(1) An application for a siting license shall include:
(a)  The name and residence of the applicant;
(b)  The location of the proposed commercial solid waste facility;
(c)  Engineering, hydrogeologic and air quality information to indicate compliance with technical criteria as may be provided by law;
(d)  A description of the types of wastes proposed to be handled at the facility;
(e)  Information showing that harm to scenic, public health, historic, cultural or recreational values is not substantial or can be mitigated;
(f)  Information showing that the risk and impact of accident during transportation of solid waste is not substantial or can be mitigated;
(g)  Information showing that the impact on local government is not adverse regarding health, safety, cost and consistency with local planning and existing development or can be mitigated;
(h)  Financial information to indicate the applicant’s financial capability to construct, operate and close a commercial solid waste facility.
(2)  Within thirty (30) days after receipt of the application, the director shall determine whether it is complete. If it is not complete, the director shall notify the applicant and state the areas of deficiency.
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Terms Used In Idaho Code 39-7408C

  • Applicant: means the owner or the operator with the owner’s written consent. See Idaho Code 39-7403
  • Commercial solid waste: means all types of solid waste generated by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses and other nonmanufacturing activities, excluding residential and industrial wastes. See Idaho Code 39-7403
  • Commercial solid waste facility: means a facility owned and operated as an enterprise conducted with the intent of making a profit by any individual, association, firm, or partnership for the disposal of solid waste, but excludes a facility owned or operated by a political subdivision, state or federal agency, municipality or a facility owned or operated by any individual, association, firm or partnership exclusively for the disposal of solid waste generated by such individual, association, firm or partnership. See Idaho Code 39-7403
  • Director: means the director of the Idaho department of environmental quality. See Idaho Code 39-7403
  • Facility: means all contiguous land and structures, buffer zones, and other appurtenances and improvements on the land used for the disposal of solid waste. See Idaho Code 39-7403
  • Solid waste: means any garbage or refuse, sludge from a waste water treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material including solid, liquid, semisolid, 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 permit under 33 U. See Idaho Code 39-7403
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
(3)  The application shall be accompanied by a siting license fee. The director shall establish by rule the scale for determining the siting license application fee. The fee shall not exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) and shall be based on the cost to the department of reviewing the siting license application. The scale shall be based on characteristics including the site size, projected waste volume, and hydrogeological and atmospheric characteristics surrounding the site. Fees received pursuant to this section may be expended by the director to pay the actual, reasonable and necessary costs incurred by the department in acting upon a siting license application.
(4)  The director shall promulgate rules in compliance with chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, to implement the provisions of this section.