For the purpose of this article, certain words and terms used
herein shall be used, interpreted and defined as set forth in this
section.
BIOMEDICAL WASTE
Infectious waste, pathological waste and chemotherapy waste
generated during the administration of medical care or the performance
of medical research involving humans or animals and which, because
of its quantity, character or composition, has been determined by
the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental
Protection to require special handling, but excluding any solid waste
which has been classified by the Department as a hazardous waste pursuant
to Connecticut General Statutes (C.G.S.) § 22a-115 or which
is a radioactive material regulated pursuant to C.G.S. § 22a-148.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
Solid waste from residential, commercial and industrial sources,
excluding solid waste consisting of significant quantities of hazardous
waste as defined in C.G.S. § 22a-115, land-clearing debris,
demolition debris, biomedical waste, sewage sludge and scrap metal.
OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (OMP)
The Ashford Recycling Center and Transfer Station Operational
Management Plan, referred to hereafter as "ARCTSOMP," to be developed
by the Board of Selectmen or its duly authorized agent(s).
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Includes cardboard, glass food containers, leaves, metal food containers, newspaper, office paper, scrap metal, storage batteries or batteries, waste oil, and any other materials specifically designated as recyclables by Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) regulations, state statutes or Town of Ashford regulations. For definitions of specific recyclable materials, etc., refer to Article
II, Recycling, of this chapter.
SOLID WASTE
Unwanted or discarded materials, including solid, liquid,
semisolid or contained gaseous materials. Such waste includes, but
shall not limited to, garbage, street refuse, rubbish, animal and
agricultural wastes, discarded appliances, special wastes, industrial
wastes, and demolition and construction wastes, and shall exclude
hazardous wastes as defined in § 22a-115 of the Connecticut
General Statutes.
SOLID WASTE FACILITY
Any solid waste disposal area, volume reduction plant, transfer
station, wood-burning facility or biomedical waste treatment facility.
TOWN
The Town of Ashford, a municipal corporation located in Windham
County, State of Connecticut.
TRANSFER STATION
Any location or structure owned or utilized by the Town,
whether located on land or water, where solid waste, generated elsewhere,
may be received and stored for transfer or transferred from transportation
units and placed in other transportation units for movement to another
location, whether or not such waste is stored at the location prior
to transfer.
TRANSFER STATION STAFF
Any employee(s) or person(s) designated by the Town to facilitate
the operation of the Transfer Station.
There shall be a Town of Ashford Transfer Station designated
by the Board of Selectmen. Only refuse generated in the Town of Ashford
shall be placed in, at or upon the Transfer Station, unless approved
by the Board of Selectmen or the ARCTSOMP and within the guidelines
of the Connecticut General Statutes. Per C.G.S. § 22a-220a,
the disposal of such solid waste at any other area in the Town is
prohibited unless it is approved, in writing, by the Board of Selectmen
or its duly authorized agent, prior to disposal.
No person shall deposit any amount of prohibited items at the
Transfer Station. The Board of Selectmen or its designee(s) shall
itemize prohibited items in the ARCTSOMP.
Only the following categories of persons shall be permitted
to dispose of refuse at the Transfer Station:
A. Residents of the Town of Ashford.
B. Nonresident owners of residential property situated in the Town of
Ashford, but only for the sole purpose of disposing of routine residential
or household refuse generated from residential property situated in
the Town of Ashford.
C. Any person operating a business or other entity that is situated
in the Town of Ashford.
Refuse shall only be disposed of at the Transfer Station in
areas specifically designated in the ARCTSOMP or as directed by the
Transfer Station staff.
A. No one shall retrieve or attempt to retrieve refuse deposited within
the Transfer Station, i.e., "dumpster diving," whether or not said
refuse is contained within a container.
B. Persons permitted to use the Transfer Station may take items from
designated areas known as the "Swap Shop" or "Book Swap" areas in
accordance with the ARCTSOMP. Persons permitted to use the Transfer
Station may ask the Transfer Station personnel to retrieve items of
interest. The staff may accommodate said requests at their discretion.
No materials deemed hazardous by C.G.S. § 22a-115,
42 U.S.C. § 6901 or 40 CFR 261 or materials deemed hazardous
by ARCTSOMP shall be deposited at the Transfer Station. No biomedical
waste shall be deposited at the Transfer Station.
All vehicles transporting refuse from the Transfer Station to
other processing facilities shall have the refuse secured so that
no material can escape from such vehicle.
The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Ashford is hereby authorized
to establish rules and regulations for the purpose of implementing
this article and for the maintenance of the Transfer Station in a
safe, sanitary and efficient manner. The Board of Selectmen shall
have the authority to regulate hours of operation and to designate
locations for disposal of refuse within the Transfer Station.
A. The Board of Selectmen shall institute a permit system and fee schedule
for the purpose of implementing this article. Such fee schedule, rules,
and regulations shall be set forth in the ARCTSOMP, which shall be
available for inspection in the First Selectman's office.
B. The Board of Selectmen shall establish a permanent Ashford Solid
Waste and Recycling Committee (ASWRC) whose members shall be appointed
by the Board of Selectmen [previously known as the "Ashford Recycling
Committee (ARC)"]. This appointed Committee shall convene at least
once every year to review costs, operations and environmental regulations
related to solid waste and recycling within the Town. This Committee,
the ASWRC, shall advise the Board of Selectmen in the development
of the ARCTSOMP.
The ARCTSOMP shall include a fee schedule and method of implementation.
Municipal solid waste and recyclable material shall be separated
and handled as described in the ARCTSOMP or as directed by the Transfer
Station staff.
The Transfer Station shall be open for use as authorized by
the Board of Selectmen. The Board of Selectmen shall have the authority
to change hours of operation as may be deemed appropriate. The hours
of operation, holiday schedule and public access shall be posted at
the Transfer Station and the Ashford Town offices.
No person shall enter or be permitted within the Transfer Station
except during the hours when it is open to the public and when a representative
of the Town is on duty.
Subject to the provisions of §
273-34 of this article, per C.G.S. § 22a-220a(h), the scavenging of solid waste at the Transfer Station is prohibited.
The Board of Selectmen may propose and change fees as it deems
appropriate, but only after approval by a majority vote at a Town
Meeting held thereon and notice thereof is provided by publication
in a newspaper having a circulation in the Town prior to the meeting
in accordance with Town Meeting protocol.
If any provision of this article or its application to any person,
situation, or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall
not affect any other provision or application of the same.
This article shall become effective 15 days after publication
in a newspaper pursuant to the provisions of C.G.S. § 7-157.