[(bl] An application for a disposal permit shall be submitted to the [Chief Eneinee: ]
engineer on a form furnished by the deparnnent [which requires the following information:],
(1) rot bu ins--e- ka°-al or state a~ Piivir,ns entities and non-profit
ora runs 'he ~oilowing information is required:
[(1)] (A) Name, address and telephone nttrrtber of the btLSiness. federal or
state seers,: ,religious entity or nonprofit organization;
[(2)] jgl Make, model, tare weight, carrying capacity in cubic yards and
license number of the vehicle(s) which would be tiled to dispose refuse.
~ Approximate volume and frequency of refuse to be disposed,
[(4)] jp~ Other information as deemed necessary by the eneineer.
(~l Persons not a ~ ~ 'F F v holiness public agenc:~ *PIi~L`-
ennn ~+r -ton ^rotit organization shall provide their name residence and mailing address.
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~nence a_~d employer telephone ntt_rnbert drivers license number. and any other information
o e ed necessary by the engineer for billine and collection ntttvoses•
(c) The disposal permit shall be effective for a period of one year from the date of
issuance.
(d) The engineer may suspend or revoke a disposal peartit for the following reasons:
(1) Failttre to pay any disposal charges or special handling fees when due.
(2) Failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(3) Failure to comply with disposal procedures and/or conditions established by
the department.
(e) The suspension or revocation procedure shall be as follows:
(1) Upon de.ermination that sufficient reasons exisu to revoke or suspend a
disposal permit, the engineer shall inform the permit holder by registered mail of his decision to
suspend or revoke said permit;
(2) The letter shall also inform the permit holder of the effective date of the
suspension or revocation and the specific reason for suspension or revocation of the disposal
permit;
(3) The permit holder shall be given a period of ten (10) working days to cure the
complaint. ~ (TheJ j~e end of the ten day period, the County shall notify the permit holder in
writing either that the complaint has been remedied or that the permit is still to be revoked or
suspended. If the permit is still to be revoked or suspended said letter sha!] describe the process
b} which the permit holder may request a hearing before the Engineer;
(4) If the permit holder requests a hearing before the engineer, one shall be
scheduled within two working days of the request. The decision of the Engineer or a designated
representative shall stand unless afrer a hearing the original decision is shown to be clearly
erroneous;
A request for a hearing shall not act to stay the engineer's decision to revoke
or suspend.
(f) [The application permit shall be twenty-five dollars.) T~tere shall be a fee of nrenrv_
fire (~~1 dollars for the issuance or a refuse disposal Permit to a business federal or state agency
r~i~<~ious entin~ or non-profit organization payable with the application therefor Them Shall be
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no fee for the issuance of a taet~rtit to persons not actinv ~c nr on behalf of a business public
~ncv relieiouc entity or non-arofit oreanization."
SECTION 2. Chapter 20, Article 4, Section 20- of the Hawaii County Code 1983. as
amended. relating to °Disposal fees" is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 20- .Disposal fees.
(a) Any refuse, except for prohibited materials, delivered by a business, federal or slate
agency, relieious entity, non-profit organization or private citizen to the working face of a
County landfill shall be charged by the ton or fraction thereof at rates as set forth herein.
(b) [n addition to the per ton charge or volume chazge, items which cannot be disposed in
the ~.vorkine face of the landfill in accordance with usual disposal practices or which reeuire
special handling and/or arrangements by landfill personnel shall be assessed a special handlin_
charge at rates as set forth herein. -Such items shall include but may not be limited to asbestos[.
cars, stoves, refrigerators, washers, dryers, water heaters, sofas, mattresses, bedsprings. wire,
sprines, cable. concrete with rebaz, tree stumps, tires,] and confidential document destn~ctian or
other disposal requiring a witness [and dead animal carcasses]. Whole tires will not be accc~tee
at any County landfill- All wire or cable must be cut to four (4) foot lengths prior ro disposal ~t
any counrv landfill.
(c) Administrative rules may provide partial credit to commercial haulers for resident~a!
waste."
SECTION 3. Chanter 20, Article 4, Section 20- of the Hawaii County Cade ! 983. is
an:eade:i.:e!ating to "Fee Schedule" is hereby amended to read as follows
"Section =D- . Fee Schedule.
(a) Chazge rates shall be established as follows:
(1) Landfill Disposal
Rate by weight: 535.00 per ton [or fraction thereof) prorated accordingly.
Rate by vehicle size and volume:
TYPE I: Light trucks or other vehicles with a gross •:ehic!e ~•veight of '.ess
than 10,000 pounds with no more than 3 cubic yazds of refuse: 524 per
truck.
TYPE II: Medium trucks or other vehicles ~.vit}t a gross vehicle ~.ve.~_S::
from 10,000 pounds to 19,999 pounds with no more than 6 cubic yards of
refuse: $48 per truck.
TYPE III: Large trucks or other vehicles with a gross vehicle weight from
20,000 pounds to 25,999 pounds with no more than 9 cubic yazds of
refuse: $72 per truck.
TYPE IV: All other trucks or vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 26,00
potutds including commercial refuse hauling trucks or all other vehicles
not qualifying as a Type I. II. or III:
1. Compacted - $12.00 per cubic Yazd.
2. Not Compacted - $8.00 per cubic Yazd.
(2) Special Handling: [$35]_$50 per truck load or fraction thereof."
SECTION 4. Material to be repealed is bracketed. New material is underscored. In
printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material and underscoring need not be included.
SECTION 5. If any provision of this ordittance, or the application thereof to an}' person
or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications
of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. and to
this end the provisions of this ordinance aze severable.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be retroactive to December 1, 1994, except the special
handline fee identified in Section Chapter 20, Article 4, Section 20- (a) (2), which shall take
effect upon the approval of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED B1':
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COUNCIL MEMBER. CO F HA~I'Af1
Hilo. Ha~~aii
Date of introduction: March 1, 1995
Date of i st Readine: Marc^. 1, 1995
Date of ='nd Readin_2: Ma=ch 15, 1995
Ftfecti~e Date: Mach Z1, 1995
OFFICE OFTHE COUNTY CL.-ItK
County of Hawaii
Hilo Hawaii - ~ }'I
(DRAFT 3)
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES NOES ABS I EY
IntzoducedBy: Keo1a Childs Arrkaki X
Datelntroduced: March 1, 1995 Bonlc_Abraauon X ~
First Reading. March 1, 1995
March 8, 1995 X I
Published: Dei;,,,~ X ~
Domin ~ X ~
REMARKS: Osorio X ~ ~
Rah ~ X
Ray ~ X
Smith X
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(DRAFT' 41
ROLL CALL VOTE
Second Reading: March 15. 1995 I AYES I NOES I ABS I E~
To Mayor: March 1 1995 Arakaki I X ~ ~ I
Returned: M h 71 1995
Effective: Marc`I 21 1995 ~~-Abramson X ~ I
Published Maxrli 28 1995 Qulds X.
De lima ~ X
RElvfARKS: Do X ~ ~
Osorio X
Rath X
Rav X
Smith ~ X
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1 DO HEREBY CFRTIF"Y that the foreYOinQ RTI T t»as adopted 6y the County Council and published as
indicated aboae. ~ APPROVED o: to
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RpOZAI1CN COUNSEL CD CFL4I
COUNTY OF HAµ/Ail _ .
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Approved/ this _~-'may
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" R.COILYIYOF~AWAII BiI1No_ 13 (Draft 41
Rrfrren~c C-75
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COUNTY OF HAWAII
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
SOLID WASTE DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
FOR
SOLID WASTE REFUSE CONTROL AND DISPOSAL FEES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions
Section 1.01 - Purpose
Section 1.02 - Applicability
Section 1.03 - Definitions
Section 1.04 - Permit System
Section 1.05 - Variances
CHAPTER 2 - Convenience Centers
Section 2.01 - Definition
Section 2.02 - Permits
Section 2.03 - Acceptable Refuse
Section 2.04 - Prohibited Materials
CHAPTER 3 - Solid Waste Fees
Section 3.01 - Disposal Fees
Section 3.02 - Collection of Feae
Section 3.03 - Fee Schedule
CHAPTER 9 - Solid Waste Fund
Section 9.01 - Collection and Expenditure
CHAPTER 5 - Landfill Operational Rules
Section 5.01 - West Hawaii Sanitary Landfill
Section 5.02 - South Hilo Sanitary Landfill
CHAPTER 1 - General Provision
Section 1.01 - Purpose. The purpose of these rules is to
establish minimum standards governing the Solid Waste refuse
operations, maintenance of solid waste disposal and transfer
station (convenience center) systems, along with a fee structure
for the system.
Such standards are intended to:
(a) Establish a strong foundation for source reduction,
composting and other similar services by creating financial
incentives for diversion;
(b) Encourage new business opportunities in source
reduction, recycling, composting and other similar services;
(c) Minimize the need for County funding of such
alternative refuse handling services by creating a favorable
economic environment for business participation;
(d) Establish a revenue source to assure compliance with
new environmental regulations; to minimize dependence on general
fund revenues; to fund solid waste programs such as used oil
recycling and household hazardous waste collection; to better
accommodate increased future demands created by population
growth; to improve levels of service; to meet unanticipated
refuse loads; to improve solid waste facility maintenance; and
to eapand internal services to minimize service dependency on
other agencies of the County;
(e) Create a special fund for user fees and revenues
generated by recycling to insure internal use of such funds; and
(f) Achieve economic self-sufficiency in managing present
and future solid waste programs.
Section 1.02 - Applicability. These rules are applicable
to all persons, as defined in this chapter, who utilize the
County of Hawaii's solid waste transfer station (convenience
center) system or sanitary landfills.
Section 1.03 - Definitions. When used in this chapter,
the following terms have the meanings given below:
"Agricultural Waste" means waste resulting from the
production of agricultural products including but not limited to
manures and carcasses of dead animals.
"Bulky Waste" means large items of refuse, such as
appliances, furniture and other oversize wastes which would
typically not fit in transfer station (convenience center)
trailers.
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"Business" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, or
corporation.
"CFR" means Code of Federal Regulations.
"Clear and Grub material" means materials consisting of
rock, soil, coral, sand, and gravel in conjunction with a
maaimum of 20% vegetation which includes trees, timber, and
shrubbery and plants dislodged or uprooted from the ground.
"Commercial solid waste" means ~1.L types of solid waste
generate from commercial activities including, but not limited
to, stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, and
non-manufacturing activities, eacluding residential and
manufacturing wastes.
"Commercial a l.ex~means a transporter of refuse made up
of commercial, r sidential and industrial solid waste.
"Construction and demolition waste" means largely inert
solid waste, resulting from the demolition or razing of
buildings, roads or other structures, and may include material
such as concrete, rock, brick, bituminous concrete, wood and
masonry, composition roofing and roofing paper, steel, plaster
and minor amounts of other metals such a copper. Construction
and demolition waste does not include cleanup materials
contaminated with hazardous substances, friable asbestos, waste
paints, solvents, sealers, adhesives, or similar materials.
"Container" means a device used for the collection, storage
or transportation of solid waste, including but not limited to,
reusable containers, disposable containers, detachable
containers, and tanks whether fiaed or detachable.
"Convenience center" means waste handling facilities
performing limited transfer station operation located at
convenient areas and receiving less than 40 tons of only
household or residential solid waste.
"Cover material" means soil or other suitable material that
has been approved by the Department of Health as cover for waste.
"Department" means the Department of Public Works.
"Disposal facility" means a solid waste management facility
or part of one at which solid waste is intentionally placed into
or on any land, and at which solid waste will remain after the
facility closure. A disposal facility may also be termed a
landfill.
"Engineer" means the Chief Engineer of the Department of
Public Works or his/her designated representative.
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"Facility" means all contiguous land including buffer zones
for structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the
land used for handling solid waste.
"Garbage" means, but is not limited to, putrescible solid
waste including animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, storage, sale, preparation, cooking or serving of
food. Garbage originates primarily from home kitchens, stores,
markets, restaurants and other places where food is stored,
prepared or served.
"Household waste" means any solid waste, including garbage,
trash, and sanitary waste, derived from households, including
single and multiple residences. Household type waste may also
originate from hotels and motels, bunkhouses, ranger stations,
crew quarters, campground, picnic grounds, and day use
recreational areas.
"Industrial solid waste" means solid waste generated by
manufacturing or industrial processes that is not a hazardous
waste regulated under subtitle "C" of RCRA. The waste may
include, but is not limited to, waste resulting from the
following manufacturing processes: electric power generation;
fertilizer or agricultural chemicals; food and related products
or by-products; inorganic chemicals; iron and steel
manufacturing; leather and leather products; non-ferrous metals
manufacturing or foundries; organic chemicals; plastics and
resins manufacturing; pulp and paper industry; rubber and
miscellaneous plastic products; stone, glass, clay, and concrete
products; textile manufacturing; transportation equipment; and
water treatment. This term does not include mining or oil and
gas waste.
"Liquid" means a substance that flows readily and assumes
the form of its container but retains its independent volume.
"Liquid waste" means any waste material that is determined
to contain "free liquids" as defined by the Paint Filter Liquids
Test.
"Medical waste" means all infectious and injurious waste
originating from a medical, veterinary, or intermediate care
facility.
"Municipal solid waste landfill" or "MSWLF" means a
discrete area of land or an excavation that receives household
waste. A MSWLF may also receive other types of RCRA subtitle D
wastes, such as commercial solid waste, nonhazardous sludge,
conditionally exempt small quantity generator waste, and
industrial solid waste.
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"Permit" means written authorization from the Engineer to
dispose of any solid waste material in a County landfill or any
component of a solid waste disposal system.
"Person" means any individual, firm, association,
partnership, political subdivision, government agency,
municipality, industry, public or private corporation, or any
other entity whatsoever.
"Prohibited materials" means, but are not limited to, paint
thinner or solvents; oil base paint waste; automotive waste oil,
antifreeze or lead acid batteries; pesticides, herbicides or
rodent and insect control chemicals; household cleaner, polish
or wax; contaminated soil; medical waste; propane, oxygen or
acetylene tanks; diesel, gasoline or alcohol; and liquids or
sludges in containers of five gallons or larger, including
liquid cooking oil or grease unless mixed with a bulking agent
so that it is solidified, and hazardous waste as defined in 90
CFR parts 257, 258, and 261.
"Putrescible waste" means solid waste which contains
material capable of being decomposed by micro-organisms.
"RCRA" means the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, 42 U.S.C. sections 6901 to 6992k.
"Recycling" means the collection, separation, recovery, and
sale or reuse of secondary resources that would otherwise be
disposed of as municipal solid waste, and is an integral part of
the manufacturing process aimed at producing a marketable
product made of post-consumer material.
"Recycling drop-off facility" means a structure or site
designated for collection and small scale (low technology)
segregation of recyclable material. The manned or unmanned site
will receive and temporarily store recyclables "dropped off" and
no payment is made to the participants depositing recyclables.
"Recycling processing or materials recovery facility" means
a facility that collects and bales, shreds, crushes, melts,
sorts or otherwise .treats, temporarily stores, and brokers, or
transports recyclable materials for reuse or remanufacture.
"Refuse" means anything putrescible or non-putrescible that
is discarded or rejected.
"Salvage" means the incidental removal of solid waste for
reuse under control of the facility owner or operator.
"Scavenging" means the removal or materials at a disposal
site, or interim solid waste site without the approval of the
owner or the operator and the Department of Health.
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'•Sinala family household" means a dwelling unit of two or
more rooms which "are occupied or which are intended or designed
to be occupied by one family with facilities for living,
sleeping, cooking and dining.
"Sludge" means any solid, semi-solid, or liquid waste
generated from a municipal, commercial or industrial treatment
plant, water supply treatment plant, industrial process, or air
pollution control facility exclusive of the effluent from a
wastewater treatment plant.
"Special waste" means any solid waste which, because of its
source or physical, chemical, or biological characteristics
require special consideration for its proper processing or
disposal, or both. This term includes, but is not limited to,
asbestos, used oil, lead acid batteries, municipal waste
combustion ash, sewage sludge that is non-hazardous, medical
waste, tires, white goods and derelict vehicles.
"Storage" means the holding of solid waste materials for a
temporary period.
"Transfer station" means a permanent, fixed, supplemental
collection and transportation facility, used by persons and
route collection vehicles to deposit collected solid waste from
off site into a larger"transfer vehicle for transport to a solid
waste handling facility. Transfer stations may also include
recycling activities.
"Waste reduction" means reducing the amount or type of
waste generated.
"White goods" means electrical and mechanical appliances
made primarily of metal parts such as refrigerators, clothes
washers, dryers and stoves. Appliances of less than 3 cubic
feet in volume before crushing shall not be included in this
definition.
Section 1.04 - Permit svst m.
(a) Requirement. No business, federal, state or county
agency, religious entity or nonprofit organization shall dispose
of refuse at any county solid waste facility without first
obtaining a disposal permit issued by the Engineer and making
payment of the permit fee as required herein.
(b) Application. An application for a disposal permit
shall be submitted to the Engineer on a form furnished by the
department which requires the following information.
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(1) Name, address and telephone number of the
business; federal, state or County agency; religious entity or
nonprofit organization.
(2) Make, model, tare weight, carrying capacity in
cubic yards and license number of the vehicle(s) which would be
used to dispose of refuse.
(3) Approximate volume and frequency of refuse to be
disposed.
(4) Origin and type of refuse to be disposed.
(5) Other information as deemed necessary by the
Engineer.
(c) Duration. The disposal permit shall be effective for
a period of one year from the date of issuance.
(d) Compliance. The Engineer may suspend or revoke a
disposal permit for the following reasons:
(1) Failure to pay disposal charges or special
handling fees when due.
(2) Failure.to comply with the provisions of these
rules.
(3) Failure to comply with disposal procedures and/or
conditions established by the department.
(4) Altering a permit or falsifying any information
submitted to the department.
(5) Failure to comply with Landfill Operating Rules.
(e) Suspension or Revocation. The suspension or
revocation procedure shall be as follows:
(1) Upon determination that sufficient reasons exists
to suspend or revoke a disposal permit, the Engineer shall
inform the permit holder by registered mail of his/her decision
to suspend or revoke said permit.
(2) The letter shall also inform the permit holder of
the effective date of the suspension or revocation and the
specific reason(s) for the suspension or revocation of the
disposal permit.
(3) The permit holder shall be given a period of ten
(10) working days to cure the complaint. At the end of the ten
day period, the County shall advise the permit holder in writing
either that the complaint has been remedied or that the permit
is to be revoked or suspended, and if to be suspended for how
long. In addition, said letter shall describe the process by
which the permit holder may request a hearing before the
Engineer, within ten (10) working days. If no request for a
hearing is made during that period, suspension or revocation
shall become final.
(4) If the permit holder requests a hearing before
the Engineer, a date shall be set within two (2) working days of
the request and notice provided as required by Section 91-9 of
the Hawaii Revised Statutes. The decision of the Engineer shall
be considered the final decision of the County and shall be
subject to such judicial review, as is determined by law.
(5) A request for a hearing shall not act to stay the
Engineer's decision to revoke or suspend.
(6) Any person whose permit has been revoked will be
ineligible to apply for a new permit for one (1) year from the
date of revocation.
(7) Any person whose permit has been suspended or
revoked and who is found on the site of a County Landfill shall
be deemed to be a trespasser and subject to prosecution.
(f) Permit Fee. The permit application fee shall be
twenty-five and no/dollars ($25.00).
Section 1.05 - Variances. There shall be no variances or
exemptions to either the permit fee or the solid waste disposal
fee described and included herein.
CHAPTER 2 - Conveni-nrP Center
Section 2.01 - Definition. Convenience centers, also
commonly referred to as "transfer stations", are an integral
part of the County's solid waste disposal facilities and are
situated at selected locations throughout the island. Refuse
disposal at these facilities are restricted to single family
household waste. Fees or permits will not be required at
convenience centers.
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Section 2.02 - P rmi a, No permits for commercial solid
waste, industrial solid waste or multiple residential generated
household solid waste will be issued for refuse disposal at any
convenience center. Permits for single family household refuse
disposal at convenience centers will not be required.
Section 2,;03;x-,,,,Acceptance. All acceptable household
refuse, including shrubbery and yard trimmings, deposited into
the convenience center solid waste container shall be accepted
by the County on any day during the normal posted working hours
of the center. No item shall exceed four feet in any dimension
or weigh more than fifty pounds.
Section 2.04 - Ps~ohibited Material. Prohibited material
at all convenience centers shall include all commercially hauled
rubbish garbage or refuse, prohibited materials as defined by
the State Department of Health and partially listed herein,
refuse generated by a business, Federal, State or County agency,
religious entity or nonprofit organization, construction or
demolition wastes, abandoned vehicles, white goods, animal
carcasses and other similar organic waste.
CHAPTER 3 - Solid Wact F c
Section 3.01 - Disposal F-
(a) Any refuse, ezcept for prohibited materials, delivered
by a business, Federal, State or County agency, religious
entity, nonprofit organization or private citizen to the working
face of a County landfill shall be charged by the ton, or
pro-rated accordingly, at the rates set forth herein.
(b) Computerized scales, certified by the State of Hawaii,
shall be operated at County landfills. A weight ticket shall be
issued to the driver of each permitted vehicle after it is
weighed at the landfill. The weight ticket shall list relevant
information such as, date, time, permittee, vehicle I.D. number,
gross, tare, and net weights, and tipping fee. In the event of
a printer or other malfunction, weight ticket information shall
be made available to the permittees as soon as possible.
(c) In the event of a breakdown or where computerized
weighing equipment is inoperable, charges will be based on
volume rates as set forth herein.
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(d) In addition to the per ton charge or volume charge,
items which cannot be disposed at the working face of the
landfill in accordance with usual disposal practices or which
require special handling and/or arrangements by landfill
personnel, shall be assessed a special handling charge at rates
as set forth herein. Such items shall include but are not
limited to asbestos, cars, stoves, refrigerators, clothes
washers, dryers, water heaters, wire springs, cables, concrete
with rebar, tree stumps, tires, confidential document
destruction or other disposal requiring a witness, and dead
animal or fish carcasses. Whole tires are not accepted at the
landfill. All wire or cable must be cut to four (4) foot
lengths prior to disposal at any County landfill.
(e) Commercial haulers of single family household waste
shall be allowed a credit of two dollars ($2.00) per single
family household per month. This credit will be in effect for a
period of siz (6) months (until May 31, 1995) unless extended by
a published notice in the newspaper at least one month prior to
the expiration date. During this period, the department will
monitor and assess the residential credit program and will
decide to either modify, extend or terminate the credit. To
obtain the residential credit, haulers will be required to
submit to the department a customer listing which includes
names, addresses, and phone numbers, together with a calculation
for the credit amount requested. This information will be
furnished to the Solid Waste Division of the Department upon
payment of the previous month's billing. A credit will then be
issued to the hauler which will appear on the neat billing
cycle. Customer listings shall be subject to audit. Any
falsification of information shall be grounds for immediate
revocation of the disposal permit.
Section 3.02 - Collection of Fees.
(a) All charges for landfill disposal fees shall be
collected by the Solid Waste Division of the Department.
Billings shall be made monthly and payments shall be made within
thirty (30) days of the billing. A ten (10) percent late fee
shall be imposed on all billings which are sizty (60) or more
days overdue. In addition to this, no further use of any County
solid waste facility will be permitted until full payment is
made.
(b) Billings shall list the tipping fee charged for each
load including the weight (or volume), vehicle I.D., date, and
time.
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Section 3.03 - Fee Schedule. Charges for landfill
disposal shall be established as follows:
(a) Rate by weight: $35.00 a ton pro-ra d a rdingly.
(b) Rate by vehicle size and volume:
Type I: Light trucks or other vehicles with a gross
weight of 10,000 pounds with no more than 3
cubic yards of material: $24 00 per
vehicle.
Type Ii: Medium trucks or other vehicles with a
gross vehicle weight from 10,000 pounds to
19,999 pounds with no more than 6 cubic
yards of refuse: $48.00 per vehicl .
Type III: Large trucks or other vehicles with a gross
vehicle weight from 20,000 pounds to 25,999
pounds with no more than 9 cubic yards of
refuse; $72.00 oer vehicl .
Type IV: All other trucks or vehicles with a gross
vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds including
commercial refuse hauling trucks or all
other vehicles not qualifying as a Type I,
II or III:
~ompactPd - $12 00 p r cubi v~
(700 lbs/cv).
Not compacted - ~ 8 00 p i vard
5450 lbs/cv).
(c) Special Handling - $35.00 per .t ruck load or fra ion
thereof. in addition to the applicable disposal f ba ~ on
weight or volume (tonnage p>>c
CHAPTER 4 - Solid Wast end
Section 4.01 - Collection and Eap ndi re. All funds
received from the collection of fees authorized by
Ordinance 94-87 shall be deposited with the Director of Finance
and shall be accounted for and shall be known as the "Solid
Waste Fund" and shall be expended for the purpose of operating,
maintaining and administering the County's solid waste
management, collection and disposal system.
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CHAPTER 5 - Landfill Overational Rules
Section 5.01 - West Hawaii Sanitarv Landfill.
(a) Operating Hours - Open seven (7) days a week from
7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Landfill will be closed for the
following holidays: New Years Day, Easter, July 9th, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
(b) General Rules - Refer to Section 5.02 - South Hilo
Sanitary Landfill.
Section 5.02 - South Hilo Sanitarv Landfill.
(a) Operating Hours - Open seven (7) days a week, 365 days
a year from 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(b) General Rules
(1) Vehicles and passengers enter at their own risk.
All vehicles must check in at the weigh station.
(2) Follow posted and verbal instructions from
landfill personnel.
(3) All vehicles must be weighed at the scalehouse
before dumping.
(4) No vehicles will be admitted into the landfill
after the posted closing time.
(5) Smoking in the dumping area and consumption of
alcoholic beverages on County property are prohibited.
(6) Loitering within the landfill site is
prohibited. All persons must leave the landfill site
immediately after dumping or "taring out".
(7) Observe all posted speed limits and traffic
warning signs. Unless otherwise posted, the speed limit of all
roads in the landfill site is 15 mph. Always drive at safe
speeds and use low gears while driving downhill.
(8) All children under 16 must remain in the vehicle
at all times.
(9) Tools, tailgates, etc., must be kept on, in or
under the vehicle while dumping.
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(10) Dangerous practices, such as rapid backing up to
discharge loads, operating vehicles with unsecured doors, etc.,
are prohibited.
(11) Load "pull off" service is not provided.
(12) Littering on local streets or roads and other
areas within or leading to the landfill site is prohibited.
Loads must be securely tied and/or covered to prevent spillage.
(13) Dumping is permitted only in those areas
designated by signs or landfill personnel.
(14) The salvaging or scavenging of dumped material is
prohibited.
(15) Tree stumps, roots, telephone poles, pilings,
cables and wire fences and other similar material must be cut to
lengths of 4 feet or less.
(16) Travel within the landfill is to be on designated
routes only. Any vehicle unable to negotiate these routes
because of faulty or malfunctioning equipment will be prohibited
from entering the landfill.
(17) Vehicles must maintain a minimum distance of
25 feet from the bulldozer operations at all times.
(18) Dead animals will be accepted at the landfill.
Animals require special handling; arrangements for delivery and
disposal should be made prior to delivery to the landfill.
(19) Whole tires and derelict motor vehicles are not
allowed at the landfill.
(20) witness requirement for confidential document
destruction must be provided by the agency or individual
requesting such special handling.
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