(1) All collection and transportation systems shall meet the conditions outlined below.
(2) Failure to comply with these conditions may result in a revocation of the hauler license.
(b) All persons driving collection and/or transportation vehicles shall hold the appropriate driver’s license as required by state law.
(c) Solid wastes shall be collected and transported to prevent public health hazards, environmental hazards, safety hazards, nuisances, and shall be kept in a sanitary condition.
(d)
(1) Collection and transportation equipment shall be designed and constructed so as to be leak-proof.
(2) The waste shall be suitably enclosed or covered so as to prevent roadside littering, attraction of vectors, or creation of other nuisances, in accordance with Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission, Solid Waste Management Rules, 8 CAR pt. 60.
(3) This means that vehicles must have either:
(A) Enclosed waste storage areas; or
(B) For vehicles with open waste storage areas, such as caged pickups, they must be tarped.
(4) Haulers should require customers to utilize animal resistant containers and bags of suitable strength to reduce tearing and spilling of litter.
(e) Collection and transportation of chemicals, medical wastes, poisons, explosives, radiological wastes, and other hazardous materials shall be in accordance with the requirements of state and federal regulatory controls.
(f) All solid wastes collected shall be transported to a permitted facility in accordance with 8 CAR pt. 60.
(g)
(1) All vehicles hauling solid waste within the Northeast Arkansas Regional Solid Waste Management District shall display the registration sticker issued by the district near the driver’s side door and in plain sight.
(2) All licensed vehicles must display both the business name and phone number in letters no less than two inches (2”) high on both sides of the vehicle.
(h)
(1) Service shall be provided at a minimum once a week.
(2)
(A) Haulers may skip hauling on major holidays, provided they provide service to those customers affected during that week.
(B) This is not applicable to contractors, rental property owners, or any others that are not hauling for household trash service per week.
(3) Customers should be provided with a minimum of two (2) weeks’ notice of any change in the collection schedule.
(4) Inclement weather may excuse haulers from this provision, but collection of the missed scheduled day should be made up within a week.
(i)
(1) Haulers are responsible for cleaning up any spills and/or loose trash caused by the hauler.
(2) Haulers may provide service in any counties they wish.
(3) When licensing, haulers are required to indicate in which counties they wish to provide service.
(4)
(A) A hauler who indicates that they provide service in a county must provide service to any customer within that county that requests it, unless that hauler can show good cause why they will not.
(B) Good cause may be a history of failing to pay bills or another dispute between the customer and hauler.
(C) The location of the customer will not be considered good cause.