Harford County, MD Article III Authorized Collection of Solid Waste; Classification and Charges

[Adopted by Bill No. 82-28[1]]

[1] Editor's Note: This legislation was included as Art. III of the 1978 Code.

§ 109-24 General regulations.

A. No person, except duly authorized collectors of the county and incorporated municipalities within the county or private solid waste collectors licensed pursuant to law, shall collect or remove any solid waste accumulating within the county or use the streets, avenues or alleys within the county for the purpose of collecting the same. All licenses granted pursuant to § 109-2 of this chapter and all contracts or other forms of authorization of duly authorized collectors shall require that all solid waste collected and transported under the authority of such license, contracts or other forms of authorization be delivered for disposal at the sanitary landfill resource facility or other disposal facility designated from time to time by the Director of the Department of Public Works pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the Director of the Department of Public Works.

B. The Director of the Department of Public Works shall establish, after a duly advertised public hearing, a system of classification for classes of solid waste, which, so far as practicable, shall be consistent with a system of classification in the county's Solid Waste Management Plan. The classification system may be used as a basis for requiring that the solid waste be delivered to an appropriate disposal facility in accordance with the county's Solid Waste Management Plan.

C. The Director of the Department of Public Works may promulgate rules and regulations relating to imposition of surcharges for classes of solid waste which are environmentally unacceptable or not otherwise acceptable for processing at the resource recovery facility or not otherwise acceptable for disposal at other disposal facilities operated by or for the county. The surcharges shall be reasonably related to the cost to the county for ultimate disposal of identified classes.

D. The Director of the Department of Public Works may exercise the authority granted in this section for the purpose of permitting the county to fulfill its obligations under any contracts or agreements with other political subdivisions, governmental entities, public instrumentalities of the State of Maryland, private persons, corporations or partnerships entered into in connection with the financing or operation of any solid waste disposal facility owned and operated by or under contract for or on behalf of the County.

[Amended by Bill No. 12-09]

E. Nothing herein shall prohibit the generator of solid waste from the voluntary extraction of any portion of the solid waste produced by the generator.