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File #: BOH24-02    Version:
Type: R&R Status: Passed
File created: In control: Board of Health
On agenda: Final action: 7/18/2024
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: A RULE AND REGULATION relating to annual operating permit fees for solid waste disposal sites, collection/transportation vehicles, biomedical waste transporters and biomedical waste storage/treatment sites; amending R&R 03-06, Section 2 (part), as amended, and BOH 2.14.020, and repealing R&R 05-05, Section 134, and BOH 10.05.050; enacted pursuant to RCW 70.05.060 and 70A.205.100, including the latest amendments or revisions thereto.
Attachments: 1. R&R 24-02 version 2 FINAL.docx, 2. BOH staff report Title 2_14 Admin Changes_July2024_sp_rw2, 3. RR24-02_Amend1 bar2, 4. BOH Item 8 Solid Waste R&R 07.18.2024

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A RULE AND REGULATION relating to annual operating permit fees for solid waste disposal sites, collection/transportation vehicles, biomedical waste transporters and biomedical waste storage/treatment sites; amending R&R 03-06, Section 2 (part), as amended, and BOH 2.14.020, and repealing R&R 05-05, Section 134, and BOH 10.05.050; enacted pursuant to RCW 70.05.060 and 70A.205.100, including the latest amendments or revisions thereto.

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                     BE IT ADOPTED BY THE KING COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH:

                     SECTION 1.  R&R 03-06, Section 2 (part), as amended, and BOH 2.14.020 are each hereby amended to read as follows:

                     Annual (new and renewal) operating permit fees.

Annual (New and Renewal) Operating Permit Fees.

                     The permit fees for solid waste disposal sites, collection/transportation vehicles, biomedical waste transporters and biomedical waste storage/treatment sites subject to the fee requirements of BOH Title 10 shall be the annual fees set forth ((below:)) in Table 2.14-1, except that an applicant for an annual permit for a solid waste handling facility or collection/transportation vehicle commencing operation on or after January 1 shall pay the applicable permit base fee prorated to a quarterly schedule as specified in Table 2.14-1.  This proration of annual permit base fees does not apply to any applicant renewing a solid waste handling facility permit issued during the preceding permit year.  For the purposes of this section, "permit year" means the period of twelve consecutive months commencing January 1 and ending December 31.  All annual permits issued under this section expire on December 31 following the date of issuance.  An applicant for annual permit renewal shall pay one-hundred percent of the applicable annual permit base fee, additional fees for hours of service beyond the base fee amount, and all applicable late fees under BOH 2.06.030.

Table 2.14-1

Solid Waste Handling Facility Categories and Permit Fees

                     A.                     Municipal landfill                     $369.60 base fee plus

                                                                                    tonnage fee as cited in BOH 2.14.040.

                     B.                     Limited purpose landfill                     $6,837.60 base fee

                                                                                    Each additional hour over 37 hours of

                                                                                    service, no to exceed 60 hours at

                                                                                    $184.80/hour ($11,088.00).

                     C.                     Inert landfill                     $7,946.40 base fee

                                                                                    Each additional hour over 43 hours of

                                                                                    service, not to exceed 60 hours at

                                                                                    $184.80/hour ($11,088.00).

                     D.                     Compost facility:

                                          1.                     Yard debris facility                     $21,436.80

                                                                                    Each additional hour over 116 hours of

                                                                                    service at $184.80/hour.

                                          2.                     Facilities composting                     $5,544.00

                                                               other feedstocks                     Each additional hour over 30 hours of

                                                                                    service, not to exceed 49.5 hours at

                                                                                    $184.80/hour ($9,147.60).

                     E.                     Transfer station                     $6,837.60

                                                                                    Each additional hour over 37 hours of

                                                                                    service, not to exceed 52.5 hours at

                                                                                    $184.80/hour ($9,702.00).

                     F.                     Permanent MRW collection                     $6,837.60

                                          and storage facility                     Each additional hour over 37 hours of

                                                                                    service, not to exceed 73.5 hours at

                                                                                    $184.80/hour ($13,582.80).

                     G.                     Material recovery and                     $9,055.20

                                          recycling facility                     Each additional hour over 49 hours of

                                                                                    service, not to exceed 42 hours at

                                                                                    $184.80/hour ($7,761.60).

                     H.                     Energy recovery and                     $5,544.00

                                          incineration facility                     Each additional hour over 30 hours of

                                                                                    service, not to exceed 42 hours at

                                                                                    $184.80/hour ($7,761.60).

                     I.                     Closed landfill site                     $6,837.60

                                                                                    Each additional hour over 37 hours of

                                                                                    service, not to exceed 48 hours at

                                                                                    $184.80/hour ($8,870.40).

                     J.                     Solid waste drop box                     $4,804.80

                                                                                    Each additional hour over 26 hours of

                                                                                    service, not to exceed 33 hours at

                                                                                    $184.80/hour ($6,098.40).

                     K.                     Land application                     $4,435.20

                                                                                    Each additional hour over 24 hours of

                                                                                    service, not to exceed 27 hours at

                                                                                    $184.80/hour ($4,986.60).

                     L.                     Collection/transportation                     $500.00 per vehicle location

                                          vehicle                     plus $30.00 for each vehicle.

                     M.                     Biomedical waste transporter                     $1,478.40

                                                                                    Each additional hour over 8 hours of

                                                                                    service at $184.80/hour.

                     N.                      Other solid waste facility                     $2,412.00

                                          (includes biomedical waste                     Each additional hour over 12 hours of

                                          storage/treatment sites)                     service, not to exceed 18 hours at

                                                                                    $184.80/hour ($3,326.40).

                     O.                     Storage/treatment piles                     $3,326.40

                                                                                    Each additional hour over 18 hours of

                                                                                    service, not to exceed 27 hours at

                                                                                    $184.80/hour ($4,989.60).

                     P.                     Surface impoundments                     $4,804.80

                                          and tanks                     Each additional hour over 26 hours of

                                                                                    service, not to exceed 33 hours at

                                                                                    $184.80/hour ($6,098.40).

                     Q.                     Review fees for facilities

                                          providing notification of

                                          exemption from solid waste

                                          handling permitting, or other

                                          reporting in accordance with

                                          BOH chapter 10.12:

                                          1.                     Composting facilities                     $739.20

                                                                                    Each additional hour over 4 hours

                                                                                    at $184.80/hour

                                                                                    (See BOH chapter 10.12, under

                                                                                    WAC 173-350-220(((1)(b)))(2), for

                                                                                    permit exemption requirements).

                                          2.                     Material recovery and                     $739.20

                                                               recycling facilities                     Each additional hour over 4 hours at

                                                                                    $184.80/hour

                                                                                     (See BOH chapter 10.12, under

                                                                                    WAC 173-350-210(2) ((and

                                                                                    173-350-310(2))), for permit

                                                                                    exemption                      requirements.)

                                          3.                     Storage/treatment piles                     $739.20

                                                                                    Each additional hour over 4 hours

                                                                                    at $184.80/hour

                                                                                    (See BOH chapter 10.12,                      under

                                                                                    WAC 173-350-320(((1)(e)))(2), for

                                                                                    permit exemption                      requirements).

                                          4.                     Energy recovery and                     $739.20

                                                               incineration facilities                     Each additional hour over 4 hours

                                                                                    at $184.80/hour

                                                                                    (See BOH chapter 10.12, under

                                                                                    WAC 173-350-240(((1)(c)))(2), for

                                                                                    permit exemption requirements).

                                          5.                     Limited moderate risk                     $739.20

                                                               waste facilities                     Each additional hour over 4 hours

                                                                                    at $184.80/hour

                                                                                    (See BOH chapter 10.12, under

                                                                                    WAC 173-350-360(((3)))(2), for

                                                                                    permit exemption requirements).

                                          6.                     Mobile systems and collection events:

                                                               a.                     Collection events                     $739.20

                                                                                    Each additional hour over 4 hours

                                                                                    at $184.80/hour

                                                                                    (See BOH chapter 10.12, under

                                                                                    WAC 173-350-360(2), for permit

                                                                                    exemption requirements).

                                                               b.                     Mobile systems                     $3,696.00

                                                                                    Each additional hour over 20 hours at

                                                                                    $184.80/hour

                                                                                    (See BOH chapter 10.12, under

                                                                                    WAC 173-350-360(2), for permit

                                                                                    exemption requirements).

                     R.                     Annual permit base fee proration for

                                          solid waste handling facilities and

                                          collection/transportation vehicles

                                          commencing operation on or after

                                          January 1

                                          1.                     Commencing operation on or                     One-hundred percent of

                                                               after January 1 but before April 1                     the applicable annual

                                                                                    permit base fee

                                          2.                     Commencing operation on or                     Seventy-five percent of

                                                               after April 1 but before July 1                     the applicable annual

                                                                                    permit base fee

                                          3.                     Commencing operation on or                     Fifty percent of

                                                               after July 1 but before October 1                     the applicable annual

                                                                                    permit base fee

                                          4.                     Commencing operation on or                     Twenty-five percent of

                                                               after October 1 but before                     the applicable annual

                                                               January 1                     permit base fee

                     SECTION 2.  R&R 05-05, Section 134, and BOH 10.05.050 are each hereby repealed.

                     SECTION 3.  Severability.  If any provision of this rule or its application to any

person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the rule or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.