Washington Administrative Code
Title 296 - Labor and Industries, Department of
Chapter 296-833 - Temporary housing for workers
Section 296-833-20005 - Provide and maintain sufficient grounds and open areas in temporary housing sites
Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 296-833-20005
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) You must make sure that all temporary housing sites:
(a) Are
adequately drained and are free from ground depressions in which
water may accumulate;
(b)
Have no history of flooding;
(c) Do not endanger any domestic or
public water supply with their drainage; and
(d) Are located at least two
hundred feet from a swamp, pool, sink hole, or other surface
collection of water unless the water surface can be treated for
mosquito control.
(2) You must make sure the housing area is large enough to prevent the buildings from being crowded too closely together.
(3) You must make sure the principal housing areas for sleeping and food preparation/eating are at least five hundred feet from livestock operations.
Note: | Livestock operations include, among other things, dairy farms, corrals, slaughterhouses, feedlots, and stockyards. Operations where livestock can roam on a pasture over a distance may be treated as outside the definition. |
(4) You must make sure that grounds and open areas surrounding the shelters are maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.
Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.[17.]040, 49.[17.]050, and 49.[17.]060. 02-23-073, § 296-833-20005, filed 11/19/02, effective 1/1/03.
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