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AZ Rev Stat § 49-817 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-817 - Enforcement powers of the director and inspectors

49-817.  Enforcement powers of the director and inspectors When necessary for the enforcement of this article and rules adopted pursuant to this article,  the director or the director's authorized agent may enter any commercial,  nonprofit or governmental premises during normal operating hours. The director or the director's authorized agent shall give the owner or operator of the premises the opportunity to have its representative accompany the inspector. If the premises are not open to the public,  the director or the director's authorized agents shall first present agency credentials. Within forty-five days after the date of the inspection the department shall provide to the owner or operator a copy of any inspection report that is produced from that inspection.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-832 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-832 - Administration and enforcement by department of environmental quality; powers and duties

49-832.  Administration and enforcement by department of environmental quality;  powers and duties A. The department of environmental quality shall administer and oversee the enforcement of this article. B. In addition to its other powers and duties,  the department shall: 1. Prepare,  update and oversee implementation of the Arizona recycling program consistent with the goals of this article. 2. Designate an Arizona recycling coordinator to oversee the program. 3. Serve as the agency of this state for the receipt of monies from the federal government or other public or private institutions. 4. Cooperate with appropriate federal,  state,  interstate and local units of government and with appropriate private organizations in carrying out its duties under this article. 5. Initiate,  conduct and support research,  demonstration projects and investigations and monitor all agency research programs in this state pertaining to recycling and source reduction. 6. Administer and distribute monies in the recycling fund for public education programs on recycling and source reduction that the department believes will provide technical assistance for recycling and source reduction,  for research and for other purposes consistent with this article. 7. Administer and distribute monies in the recycling fund designated for the award of grants established under this article. 8. Adopt rules pursuant to title 41,  chapter 6 to implement,  administer and enforce the provisions of this article. 9. Encourage the use of private industry through contracts for some or all of the requirements of the Arizona recycling program and other activities as may be considered necessary. 10. Monitor municipalities and counties for compliance with sections 9-500.07 and 11-269 concerning an opportunity to engage in recycling and waste reduction. C. The department of environmental quality,  in consultation with the department of health services regarding matters of public health significance,  shall do both of the following: 1. Initiate,  conduct and support research,  demonstration projects and investigations and coordinate all state agency research programs pertaining to municipal and county solid waste management systems. 2. Spend monies for studies and research with respect to the provisions and goals of this article and the rules adopted under it.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-833 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-833 - Public education

49-833.  Public education A. By May 1,  1992,  the department,  in consultation with the state board of education,  shall implement and conduct a program of public education and provide information to increase awareness of individual responsibility for properly reducing and disposing of solid waste and to encourage participation in recycling,  reuse and source reduction. The program shall communicate the importance of conserving natural resources,  of avoiding harm to the environment or public health and of promoting resource conservation,  recovery and reuse by industry,  this state,  municipalities and counties. The program shall also inform the public of the potential benefits of collecting and recycling potentially hazardous materials including used oil,  batteries and waste tires. B. The department is the lead agency and promoter for all state programs that provide technical assistance for public education programs. In addition to these coordinating functions,  the department shall encourage recycling and source reduction by: 1. Providing advice and consultation to persons,  businesses and manufacturers on recycling and source reduction techniques. 2. Sponsoring or cosponsoring with public or private organizations technical workshops and seminars on recycling and source reduction. 3. Administering a recycling and source reduction data base and hotline providing referral services to waste generators. 4. Promoting recycling and the use of recycled products. 5. Administering a recycling and source reduction research and development program. 6. Coordinating a recycling and source reduction public education and advertising program that includes the use of existing publications from public and private sources,  as well as publishing necessary new materials on source reduction. 7. Recommending to educational institutions courses and curricula in areas related to recycling and source reduction or encouraging the development of courses in managing solid waste.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-835 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-835 - Recycling of plastics; labels

49-835.  Recycling of plastics;  labels A. The department shall develop and administer a program to encourage the recycling and proper disposal of plastics. B. By July 1,  1991,  a person shall not distribute,  sell or expose for sale in this state a plastic bottle of sixteen ounces or more up to five gallons and a rigid plastic container of eight ounces or more up to five gallons unless the product has a molded or imprinted label indicating the plastic resin used to produce the plastic container product. The label must appear on the bottom of the plastic container product and must be clearly visible. This label shall consist of a number placed within three triangulated arrows and letters placed below the triangle of arrows. The triangle shall be equilateral,  formed by three arrows with the apex of each point of the triangle at the midpoint of each arrow,  rounded with a short radius. The pointer of each arrow shall be at the midpoint of each side of the triangle with a short gap separating the pointer from the base of the adjacent arrow. The triangle formed by the three arrows curved at their midpoints shall depict a clockwise path around the code number. The number and letters shall be as follows: 1. For polyethylene terephthalate,  the letters " PETE"  and the number " 1" . 2. For high density polyethylene,  the letters " HDPE"  and the number " 2" . 3. For vinyl,  the letter " V"  and the number " 3" . 4. For low density polyethylene,  the letters " LDPE"  and the number " 4" . 5. For polypropylene,  the letters " PP"  and the number " 5" . 6. For polystyrene,  the letters " PS"  and the number " 6" . 7. For any other,  the word " OTHER"  and the number " 7" .
AZ Rev Stat § 49-837 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-837 - Recycling fund; use; advisory committee

49-837.  Recycling fund;  use;  advisory committee A. A recycling fund is established to be administered by the director. The fund consists of monies appropriated by the legislature,  gifts,  grants,  donations and monies derived from the landfill disposal fees in section 49-836. Monies derived from landfill disposal fees are subject to legislative appropriation. Monies in the fund are exempt from lapsing under section 35-190. On notice from the director,  the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by section 35-313,  and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund. B. Monies from the recycling fund shall be used for the following purposes: 1. Grants to or contracts with political subdivisions,  nonprofit organizations or private enterprise for research,  demonstration projects,  new technologies,  market development and source reduction studies and implementation of the recommendations or reports prepared pursuant to this article. 2. Public information,  public education and technical assistance programs concerning litter control,  recycling and source reduction. 3. The collection and administration of monies in the fund. 4. The administration of this article. 5. The administration of the Arizona commerce authority's recycled market development program. At the end of each fiscal year,  any funds not spent by the authority for this purpose shall be returned to the fund. 6. The department's solid waste control program activities prescribed in this chapter and in title 44. C. In making expenditures pursuant to subsection B,  paragraph 2 of this section,  the director shall ensure that counties having a population of less than five hundred thousand persons receive benefits in proportion to their contributions to the fund. D. The director shall appoint an advisory committee to advise the director on the use of monies in the recycling fund. The advisory committee shall consist of two representatives from private solid waste collection businesses,  two representatives from private solid waste recycling businesses,  four representatives from political subdivisions that have implemented recycling and source reduction programs,  at least one of whom resides in a county having a population of fewer than five hundred thousand persons,  and one representative of the general public. The members of the committee serve at the pleasure of the director and are not eligible to receive compensation,  and the committee is an advisory committee for purposes of title 38,  chapter 3,  article 3.1.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-851 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-851 - Definitions; applicability

49-851.  Definitions;  applicability A. In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Best management practices"  means a method or combination of methods that is used in the treatment,  storage and disposal of a special waste and that achieves the maximum practical cost effective protection of public health or the environment. 2. " On site"  means at or on the same or geographically contiguous property that may be divided by public or private right-of-way,  provided the entrance and exit between the properties are at a crossroads intersection and access is by crossing as opposed to travel along the right-of-way. Noncontiguous properties owned by the same person but connected by a right-of-way that that person controls and to which the public does not have access are also on-site property. 3. " Petroleum contaminated soils"  means soils excavated for storage,  treatment or disposal containing benzene,  toluene,  ethylbenzene,  total xylenes,  acenaphthylene,  anthracene,  benz(A)anthracene,  benzo(A)pyrene,  benzo(B)fluoranthene,  benzo(K)fluoranthene,  cyrysene,  dibenz(A,  H)anthracene,  fluoranthene,  fluorene,  indenopyrene,  naphthalene or pyrene in concentrations in excess of levels determined by the director pursuant to section 49-152 to protect the public health and the environment. 4. " Shipper"  means a person who transports a special waste in commerce. 5. " Special waste"  means a solid waste as defined in section 49-701.01,  other than a hazardous waste,  that requires special handling and management to protect public health or the environment and that is listed in section 49-852 or in rules adopted pursuant to section 49-855. Special waste does not include return flows from irrigated agriculture,  medical waste,  used oil or by-products of a regulated agricultural activity,  as defined in section 49-201,  that are subject to best management practices under section 49-247,  by-products of livestock,  range livestock and poultry as defined in section 3-1201,  pesticide containers regulated pursuant to title 3,  chapter 2,  article 6 or waste that contains radioactive materials that are subject to a permit or regulation under the atomic energy act of 1954 (42 United States Code section 2011;  68 Stat. 919),  as amended,  or title 30,  chapter 4. 6. " Storage"  means the holding of special waste for a period of not more than one year unless a lesser period of time is designated by the director pursuant to best management practices rules. The director shall not designate a storage time of less than ninety days. B. Defining or categorizing any material as a special waste under this article shall not affect the duty of care or breach of that duty for a cause of action for personal injury or for a workers' compensation claim arising from the handling of any materials.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-852 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-852 - Statutory list of special wastes; best management practices rules; applicability of hazardous waste designation

49-852.  Statutory list of special wastes;  best management practices rules;  applicability of hazardous waste designation A. The following are designated as special wastes for purposes of this article: 1. Waste that contains petroleum contaminated soils. 2. Waste from shredding motor vehicles. B. The director shall establish rules for best management practices for these special wastes pursuant to section 49-855. C. Notwithstanding section 49-856,  the wastes listed pursuant to subsection A of this section are required to comply with those manifest requirements within three months of the adoption of the best management practices.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-854 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-854 - Designation of special wastes; criteria; notice; rules

49-854.  Designation of special wastes;  criteria;  notice;  rules A. The director shall give public notice pursuant to title 41,  chapter 6 of the decision to formally study a waste for possible designation as a special waste pursuant to the criteria established in subsection B of this section. B. In determining whether a waste shall be designated as a special waste,  the director shall consider the potential adverse effects on public health or the environment from the treatment,  storage,  transportation or disposal of each waste based upon: 1. The acute and chronic toxicity for those wastes including the human or animal data for the following exposures: (a) Aquatic. (b) Dermal. (c) Inhalation. (d) Oral. 2. The carcinogenic,  mutagenic or teratogenic effects of those wastes on humans or other life forms. 3. The degree to which the wastes or degradation products of those wastes are persistent or bioaccumulative in the environment. 4. Information and studies from other states and the federal government if the committee or director finds them to be derived from standard protocols. 5. Other appropriate scientific data,  environmental testing or analytical data. C. The director shall give public notice pursuant to title 41,  chapter 6 of the decision to designate or not to designate a waste as a special waste. D. The director shall by rule,  designate a waste as a special waste and adopt best management practices concerning the special waste pursuant to section 49-855 within eighteen months after giving public notice pursuant to subsection C of this section that a waste will be designated as a special waste. E. The designation of a waste as a special waste and the adoption of best management practices pursuant to section 49-855 shall occur in the same rule making process.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-856 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-856 - Special waste handling requirements; manifest; exemption

49-856.  Special waste handling requirements;  manifest;  exemption A. The director shall adopt rules by September 1,  1993 that include an Arizona special waste manifest form designed to implement the provisions of this article. B. Within three months of the adoption of best management practices for a special waste pursuant to section 49-855: 1. A person who generates,  transports,  offers for transportation or receives special waste for off-site treatment,  recycling,  storage or disposal shall comply with the rules adopted pursuant to subsection A of this section. 2. A person who transports a special waste that is defined as a hazardous material,  hazardous substance or hazardous waste in 49 Code of Federal Regulations part 171 shall do so in accordance with the applicable motor carrier safety provisions of 49 United States Code appendix sections 1801 through 1819 and title 28,  chapter 14. 3. A person who arranges for the treatment,  storage or disposal of a special waste shall do so only at a facility approved by the director pursuant to section 49-857 or 49-858.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-857 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-857 - Special waste management plans; director; approval; fee

49-857.  Special waste management plans;  director;  approval;  fee A. Except as provided in section 49-858,  a facility that plans to manage special waste for treatment,  storage or disposal shall apply for and obtain approval of the director. B. The application shall include all of the following: 1. A complete solid waste facility plan pursuant to section 49-762 that includes a special waste management plan component that complies with best management practices adopted pursuant to section 49-855 for each special waste for that portion of the facility that is engaged in the treatment,  storage or disposal of special waste. 2. Evidence of compliance with permit filing requirements pursuant to this title. C. The director shall collect from the applicant a reasonable fee based on the state's total costs in processing the plan. The director may amend an existing rule or adopt a new rule to establish criteria for those costs. The rule making is exempt from title 41,  chapter 6,  except that the director shall provide for reasonable notice and a hearing. Monies from fees shall be deposited in the solid waste fee fund established by section 49-881. D. A facility at which the treatment,  storage or disposal of special waste occurs only as a result of an episodic release at that facility shall not be subject to the special waste management plan requirements of this section. The special waste shall be managed pursuant to applicable best management practices.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-857.01 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-857.01 - Plan; approval; deadline; judicial review

49-857.01.  Plan;  approval;  deadline;  judicial review A. Within ninety days of receipt of the complete plan and other information prescribed by section 49-857,  subsection B,  the director shall approve in writing any plan or portion of a plan that complies with this article or shall deny in writing any plan or portion of a plan that does not comply with this article. B. If the director denies a plan or a portion of a plan,  the director shall notify the applicant in writing of the specific reasons for denial within ten days. The applicant has an additional ninety days from receipt of the written denial to file a modified plan addressing the specific deficiencies. C. Within ninety days of receipt of a modified plan,  the director shall approve or disapprove in writing the modified plan. The director may issue a compliance order to any applicant who has failed to submit a modified plan when required as prescribed by subsection B of this section or whose modified plan has been disapproved. D. Any major modification from an approved plan is subject to review and approval by the director before implementation. E. If the director fails to approve or disapprove the plan as prescribed by this section,  the plan is deemed approved. Except as provided in section 41-1092.08,  subsection H,  the director's disapproval of a modified plan is subject to judicial review pursuant to title 12,  chapter 7,  article 6.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-858 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-858 - Interim use facilities; special waste

49-858.  Interim use facilities;  special waste A. A facility that is in operation on the effective date of best management practices rules that are applicable to that facility and that are adopted by the director pursuant to section 49-855 and that manages wastes designated as special waste pursuant to this article for treatment,  storage or disposal may continue to manage special waste for treatment,  storage or disposal if all of the following conditions are met: 1. Within sixty days after the effective date of adoption of the best management practices that are applicable to the facility,  the facility submits a notice to the director that contains the following information: (a) Facility name and mailing address. (b) Legal description by township,  range and section. (c) Major design features. (d) Type and volume of waste handled. (e) Methods of waste management. (f) Measures taken to protect the environment and measures taken to protect public health. (g) A summary of permits from city,  county,  state and federal agencies. 2. The facility files an application containing the information required in section 49-857,  subsection B within one hundred eighty days of the adoption of best management practices. B. A generator may treat,  store or dispose of special waste at a facility that is managed or operated by that generator and that is in operation on July 3,  1991 if the same conditions prescribed in subsection A of this section are met. C. The process for plan approval and disapproval shall conform to section 49-857.01. D. The director shall collect from the applicant a reasonable fee based on the state's total costs in processing the application. The director may amend an existing rule or adopt a new rule to establish criteria for those costs.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-859 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-859 - Application to water quality permits

49-859.  Application to water quality permits A. Neither the classification of a particular type of waste as a special waste nor the adoption or revision of the best management practices criteria constitutes a major modification to a facility with a groundwater quality protection permit or an aquifer protection permit unless that action otherwise meets the definition of new facility prescribed by section 49-201. B. The director's approval of a special waste management plan either before or after the adoption of best management practices criteria does not constitute a major modification of a facility with a groundwater quality protection permit or an aquifer protection permit unless that action otherwise meets the definition of new facility prescribed by section 49-201.