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AZ Rev Stat § 49-128 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-128 - Emergency notification of reportable releases

49-128.  Emergency notification of reportable releases A. If a reportable release of an extremely hazardous substance listed under section 49-126 occurs from a facility at which a hazardous chemical is produced,  used or stored,  the owner or operator of the facility,  except as excluded under 40 Code of Federal Regulations sections 355.31 and 355.32,  in addition to any other notification required by law or rule,  shall immediately orally notify the community emergency coordinator for the local emergency planning committee for any area likely to be affected by the reportable release,  the department and appropriate emergency responders designated by rule of the department,  in the manner prescribed by rule of the department. Unless impracticable under the circumstances,  this oral notification shall occur immediately after the facility emergency coordinator or the coordinator's designee has knowledge of the reportable release. The notice of the reportable release shall include the following to the extent known at the time of the notice and as long as no delay in responding to the emergency results: 1. The specific location of the release. 2. The chemical name or identity of substances released and a description of the container or vessel from which the release occurred. 3. An estimate of the quantity of substances that were released into the environment. 4. The time and duration of the release. 5. The medium or media into which the release occurred. 6. Any known or anticipated acute or chronic health risks associated with the release and,  if within the informant's knowledge,  advice regarding medical attention necessary for exposed individuals. 7. Proper precautions to take as a result of the release,  including evacuation and other proposed response actions. 8. The name and telephone number of the person or persons to be contacted for further information. B. Within thirty days after the reportable release,  the owner or operator of a facility where a release occurred requiring notification pursuant to this section shall submit to the local emergency planning committee and to the department a written follow-up emergency notice stating and updating the information originally provided pursuant to subsection A of this section and including the following additional information: 1. Actions taken to respond to and contain the release. 2. Any known or anticipated acute or chronic health risks associated with the release. 3. If appropriate,  advice regarding medical attention necessary for exposed individuals. 4. Measures that have been or will be taken at the facility to avoid a reoccurrence of similar releases. C. After additional information becomes known,  the owner or operator shall update the notice in writing within seven calendar days.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-129 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-129 - Material safety data sheets

49-129.  Material safety data sheets A. A person who owns or operates a facility that is required to prepare or have available a material safety data sheet for a hazardous chemical under the occupational safety and health act of 1970 (P.L. 91-593;  84 Stat. 1590),  and federal regulations adopted under that act,  or under title 23,  chapter 2,  article 10,  and rules adopted under that article,  shall submit to the local emergency planning committee for the district in which the facility is located,  the department,  and the fire department with jurisdiction over the facility material safety data sheets or lists of hazardous chemicals and any extremely hazardous substances stored,  handled or processed at the facility pursuant to minimum threshold levels prescribed in 40 Code of Federal Regulations part 370 as well as comply with section 311 of title III and regulations adopted under that act. B. If a list of hazardous chemicals or extremely hazardous substances is submitted under this section,  it shall include: 1. Information prescribed by section 311 of title III. 2. The chemical abstract service registry number applicable to each such chemical and substance,  if available. 3. An indication of whether the owner elects to withhold information about the hazardous chemical or extremely hazardous substance from disclosure as a trade secret. C. On request of a local emergency planning committee,  the department or the local fire department with jurisdiction over the facility,  an owner or operator of a facility who has submitted a list pursuant to this section shall also submit the material safety data sheet for any chemical on the list to the requesting agency. On request by any person,  the local emergency planning committee may make available a material safety data sheet to the person or transmit the request to the department,  which shall make the material safety data sheet available,  subject to the trade secret provisions and regulations adopted under title III. If the committee or department does not have the requested material safety data sheet,  the committee or department shall request the sheet from the facility owner or operator. The facility owner or operator shall make the sheet available within thirty days after receiving the request to the committee or department and the committee or department shall make the sheet available to the requesting person subject to the trade secret provisions and regulations adopted under title III. D. Within three months after discovery by an owner or operator of a facility of significant new information concerning an aspect of a hazardous chemical for which a list or material safety data sheet was submitted,  or within three months after a facility obtains a new hazardous chemical subject to the reporting requirements of this section,  the owner or operator shall update and submit a revised list or material safety data sheet to the local emergency planning committee,  the department and the fire department with jurisdiction over the facility.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-132 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-132 - Emergency response fund

49-132.  Emergency response fund The emergency response fund is established consisting of monies appropriated by the legislature for purposes of this article and federal,  private and other monies available for that purpose. The department shall manage the fund and expend monies in the fund in performing the functions required or authorized by this article. All interest earned from investing monies in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation and are exempt from section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-133 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-133 - Emergency response; immunity

49-133.  Emergency response;  immunity A licensed,  certified or authorized emergency responder and its employees at the scene of an emergency,  when the emergency response is provided in good faith,  have the immunities provided in section 26-314 in carrying out the provisions of this article. The immunities provided by section 26-314 also apply to governmental entities,  multi-jurisdictional planning organizations that encompass each district,  members of each local emergency planning committee and their support personnel in carrying out the provisions of this article.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-141 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-141 - Environmental nuisances

49-141.  Environmental nuisances A. The director may take action under this section to abate environmental nuisances. As used in this section,  an environmental nuisance is the creation or maintenance of a condition in the soil,  air or water that causes or threatens to cause harm to the public health or the environment and that is not otherwise subject to regulation under this title. Subject to this limitation,  the following conditions may constitute environmental nuisances: 1. A condition or place in populous areas which constitutes a breeding place for flies,  rodents,  mosquitoes and other insects which are capable of carrying and transmitting disease-causing organisms to any person or persons. 2. A place,  condition or building which is controlled or operated by any governmental agency,  state or local,  and which is not maintained in a sanitary condition. 3. Sewage,  human excreta,  wastewater,  garbage or other organic wastes deposited,  stored,  discharged or exposed so as to be a potential instrument or medium in the transmission of disease to or between any person or persons. 4. A vehicle or container which is used in the transportation of garbage or human excreta and which is defective and allows leakage or spillage of contents. 5. The maintenance of an overflowing septic tank or cesspool,  the contents of which may be accessible to flies. 6. The pollution or contamination of any domestic waters. 7. The use of the contents of privies,  cesspools,  or septic tanks or the use of sewage or sewage plant effluents for fertilizing or irrigation purposes for crops or gardens except by specific approval of the department of health services or the department of environmental quality. 8. The storage,  collection,  transportation,  disposal and reclamation of garbage,  trash,  rubbish,  manure and other objectionable wastes other than as provided and authorized by law and rule. 9. Water,  other than that used by irrigation,  industrial or similar systems for nonpotable purposes,  which is sold to the public,  distributed to the public or used in production,  processing,  storing,  handling,  servicing or transportation of food and drink and which is unwholesome,  poisonous or contains deleterious or foreign substances or filth or disease-causing substances or organisms.  B. The director may adopt rules that prescribe minimum standards for the prevention and abatement of environmental nuisances. In adopting rules pursuant to this subsection,  the director shall incorporate the criteria set forth in section 49-282.06,  subsection A and shall ensure that the nuisance is abated so that it will not recur.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-142 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-142 - Abatement order; hearing; injunction

49-142.  Abatement order;  hearing;  injunction A. If the director has reasonable cause to believe from information furnished to the director or from the director's own investigation that a person is maintaining an environmental nuisance,  the director may serve,  by certified mail,  an abatement order on the person requiring the person to abate the nuisance. If the person fails or refuses to comply with the order within the time specified in the order or if after reasonable attempts the director is unable to serve the order,  the director may abate the nuisance at the department's expense. The director shall be entitled to recover the reasonable costs of abatement incurred in accordance with any terms of the order that have been upheld after all rights to appeal or judicial review have been exhausted or waived. B. An abatement order issued pursuant to this section becomes final unless within thirty days after receipt of the order an appeal is made pursuant to title 41,  chapter 6,  article 10. C. If a person fails or refuses to comply with an abatement order issued under this section or if the director has reason to believe that a person is creating an actual or potential endangerment to the public health or environment because of acts performed in violation of this article or a rule applicable to any environmental nuisance described in section 49-141,  the director may file an action in superior court in the county in which the violation occurred or in any county in which the department maintains an office to restrain and enjoin the person from further violations,  to compel compliance with an order or to abate an environmental nuisance. The court shall proceed as in other actions for injunctions.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-143 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-143 - Abatement of environmental nuisances

49-143.  Abatement of environmental nuisances If an environmental nuisance exists on private property,  the county board of health,  the local health or environmental department or the department of environmental quality may order the owner or occupant to remove the nuisance within twenty-four hours at the expense of the owner or occupant. The order may be given to the owner or occupant personally or left at the residence of the owner or occupant. If the owner or occupant fails or refuses to comply with the order,  the board or department shall cause the nuisance to be removed,  and the owner,  occupant or other person who caused the nuisance shall pay the expenses of removal.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-144 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-144 - Right to enter premises for inspection or abatement

49-144.  Right to enter premises for inspection or abatement If a county board of health or a local health or environmental department deems it necessary to enter any building,  structure or other property within its jurisdiction for the purpose of examining,  destroying,  removing or preventing an environmental nuisance and is refused entrance,  any member of the board or officer of the department may make a complaint of the refusal under oath to a justice of the peace. The justice of the peace shall issue a warrant directing the sheriff or other peace officer accompanied by and under the direction of at least one member of the board or department to examine,  destroy,  remove or prevent,  between the hours of sunrise and sunset,  the environmental nuisance.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-151 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-151 - Definitions

49-151.  Definitions In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Engineering control"  means a remediation method such as a barrier or cap that is used to prevent or minimize exposure to contaminants and that includes technologies that reduce the mobility or migration of contaminants. 2. " Institutional control"  means a legal or administrative tool or action taken to reduce the potential for exposure to contaminants. 3. " Nonresidential use"  means those uses of property other than residential uses. 4. " Owner"  means all persons or entities that currently hold fee title to property other than as security for an obligation. On transfer of fee title of an affected property and after notice is provided pursuant to section 49-152.01,  subsection C,  the successor owner is the owner for purposes of this article and assumes all of the obligations of an owner pursuant to this article and the person who transferred title is no longer responsible for those obligations except as prescribed in section 49-152.01,  subsection C. 5. " Remediation"  means either: (a) The treatment or removal of contaminated environmental media to meet predetermined risk levels or site specific risk levels. (b) Environmental media that meet predetermined risk levels or site specific risk levels as determined by a risk assessment. 6. " Residential use"  means those uses of remediated property where natural persons are reasonably expected to be in frequent,  repeated contact with soil.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-159 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-159 - Institutional and engineering control fund; purpose

49-159.  Institutional and engineering control fund;  purpose A. The institutional and engineering control fund is established to be administered by the director. The fund consists of monies from the following sources: 1. Fees collected pursuant to section 49-152,  subsection K. 2. Fees collected pursuant to section 49-158,  subsection G. 3. Costs of restoring engineering controls that are recovered pursuant to section 49-152.01. 4. Costs of restoring engineering controls that are recovered pursuant to section 49-158,  subsection I. 5. Monies paid into the fund pursuant to section 49-152.01,  subsection B. 6. Gifts,  grants and donations. 7. Legislative appropriations. B. Monies in the institutional and engineering control fund are continuously appropriated and are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations. 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. C. Monies in the institutional and engineering control fund shall be used for the following purposes: 1. For all reasonable and necessary costs to implement section 49-152,  subsections B through O and sections 49-152.01,  49-152.02 and 49-158. 2. For the reasonable and necessary costs to administer the fund.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-171 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-171 - Definitions

49-171.  Definitions In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Characterization"  means a process to determine the nature,  degree and extent of contaminants at a site or a portion of a site. 2. " Contaminant"  means any substance that has been released to the environment and that qualifies as any of the following: (a) A hazardous substance as defined in section 49-201. (b) A pollutant as defined in section 49-201. 3. " Engineering control"  has the same meaning prescribed in section 49-151. 4. " Environmental claim"  means a claim for defense or indemnity submitted under a general liability insurance policy by an insured in response to a claim of potential liability for bodily injury or property damage arising from a release of pollutants onto or into land,  air or water. 5. " Institutional control"  has the same meaning prescribed in section 49-151. 6. " Insured"  means any person who is included as a named insured on a general liability insurance policy and who has or had a property interest in a site in this state that involves an environmental claim. 7. " Person"  has the same meaning prescribed in section 49-201. 8. " Remediation"  means action taken to address a contaminant by reducing the level of the contaminant in the environment or preventing or reducing exposure to the contaminant. 9. " Site"  means the areal extent of contamination. 10. " Source"  means a site or portion of a site where a contaminant is or may be released to waters of the state. 11. " Waters of the state"  has the same meaning prescribed in section 49-201.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-172 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-172 - Applicability

49-172.  Applicability A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section,  any person may request the department to review and approve work to be performed or already performed that addresses or has addressed a release of a contaminant to the environment by submitting an application to participate in the voluntary remediation program established by this article. B. This article shall not apply to any of the following activities: 1. Corrective action at or closure of a facility that has qualified for interim status or to which a permit has been issued pursuant to section 49-922. 2. Corrective action pursuant to section 49-1005,  unless the person waives any right to reimbursement of costs from the state assurance fund. 3. Remedial actions required by the terms of any of the following: (a) A written agreement between the applicant and the director entered into before the date of an application under this article. (b) A judicial judgment or decree. (c) An administrative order issued before the date of an application under this article. 4. Remedial actions sought to be required in the complaint in a judicial action filed and served by the state before the date of the application under this article. 5. Remedial actions at a site or portion of a site listed on the registry maintained pursuant to section 49-287.01,  subsection D that address a contaminant of concern at that site,  except that the department may accept an application under this article for remediation of a site or a portion of a site for which a preliminary investigation has been commenced or completed pursuant to section 49-287.01 but that has not been listed on the registry maintained pursuant to section 49-287.01,  subsection D.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-173 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-173 - Application requirements

49-173.  Application requirements A. Each application to participate in a voluntary remediation program shall contain the following information: 1. The name and address of the person filing the application and the nature of the relationship of the person to the site,  if any. 2. A description of the location and boundaries of the site or portion of a site that is the subject of the remediation. 3. A description of characterization performed at the site or portion of the site,  if known. 4. A general description of the work to be performed or already performed by the applicant. The application shall state whether the applicant is requesting one or more of the following: (a) Approval of remedial actions to be performed. (b) Approval of remedial actions already performed. 5. A list of the actions of the director to compel remediation that the applicant proposes to be suspended by the approval. 6. Information to confirm that the work to be performed or already performed is eligible pursuant to section 49-172.  7. The fee required pursuant to section 49-179,  subsection A. 8. An agreement in which the applicant agrees: (a) To grant access to the site or portion of a site to the department at reasonable times to verify that the work is being performed in accordance with the work plan approved pursuant to section 49-177 or has been performed in accordance with the report submitted pursuant to section 49-181. (b) To reimburse the department for the department's costs,  pursuant to section 49-179,  for review of,  action on and oversight of the work plan pursuant to section 49-175 and 49-177 or the report pursuant to section 49-181.  (c) To carry out the tasks described in the work plan pursuant to section 49-175 in accordance with the schedule provided in the work plan,  or to submit a report pursuant to section 49-181. (d) To meet and confer with the department regarding the progress of the tasks performed in accordance with the work plan approved pursuant to section 49-177,  if applicable. (e) To submit an advance deposit to be applied against the department's reimbursable costs pursuant to section 49-179 for review of,  action on,  and oversight of the work plan submitted pursuant to section 49-175 or the report submitted pursuant to section 49-181.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-174 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-174 - Application review and approval

49-174.  Application review and approval A. After receipt of an application submitted pursuant to section 49-173,  the department shall promptly review the application and approve,  deny or request modifications to determine the applicant s eligibility to participate in the voluntary remediation program established by this article. An applicant is eligible to participate if the application contains all of the information listed in section 49-173 and the work performed or to be performed does not include activities listed in section 49-172,  subsection B. B. An application shall be deemed complete unless the department,  within sixty days of receipt,  notifies the applicant that the application is incomplete or has been denied. If the department determines that additional information is necessary to evaluate or to take final action on the application,  the department may request such information in writing and set a reasonable deadline for a response.  C. After an application is approved,  the applicant,  within a reasonable time period,  shall submit a work plan pursuant to section 49-175 or a report pursuant to section 49-181,  whichever is applicable.