Washington § 70A.205.160 - Solid waste collection companies — Notice of changes in tipping fees and disposal rate schedules.

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§ 70A.205.160. Solid waste collection companies — Notice of changes in tipping fees and disposal rate schedules.

To provide solid waste collection companies with sufficient time to prepare and submit tariffs and rate filings for public comment and commission approval, the owner or operator of a transfer station, landfill, or facility used to burn solid waste shall provide seventy-five days' notice to solid waste collection companies of any change in tipping fees and disposal rate schedules. The notice period shall begin on the date individual notice to a collection company is delivered to the company or is postmarked.
A collection company may agree to a shorter notice period: PROVIDED, That such agreement by a company shall not affect the notice requirements for rate filings under RCW 81.28.050.
The owner of a transfer station, landfill or facility used to burn solid waste may agree to provide companies with a longer notice period.
"Solid waste collection companies" as used in this section means the companies regulated by the commission pursuant to chapter 81.77 RCW.
[ 1993 c 300 s 3. Formerly RCW 70.95.212.]

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