Utah Administrative Code (Current through November 1, 2019) |
R315. Environmental Quality, Waste Management and Radiation Control, Waste Management |
R315-301. Solid Waste Authority, Definitions, and General Requirements |
R315-301-4. Prohibition of Illegal Disposal or Incineration of Solid Waste
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(1) No person shall incinerate, burn, or otherwise dispose of any solid waste in any place except at a facility which is in compliance with the requirements of Rules R315-301 through 320 and other applicable rules.
(2) When any solid waste is disposed in a manner not in compliance with the requirements of Rules R315-301 through 320, or other applicable rules, the property owner of the disposal site or the person responsible for the illegal disposal or both:
(a) shall remove the solid waste from the illegal disposal site to a permitted solid waste disposal facility and, if necessary, shall remediate the site; or
(b) shall apply for a permit form the Director and shall meet all of the following;
(i) submit the required permit application in the time frame specified by the Director and respond promptly to all requests for information from the Director related to the permit application;
(ii) shall immediately meet all of the operational monitoring and waste handling criteria of Rules R315-301 through 320; and
(iii) shall follow the requirements of Rule R315-301-4(2)(a) if a permit is not granted.
(3) Any person disposing of solid waste in a manner not in compliance with the requirements of Rules R315-301 through 320, or other applicable rules, may be subject to enforcement action in addition to meeting the requirements of Rule R315-301-4(2).
(4) When deposition or disposal of the following materials does not cause a hazard to human health or the environment or cause a public nuisance, the requirements of Rules R315-301 through 320 do not apply to:
(a) inert waste used as fill material;
(b) the disposal of mine tailings and overburden;
(c) the disposal of vegetative material generated as a result of land clearing; or
(d) the disposal of vegetative agricultural waste.