Title 8, Environmental and Animal Control and Protection.

(a) The Mayor may enter into a contract or agreement for a period not to exceed 10 years for: (1) Solid waste collection, disposal, and diversion services; (2) The operation of recycling buy-back centers, composting facilities, and intermediate processing facilities for the colle…

(a) The Mayor shall impose: (1) A fee on the [disposal or transfer] of solid waste at a solid waste disposal facility owned by the District sufficient to cover the costs of operating, maintaining, and improving the solid waste facilities. Beginning January 1, 2023, the minimum fe…

(a) There is established as a special fund the Solid Waste Diversion Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Department of Public Works in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. (b) Revenue from the following sources shall be deposited in the Fund: (1) Thesurch…

(a) There is established a Home Composting Incentive Program ("Program"), to be administered by the Mayor, to provide rebates and vouchers to encourage residential property owners and lessees to purchase and use a home composting system. (b) To be eligible for the rebate provided…

(a) Owners of commercial and residential properties in the District may engage in composting on the property; provided, that the composting is conducted in a manner that does not: (1) Promote the development, attraction, or harborage of vectors; or (2) Create a public nuisance.

(a) There is established a grant program, to be administered by DPW, to financially assist a business or nonprofit organization in the lease or purchase of an on-site organic processing system, such as an in-vessel composter or aerobic digester. (b) Grants shall be awarded on a c…

(a) There is established a Donation and Reuse Program ("Program"), to be administered by DOEE, to reduce needless waste and increase diversion of reusable material, including edible food, from landfills and incineration through donation or reuse. (b) The Program shall, in coordin…

(a) Beginning January 1, 2024, a covered retail establishment that offers disposable plastic bags to consumers shall: (1) Make available to consumers a receptacle to collect disposable plastic bags, plastic film, and plastic shipping products for recycling; and (2) Recycle dispos…

(a) On February 28, 2016, and annually thereafter, the Mayor shall provide a solid waste diversion update to the Council that shall include, at a minimum: (1) The total tonnage of solid waste collected in the District, from both private collection and public collection properties…

(a) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter within one year of February 26, 2015. (a-1) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, may issue rules to implement §§ 8-1031.12a and 8…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) "Brand" means a manufacturer's name, brand designation, make or model name or number, or other nomenclature by which covered electronic equipment is offered for sale by a manufacturer. (2) "Collection event" means an event lasting a…

In implementing this chapter, the District shall strive to divert at least 80% of covered electronic equipment waste, estimated based on best available information, to be generated in the District annually from landfill or incineration through recycling or reuse by 2032, and to e…

(a) By June 1, 2017, a manufacturer or retailer shall not sell or offer for sale or deliver to a retailer for subsequent sale new covered electronic equipment, unless: (1) The equipment is labeled with a readily visible brand identifying the manufacturer; and (2) The manufacturer…

(a)(1) A manufacturer that sold less than 100 units of covered electronic equipment in the District in the previous calendar year shall be exempt from paying an annual registration fee. (2) For an individual manufacturer that sold at least 100 units but less than 250 units of cov…

(a) Beginning January 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, a manufacturer shall either: (1) Collect and recycle or arrange for the collection and recycling or reuse of the manufacturer's minimum collection share of covered electronic equipment as established under subsection (b) of …

(a) Beginning January 1, 2015, the Mayor shall work with any interested manufacturers, partnerships, or representative organizations to identify District properties that could be utilized for ongoing collection opportunities or collection events. (b) Upon approval of a manufactur…

(a) Beginning January 1, 2018, no person in the District shall knowingly dispose of covered electronic equipment or subassemblies of covered electronic equipment as solid waste in the District except through recycling programs or other methods approved by the Mayor. (b) Beginning…

Information submitted to the Mayor pursuant to this chapter may be designated by the Mayor as confidential upon a showing of good cause by the person submitting the information. Except as otherwise provided by law or court order, information the Mayor deems confidential may be us…

(a) The Mayor shall supervise the implementation of this chapter and manufacturer, partnership, and representative organization activities conducted in connection with this chapter, including commercial and competitive behavior; provided, that nothing in this section is intended …

(a) On June 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, the Mayor shall submit a report to the Council regarding implementation of the provisions in this chapter and estimating, based on best available information, the progress the District has made toward achieving the goal outlined in § …

Upon the establishment and implementation of a federal program for the collection and recycling or reuse of covered electronic equipment discarded by households, §§ 8-1041.01, 8-1041.02, 8-1041.03, 8-1041.04, 8-1041.05, 8-1041.06, 8-1041.07, 8-1041.08, 8-1041.09, and 8-1041.10 sh…

(a)(1) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, may issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter. (2) The Mayor may expand the definition of covered electronic equipment to include items exempted in § 8-1041.01(4); provided, that the Mayor shall not…

(a) There is established within the Department of Public Works the Office of the Clean City, which shall be headed by a full-time Clean City Coordinator, who shall be appointed by the Mayor. (b) The Clean City Coordinator shall: (1) Conduct cleanliness assessments on a quarterly …

For the purpose of this chapter, the term: (1) “Composting facility” means any location or structure which uses a microbial process to convert organic material, including wood, paper, mulch, or yard or food waste into a soil amendment. (2) “Construction and demolition wastes” mea…

No person shall operate an open solid waste facility in the District.

(a) No person shall construct or operate a solid waste facility in the District of Columbia which accepts solid waste for a fee except in accordance with a solid waste facility permit issued for that solid waste facility by the Mayor. (b)(1) An existing solid waste facility shall…

(a) Applications for solid waste facility permits and permit modifications shall be submitted to the Mayor in the form prescribed by regulation and shall include all information as the Mayor may reasonably require. (b) The application fees for permits to operate solid waste facil…

(a) Owners and operators of solid waste facilities subject to the provisions of this chapter shall submit periodic reports to the Mayor at the times specified by regulation. The reports shall contain all information the Mayor considers reasonably necessary to determine compliance…

(a) The Mayor shall have the right to randomly and periodically inspect any solid waste facility located in the District, and all records, documents, or data compilations retained by the solid waste facility, for the purpose of ensuring compliance with this chapter. Inspections s…

(a) In addition to the solid waste facility application fee for a permit, a person shall pay a solid waste facility charge for operating a solid waste facility in the District. The solid waste facility charge shall be based upon the actual tonnage of solid waste deposited at the …

(a) The Mayor is authorized, in accordance with § 2-501 et seq., to adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter, including the establishment of: (1) Solid waste facility permit requirements that include siting, construction, safety, environmental, and …

Any person adversely affected by an action taken pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or the rules and regulations issued under its authority, shall be entitled to a hearing before the Mayor upon filing with the Mayor, within 15 days of the date of the action, a written re…

(a)(1) Whenever the Mayor has reason to believe that (A) there has been a violation of this chapter or the rules and regulations issued under its authority, or (B) a threat exists to human health, the public welfare, or the environment as the result of the construction, modificat…

(a) There is established the Solid Waste Transfer Facility Site Selection Advisory Panel (“Panel”) with the purpose of preparing comprehensive recommendations to the Council that identify tracts of land suitable for solid waste transfer operations within appropriately zoned secti…

(a) The Panel shall be a nonpartisan Panel composed of 9 voting and 5 non-voting, ex officio members. (1) The voting members of the Panel shall be composed as follows: (A) One member shall have expertise in environmental health standards; (B) One member shall have expertise in th…

There shall be a moratorium on the issuance or acceptance of the application for any new solid waste facility permits until after the Solid Waste Transfer Facility Site Selection Advisory Panel submits its report to the Council and the Council acts on the Panel’s recommendations …

(a) The purposes of this chapter are: (1) To insure safe and effective hazardous waste management; (2) To establish a program of regulation over the generation, storage, transportation, treatment, and disposal of hazardous waste and fuel containing hazardous waste and the product…

For purposes of this chapter: (1) The term “disposal” means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that such hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment, be emitted …

(a) It is unlawful to own, construct, substantially alter, or operate any hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility or site or to generate, store, transport, treat, or dispose of any hazardous waste except in accordance with the terms of the permit issued by the Ma…

Within 6 months of the effective date of this chapter, the Mayor shall publish in the District of Columbia Register a hazardous waste management plan for the District of Columbia, which shall include, as a minimum: (1) A description of the criteria for determining what constitute…

(a) Within 3 months after publication of the plan required in § 8-1304, the Mayor shall adopt, in accordance with § 2-505, and may thereafter revise as appropriate, rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including, but not limite…

The Mayor may grant a variance not to exceed 180 days upon a showing that compliance with the requirements of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto would result in an unreasonable financial hardship, and that the public health and welfare would no…

(a) For the purpose of enforcing this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter, the Mayor may at any reasonable time, within reasonable limits, and in a reasonable manner, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator or agent in cha…

Any person adversely affected by an action taken pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated thereto is entitled to a hearing before the Mayor upon filing with the Mayor, within 15 days of the date of such action, a written request for a he…

(a)(1) The Mayor may suspend a permit issued in accordance with § 8-1303 if the holder of the permit is in violation of this chapter or the rules promulgated pursuant to the chapter. (2) Written notice of the suspension shall be served upon the affected party or the party’s desig…

If the Mayor finds that any person is operating a storage, treatment, or disposal facility, or is generating or transporting hazardous wastes in an illegal, unsafe, or otherwise improper manner that endangers the public health, the public welfare, or the environment, the Mayor ma…