Solid Waste Facilities

The following types of facilities are subject to Solid Waste Facility Plan approval or Aquifer Protection Permit requirements.

• Biosolids Processing Facilities
• Composting Facilities
• Biohazardous Medical Waste Facilities
• Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
• Non-Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
• Special Waste Facilities
• Transfer Stations (subject to notice requirements only)
• Waste Tire Collection Sites

Solid Waste Facility Planning and Permitting Requirements

A solid waste facility may be subject to one or more of these requirements:

• Solid Waste Facility Plan Approval and Aquifer Protection Permits
  A Solid Waste Facility Plan approval is currently required for biohazardous medical waste facilities, special waste facilities (storage, transfer, treatment and disposal), and municipal solid waste landfills. The following checklists are available for municipal solid waste landfills and biohazardous medical waste facilities:
  
  
  • Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (MSWLF)
    • MSWLF Application Format
    • MSWLF Application Checklist
  • Biohazardous Medical Waste Facilities
    • Biohazardous Medical Waste Facility Application Format
    • Biohazardous Medical Waste Facility Application Checklist
  • Non-Municipal Solid Waste Landfills are subject to Aquifer Protection Permit (APP) requirements and must submit a notice to ADEQ (see Notices below). The following checklist is available for non-municipal solid waste landfills:
    • NMSWLF Application Approval Checklist

• Amending a Solid Waste Facility Plan
  Solid waste facility owners/operators are required to notify ADEQ of any change to the facility. ADEQ will determine the category of the change. As required by statute, certain changes will require plan review, fees and public notice. ADEQ must approve a type III or type IV change to the design or operation of an approved solid waste facility before work may begin.
  • Categories of amendments to Solid Waste Facility Plan approvals

• Notices (A.R.S. § 49-762.07)
  All solid waste facilities are required to file a notice with ADEQ no later than 30 days prior to operation for new facilities. A notice must provide:
  • Facility name and mailing address;
  • Legal description by township, range and section, and county assessor's book, map and parcel number;
  • Description of waste storage and treatment equipment and methods of waste management, including types and volumes of waste handled and time the waste remains on site;
  • Description of waste management practices used at the facility including measures taken to protect the environment and to protect the public health;
  • A diagram of the property showing the location of the solid waste facility or facilities.

• Send notices to ADEQ Solid Waste Plan Review Unit.

• Solid Waste Facility Plan Review Fees
  With each application submitted for approval pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes § 49-762.03, the applicant must remit an initial fee in accordance with the provided. ADEQ does not review a Solid Waste Facility Plan until the appropriate fee is received from the applicant.
  
  • Solid Waste Facility Plan Review Fee Schedule

• Financial Assurance
  Municipal solid waste landfills are required to demonstrate financial assurance on an annual basis.
  • For information and assistance

See also:
Water Quality Permits/Groundwater