Arizona Administrative Code
Title 18 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 13 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Article 13 - SPECIAL WASTE
Section R18-13-1301 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
In addition to the terms prescribed in A.R.S. § 49-851, the terms in this Article shall have the following meanings:
1. "Disposal" means discharging, depositing, injecting, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing special waste into or on land or water so that the special waste or any constituent of the special waste may enter the environment, be emitted into the air, or discharged into any waters, including groundwater.
2. "Exception report" means a report that a generator shall submit to the Director which notifies the Director that the generator has not received a copy of the special waste manifest from the primary or alternate special waste receiving facility to which the special waste was sent pursuant to the generator's instructions on the special waste manifest, or from any special waste receiving facility to which special waste was sent.
3. "Generator" means a person whose act or process onsite produces a special waste listed in, or designated pursuant to, A.R.S. §§ 49-852, 49-854, and 49-855, or whose act or process first causes such special waste to be subject to regulation.
4. "Identification number" means an alphanumeric identifier issued by the Department to each generator, special shipper, and special waste receiving facility to be used on documents, as required pursuant to this Article, in conjunction with shipment of special waste.
5. "Off-site consignment" means a generator's delivery of materials or wastes for transport off-site to a special waste receiving facility within Arizona for treatment, storage, recycling, or disposal.
6. "Off-site" means any property located within Arizona that is not onsite as defined in A.R.S. § 49-851(3).
7. "Operator" means a person who owns and controls all or part of a special waste receiving facility, or who leases, operates, or controls such facility, a person responsible for the overall operation of such a facility, a management agency, or an authorized representative.
8. "Recycling" means recycling as defined in A.R.S. § 49- 831(21).
9. "Shredder residue" means waste from the shredding of motor vehicles.
10. "Significant manifest discrepancy" means a difference of more than 10% by weight for bulk shipments, any variation in a piece count for a batch delivery, or any difference in the type of special waste received as compared to the type of special waste listed on the manifest.
11. "Special waste receiving facility" means an off-site location to which special waste is sent to be treated, recycled, stored, or disposed.
12. "Special waste manifest" means a form provided by the Department, shown as Appendix B to this Article, and used to identify the origin, quantity, composition, routing, and destination of special waste during its transportation from a generator's facility to a special waste receiving facility.
13. "Special waste shipper" means a person who transports special waste for off-site treatment, recycling, storage, or disposal.
14. "Treatment" means any method, technique, or process designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of special waste.
