The following solid waste facilities are subject to best management practices adopted in accordance with section 49-761, subsection H:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 49-762.02

  • Director: means the director of environmental quality who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 49-101
  • Facility plan: means any design or operating plan for a solid waste facility or group of solid waste facilities other than a permit issued under article 11 of this chapter. See Arizona Laws 49-701
  • Land disposal: means placement of solid waste in or on land. See Arizona Laws 49-701
  • On site: means the same or geographically contiguous property that may be divided by public or private right-of-way if the entrance and exit between the properties are at a crossroads intersection and access is by crossing the right-of-way and not by traveling along the right-of-way. See Arizona Laws 49-701
  • Solid waste facility: means a transfer facility and any site owned, operated or used by any person for the storage, processing, treatment or disposal of solid waste, conditionally exempt small quantity generator waste or household hazardous waste but does not include the following:

    (a) A site at which less than one ton of solid waste that is not household waste, household hazardous waste, conditionally exempt small quantity generator waste, medical waste or special waste and that was generated on site is stored, processed, treated or disposed in compliance with Section 49-762. See Arizona Laws 49-701

  • Storage: means the holding of solid waste. See Arizona Laws 49-701

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 Title 40 of the 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, Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 257, subparts A and B.

(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 Title 40 of the 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.