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AZ Rev Stat § 49-591 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-591 - Exemptions

49-591.  Exemptions A. Employers opening for business,  or hiring,  relocating or otherwise adding employees so as to become subject to the requirements of this section within sixty days before the annual due date for the annual survey,  are not required to submit the survey or plan until the next annual due dates. B. The task force may grant an exemption to employers from the requirement to attain trip reduction goals specified in section 49-588. Exemptions shall be granted if the employer demonstrates that effective trip reduction strategies were implemented on or after July 1,  1988. Those exemptions may be granted only for the first year in which an employer is subject to this section. Employers shall demonstrate that effective strategies are in place by providing: 1. A detailed description of the trip reduction strategies and how they are implemented. 2. The period of time that the strategies have been in place. 3. Evidence indicating that the strategies have been effective in reducing the proportion of employees commuting by single occupancy vehicles. C. The task force shall grant an exemption only on finding: 1. The evidence submitted by the employer is valid. 2. The trip reduction strategies have reduced trips at least as much as specified in the trip reduction goals pursuant to section 49-588.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-592 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-592 - Appeals

49-592.  Appeals A. Any major employer or resident of the political subdivision may appeal a decision of the task force to authorize or withhold variances or a decision of the task force regarding enforcement or other provisions of this article. B. The board shall hear and decide the appeal. If the decision is to disapprove the plan,  the plan shall be returned to the task force for review and revision.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-593 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-593 - Violations; civil penalties

49-593.  Violations;  civil penalties A. On determining a violation of this article the board shall request the county attorney to take appropriate legal action. B. Violations of any of the following requirements may subject a major employer to increased civil penalties: 1. Failure to collect or supply information requested by the task force. 2. Failure to disseminate information on alternate modes and other travel reduction measures as specified in this article. 3. Failure to designate a transportation coordinator. 4. Failure to submit an approvable travel reduction plan. 5. Failure to implement an approved plan within the time schedule provided or failure to perform a revision of a plan as required by the task force. C. Failure by a major employer to meet travel reduction goals as prescribed in section 49-588 does not constitute a violation if the major employer is attempting in good faith to meet the goals. D. Except as provided in subsection C of this section,  any employer that violates the requirements of this article is subject to a civil penalty of not to exceed one hundred dollars for a first violation,  two hundred dollars for a second violation within one year and three hundred dollars for each additional violation within one year. Violations of this article which continue for more than one day constitute separate violations on each day. All civil penalties collected shall be deposited in the county general fund.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-702 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-702 - Authorization to accept funds or grants

49-702.  Authorization to accept funds or grants The department,  counties and incorporated cities and towns may accept and expend any funds granted to them or otherwise made available by the federal government,  any political subdivision of this state,  any agency or branch of the federal or state government,  or any private agency in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-703 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-703 - Joint operation

49-703.  Joint operation A. The department may cooperate with,  coordinate or enter into agreements and memoranda of understanding with appropriate federal,  state,  political subdivision and tribal governments,  and with other appropriate persons,  both public and private,  in carrying out its duties and promoting its objectives under this chapter. B. Each county,  city or town may exercise authority to jointly own or operate,  with any other person,  any public facility within this state and also may enter into cooperative agreements as necessary and appropriate for the operation of any public facility. C. Each county,  city or town may,  either alone or in combination with any other county,  city or town,  contract with any person to provide any service required or authorized by this chapter.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-704 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-704 - Applicability of chapter to local regulations and services

49-704.  Applicability of chapter to local regulations and services This chapter does not prevent any county,  city or town from adopting and enforcing any ordinance,  resolution or other policy relating to solid waste regulation or solid waste services if such policy is otherwise authorized by statute or charter and is not in conflict with this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-705 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-705 - Integration of solid waste programs

49-705.  Integration of solid waste programs The director shall consider and integrate federal and state laws and rules and all of the programs authorized in this chapter and those other programs regulating solid waste management that are administered by the department for purposes of administration and enforcement and shall avoid duplication and dual regulation to the maximum extent practicable.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-706 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-706 - Waste programs general permits; rules

49-706.  Waste programs general permits;  rules A. The department may establish a general permit for any permit or license issued pursuant to this chapter. The general permit consists of the following: 1. The director may issue by rule a general permit for a defined class of facilities,  activities or practices if all of the following apply: (a) The cost of issuing individual permits or licenses cannot be justified by any environmental or public health benefit that may be gained from issuing individual permits. (b) The facilities,  activities or practices in the class are substantially similar in nature. (c) The director is satisfied that appropriate conditions under a general permit for operating the facilities or conducting the activity or practice will meet the applicable requirements prescribed in this chapter for the facility,  activity or practice. 2. In addition to other applicable enforcement actions,  if a person is in substantial noncompliance with the conditions of a general permit,  the director may revoke coverage under the general permit for that person and require that the person obtain an individual permit. A general permit may be revoked,  modified or suspended by rule if the director determines that any of the conditions prescribed in paragraph 1 no longer apply. 3. Rules adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 may require a person seeking coverage under a general permit to notify the director of the person's intent to operate pursuant to the general permit and to pay the applicable fee established by the director by rule. B. After the effective date of this amendment to this section,  the director shall establish by rule fees for general permits pursuant to this section,  including maximum fees. As part of the rule making process,  there must be public notice and comment and a review of the rule by the joint legislative budget committee. After September 30,  2013,  the director shall not increase those fees by rule without specific statutory authority for the increase. Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  in the solid waste fee fund established by section 49-881.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-721 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-721 - Statewide solid waste management plan

49-721.  Statewide solid waste management plan The department shall prepare and keep current a statewide solid waste management plan which establishes standards for solid waste facilities in cooperation with facility owners or operators,  local governments and management agencies. The department shall notify solid waste management agencies and facility owners or operators of proposed changes to the plan at least three months prior to submission of the plan to the director for adoption. The department shall update and readopt the plan as determined necessary by the director.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-722 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-722 - Planning and technical assistance

49-722.  Planning and technical assistance A. The department may provide technical and planning assistance as appropriate to solid waste facility owners or operators and management agencies,  including the training of personnel. B. Each county,  city or town may render technical assistance as appropriate to the state,  counties,  municipalities,  local agencies,  local health officers,  private industries and others in the planning and operation of solid waste facilities.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-723 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-723 - Research and development

49-723.  Research and development A. The department may initiate,  conduct and support research,  development and demonstration projects and programs directed toward improving solid waste management,  resource conservation and resource recovery methods,  techniques,  systems and facilities,  or for preventing or mitigating the adverse effects of environmental pollution. B. Each county,  city or town may conduct studies and investigations regarding new or improved methods of solid waste management and may coordinate the studies with other agencies. C. If the research,  development or demonstration project is subject to solid waste facility plan requirements pursuant to section 49-762,  the department may exempt the project from some or all of the plan review requirements for no more than one year.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-724 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-724 - Distribution of appropriated funds to local governments

49-724.  Distribution of appropriated funds to local governments The department may develop criteria in consultation with local governments for the distribution of funds appropriated to county,  city or town management agencies or their designated representatives,  if funds have been appropriated for this purpose.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-741 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-741 - Local public facilities for solid waste management

49-741.  Local public facilities for solid waste management Each county,  city or town shall: 1. Provide or otherwise ensure proper arrangements are made for public facilities at such intervals and as conveniently as the governing body deems necessary for the safe and sanitary disposal of solid waste generated within its jurisdiction but need not duplicate a service provided by a private enterprise or another political subdivision. 2. Comply with regulations adopted by the director in the administration of solid waste management programs.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-742 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-742 - User fees

49-742.  User fees User fees may be established or waived by a county,  city or town to cover all or part of the cost of development,  construction,  operation,  administration and financing of solid waste management activities.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-743 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-743 - Commercial permits

49-743.  Commercial permits Each county,  city or town may require that persons using public facilities provided by it obtain permits if determined necessary for the purpose of regulating,  identifying and determining specific categories of waste and waste haulers.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-744 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-744 - Salvaging

49-744.  Salvaging A management agency may permit salvaging,  but such salvaging shall be supervised and strictly controlled. Each county,  city or town may regulate salvaging of solid waste at any public facility it provides.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-745 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-745 - Ownership of solid waste

49-745.  Ownership of solid waste Solid waste offered or set out for collection,  transportation,  storage,  disposal or recovery becomes,  on acceptance by a management agency or solid waste facility,  the sole property of the accepting management agency or solid waste facility.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-746 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-746 - Private enterprise recycling and solid waste management; definitions

49-746.  Private enterprise recycling and solid waste management;  definitions A. A municipality of this state shall not prohibit or unreasonably restrain a private enterprise from delivering recycling or solid waste management services to commercial,  industrial or multifamily residential properties within or to the municipality. B. The municipality shall prescribe rules for the delivery of recycling and solid waste management services for commercial,  industrial and multifamily residential properties that promote availability of these services and competition in the delivery of these services. C. A municipality of this state shall not be mandated to provide recycling and solid waste management services to commercial,  industrial and multifamily residential properties. D. Multifamily residential properties shall provide the applicable municipality with at least a sixty calendar day notice to terminate recycling or solid waste management services. E. For the purposes of this section: 1. " Dwelling unit"  has the same meaning prescribed in section 33-1310. 2. " Multifamily residential properties"  means any real property that has one or more structures and that contains five or more dwelling units for rent or lease that are subject to title 33,  chapter 10.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-747 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-747 - Annual registration of solid waste landfills; fee; disposition of revenue

49-747.  Annual registration of solid waste landfills;  fee;  disposition of revenue A. All solid waste landfills shall be registered annually with the department. B. The director shall establish a procedure for mailing registration forms each year to the owners of all solid waste landfills. The registration is valid for one year from the date of registration. C. At the time of registration the owner of a solid waste landfill shall pay to the department an annual fee. After the effective date of this amendment to this section,  the department shall establish by rule an annual fee,  including a maximum fee. As part of the rule making process,  there must be public notice and comment and a review of the rule by the joint legislative budget committee. After September 30,  2013,  the department shall not increase that fee by rule without specific statutory authority for the increase.  D. All monies collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  in the solid waste fee fund established by section 49-881. The director may authorize the expenditure of monies from the solid waste fee fund to pay the reasonable and necessary costs of administering the registration program pursuant to section 49-881.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-762 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-762 - Facilities requiring solid waste facility plans; exemption

49-762.  Facilities requiring solid waste facility plans;  exemption A. The owner or operator of the following solid waste facilities shall obtain approval of a solid waste facility plan in accordance with sections 49-762.03 and 49-762.04: 1. Solid waste land disposal facilities. 2. Biosolids processing facilities. 3. Medical waste facilities. 4. Special waste facilities. 5. Municipal solid waste landfills. 6. Commercial or government-owned household waste composting facilities. 7. A site at which at least five hundred waste tires are stored on any day and any tire is stored for more than twelve months unless the site is a waste tire collection site owned by a municipality or a county. B. Facilities that obtain and maintain coverage under a general permit established by the department pursuant to section 49-706 are exempt from submitting a solid waste facility plan pursuant to this section.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-762.01 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-762.01 - Facilities requiring self-certification

49-762.01.  Facilities requiring self-certification The owner or operator of all solid waste facilities that are not listed in either section 49-762 or 49-762.02 shall comply with self-certification procedures prescribed by section 49-762.05. A waste tire facility that is not required to obtain solid waste facility plan approval pursuant to section 49-762,  paragraph 7 must comply with self-certification procedures as prescribed in section 49-762.05.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-762.02 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-762.02 - Facilities subject to best management practices; rules

49-762.02.  Facilities subject to best management practices;  rules The following solid waste facilities are subject to best management practices adopted in accordance with section 49-761,  subsection H: 1. Transfer facilities that have a daily solid waste throughput of one hundred eighty cubic yards or less. 2. Recycling facilities that are located off site,  that are used for the collection of recyclable material,  that have a storage capacity of one hundred eighty cubic yards or less and that store the recyclable material for less than ninety days. 3. Recycling facilities that are located on site and that are used solely for the collection and storage of recyclable material for less than one hundred eighty days. 4. Closed loop recycling facilities that are located at the site of waste generation. 5. A site at which more than five hundred and fewer than five thousand waste tires are stored on any day and that is not required to obtain solid waste facility plan approval pursuant to section 49-762,  subsection A,  paragraph 7. 6. A solid waste facility where only asbestos-containing waste materials from manufactured products are stored,  processed,  treated or disposed. The best management practices for these facilities that shall apply are as follows: (a) For solid waste facilities handling asbestos-containing waste materials that are regulated under the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants in 40 Code of Federal Regulations part 61,  subpart M: (i) The national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants that are incorporated by reference in the rules adopted pursuant to chapter 3 of this title. (ii) For solid waste land disposal facilities that are not municipal solid waste landfills,  40 Code of Federal Regulations part 257. (iii) For solid waste land disposal facilities,  financial assurance pursuant to the requirements and time frames of section 49-770. (iv) Solid waste facility notification pursuant to section 49-762.05,  subsection B,  paragraph 5. (v) Compliance with local zoning laws or section 49-767,  if applicable. (b) For solid waste facilities handling asbestos-containing waste materials that are not regulated under the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants in 40 Code of Federal Regulations part 61,  subpart M: (i) Compliance with section 49-762.07. (ii) Compliance with local zoning laws or section 49-767,  if applicable. 7. Any other solid waste facility that the director determines by rule should be subject to best management practices.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-762.08 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-762.08 - Corrective actions; application

49-762.08.  Corrective actions;  application A. Beginning July 1,  1998,  the director,  in the absence of applicable corrective action rules adopted pursuant to section 49-761 for solid waste facilities other than solid waste landfills,  may require the owner or operator of a solid waste facility to conduct corrective action in response to a release,  as defined in section 49-281,  from a facility,  if the release violates or results from a violation of section 49-762.07,  subsection F or causes or threatens to cause a significant adverse effect on human health or the environment. B. Corrective action taken pursuant to this section shall be conducted in accordance with standards described in section 49-282.06,  subsection A,  subsection B,  paragraph 4,  subdivisions (a) and (b) and subsections C,  D and F. C. This section shall not apply to the following: 1. Corrective or remedial action of groundwater that has been impacted by an off-site source. 2. A release subject to a corrective action pursuant to chapter 6 of this title relating to underground storage tanks. 3. A release from a facility subject to the provisions of 40 Code of Federal Regulations part 257 or part 258. D. The department shall avoid practices or requirements that duplicate or are inconsistent with other applicable laws and rules,  to the maximum extent practicable,  for releases subject to corrective actions pursuant to any of the following: 1. Chapter 2,  article 3 of this title relating to aquifer protection permits. 2. Chapter 5 of this title relating to hazardous waste. 3. The federal water pollution control act amendments of 1972 (P.L. 92-500;  86 Stat. 2795;  42 United States Code sections 6901 through 6992). E. For a release from a solid waste facility that was caused or contributed to by more than one responsible party,  as defined in section 49-283,  the director's authority to require corrective action under this section is limited to releases that occur after July 1,  1998,  and when the owner or operator of the solid waste facility was subject to regulation pursuant to this chapter. Nothing in this subsection extends or limits the application of chapter 2,  article 5 of this title. F. For a release from a solid waste facility subject to the provisions of 40 Code of Federal Regulations part 257 or part 258,  the corrective action shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of those regulations.
AZ Rev Stat § 49-763 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 49 - The Environment|§ 49-763 - Inspections

49-763.  Inspections A. The department may conduct such inspections of solid waste facilities and sites that store,  treat or process recyclable solid waste as are necessary. The department shall give the management agency or the owner or the operator of the facility the opportunity to have its representative accompany the inspector. Within forty-five days after the date of the inspection,  the department shall provide to the facility owner or operator a copy of any inspection report produced as a result of an inspection of that facility that occurs as prescribed by this section.  B. Until the department adopts rules pursuant to section 49-761 for a particular type of solid waste facility,  solid waste facilities and sites that store,  treat or process recyclable solid waste shall be designed and operated as prescribed by section 49-762.07,  subsection F. The department's right to inspect facilities operating pursuant to this subsection is limited to ensuring that the facility is in compliance with section 49-762.07,  subsection F.