As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
ATTENDANTS
Those persons employed by the Town of Merrimack at the Solid
Waste Facility who shall have the authority to enforce the terms of
this chapter and require compliance with any other rules and regulations
pertaining to the Solid Waste Facility.
BULKY WASTE
Includes, but not by way of limitation, discarded large and
small household appliances, furniture, carpets, mattresses, and white
goods.
CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS and DEMOLITION WASTE
Waste generated from construction, renovation, or demolition
activities which may contain bulky, heavy materials, including steel,
wood, roofing shingles, gypsum, metals and plastics. Construction
debris and demolition waste also includes building components such
as doors, windows, and plumbing fixtures.
DISPOSAL
The management of solid waste that is not salvaged or recycled,
in order to facilitate the final placement of the material.
FACILITY
The Town of Merrimack Solid Waste Facility situated in the
Town of Merrimack on Fearon Road.
INFECTIOUS WASTE
Any waste which, because of its infectious nature, may cause
or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase
in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness, or pose
a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment
when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise
managed.
MIXED COMMERCIAL LOADS
Any load of solid waste containing a mixture of metal, bulky
waste, demolition debris and building materials or other solid waste
which, in the opinion of the facility attendants, requires separation
before disposal at the facility.
RECYCLING
The collection, storage, processing and redistribution of
separated solid waste so as to return material to the marketplace.
SOLID WASTE
Any matter consisting of putrescible material, refuse and
other discarded or abandoned material. It includes solid, liquid,
semisolid or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial,
commercial, mining and agricultural operations and from community
activities. For the purposes of this chapter, it does not include
hazardous waste or infectious waste as defined in this chapter, solid
or dissolved materials and irrigation return flows, septage or sludge
as defined at RSA 485-A:2, IX-a and XI-a, or municipal and industrial
discharges which are point sources subject to permits under Section
402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, or source
special nuclear or byproduct material as defined by the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954, as amended.
TIPPING FEE
Costs associated with the management and disposal of the
Town's solid waste.
TRANSFER STATION
A site or area designated by the Director of Public Works,
within the Town, which accepts waste generated within the borders
of the Town and temporarily stored for transportation by the Town
to a permanent disposal facility.
The Merrimack Solid Waste Facility is operated solely for the
disposal of authorized solid waste generated within the geographic
limits of the Town of Merrimack as required by RSA 149-M, as amended.
Accordingly, these regulations are intended to:
A. Prevent unauthorized entrance and use of the facility.
B. Prohibit the deposit of illegal and unacceptable waste.
C. Control the disposal of authorized solid waste to facilitate compliance
with operating standards, including but not limited to facility operation,
disposal and improvement of efficiency to maximize the life of the
facility.
D. Establish charges (fees) for the use of the facility.
E. Encourage the recycling of materials brought into the facility.
The following shall apply to all persons, parties, companies
and corporations using the Merrimack Solid Waste Facility:
A. Entrance to the facility shall be by permit and disposal shall be
only during normal operating hours.
B. Stumps, lumber, brush as well as construction debris and demolition waste generated within the Town may be deposited in any legally operated landfill which is under agreement with the Town to accept such solid waste subject to the landfill owner's regulations and fees. Should the Town not have such an agreement, stumps, lumber, brush and construction debris and demolition waste materials may be deposited at designated locations in the Town facility subject to §
163-4 of this chapter.
C. Bulky metals and metal scraps hauled by a commercial carrier will
not be accepted at the facility. Such metals should be taken directly
to commercial scrap dealers.
D. The Town reserves the right to reject any material which it considers
to be detrimental to the facility operation or which would require
special handling for disposal procedures.
E. Prohibited items include but are not limited to: vehicle parts, vehicle
bodies, mounted tires, fuel tanks, fuel cylinders, drums, home-heating
oil tanks, liquids (except household motor oil), hazardous waste,
nuclear waste, septage, concrete, rocks, ledge, dirt, trees, logs
and stumps exceeding five inches in diameter, infectious waste or
sharps, pool chemicals, hot ashes or any other material capable of
causing ignition or spontaneous combustion and other wastes not permitted
by state regulation.
F. All refuse must be deposited in the appropriate designated area,
in accordance with the instructions of the landfill attendants. Mixed
commercial loads are not permitted.
G. Scavenging (picking) is prohibited. The Town may make items available
to the general public at the facility, such as lumber and wood chips.
H. The Solid Waste attendants may prohibit the deposit of any material
or refuse which they deem to be in violation of these regulations.
This decision may be appealed through written notice to the Director,
Department of Public Works.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction
thereof, shall pay a civil fine of not more than $500 for each offense.
Any penalties assessed shall enure to such uses as the Town of Merrimack
may direct, pursuant to RSA 31:39-c, as amended.