Idaho Code 31-4917 – Operation of Landfills, Domestic Septage Receiving Stations or Resource Recovery Facilities by Participating Counties Prohibited
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Terms Used In Idaho Code 31-4917
- Commissioners: means the board of commissioners of each county within a district. See Idaho Code 31-4902
- District: means a regional solid waste or domestic septage district created pursuant to this chapter. See Idaho Code 31-4902
- District board: means the board of directors of a district. See Idaho Code 31-4902
- 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
- Participating county: means a county which elects, through action of the commissioners as provided in this chapter, to become a member of a district. 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
No participating county shall acquire, construct or operate, or continue the operation of, any landfill site, domestic septage receiving stations, or any facility for the recovery of resources or the disposal of solid waste or domestic septage, without the consent of the district board, after a solid waste disposal, or domestic septage receiving station, or resource recovery facility of a district is operational. The foregoing restriction shall not apply to a resource recovery facility which was operational at, or which becomes operational within six (6) months after, the date of establishment of the district. The district board may establish exceptions, consistent with applicable federal and state laws and regulations, to this requirement. The commissioners of the participating counties shall take all actions necessary to require that all solid waste or domestic septage collected within their respective jurisdictions be delivered to the district’s solid waste or domestic septage disposal or resource recovery site or sites.