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FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director Costa
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by: William B. Walker, M.D., Health Officer County
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DATE: September 20, 1994
SUBJECT: Application for Solid Waste Collection Permit for Valley Waste Management
SPECIFIC REOUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Grant permit number 137 to Valley Waste Management to collect and transport solid
waste within Contra Costa County. Contra Costa County Code, Section 418-2.004 requires
that no person shall collect or transport any refuse on the public streets or highways of this
county without first having obtained a permit from the Board of Supervisors. The permit is
recommended subject to the following conditions:
1. Post the $2,000.00 bond with the Board as required by Section 418-2.006 of the code.
2. Every vehicle used in the business of refuse collection shall have painted on the
outside of each side wall of the hauling body in letters not less than four (4) inches
high and one (1) inch wide, the following legible information in a color contrasting
with the body color.
a. Name of Refuse Transporter
b. Permit Number Issued by the Board of Supervisors
C. Number of vehicles if more than one vehicle is operated by the transporter in
Contra Costa County
3. A means shall be provided to cover and contain refuse securely within the hauling
body of every vehicle so that no refuse shall escape.
4. Transporting vehicles shall be kept clean, and no nuisance of odor committed.
5. Must comply with the California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Ch ter 13,
Article 5.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
^7� 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
Z/UNANIMOUS(ABSENT " ► AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Daniel M. Guerra (646-2521)
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED ,=
PHIL BA CHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF T-
County Counsel
Environmental Health-General Programs SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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6. Must comply with government ordinances and regulations that may be revised from
time to time concerning commercial and industrial waste collection and transportation.
BACKGROUND
Chapter 418.2 of Contra Costa County Ordinance defines "refuse" as garbage,
combustible or noncombustible waste, and putrescible solid or concentrated liquid wastes
originating from household, business, commercial, or hauling municipal and recreational
refuse. Valley Waste Management is mandated by Section 418-2.008 to obtain a permit to
transport refuse on the public streets or highways of this county.
FINANCIAL IMPACT.
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