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St. Charles County, MO
 
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[Ord. No. 01-061 §§1—8, 5-30-2001]
A. 
No person shall deposit waste on any real estate or permit waste to be deposited on any real estate for which there is not valid and current license and, if appropriate, renewal license for the operation of a waste processing facility or transfer station issued by the Division Director, nor shall any person deposit waste on or at any such sanitary landfill, demolition landfill, waste processing facility or transfer station in a manner which does not comply with the waste facility plan approved by the Division Director and the license issued therefor by the Division Director, nor in a manner which does not comply with the provisions of this Chapter describing the manner or operation of the sanitary landfill, demolition landfill, waste processing facility or transfer station.
B. 
No person shall deposit or permit the depositing of any solid waste (including yard waste) into any stream, spring, body of surface or ground water, whether natural or artificial, or along the bank of any body of water within unincorporated St. Charles County.
C. 
Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection, no person shall engage in or permit the burning of any solid waste in any open area or container including drums and barrels. Open burning of solid waste in residential "burn barrels" or on the ground surface at any property located in the unincorporated areas of St. Charles County is expressly prohibited. However, open burning of yard waste on the person's own residential property shall be lawful under permits issued pursuant to the applicable regulations administered by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Air Pollution Control Program (MDNR-APCP) and only if the yard waste originates from the person's own property. No open burning of yard waste in connection with commercial operations shall be permitted.
[Ord. No. 23-092, 10-10-2023]
[Ord. No. 01-061 §§1—8, 5-30-2001]
A. 
In a prosecution of a defendant for violation of Section 240.510, the prosecution shall make a prima facie case upon showing that:
1. 
Waste has been deposited on real estate which does not have the license described in Section 240.510; and
2. 
The waste so deposited contains at least three (3) pieces of waste which uniquely identify the defendant.
[Ord. No. 01-061 §§1—8, 5-30-2001]
No person shall construct or operate a sanitary landfill, demolition landfill, waste processing facility or transfer station without a current and valid license issued by the Division for the construction and operation thereof.
[Ord. No. 01-061 §§1—8, 5-30-2001]
No person shall deposit or permit or cause to be deposited any infectious waste, hazardous waste or special waste in a sanitary landfill, demolition landfill, waste processing facility or transfer station unless the facility is designed and licensed by the Division to accept such waste safely.
[Ord. No. 01-061 §§1—8, 5-30-2001]
A. 
Unless otherwise provided in this Chapter, no person shall dispose of human tissue except as follows:
1. 
By burial; or
2. 
By cremation; or
3. 
By pathological incineration.
B. 
Hair, teeth, fingernails and toenails are not subject to the provisions of Subsection (A).
C. 
Human tissue which is used for scientific or medical purposes is not subject to this Chapter until it is no longer used for such scientific or medical purposes. When such tissue is no longer used for scientific or medical purposes, such tissue must be disposed of in one (1) of the manners indicated in Subsection (A).
D. 
In lieu of the manners of disposal sanctioned in Subsection (A), blood, suctioned fluids, excretions, and secretions may be poured down a drain connected to a sanitary sewer, provided that conflicts with local, State and Federal wastewater laws, pretreatment requirements, do not exist.