Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Local health department: means the local health department, as defined in Section 26A-1-102, with jurisdiction over the recycler. See Utah Code 19-6-803
Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Tire: means a pneumatic rubber covering designed to encircle the wheel of a vehicle in which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway. See Utah Code 19-6-803
Waste tire: means :
(a)
a tire that is no longer suitable for the tire's original intended purpose because of wear, damage, or defect; or
(b)
a tire that a tire retailer removes from a vehicle for replacement with a new or used tire. See Utah Code 19-6-803
(a)
the land fill is operated in compliance with the requirements of 1;
(b)
the waste tire is shredded; and
(c)
the waste tire is stored in a segregated cell or other landfill facility that ensures that the disposed shredded waste tire is in a clean and accessible condition so that the waste tire may be reasonably retrieved and recycled at a future time.
(2)
The owner or operator of a landfill may apply to the local health department having jurisdiction over the applicant’s business address for reimbursement of $20 per ton of waste tires placed in the landfill if:
(a)
the waste tires are disposed in compliance with Subsection (1);
(b)
the waste tires are generated from within the state; and
(c)
the application includes:
(i)
the site from which the waste tires are removed;
(ii)
the landfill where the waste tires are disposed; and
(iii)
the amount of shredded tires disposed.
(3)
An application for reimbursement under this section is substantially the same as the application process required of recyclers applying for partial reimbursement under Section 19-6-813.
(4)
A waste tire, for which reimbursement is paid under this section, is not eligible for additional reimbursement under this part.
