Spokane Municipal Code

Title 10 Regulation of Activities

Division II. License Code

Chapter 10.35 Garbage Collection

Section 10.35.070 Conditions of Infectious Waste Collector License

1. Licenses are issued for a period of one year for the calendar year of issuance.

1. 1. No proration of a license fee is allowed.

2. Each infectious waste collector licensee is under a continuing obligation to comply with the following requirements which are conditions of the continued validity of the license:

1. 1. Use only enclosed collection vehicles having rigid, leakproof containment boxes with locking access doors and labeled as required by United States department of transportation regulations.

1. 2. Accept only waste in such containers and condition as to avoid potential risk to the public health and safety, such as sharps in puncture-resistant containers.

1. 3. Accept only wastes for which a lawful disposal site is available and to use only lawful handling and disposal processes or sites.

1. 4. Inventory, segregate and package by category at the generation site infectious wastes using the categorization contained in SMC 10.35.050 or as otherwise directed by regulation.

1. 5. Use sturdy and tamper-resistant containers color-coded or otherwise conspicuously labeled by category.

1. 6. Maintain current records of amounts of each type of waste carried and customers, and a tracking log of waste from each type of infectious waste generator and to each disposal site.

1. 7. Submit to the director of solid waste management an annual report no later than January 31st of each year for any activities subject to licensing under this chapter conducted during the prior calendar year.

1. 1. 1. The report must list tonnages hauled, per type or category of waste, list of customers and type of customer facilities and waste handling and disposal track after pickup to final disposal.

1. 8. Charge only lawful and reasonable rates, including only Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission authorized rates for tariffed services.

1. 9. Keep the director of solid waste management advised of a twenty-four hour telephone number where a managing agent of the licensee can be reached in case of potential public health emergency.

1. 10. Update all information furnished on the application as soon as possible and prior to implementation of any change in operations, whenever possible, but in no event later than ten days of becoming aware of such information.

1. 11. Maintain required insurance in full force and unimpaired.

1. 12. Comply with this chapter, chapter 13.02 SMC and any regulations promulgated thereunder, the Spokane solid waste management plan and any order of the director of solid waste management.

3. If a licensee intends to dispose of infectious waste at a City-controlled disposal site, then the licensee must suitably sterilize (incinerate, autoclave or chemically sterilize) or otherwise treat the waste so as to present it for disposal in conformity with the regulations of the health officer and the director of solid waste management.

Date Passed: Monday, June 4, 2007

Effective Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2007

ORD C34041 Section 1 (Recodification)