Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 227 - Pulaski County Regional Solid Waste Management District › Rule 227.00.20-001 - Rule 1 and rule 3: Tipping Fee Updates

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
RULE 1
DESCRIPTION OF THE DISTRICT, ITS GENERAL COURSE AND METHOD
			 OF OPERATION
Authority: Ark. Code Ann.
			 25-15-203(a)(1)
During the 1991 Regular Session, the Arkansas General Assembly
			 enacted twelve laws pertaining to solid waste. Act 752 established the solid
			 waste districts and mandates regional solutions for solid waste management, and
			 Act 749 set a state recycling goal of 40% of the 1991 waste stream by the year
			 2000.
The Regional Recycling & Waste Reduction District began as
			 the Pulaski County Regional Solid Waste Management District in 1992 - one of
			 eighteen Arkansas regional solid waste management districts authorized under
			 Act 752 of 1991. The District includes all of Pulaski County. The District's
			 Board of Directors consists of the mayors of Jacksonville, Little Rock,
			 Maumelle, North Little Rock, Wrightsville and Sherwood. (As cities in Pulaski
			 County reach a population of 2000, per the most recent Decennial Census, the
			 mayors of said cities will be added to the District's Board of Directors.) The
			 mayors of the smaller communities of Alexander and Cammack Village are
			 ex-officio members of the Board.
While the Board of Directors establishes policy and governs the
			 District, a Partnership Taskforce Committee made up of the Public Works
			 Directors or Sanitation Managers of the member local governments meets
			 regularly to analyze solid waste issues and make recommendations to the
			 Board.
In Arkansas, solid waste management districts assist local
			 governments in planning and overseeing municipal solid waste management
			 programs and services. Municipal solid waste (MSW) refers to all residential
			 and commercial solid wastes including garbage, trash, electronics, waste tires,
			 batteries, motor oil and household chemical wastes. Districts also administer
			 recycling grants and waste tire management programs funded by the State of
			 Arkansas through the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).
The District operates with revenues from the Solid Waste
			 Management and Recycling Fund established in Ark. Code Ann. '
			 8-6-605, from grant programs, and
			 from a tipping fee of 60 cents per ton of solid waste deposited in the
			 landfills in Pulaski County, and a fee of $2.00 per ton applied to solid waste
			 generated within the District and delivered outside the District, and vice
			 versa, as authorized by Ark. Code Ann. '
			 8-6-714. Also, the District
			 receives income from hauler permits, waste tire processing fees, and interest
			 on investments.
The Regional Recycling and Waste Reduction District works with
			 Pulaski County jurisdictions in the areas of garbage and yard waste collection,
			 composting, e-waste, recycling, tires, and household chemicals. The cities and
			 the County provide their own services but use a regional approach to achieve
			 system efficiencies through contract negotiation and administration. In early
			 2008, the name of the Pulaski County Solid Waste Management District was
			 changed to the Regional Recycling and Waste Reduction District to highlight its
			 highest priorities - recycling and waste reduction.
For more information about the solid waste operations or laws,
			 contact the District at (501) 340-8787. Submissions and requests, including
			 Freedom of Information Act requests, may be addressed to the District at 300
			 Spring Street, Suite 200, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201.
RULE 2
PULASKI COUNTY REGIONAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
			 ORGANIZATION, PURPOSE AND GOVERNANCE
Authority: Ark. Code Ann.
			 8-6-703,
			 8-6-704.
SECTION 1. Organization.
1.1. Authorization. Formation of the Pulaski
		  County Regional Solid Waste Management District was authorized by Pollution
		  Control & Ecology Commission Minute Order 92-25, dated April 24, 1992,
		  pursuant to Act 752 of 1991.
1.2.
		  Jurisdiction Boundaries. The Pulaski County Regional Solid Waste Management
		  District, hereinafter referred to as the "District" shall encompass the county
		  of Pulaski.
1.3. Period of
		  Duration. The District shall continue to exist until dissolved or abolished by
		  unanimous agreement of the member jurisdictions, or pursuant to a procedure
		  established by law.