Item 16 - Agreement for the Waste Infrastructure System Enterprise

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“Participating City” means any City executing a WISE Agreement in accordance with Section 3.6(A) hereof and meeting all requisite conditions to the Commencement Date thereof. “Participation Threshold” means the point at which the percentage of the County’s Acceptable Waste attributable to Participating Cities which have executed and delivered Agreements shall exceed 50% percent (using the percentage rates attributed to such Participating Cities in Appendix 1). “Posted Disposal Rate” means the per ton tipping fee charged by the County for the disposal of solid waste at the Disposal System by parties which are not entitled to disposal service at the Contract Rate pursuant to this Agreement or other contractual arrangement. “Prohibited Medical Waste” means any medical or infectious waste prohibited or restricted under Applicable Law from being received by or disposed at the Disposal System. “Qualified Household Hazardous Waste” means waste materials determined by local, State, and federal regulation to be: (1) Of a nature that they must be listed as hazardous in State statutes and regulations; (2) Toxic/ignitable/corrosive/reactive; and (3) Carcinogenic/mutagenic/teratogenic; which are discarded from households as opposed to businesses. Qualified Household Hazardous Waste shall not include Unacceptable Waste. “Recycled City Acceptable Waste” means any otherwise Controllable Waste which is separated from Acceptable Waste by the generator thereof or by processing and which is “recycled” within the meaning of Section 40180 of the Public Resources Code. “Renewal Term” has the meaning specified in Subsection 6.1(C) hereof. “Residue” means any material remaining from the processing, by any means and to any extent, of City Acceptable Waste or Recycled City Acceptable Waste; provided, however, that Residue shall not include minimal amounts of material remaining after such processing (which minimal amounts shall in no event exceed 10% of the amount of such City Acceptable Waste or Recycled City Acceptable Waste prior to processing). “Resource Conservation and Recovery Act” or “RCRA” means the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq., as amended and superseded. “Restricted Reserves” has the meaning specified in Section 4.5. “Sanitary Districts” means the sanitary districts in the County formed pursuant to the Sanitary District Act of 1923, codified in California Health & Safety Code Section 6400 et seq., as amended, supplemented, superseded and replaced from time to time. “Self-Hauled Waste” means City Acceptable Waste and City Acceptable Organic Waste collected and hauled by Self-Haulers. “Self-Hauler” means any person not engaged commercially in waste haulage who collects and hauls Acceptable Waste generated from residential or business activities conducted by such person. “Service Coordinator” means the service coordinator for either party designated pursuant to subsection 3.5(C) hereof. “Service Covenant” means the covenants and agreements of the County set forth in Sections 3.2 and 3.3 hereof.