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.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 49-859

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • 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. See Arizona Laws 49-851
  • Director: means the director of environmental quality who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 49-101
  • Special waste: means a solid waste as defined in Section 49-701. See Arizona Laws 49-851

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.