SOLID WASTE REGULATIONS - Kitsap Public Health District

e presented to the Health Officer within five (5) business days of the findings and
actions from the administrative hearing. Upon receipt of a timely written notice of
appeal together with hearing fees, the Health Officer shall set a time, date, and
location for the requested hearing before the Board of Health, and shall give the
appellant written notice thereof. Such hearing shall be set at a mutually
convenient time not less that five (5) business days or more than 30 business days
from the date the appeal request was received by the Health Officer. Any decision
of the Board of Health shall be final and may be reviewed by an action filed in
superior court. Any action to review the Board of Health’s decision shall be filed
within 21 business days of the date of the decision.
(iii)
(iv)
Stay of Action. Any orders issued concerning the alleged violation shall remain in
effect during the appeal to the Board of Health. Any person affected by an order
to correct violation may make a written request for a stay of the decision to the
Health Officer within five (5) business days of the Health Officers decision. The
Health Officer shall notify the appellant in writing of his/her decision to grant or
deny the stay request within five(5) business days of receipt of the request.
Judicial Review. All decisions of the Board of Health shall be final unless review
is sought by filing an action in any court of competent jurisdiction, as provided by
the laws of this State.
(10) Variances
(a) Any person who owns or operates a solid waste facility may apply to the Health Officer for a
variance from any paragraph of these regulations except as provided in Section 950(8)(b)(of
these regulations.(b) No variance from Chapters 173-350 WAC, Solid Waste Handling
Standards, Chapter 173-304, Minimum Functional Standards for Solid Waste Handling, and
173-351 WAC, Criteria for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, shall be granted by the Health
Officer except with the approval and written concurrence of Ecology prior to action on the
variance by the Health Officer.
(b) The Health Officer may grant variances from these regulations for standards that are more
stringent than the standards of Chapters 173-350 and 173-351 WAC, or from provisions in these
regulations that are not contained in Chapters 173-350 and 173-351 WAC, without Ecology
approval.
(c) Variances shall be granted in accordance with the requirements contained in §710 (7) of these
regulations.
960 - REPEALER
All biomedical waste that has been contained as described in Section 305(3)(b) shall be
disposed of at a solid waste handling facility permitted to receive such waste.
Kitsap County Board of Health Solid Waste Regulations, Resolution Number 2000-6 dated
August 6, 2000, is hereby repealed. In addition, if any resolution, code, words, rules or
regulations of the Kitsap County Health District is in conflict with this regulation, they are
KCBH ORDINANCE 2010-1 104 SOLID WASTE REGULATIONS