Ariz. Admin. Code § 18-11-102

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R18-11-102 - Applicability

A. The water quality standards prescribed in this Article apply to surface waters.

B. The water quality standards prescribed in this Article do not apply to the following:

1. A waste treatment system, including an impoundment, pond, lagoon, or constructed wetland that is a part of the waste treatment system;

2. A man-made surface impoundment and any associated ditch and conveyance used in the extraction, beneficiation, or processing of metallic ores that is not a surface water or is located in an area that once was a surface water but is no longer a surface water because it has been and remains legally converted, including:

a. A pit,

b. Pregnant leach solution pond,

c. Raffinate pond,

d. Tailing impoundment,

e. Decant pond,

f. Pond or a sump in a mine pit associated with dewatering activity,

g. Pond holding water that has come into contact with a process or product and that is being held for recycling,

h. Spill or upset catchment pond, or

i. A pond used for onsite remediation;

3. A man-made cooling pond that is neither created in a surface water nor results from the impoundment of a surface water; or

4. A surface water located on tribal lands.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-11-102

Adopted effective February 18, 1992 (Supp. 92-1). Amended effective April 24, 1996 (Supp. 96-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 1264, effective March 8, 2002 (Supp. 02-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 14 A.A.R. 4708, effective January 31, 2009 (Supp. 08-4).