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Solid Waste Program
The Palm Beach County Health Department's (PBCHD) solid waste program enforces
established standards which provide for the safe handling, storage, transportation and disposal of solid waste. "Solid Waste" refers to sludge, garbage, rubbish, refuse,
special waste, or other discarded material resulting from domestic, industrial, commercial, mining, agricultural, or governmental operations. These rules and
regulations minimize the contamination threat to ground water, surface water, air, and soil, and protect the public from potential disease transmission. The PBCHD inspects
solid waste management facilities including compost debris, waste tire collection centers and processing facilities and material recovery facilities. It also investigates
complaints related to these facilities.
Enforcement
activities are initiated as a result of noncompliance with specific rules and regulations. The type of violation determines the enforcement action taken. Penalties vary
depending on the nature and severity of the
violation's.
Authority: Interagency Agreement between Florida Department of Environmental
Protection and the Palm Beach County Health Department.
Chap 120, 386, 403, F.S.
Chap 62-3, 62-4, 62-301, 62-520, 62-522, 62-701, 62-709, 62-710 and 62-711 F.A.C.
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Hazardous Waste Program
PBCHD's hazardous waste program provides services to protect the citizens and
visitors of Palm Beach County from adverse health effects attributable to improper generation and disposal of hazardous waste. Waste is classified as hazardous waste if
it is specifically listed by EPA, or if the waste exhibits one or more of the characteristics of ignitability,
corrosiveness, reactivity, or toxicity. This program provides oversight of
the generation and management of hazardous waste in Palm Beach County. Commercial facilities such as automotive body and repair shops, dry cleaners,
laboratories, and hospitals generating hazardous waste are inspected for compliance and permitted through PBC Ordinance 97-58. This Ordinance enables the program to
identify, quantify, and assure the proper management of hazardous waste. Enforcement actions are initiated as a result of noncompliance with specific rules and
regulations. The type of violation determines the enforcement action taken. Penalties vary depending on the nature and severity of the
violation's.
Authority: Palm Beach County Ordinance No. 97-58 and delegated authority from the
Florida Department of Environmental Protection for the Small Quantity Generator Program (SQG) via Interagency Agreement. Reference: Chapter 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and Chap 62-730 F.A.C.
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Biomedical Waste Program
PBCHD's biomedical waste program prescribes minimum sanitary practices relating to
the management of biomedical waste, including segregation, handling, storage, transport, and treatment. Biomedical waste is any solid or liquid waste which may
present a threat of infection to humans. It includes non-liquid tissue, body parts, blood, blood products, and body fluids from humans and other primates, laboratory and
veterinary wastes which contain human disease-causing agents, and discarded sharps. PBCHD personnel inspect and permit on an annual basis facilities that generate, store,
treat, or transport biomedical waste to ensure the public's health is protected. Facilities exempt from permit (generating less than 25 lbs. of biomedical waste per month) are
inspected at least once every three years.
Enforcement actions are initiated as a result of noncompliance with specific rules and
regulations. the type of violation determines the enforcement action taken. Penalties vary depending on the nature and severity of the
violation's.
Authority:
Chap 381.0098 F.S.
Chap 64E-16 F.A.C.
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