Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-13-501 - [Effective until 12/3/2025] Solid Waste Facilities Requiring Self-Certification; Registration Fees
A. The
following solid waste facilities requiring self-certification under A.R.S.
§
49-762.01 shall register with the
Department and pay annual registration fees as provided in this Section:
1. A transfer facility, as defined in A.R.S.
§
49-701, with a daily throughput of
more than 180 cubic yards, including a material recovery facility, but not
including:
a. A material recovery facility
where the incoming materials are primarily source separated recyclables;
or
b. Community or neighborhood
recycling bins including drop boxes, roll off containers, and plastic
containers used to collect residential, business, or governmental recyclable
solid waste.
2. A
facility storing 5,000 or more waste tires on any one day and not required to
obtain plan approval.
3. A waste
tire shredding and processing facility.
B. Initial registration for a new facility.
The owner or operator of a planned new facility identified in subsection (A) of
this Section shall submit the following information to the Department before
beginning construction:
1. The name of the
solid waste facility.
2. The name,
mailing address and telephone number of each owner and operator of the solid
waste facility.
3. The physical
location of the solid waste facility by physical address, latitude and
longitude, or legal description. If none of these are practical, by driving
directions from the nearest city or town.
4. A brief description of operations,
including waste management methods, types and volumes of waste handled, waste
storage and treatment equipment, and the length of time the waste remains
onsite.
5. A diagram of the
property showing its approximate size and the planned location of the solid
waste facility or facilities.
6.
Documentation that the facility will comply with local zoning laws or, if the
owner is an agency or political subdivision of this state, with A.R.S. §
49-767.
7. Documentation that the facility has any
other environmental permit that is required by statute.
8. A copy of the public notice in a newspaper
of general circulation in the area where the facility will be located stating
the intent to construct and operate a new solid waste facility pursuant to
A.R.S. §
49-762.05.
C. Initial and annual registration for an
existing facility. The owner or operator of an existing facility identified in
subsection (A) of this Section shall submit the following information to the
Department annually on a form approved by the Department and note any changes
since the last registration:
1. The name of
the solid waste facility.
2. The
name, address and telephone number of each owner and operator of the solid
waste facility.
3. The physical
location of the solid waste facility by physical address, latitude and
longitude, or legal description. If none of these are practical, by driving
directions from the nearest city or town.
4. A brief description of operations,
including waste management methods, types and volumes of waste handled, waste
storage and treatment equipment, and the length of time the waste remains
onsite.
5. A diagram of the
property showing its approximate size and the location of the solid waste
facility or facilities.
6.
Documentation that the facility remains in compliance with the most current
local zoning laws or with A.R.S. §
49-767, as applicable.
7. Documentation that the facility continues
to hold any other environmental permit that is required by
statute.
D.
Self-certification. With each registration under subsection (B) or (C) of this
Section, the owner or operator shall certify that the information submitted is
true, accurate, and complete to the best of the person's knowledge and
belief.
E. Registration fees. The
owner or operator of a transfer facility under subsection (A) (1) shall pay the
Department $1,485 for the initial registration of a new facility, and $742 for
each annual registration thereafter. The owner or operator of a tire facility
under subsection (A)(2) or (3) shall pay the Department $1,485 for the initial
registration of a new facility, and $371 for each annual registration
thereafter. The Department shall bill the annual registration fee to a solid
waste facility under subsection (A) that has not filed a notice of termination
of registration with the Department and the solid waste facility shall pay
within 30 days of invoice receipt.
F. Beginning July 1, 2026, the Director shall
adjust the fee amounts in subsection (E) of this Section annually by the
following method, except that no adjustment in any year shall exceed four
percent of the fee amount of the preceding year:
1. Multiply the amount by the October CPI for
the most recent year and then divide by the October CPI for the year 2024. The
October CPI for any year is the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers,
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, all items, published by the United States
Department of Labor at www.bls.gov/cpi/regional-resources.htm,
for October of that year.
2. Round
the result from subsection (F)(1) to the nearest cent. ADEQ shall post the new
amounts on its webpage and install them in the billing software as soon as
practicable.
1. "Department" means the
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.
2. "Material recovery facility" means a
transfer facility that collects, compacts, repackages, sorts, or processes
commingled recyclable solid waste generated offsite for the purpose of
recycling and transport, or where source separated recyclable solid waste is
processed for sale to various markets, and where the incoming materials are
predominantly recyclable solid waste.
3. "Recyclable solid waste" means a product
or material described in subsection (G)(3)(a) or (b), and for which subsection
(G)(3)(c) is true:
a. A product with no
useful life remaining for the purposes for which it was produced, or if useful
life remains, the product will not, due to location, quantity, or owner choice,
remain in use or be reused for a purpose for which it was produced.
b. A material that is a result of a process
or activity whose purpose was to produce something else.
c. The product or material retains some
economic value, with or without further processing, as a raw material or
feedstock in some process other than incineration or
combustion.
Notes
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A. The following solid waste facilities requiring self-certification under A.R.S. § 49-762.01 shall register with the Department and pay annual registration fees as provided in this Section:
1. A transfer facility, as defined in A.R.S. § 49-701, with a daily throughput of more than 180 cubic yards, including a material recovery facility, but not including:
a. A material recovery facility where the incoming materials are primarily source separated recyclables; or
b. Community or neighborhood recycling bins including drop boxes, roll off containers, and plastic containers used to collect residential, business, or governmental recyclable solid waste.
2. A facility storing 5,000 or more waste tires on any one day and not required to obtain plan approval.
3. A waste tire shredding and processing facility.
B. Initial registration for a new facility. The owner or operator of a planned new facility identified in subsection (A) of this Section shall submit the following information to the Department before beginning construction:
1. The name of the solid waste facility.
2. The name, mailing address and telephone number of each owner and operator of the solid waste facility.
3. The physical location of the solid waste facility by physical address, latitude and longitude, or legal description. If none of these are practical, by driving directions from the nearest city or town.
4. A brief description of operations, including waste management methods, types and volumes of waste handled, waste storage and treatment equipment, and the length of time the waste remains onsite.
5. A diagram of the property showing its approximate size and the planned location of the solid waste facility or facilities.
6. Documentation that the facility will comply with local zoning laws or, if the owner is an agency or political subdivision of this state, with A.R.S. § 49-767.
7. Documentation that the facility has any other environmental permit that is required by statute.
8. A copy of the public notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the area where the facility will be located stating the intent to construct and operate a new solid waste facility pursuant to A.R.S. § 49-762.05.
C. Initial and annual registration for an existing facility. The owner or operator of an existing facility identified in subsection (A) of this Section shall submit the following information to the Department annually on a form approved by the Department and note any changes since the last registration:
1. The name of the solid waste facility.
2. The name, address and telephone number of each owner and operator of the solid waste facility.
3. The physical location of the solid waste facility by physical address, latitude and longitude, or legal description. If none of these are practical, by driving directions from the nearest city or town.
4. A brief description of operations, including waste management methods, types and volumes of waste handled, waste storage and treatment equipment, and the length of time the waste remains onsite.
5. A diagram of the property showing its approximate size and the location of the solid waste facility or facilities.
6. Documentation that the facility remains in compliance with the most current local zoning laws or with A.R.S. § 49-767, as applicable.
7. Documentation that the facility continues to hold any other environmental permit that is required by statute.
D. Self-certification. With each registration under subsection (B) or (C) of this Section, the owner or operator shall certify that the information submitted is true, accurate, and complete to the best of the person 's knowledge and belief.
E. Registration fees. The owner or operator of a solid waste facility under subsection (A) shall pay the Department $3,600 for the initial registration of a new facility, and $3,000 for each annual registration thereafter. The Department shall bill the annual registration fee to a solid waste facility under subsection (A) that has not filed a notice of termination of registration with the Department and the solid waste facility shall pay within 30 days of invoice receipt.
F. Beginning July 1, 2026, the Director shall adjust the fee amounts in subsection (E) of this Section annually by the following method, except that no adjustment in any year shall exceed four percent of the fee amount of the preceding year:
1. Multiply the amount by the October CPI for the most recent year and then divide by the October CPI for the year 2024. The October CPI for any year is the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, all items, published by the United States Department of Labor at www.bls.gov/cpi/regional-resources.htm, for October of that year.
2. Round the result from subsection (F)(1) to the nearest cent. ADEQ shall post the new amounts on its webpage and install them in the billing software as soon as practicable.
1. "Department " means the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.
2. "Material recovery facility" means a transfer facility that collects, compacts, repackages, sorts, or processes commingled recyclable solid waste generated offsite for the purpose of recycling and transport, or where source separated recyclable solid waste is processed for sale to various markets, and where the incoming materials are predominantly recyclable solid waste.
3. "Recyclable solid waste" means a product or material described in subsection (G)(3)(a) or (b), and for which subsection (G)(3)(c) is true:
a. A product with no useful life remaining for the purposes for which it was produced, or if useful life remains, the product will not, due to location, quantity, or owner choice, remain in use or be reused for a purpose for which it was produced.
b. A material that is a result of a process or activity whose purpose was to produce something else.
c. The product or material retains some economic value, with or without further processing, as a raw material or feedstock in some process other than incineration or combustion.