§ 2207. STEWARDSHIP PLANS - DISPOSAL OF COVERED DRUGS.

(a) Covered Drugs collected under a Stewardship Plan must be disposed of at a permitted hazardous waste disposal facility as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under 40 C.F.R. parts 264 and 265.

(b) The Director may grant approval tor a Stewardship Plan to dispose of some or all collected Covered Drugs at a permitted large municipal waste combustor, as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under 40 C.F.R. parts 60 and 62, if the Director deems the use of a hazardous waste disposal facility described under subsection (a) of this Section 2207 to be infeasible for the Stewardship Plan based on cost, logistics or other considerations.

(c) A Stewardship Plan may petition the Director for approval to use final disposal technologies that provide superior environmental and human health protection than provided by the disposal technologies in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 2207, or equivalent protection at lesser cost. The proposed technology must provide equivalent or superior protection in each of the following areas: (1) monitoring of any emissions or waste; (2) worker health and safety; (3) reduction or elimination of air, water or land emissions contributing to persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollution; and (4) overall impact on the environment and human health.

(Added by Ord. , File No. 141095, App. 3/26/2015, Eff. 4/25/2015)