R315. Environmental Quality, Waste Management and Radiation Control, Waste Management.R315-301. Solid Waste Authority, Definitions, and General Requirements.
R315-301-1. Authority and Purpose.
Rules R315-301 through R315-322 are promulgated under the authority of the Solid and Hazardous Waste Act, Chapter 6 of Title 19, to protect human health, to prevent land, air and water pollution, and to conserve the state's natural, economic and energy resources by setting minimum performance standards for the proper management of solid wastes originating from residences, commercial, agricultural, and other sources.
R315-301-2. Definitions.
Terms used in Rules R315-301 through R315-322 are defined in Sections 19-1-103, 19-6-102, and 19-6-803. In addition, the following definitions apply to Rules R315-301 through R315-322.
(1) "Active area" means that portion of a facility where solid waste recycling, reuse, treatment, storage, or disposal operations are being conducted.
(2) "Airport" means a public use airport open to the public without earlier permission and without restrictions within the physical capacities of available facilities.
(3) "Aquifer" means a geological formation, group of formations, or portion of a formation that contains sufficiently saturated permeable material to yield usable quantities of groundwater to wells or springs.
(4) "Areas susceptible to mass movement" means those areas of influence, characterized as having an active or substantial possibility of mass movement, where the movement of earth material at, beneath, or adjacent to the landfill unit, because of natural or human induced events, results in the downslope transport of soil and rock material by gravitational influence. Areas of mass movement include landslides, avalanches, debris slides and flows, soil fluction, block sliding, and rock falls.
(5) "Asbestos waste " means friable asbestos, which is any material containing more than 1% asbestos as determined using the method specified in Appendix A, 40 CFR Part 763.1, 2001 ed., which is incorporated by reference, that if dry, can be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.
(6) "Background concentration" means the concentration of a contaminant in groundwater upgradient or a lateral hydraulically equivalent point from a facility, practice, or activity, and which has not been affected by that facility, practice, or activity.
(7) "Class I Landfill" means a non commercial landfill or a landfill that meets the definition found in Subsection 19-6-102(3)(b)(iii) and is permitted by the director:
(a) to receive for disposal:
(i) municipal solid waste;
(ii) any other nonhazardous solid waste, not otherwise limited by rule or solid waste permit; or
(iii) in conjunction with municipal solid waste or other nonhazardous solid waste, waste from a very small quantity generator of hazardous waste, as defined by Section R315-260-10; and
(b) does not meet the standards of Subsection R315-303-3(4)(e)(v).
(8) "Class II Landfill" means a non commercial landfill or a landfill that is permitted by the director:
(a) to receive for disposal:
(i) municipal solid waste;
(ii) any other nonhazardous solid waste, not otherwise limited by rule or solid waste permit; or
(iii) in conjunction with municipal solid waste or other nonhazardous solid waste, waste from a very small quantity generator of hazardous waste, as defined by Section R315-260-10; and
(b) meets the standards of Subsection R315-303-3(4)(e)(v).
(9) "Class III Landfill" means a non commercial landfill that is permitted by the director to receive for disposal only industrial solid waste.
(10) "Class IV Landfill" means a non commercial landfill that is permitted by the director to receive for disposal only:
(a) construction or demolition waste;
(b) yard waste;
(c) inert waste;
(d) dead animals, as approved by the director and upon meeting the requirements of Section R315-315-6;
(e) waste tires and materials derived from waste tires, upon meeting the requirements of Section 19-6-804 and Section R315-320-3; and
(f) petroleum contaminated soils, upon meeting the requirements of Subsection R315-315-8(3).
(11) "Class V Landfill" means a commercial nonhazardous solid waste disposal facility, as defined by Subsection 19-6-102(3), that is permitted by the director to receive for disposal:
(a) municipal solid waste;
(b) any other nonhazardous solid waste, not otherwise limited by rule or solid waste permit; and
(c) in conjunction with municipal solid waste or other nonhazardous solid waste, waste from a very small quantity generator of hazardous waste, as defined by Section R315-260-10.
(12) "Class VI Landfill" means a commercial nonhazardous solid waste landfill, as defined by Subsection 19-6-102(3), that is permitted by the director to receive for disposal only:
