(1) The legislature hereby finds and declares that the disposal of solid waste and domestic septage within the state of Idaho is an important public purpose, and that the creation of independent regional districts to administer solid waste or domestic septage disposal is an efficient and cost-effective method of meeting the state’s solid waste or domestic septage disposal needs.
(2)  The purpose of this chapter is to enable counties to establish regional solid waste or domestic septage districts for the purpose of providing a regional solution to the problem of solid waste or domestic septage disposal through the operation and maintenance of a regional solid waste or domestic septage system.
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Terms Used In Idaho Code 31-4901

  • Domestic septage: means either liquid or solid material removed from a septic tank, cesspool, portable toilet, type III marine sanitation device, or similar treatment works that receive only domestic sewage. See Idaho Code 31-4902
  • Solid waste: means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved materials in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges that are point sources subject to permits under 33 U. See Idaho Code 31-4902
  • State: means the state of Idaho. See Idaho Code 31-4902
  • System: means all components of solid waste operations including, but not limited to, landfill compliance measures, landfill disposal operations, regional transfer operations, domestic septage receiving stations, domestic septage disposal methods, domestic septage treatment operations and resource recovery and management, on any site or sites acquired, constructed, operated, or managed by a district. See Idaho Code 31-4902
(3)  The foregoing purpose is hereby declared to be a valid public purpose within the police powers of the state of Idaho.