Document Citation: K.A.R. § 28-29-22

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KANSAS ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS
AGENCY 28 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
ARTICLE 29. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
PART 2.--STANDARDS FOR MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTES

Date:
08/31/2009

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28-29-22. Standards for collection and transportation of solid wastes.

(a) Frequency of collection. Solid waste, excluding bulky wastes, shall be removed from the storage containers on residential premises and places of public gathering in accordance with these regulations at least once each week. Garbage and putrescible materials shall be removed from commercial or industrial properties as often as necessary to prevent nuisance conditions but at least once a week. Trash and other combustible materials, free of putrescible material, shall be removed from commercial and industrial properties as often as is necessary to prevent overfilling of the storage facilities or the creation of fire hazards. Bulky wastes, free of putrescible wastes, shall be removed from properties as often as necessary to prevent nuisance conditions from occurring.

(b) Collection equipment. All vehicles and equipment used for collection and transportation of solid waste shall be designed, constructed, maintained, and operated in a manner that will prevent the escape of any solid, semi-liquid, or liquid wastes from the vehicle or container. Collection vehicles shall be maintained and serviced periodically, and should receive periodic safety checks. Safety defects in a vehicle shall be repaired before the vehicle is used.

(c) Solid waste shall not be stored after collection in a collection vehicle for more than 12 hours unless the vehicle is parked in an area in which the land use is predominately industrial or light industrial. Solid wastes shall not be stored over-night in a collection vehicle parked in an area in which the land use is predominantly residential.

(d) Solid wastes shall not be unloaded from any collection vehicle unless the collection vehicle is a satellite vehicle unloading into a larger vehicle or the unloading point is a permitted processing facility, transfer station or disposal area, except the unloading may be done to facilitate repairs, to extinguish a fire, or for other emergency. When a vehicle is unloaded due to a emergency situation solid waste shall be reloaded and removed promptly, after the emergency no longer exists.

(e) The person operating the collection system shall provide for prompt cleanup of all spillages caused by the collection operation.

(f) The person operating the collection system shall provide for prompt collection of any waste materials lost from the collection vehicles along the route to a disposal area or processing facility.