23-29 Solid Waste Management and Land Protection

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CHAPTER 23-29SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND LAND PROTECTION23-29-01. Finding of necessity. The legislative assembly of the state finds that:1.The people of North Dakota have a right to a clean environment, and the costs of<br>maintaining a clean environment through the efficient environmentally acceptable<br>management of solid wastes should be borne by those who use such services.2.Serious economic, management, and technical problems exist in the management<br>of solid wastes resulting from residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, and<br>other activities carried on in said jurisdictions.3.Inefficient and improper methods of managing solid wastes create serious hazards<br>to the public health, result in scenic blights, cause pollution of air and water<br>resources, cause accident hazards, increase rodent and insect disease vectors,<br>have an adverse effect on land values, create public nuisances, and otherwise<br>interfere with community life and development.4.While the management of solid wastes is the responsibility of each person, problems<br>of solid waste management have become a matter statewide in scope and concern,<br>and necessitate state action through technical assistance and leadership in the<br>application of new improved methods and processes to reduce the amount of solid<br>wastes and unsalvageable materials and to promote environmentally acceptable<br>and economical solid waste management.23-29-02. Declaration of purpose. It is hereby declared to be the purposes of thischapter to:1.Plan for and regulate the storage, collection, transportation, resource recovery, and<br>disposal of solid wastes in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare and<br>to enhance the environment for the people of the state.2.Establish and maintain a cooperative state program of planning and technical<br>assistance for solid waste management.3.Provide the authority to and require persons to plan and provide efficient,<br>environmentally acceptable solid waste management.4.Provide the authority for the review of plans and facilities for solid waste<br>management.5.Provide the authority to issue permits for the operation of solid waste management<br>activities.6.Promote the application of resource recovery systems which preserve and enhance<br>the quality of air, water, and land resources.7.Promote and assist in the development of markets for recovered and recycled<br>materials.8.Encourage by 1995 at least a ten percent reduction in volume of municipal waste<br>deposited in landfills, by 1997 at least a twenty-five percent reduction, and by 2000<br>at least a forty percent reduction.23-29-03. Definitions.Page No. 11.&quot;Collection&quot; means the aggregation of solid waste from the places at which the<br>waste was generated.2.&quot;Department&quot; means the state department of health.3.&quot;Disposal&quot; means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or<br>placing of any solid waste into or on any land or water including ground water.4.&quot;Industrial waste&quot; means solid waste, which is not a hazardous waste regulated<br>under chapter 23-20.3, generated from the combustion or gasification of municipal<br>waste and from industrial and manufacturing processes. The term does not include<br>municipal waste or special waste.5.&quot;Infectious waste&quot; means solid waste that may contain pathogens with sufficient<br>virulence and in sufficient quantity that exposure of a susceptible human or animal to<br>the solid waste could cause the human or animal to contract an infectious disease.6.&quot;Landfill&quot; means a publicly or privately owned area of land where solid wastes are<br>permanently disposed.7.&quot;Litter&quot; means discarded and abandoned solid waste materials.8.&quot;Major appliance&quot; means an air conditioner, clothes dryer, clothes washer,<br>dishwasher, freezer, microwave oven, oven, refrigerator, stove, furnace, water<br>heater, humidifier, dehumidifier, garbage disposal, trash compactor, or other similar<br>appliance.9.&quot;Municipal waste&quot; means solid waste that includes garbage, refuse, and trash<br>generated by households, motels, hotels, and recreation facilities; by public and<br>private facilities; and by commercial, wholesale, and private and retail businesses.<br>The term does not include special waste or industrial waste.10.&quot;Open burning&quot; means the combustion of solid waste without control of combustion<br>air to maintain adequate temperature for efficient combustion, containment of the<br>combustion reaction in an enclosed device to provide sufficient residence time and<br>mixing for complete combustion, and control of the emission of the combustion<br>products.11.&quot;Person&quot; means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,<br>firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, federal agency,<br>political subdivision of this state or any other state or political subdivision thereof,<br>and any legal successor, representative agent, or agency of the foregoing.12.&quot;Political subdivision&quot; means a city, county, township, or solid waste management<br>authority.13.&quot;Resource recovery&quot; means the use, reuse, or recycling of materials, substances,<br>energy, or products contained within or derived from municipal waste.14.&quot;Solid waste&quot; means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant,<br>water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded<br>material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting<br>from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from<br>community activities. The term does not include:a.Agricultural waste, including manures and crop residues, returned to the soil as<br>fertilizer or soil conditioners; orPage No. 2b.Solid or dissolved materials in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved material<br>in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges that are point sources subject<br>to permits under section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as<br>amended [Pub. L. 92-500; 86 Stat. 816; 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.], or source,<br>special nuclear, or byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of<br>1954, as amended [68 Stat. 919; 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.].15.&quot;Solid waste management&quot; means the purposeful systematic control of the storage,<br>collection, transport, composting, resource recovery, land treatment, and disposal of<br>solid waste.16.&quot;Special waste&quot; means solid waste that is not a hazardous waste regulated under<br>chapter 23-20.3 and includes waste generated from energy conversion facilities;<br>waste from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production; waste from mineral<br>and ore mining, beneficiation, and extraction; and waste generated by surface coal<br>mining operations. The term does not include municipal waste or industrial waste.17.&quot;Storage&quot; means the containment and holding of solid waste after generation for a<br>temporary period, at the end of which the solid waste is processed for resource<br>recovery, treated, disposed of, or stored elsewhere.18.&quot;Transport&quot; means the offsite movement of solid waste.23-29-04.Powers and duties of the department.The department shall have theresponsibility for the administration and enforcement of this chapter. It shall have the power and<br>its duties shall be to:1.Administer the state solid waste management program pursuant to provisions of this<br>chapter.2.Provide technical assistance on request to political subdivisions of the state and<br>cooperate with appropriate federal agencies in carrying out the duties under this<br>chapter, and may, on request, provide technical assistance to other persons.3.Encourage and recommend procedures for the utilization of self-financing solid<br>waste management systems and intermunicipal agencies in accomplishing the<br>desired objective of this chapter.4.Promote the planning and application of resource recovery facilities and systems<br>which preserve and enhance the quality of air, water, and all resources.5.Serve as the official state representative for all purposes of the Federal Solid Waste<br>Disposal Act [Pub. L. 89-272; 79 Stat. 997; 42 U.S.C. 3251 et seq.], as amended,<br>and for other state or federal legislation to assist in the management of solid wastes.6.Survey the solid waste management needs within the state and maintain and<br>upgrade the North Dakota solid waste management plan.7.Require any person or combinations thereof within the state to submit for review and<br>approval a solid waste management plan to show that solid wastes will be disposed<br>of in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.8.Adopt and enforce rules governing solid waste management, in order to conserve<br>the air, water, and land resources of the state; protect the public health; prevent<br>environmental pollution and public nuisances; and enable the department to<br>administer this chapter, the adopted solid waste management plan, and delegated<br>federal programs.Page No. 39.Establish the procedures for permits governing the design, construction, operation,<br>and closure of solid waste management facilities and systems.10.Prepare, issue, modify, revoke, and enforce orders, after investigation, inspection,<br>notice, and hearing, prohibiting violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of<br>any rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto, and requiring the taking of such<br>remedial measures for solid waste management as may be necessary or<br>appropriate to implement or effectuate the provisions and purposes of this chapter.11.Adopt rules to establish categories and classifications of solid waste and solid waste<br>management facilities based on waste type and quantity, facility operation, or other<br>facility characteristics and to limit, restrict, or prohibit the disposal of solid wastes<br>based on environmental or public health rationale.12.Adopt rules to establish standards and requirements for each category of solid waste<br>management facility.13.Adopt rules to establish financial assurance requirements to be met by any person<br>proposing construction or operation of a solid waste management facility sufficient to<br>provide for closure and postclosure activities.Financial assurance requirementsmust include any or all of the following: insurance, trust funds, surety bonds, letters<br>of credit, personal bonds, certificates of deposit, and financial tests or corporate<br>guarantees.14.Conduct an environmental compliance background review of any applicant for any<br>permit requested after July 7, 1991. In conducting the review, if the department<br>finds that an applicant for a permit has intentionally misrepresented or concealed<br>any material fact from the department, or has obtained a permit by intentional<br>misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact, has been convicted of a felony<br>or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a felony involving the laws of any state or the<br>federal government within three years preceding the application for the permit, or<br>has been adjudicated in contempt of an order of any court enforcing the laws of this<br>state or any other state or the federal government within three years preceding the<br>application for the permit, the department may deny the application.Thedepartment shall consider the relevance of the offense to the business to which the<br>permit is issued, the nature and seriousness of the offense, the circumstances under<br>which the offense occurred, the date of the offense, and the ownership and<br>management structure in place at the time of the offense.23-29-05. Local government ordinances. Any political subdivision of the state mayenact and enforce a solid waste management ordinance if such ordinance is equal to or more<br>stringent than this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.23-29-05.1. Littering and open burning prohibited - Penalty.1.No person may discard and abandon any litter, furniture, or major appliances upon<br>public property or upon private property not owned by that person, unless the<br>property is designated for the disposal of litter, furniture, or major appliances and<br>that person is authorized to use the property for that purpose.2.No person may engage in the open burning of solid waste, unless the burning is<br>conducted in accordance with rules adopted by the department.3.A person violating this section is guilty of an infraction, except if the litter discarded<br>and abandoned amounted to more than one cubic foot [0.0283 cubic meter] in<br>volume or if the litter consisted of furniture or a major appliance, the offense is a<br>class B misdemeanor.Page No. 423-29-05.2.Prohibition in landfill disposal - Lead-acid batteries accepted astrade-ins.1.Infectious waste must be properly treated before disposal by methods approved by<br>the department.A person may not knowingly deposit in a landfill untreatedinfectious waste.2.Except as provided in subsection 3, after January 1, 1992, a person may not place in<br>municipal waste or discard or dispose of in a landfill lead-acid batteries, used motor<br>oil, or major appliances.3.If resource recovery markets are not available for the items listed in subsection 2,<br>the items must be disposed of in a manner approved by the department.4.Lead-acid batteries must be accepted as trade-ins for new lead-acid batteries by any<br>person who sells lead-acid batteries at retail.23-29-06.District solid waste management - Penalty.Repealed by S.L. 1995,ch. 258, </p> <BR></DIV><!-- /.col.one --><!-- /.col.two --></DIV><!-- /.col.main --></DIV><!-- /div id = content --> <BR class=clear></DIV> <!-- /div id = livearea --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /.col.one --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /.col.main --> <DIV></DIV><!-- /#content --><BR class=clear> <DIV></DIV><!-- /#livearea --> <!-- Footer--> <DIV id=footer> <DIV class=container> <P class=copyright>Copyright &copy; 2012-2022 Laws9.Com All rights reserved. </P><!-- /.copyright --> <P class=footerlinks><A href="/contactus.html">Contact Us</A> | <A href="/aboutus.html">About Us</A> | <A href="/terms.html">Terms</A> | <A href="/privacy.html">Privacy</A></P><!-- /.footerlinks --> </DIV><!-- /.container --> </DIV><!-- /footer --> </BODY></HTML>