§ 28-92. Sanitary requirements.

(a)

A person owning or operating a vehicle or appurtenant equipment to collect, store, transport, or dispose of sewage or human excreta shall ensure that:

(1)

Sewage and human excreta is collected, stored, transported, and disposed of in a sanitary manner and does not endanger the public health or create an environmental nuisance;

(2)

The vehicle is equipped with a leakproof and flytight container and all portable containers, pumps, hoses, tools, and other implements are secured and transported in a manner to prevent waste from falling, spilling or leaking. All hoses shall be capped securely when not in use;

(3)

Contents intended for removal are transferred as quickly as possible by means of a portable flytight container or suction pump and hose to the transportation container;

(4)

The transportation container is tightly closed and made flytight immediately after the contents have been transferred;

(5)

Portable containers are kept flytight while being transported to and from the vehicle;

(6)

Any waste dropped or spilled in the process of collection is cleaned up immediately and the area disinfected; disinfectant shall be readily available at all times for spill clean-up (e.g., disinfectant on vehicle for small spills or a supply properly stored at company storage facility);

(7)

The vehicle, tools, and equipment are maintained in good repair at all times and, at the end of each day's work, all portable containers, transportation containers, suction pumps, hose, and other tools are cleaned and disinfected; and

(8)

All wastes collected are disposed of as authorized by the department and that no change in the authorized method of disposal is made without the prior approval of the department. The department shall authorize handling or disposal by one of the following methods:

a.

At a designated point into an approved sewage treatment facility or sewage collection system with the approval of the owner or operator of the facility or system; or

b.

Handled or disposed of only at a state-regulated solid waste facility or to a solid waste facility authorized to receive the waste by a tribal nation, EPA or another state.

(b)

Open dumping is prohibited.

( Ord. No. 2011-06 , § III-F, 11-5-2012)