D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 21-710

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 24, June 14, 2024

Rule 21-710 - LICENSING REQUIREMENTS

710.1

Except as provided in § 710.2 and § 710.3, no person shall engage in commercial collection and transportation of solid wastes by vehicle, in or through the District, without first having obtained a collector's license and a collection vehicle license for each vehicle so used.

710.2

Any non-profit religious, hospital, charitable, educational (where providing a student/teacher relationship), or scientific organization shall be exempt from the requirement of having a collector's license when engaged in the collection and transportation of solid waste generated exclusively by that organization, and shall be further exempt from the requirement contained in § 705.1.

710.3

Any collector who neither collects refuse (trash) nor operates a collection vehicle with a dumping mechanism shall be exempt from the requirement of having a collector's license issued by DCRA. This provision does not exempt such collectors from DPW registration requirements.

710.4

Any collection vehicle used in the collection of refuse (trash) shall be equipped with a dumping mechanism and shall have a valid collection vehicle license in accordance with § 710, § 711 and § 712.

710.5

Any solid waste collector who operates a vehicle used in the collection of refuse (trash) or operates a solid waste collection vehicle with a dumping mechanism shall have a valid solid waste collector license in accordance with § 710, § 711 and § 712.

D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 21-710

Regulation No. 71-21, approved June 29, 1971, 18 DCR 16 (July 12, 1971), 8 DCRR § 8 -3606(a); as amended by Regulation No, 72-15, approved July 28, 1972; and by § 2(d) of the Solid Waste Control Act of 1977, D.C. Law 2-69, §8 -3:606(a), 24 DCR 6800, 6804 (February 17, 1978); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 13076 (12/22/2017)