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Chapter 211 - Solid Waste D...
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Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991
Part 8 - Solid Waste Management Act of 1991
§ 68-211-801. Short title.
§ 68-211-802. Part definitions.
§ 68-211-803. Public policy.
§ 68-211-804. Applicability.
§ 68-211-805. Liberal construction.
§ 68-211-806. Research and development regarding using solid waste materials as raw materials to create jobs, business and compost.
§ 68-211-811. Municipal solid waste planning district -- District needs assessment.
§ 68-211-813. Municipal solid waste regions -- Board -- Plan for disposal capacity and waste reduction -- Regional municipal solid waste advisory committee.
§ 68-211-814. Municipal solid waste region plans -- Authority of region or solid waste authority after approval.
§ 68-211-815. Municipal solid waste region plans -- Contents.
§ 68-211-816. Municipal solid waste regions -- Failure to submit adequate plan -- Noncompliance with part -- Sanctions and penalties.
§ 68-211-817. Publicly owned landfills or incinerators -- Exclusion of certain solid waste.
§ 68-211-821. Solid waste management fund -- Funding -- State-wide comprehensive goals for solid waste management programs.
§ 68-211-822. Annual grants to agencies by department -- Guidance for regional needs assessments and development of plans.
§ 68-211-823. Annual plan maintenance grants -- Planning assistance grants.
§ 68-211-824. Matching grant assistance to establish or upgrade convenience centers.
§ 68-211-825. Matching grant program -- Recycling collection site equipment -- State surcharge on tipping fee -- Rebate.
§ 68-211-826. Office of cooperative marketing for recyclables -- Duties.
§ 68-211-828. Competitive grants for collection of household hazardous waste.
§ 68-211-829. Household hazardous wastes -- Mobile collection units.
§ 68-211-830. Matching grants for promoting new technologies.
§ 68-211-831. Investigation and clean-up of unpermitted waste tire disposal sites and other unpermitted solid waste disposal sites.
§ 68-211-832. Grants for investigation and corrective action at landfills causing contamination of ground water.
§ 68-211-833. Disposal of hazardous waste in public schools.
§ 68-211-835. Tipping fee -- Amount -- Collection -- Expenditure of revenues -- Joint ventures -- Surcharges -- Solid waste disposal fees -- Collection -- Penalty for nonpayment -- Use of fee.
§ 68-211-842. Education program -- Guidelines -- Funding.
§ 68-211-843. Information clearinghouse -- Regional workshops and conferences.
§ 68-211-844. Educational and training programs.
§ 68-211-845. Promotion of education concerning solid waste management.
§ 68-211-846. Education programs -- Awards.
§ 68-211-847. Matching grants to implement education program.
§ 68-211-848. Recognition of university and college programs -- Awards program.
§ 68-211-851. Municipal solid waste collection and disposal systems -- Convenience centers -- Technical assistance -- Separate receptacles.
§ 68-211-853. Landfills -- Certification of operators, attendants and participating persons -- Training -- Suspension or revocation of operating license or operator's certification.
§ 68-211-854. Contracting with private entities.
§ 68-211-861. State waste reduction and diversion goal -- Credit -- Basis for goal -- Sanction for failure to meet goal -- Rule promoting recycling and waste reduction. [For contingent amendment, see the Compiler's Notes.]
§ 68-211-862. Records of origin and amount of solid waste received at transfer stations, disposal facilities, and incinerators -- Exclusion -- Measurement of amount of solid waste received.
§ 68-211-863. Sites for collection of recyclable materials -- Annual reports.
§ 68-211-864. Technical assistance.
§ 68-211-865. Duties of the department of general services and of the department of environment and conservation.
§ 68-211-866. Whole waste tires -- Lead-acid batteries -- Used oil -- When acceptance for disposal prohibited -- Storage sites.
§ 68-211-867. Waste tire disposal.
§ 68-211-871. Annual report -- Contents -- Annual progress report -- Sanctions for noncompliance -- Annual reports by recovered materials facilities.
§ 68-211-872. Solid waste planning and management data base -- Guidelines and best practices.
§ 68-211-873. Annual report to governor and general assembly.
§ 68-211-874. Accounting for financial activities -- Funds -- Uniform solid waste financial accounting system -- Development -- Approval -- Requirement for state funds.