Fees for Businesses Dumping Trash at County Facilities

Tipping Fees for Disposal at County Landfills, Refuse Transfer Stations, and Debris Recycling Stations. For the receipt and disposal of municipal solid waste delivered to County landfills, refuse transfer stations, and debris recycling stations by any business, industry, governmental agency, educational institution, or other nonresidential entity, a tipping fee shall be charged to the disposer as specified in the paragraphs (1) through (5) of this subsection, inclusive.For purposes of this Chapter, a load shall be considered to be compacted if the vehicle or container in which it is hauled is equipped with a hydraulic mechanism, or is designed to be used in conjunction with a hydraulic ram mechanism, which compresses the load in order to maximize the amount of material that can be hauled in the vehicle or container. All other loads shall be considered to be un-compacted.Schedule of tipping fees for delivery by any business, industry, governmental agency or educational institution or any other nonresidential entity at County landfills, refuse transfer stations and debris recycling stations equipped with a vehicle scale:Business, Commercial and Other Nonresidential Disposal Fees for Facility with Vehicle ScaleType of WasteDollars per TonMunicipal solid waste (except special wastes)$119.00Asbestos containing materials$218.00Dead animals$119.00Actual scale weight of the above shall be determined by subtracting the vehicle's outbound scale weight from the vehicle's inbound scale weight. All types of wastes shall be source separated or the higher applicable fee will govern. Asbestos-containing materials shall be double bagged with approved bagging material prior to entering into the landfill.Schedule of tipping fees for delivery by any business, industry, governmental agency or educational institution or any other nonresidential entity at any County landfill, transfer station, and debris recycling station that is not equipped with a vehicle scale:Business, Commercial and Other Nonresidential Disposal Fees for Facility Without Vehicle ScaleType of VehicleTipping FeeEffective 8/26/96Effective 2/26/97Automobile$ 3.00$ 6.00Pickup truck - 1/2 ton and under$ 6.00$10.00Full-size pickup truck - up to 3/4 ton$12.00$20.00Passenger van$ 6.00$10.00Cargo van - up to 3/4 ton$12.00$20.00Small trailer - 1/2 ton and under$ 6.00$10.00Trailer - up to 3/4 ton$12.00$20.00Separate fees shall be assessed for a trailer and the vehicle towing it if both the trailer and the towing vehicle are carrying solid waste. Only vehicles of up to three quarter (3/4) ton capacity shall be permitted to use the transfer station facilities. Three-quarter (3/4) ton trucks and trailers shall be limited to two (2) loads per day per vehicle.Schedule of tipping fees for delivery by any business, industry, governmental agency or educational institution or any other nonresidential entity at County landfills, transfer stations and debris recycling stations equipped with a vehicle scale which is not operable:Business, Commercial and Other Nonresidential Disposal Fees for Facility with Inoperable Vehicle ScaleType of WasteDollars per Cubic YardUn-compacted municipal solid waste, except special wastes(assumed 350 lbs/cubic yard)$21.00Compacted municipal solid waste, except special wastes(assumed 600 lbs/cubic yard)$36.00Asbestos containing materials$98.00Dead animals$36.00The minimum tipping fee charge for any load of municipal solid waste or dead animals shall be twenty-one dollars ($21.00). The minimum tipping fee charge for any load of asbestos containing material shall be two hundred eighteen dollars ($218.00).Household refuse delivered by residential self-haulers to County landfills, refuse transfer stations, and debris recycling stations shall be exempt from tipping fee charges.All tipping fee charges incurred shall be billed on a monthly basis to the business, industry, governmental agency, educational institution, or nonresidential entity incurring such charges. Such charges shall be collected by the Department of Finance or the Department's authorized representative under such procedures as shall be prescribed by the Director of Finance. All charges collected under this Chapter shall be deposited into a special "Solid Waste Account" established by the Director of Finance, to be specifically utilized for management of solid waste, including collection, transfer, disposal, waste minimization, reuse, resource recovery, recycling, and administration.All businesses, industries, governmental agencies, educational institutions, and other nonresidential entities which intend to dispose of municipal solid waste at County landfills, refuse transfer stations, and debris recycling stations equipped with vehicle weight scales shall open a billing account with the Department of Public Works prior to disposing of any such municipal solid waste. As part of the application for such account, the applicant shall furnish the County a list of all vehicles to be used to haul municipal solid waste, together with such other information determined by the County Engineer to be necessary to ensure accurate billing and payment for municipal solid waste delivered to County landfills, refuse transfer stations, and debris recycling stations. The applicant shall immediately notify the County Engineer of any changes in the information submitted as part of the account application. The County Engineer may terminate disposal privileges at County landfills, refuse transfer stations, and debris recycling stations for any business, industry, governmental agency, educational institution, or other nonresidential entity which fails to pay tipping fee charges billed to its account within ninety (90) days of the due date. The County Engineer may allow resumption of service upon request for reinstatement of service by the delinquent customer and upon payment to the Director of Finance of all overdue charges.Waiver of Landfill Tipping Fees and Refuse Transfer Station Commercial Self-Haul Fees. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, tipping fees for refuse collected from clean-up projects conducted on government owned properties and in the public interest may be waived by the County Engineer on a case-by-case basis. Requests for waiver shall be submitted in writing, on a form provided by the County, at least two (2) weeks in advance of the date of disposal. Approved waivers shall be valid from the date of the event until two (2) days after the clean-up project.Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, landfill tipping fees for contaminated soil and other solid waste generated from clean-up projects on County land or land leased by the County, as a result of County in-house or contracted operations may be waived by the County Engineer on a case-by-case basis.