Filing an application for certificated authority does not authorize the applicant to start solid waste collection operations in the territory, or of the commodity, described in the application. The commission must grant authority and issue a certificate before a company may begin service in that territory.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
81.04.160,
81.77.030 and
80.01.040. WSR 01-08-012 (Docket No. TG-990161, General Order No. R-479), § 480-70-101, filed 3/23/01, effective 4/23/01.]