Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › QUARANTINE ORDERS AND PLANT MOVEMENT › Chapter 16-470 - Quarantine-Agricultural pests › Section 16-470-124 - Special permits for solid waste and organic waste transport and disposition

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
				The director may issue special permits admitting or allowing transportation and
				distribution of municipal solid waste for disposal at a solid waste landfill or
				appropriate disposal facility in the pest free area from the areas under
				quarantine established in WAC
				16-470-105, subject to conditions
				and provisions which the director may prescribe to prevent introduction,
				escape, or spread of the quarantined pests. For purposes of this section "solid
				waste" and "solid waste landfill" or "disposal facility" refer to solid waste
				and solid waste facilities regulated under chapters 70.95 RCW and 173-351 WAC
				by the Washington state department of ecology.
(2) The director may issue special permits
				admitting or allowing transportation and distribution of yard debris, organic
				feedstocks, organic materials, or agricultural wastes for treatment at a
				composting facility in the pest free area from the area under quarantine
				established in WAC
				16-470-105, subject to conditions
				and provisions which the director may prescribe to prevent introduction,
				escape, or spread of the quarantined pests. For purposes of this section "yard
				debris," "organic feedstocks," "organic materials," and "agricultural wastes"
				or "composting facility" refer to waste and composting facilities regulated
				under chapters 70.95 RCW and 173-350 WAC by the Washington state department of
				ecology. Conditions for issuing a special permit under this subsection include
				the following:
(a) Processing conditions.
				Organic waste (as defined under WAC
				16-470-111(3) )
				from the quarantine area is mechanically ground or shredded in the quarantine
				area to a particle size small enough to aid heat exposure but large enough to
				produce a feedstock suitable for composting.
(b) Heat treatments. In the quarantine area,
				following processing as required under (a) of this subsection, the entire
				quantity of organic waste is exposed to one of the following heat treatment
				options:
(i) Temperature of at least 55°C
				(131°F) for a continuous period of two weeks;
(ii) Temperature of at least 65°C
				(149°F) over a continuous period of one week;
(iii) In the case of enclosed composting
				facilities, temperature of at least 60°C (140°F) for one
				week.
(iv) For (b)(i) through (iii)
				of this subsection, a minimum number of turnings may be required to ensure that
				the whole mass is exposed to the required temperature. Moisture content of the
				organic waste is required to be a minimum of forty percent.
(v) Temperature of at least 74°C
				(165°F) for four hours; or 80°C (176°F) for two hours; or 90°C
				(194°F) for one hour, with wet heat used for each temperature treatment
				option under this subsection.
(c) Sanitation. Any trailer that has been
				used to transport untreated organic waste must be thoroughly cleaned within the
				quarantine area prior to transporting organic waste into or through the pest
				free area.