Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R315 - Waste Management and Radiation Control, Waste Management
Rule R315-15 - Standards for the Management of Used Oil
Section R315-15-15 - Issuance and Revocation of Permits and Registrations
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 315-15-15
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
15.1 PUBLIC COMMENTS AND HEARING.
(a) The Director shall:
(1) determine if the permit application or
modification request is complete and meets all requirements of
R315-15-13;
(2) publish notice of the proposed permit in
a newspaper of general circulation in the state and also in a newspaper of
general circulation in the county in which the proposed permitted facility is
located ;
(3) provide a 15-day
public comment period from the date of publication to allow the public time to
submit written comments;
(4)
consider submitted public comments received within the comment period;
and
(5) send a written decision to
the applicant and to persons submitting comments,
(b) The Director ' s decision under
R315-15-15.1(a) may be appealed in accordance with Utah Administrative Code
R305-7.
(c) Duration of Permits.
Used oil permits shall be effective for a fixed term not to exceed ten years.
Any Permittee holding a permit issued on or before January 1, 2005 who wants to
continue operating shall submit an application for a new permit not later than
180 days after January 1, 2015. The term of a permit shall not be extended by
modification to the permit.
(d) The
conditions of an expired permit continue in force until the effective date of a
new permit if:
(1) The permittee has
submitted a timely application under
R315-15-13,
at least 180 days prior to the expiration date of the current permit. The
permit application shall contain all the materials required by
R315-15-13.
(2) The Director , through no fault of the
permittee, does not issue a new permit with an effective date on or before the
expiration date of the previous permit (for example, when issuance is
impracticable due to time or resource constraints).
(e) Effect. Permits continued under this
section remain fully effective and enforceable.
(f) Enforcement. When the permittee is not in
compliance w ith the conditions of the expiring or expired permit, the Director
may choose to do any or all of the following;
(1) Initiate enforcement action based upon
the permit that has been continued;
(2) Issue a notice of intent to deny the new
permit under R315-15-15.2. If the permit is denied, the owner or operator is
required to cease the activities authorized by the continued permit or be
subject to enforcement action for operating without a permit;
(3) Issue a new permit under R315-15-15.2
with appropriate conditions;
(4)
Take other actions authorized by these rules
(g) Five-Year Review of Permit. Each used oil
permit, i ncluding the costs of closure and post closure care issued under R
315-1 5-13, shall be reviewed by the Director five years after the permit's i
ssuance, or when the Director determines that a permit requires review and
modification.
15.2 MODIFICATION AND REVOCATION OF PERMITS, REGISTRATIONS AND HANDLER CERTIFICATES.
(a) A permit may be considered for
modification, renewal, or termination at the request of any interested person,
including the p ermittee, or upon the Director ' s initiative as a result of
new information or changes in statues or rules. Requests for modification, r
eissuance, or termination shall be submitted in writing to the Director and
shall contain facts or reasons supporting the request. The permit modification
requests shall not be implemented until approval of the Director .
Violation of any permit or registration conditions or failure to comply with any provisions of the applicable statutes and rules, shall be grounds for imposing statutory sanctions, including denial of an application for permit, registration, or used oil handler certificate.
(b) Request for agency action. The owner or
operator of a facility may contest an order associated with modification,
renewal, or termination in accordance with Utah Administrative Code
R305-7.
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