The following types of facilities are subject to solid waste facility plan approval or will be once appropriate rules are promulgated.

• Biosolids Processing Facilities
• Composting Facilities
• Medical Waste Facilities
• Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
• Recycling Facilities
• Non Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
• Solid Waste Storage Facilities
• Special Waste Facilities
• Transfer Stations
• Waste Tire Collection Sites

A solid waste facility plan approval is currently required for medical waste facilities, special waste facilities and municipal solid waste landfills. Solid waste land disposal facilities will be required to obtain a solid waste plan approval when appropriate rules are promulgated. Until that time theses facilities are subject to Aquifer Protection Permit (APP) requirements and must submit a notice to ADEQ.

Solid waste storage facilities and solid waste incinerators are subject to self-certification. However, self-certification rules have not been promulgated. Until rules are adopted these facilities must also submit a notice to ADEQ.

Transfer stations, dependent on throughput, are subject to either self-certification or best management practices and must submit a notice to ADEQ.

The remaining types of facilities, including biosolids processing facilities, recycling facilities and compost facilities, may require plan approval when appropriate rules are promulgated. Until that time, a notice is required for these facilities and they must operate according to the minimum operating standards.

Existing public solid waste facilities for which design and operational rules have been adopted must have obtained plan approval prior to October 1, 1996 to continue to operate. New facilities must obtain plan approval prior to construction and operation.

Rules and Statutes Relating to Solid Waste Facility Plan Approvals

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