Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. The following
solid waste facilities requiring self-certification under A.R.S. §
49-762.01
shall register with the Department and pay registration fees as provided in
this Section by September 30, 2012, and annually thereafter by September 30th:
1. A transfer facility with a daily
throughput of more than 180 cubic yards, including a material recovery
facility, but not including:
a. A material
recovery facility where the incoming materials are primarily source separated
recyclables; or
b. Community or
neighborhood recycling bins including drop boxes, roll off containers, plastic
containers used to collect residential, business, and/or governmental
recyclable solid waste.
2. A facility storing 5,000 or more waste
tires on any one day and not required to obtain plan approval.
3. A waste tire shredding and processing
facility.
B. Initial
registration for a new facility. The owner or operator of a planned new
facility identified in subsection (A) shall submit the following information to
the Department before beginning construction:
1. The name of the solid waste
facility.
2. The name, mailing
address and telephone number of each owner and operator of the solid waste
facility.
3. The physical location
of the solid waste facility by physical address, latitude and longitude, or
legal description. If none of these are practical, by driving directions from
the nearest city or town.
4. A
brief description of operations, including waste management methods, types and
volumes of waste handled, waste storage and treatment equipment, and the length
of time the waste remains onsite.
5. A diagram of the property showing its
approximate size and the planned location of the solid waste facility or
facilities.
6. Documentation that
the facility will comply with local zoning laws or, if the owner is an agency
or political subdivision of this state, with A.R.S. §
49-767.
7. Documentation that the facility has any
other environmental permit that is required by statute.
8. A copy of the public notice in a newspaper
of general circulation in the area where the facility will be located stating
the intent to construct and operate a new solid waste facility pursuant to
A.R.S. §
49-762.05.
C. Initial and annual registration
for an existing facility. The owner or operator of an existing facility shall
submit the following information to the Department annually on a form approved
by the Department and note any changes since the last registration:
1. The name of the solid waste
facility.
2. The name, address and
telephone number of each owner and operator of the solid waste
facility.
3. The physical location
of the solid waste facility by physical address, latitude and longitude, or
legal description. If none of these are practical, by driving directions from
the nearest city or town.
4. A
brief description of operations, including waste management methods, types and
volumes of waste handled, waste storage and treatment equipment, and the length
of time the waste remains onsite.
5. A diagram of the property showing its
approximate size and the location of the solid waste facility or
facilities.
6. Documentation that
the facility remains in compliance with the most current local zoning laws or
with A.R.S. §
49-767,
as applicable.
7. Documentation
that the facility continues to hold any other environmental permit that is
required by statute.
D.
Self-certification. With each registration under subsection (B) or (C), the
owner or operator shall certify that the information submitted is true,
accurate, and complete to the best of the person's knowledge and
belief.
E. Registration fees. The
owner or operator of a transfer facility under subsection (A)(1) shall pay the
Department $1,000 for the initial registration of a new or existing facility,
and $500 for each annual registration thereafter. The owner or operator of a
tire facility under subsection (A)(2) or (3) shall pay the Department $1,000
for the initial registration of a new or existing facility, and $250 for each
annual registration thereafter.
F.
As used in this Section:
1. "Department" means
the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.
2. "Material recovery facility" means a
transfer facility that collects, compacts, repackages, sorts, or processes
commingled recyclable solid waste generated offsite for the purpose of
recycling and transport, or where source separated recyclable solid waste is
processed for sale to various markets, and where the incoming materials are
predominantly recyclable solid waste.
3. "Recyclable solid waste" means a product
or material described in subsection (F)(3)(a) or (b), and for which subsection
(F)(3)(c) is true:
a. A product with no useful
life remaining for the purposes for which it was produced, or if useful life
remains, the product will not, due to location, quantity, or owner choice,
remain in use or be reused for a purpose for which it was produced.
b. A material that is a result of a process
or activity whose purpose was to produce something else.
c. The product or material retains some
economic value, with or without further processing, as a raw material or
feedstock in some process other than incineration or combustion.
