WAC 246-361-045   Cherry harvest camp sites.  The operator must:

     (1) Locate and operate a site to prevent a health or safety hazard that is:

     (a) Adequately drained and any drainage from and through the camp must not endanger any domestic or public water supply;

     (b) Free from periodic flooding and depressions in which water may become a nuisance;

     (c) At least two hundred feet from a swamp, pool, sink hole, or other surface collection of water unless there is a mosquito prevention program for those areas;

     (d) Large enough to prevent overcrowding of necessary structures. The principal camp area for sleeping and for food preparation and eating must be at least five hundred feet from where livestock are kept; and

     (e) Maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.

     (2) Develop and implement a cherry harvest camp management plan and rules for camps with ten or more occupants to assure that the camp is operated in a safe and secure manner and is kept within the approved capacity. Additionally, the licensed operator must:

     (a) Inform residents of the rules, in a language the resident understands, by providing individual copies of the rules to each camp resident or posting the rules in the camp area; and

     (b) Restrict the number of occupants in the camp to the capacity as determined by the department.

     (3) When closing the camp permanently or for the season, complete the following:

     (a) Dispose of all refuse to prevent nuisance;

     (b) Fill all abandoned toilet pits with earth; and

     (c) Leave the grounds and buildings in a clean and sanitary condition.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.114A.065 and 70.114A.110. 00-06-082, § 246-361-045, filed 3/1/00, effective 3/1/00.]