Specifications include, but are not limited to: A. WASTE HANDLING, ACCUMULATION AND PACKAGING Contractor shall: 1. Identify packages of different types of hazardous wastes generated by the County departments and accumulate them for hauling purposes. 2. Provide pickups of hazardous waste from the generators as per pick up schedules provided by different County departments. 3. Identify and segregate all unknown chemicals and wastes, and or provide advice to staff regarding proper segregation and chemical compatibility. This may, at times, require an urgent onsite response by the Contractor. 4. Arrive within forty-eight (48) hours and create a hazardous waste profile and within 7 days remove hazardous waste from Solano County facility. 5. For after-hour emergencies, Contractor shall arrive within four (4 hours) of request. The response shall include emergency pickup, dispatch of appropriate emergency response team and required tools. 6. Organize all hazardous waste materials for transport. The County will not permit paints and flammable liquid waste to be bulked on site prior to transport. Note: ATTACHMENT 1 – BID SHEET of this IFB contains an inventory of hazardous materials categories that the County currently generates or may have the potential to generate in the future. B. WASTE TRANSPORTATION Contractor shall: 1. Transport all hazardous waste by California Registered Hazardous Waste Transporters ONLY and to a State-permitted treatment, storage, or disposal facility (TSDF). These transporters are registered by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and California Highway Patrol. 2. Transport hazardous wastes collected from public departments to disposal sites for recycling, fuels blending, treatment, neutralization, transformation, destruction, incineration, or another disposal method. 3. Provide a copy with the original signature of all manifests and/or bills of lading to the County personnel prior to transporting hazardous waste from the sites. 4. Manifest all hazardous waste lawfully and efficiently to the satisfaction of the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California DOT, United States DOT, and EPA permitted disposal facilities. a. Except for transport only containers that appear to be intact and show no sign of leakage or other visible packaging deficiencies. 5. The Contractor will be responsible for overpacking if required to dispose of the materials safely. The County may be billed accordingly. 6. Be responsible for the waste and materials upon the completion of loading materials and waste into the vehicle of the said contractor and the execution of necessary shipping documentation. 7. Ensure that all vehicles and drivers used for the transportation of waste shall be in accordance with all applicable Federal and State regulations, including, but not limited to, CA DOT ACT. a. Contractor shall utilize a Tanker Truck with Stinger to remove oil waste. 8. Ensure that all employees that transport hazardous waste materials possess a driver’s license (with hazmat endorsement) for the appropriate vehicle(s) driven along with the required training for handling hazardous wastes. 9. Ensure all drivers are familiar with the physical locations, retrieval approach, roads, and travel time to each County facility. C. DISPOSAL AND TREATMENT Contractor shall: 1. Propose an appropriate disposal method for various categories of waste and in consultation with the County, process disposal of waste in a safe manner and compliance with all applicable local, state and federal laws. 2. Use the following preferred order of hazardous waste disposal methods to process disposal of generated waste in a safe and scientific manner. a. Beneficial Reuse, Reclamation, Recycling b. Elementary Neutralization, Fuel Blending, Treatment c. Destruction via incineration d. Licensed Permitted Hazardous Waste Landfills 3. Be aware of current costs and analytical requirements (including waste profiling, sampling and analysis) for disposal of hazardous wastes at approved California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC)/Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) permitted disposal facilities.
