Ariz. Admin. Code § 18-14-101

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

Section R18-14-101 - Definitions

In addition to the definitions in A.R.S. §§ 49-201, 49-241.02, 49-255, 49-331, and A.A.C. R18-9-101, A.A.C. R18-9-701, and A.A.C. R18-9-A901, the following terms apply to this Article:

1. "APP" means an Aquifer Protection Permit.

2. "Complex modification" means:

a. A revision of an individual Aquifer Protection Permit for a facility within a mining sector as defined in A.R.S. § 49-241.02(F)(1); and

b. A revision of an individual Aquifer Protection Permit for a facility within a non-mining sector due to any of the following:

i. An expansion of an existing pollutant management area requiring a new or relocated point of compliance;

ii. A new subsurface disposal including injection or recharge, or new wetlands construction;

iii. Submission of data indicating contamination, or identification of a discharging facility or pollutants not included in previous applications that requires reevaluation of BADCT; or

iv. Closure of a facility that cannot meet the clean closure requirements of A.R.S. § 49-252 and requires post-closure care, monitoring, or remediation.

3. "Courtesy review" means a design review service that the Department performs within 30 days from the date of receiving the submittals, of the 60 percent completion specifications, design report, and construction drawings for a sewage collection system.

4. "Priority review" means a design review service for an APP Type 4 permit application that the Department completes using not more than 50 percent of the total review time-frame for the applicable Type 4 permit application as specified in 18 A.A.C. 1, Table 10.

5. "Request" means a written application, notice, letter, or memorandum submitted by an applicant to the Department for water quality protection services. The Department considers a request made on the date it is received by the Department.

6. "Review hours" means the hours or portions of hours that the Department's staff spends on a request for a water quality protection service. Review hours include the time spent by the project manager and technical review team members, and if requested by the applicant, the supervisor or unit manager.

7. "Review-related costs" means any of the following costs applicable to a specific request for water quality protection service:

a. Presiding officer services for public hearings on a permitting decision,

b. Court reporter services for public hearings on a permitting decision,

c. Facility rentals for public hearings on a permitting decision,

d. Charges for laboratory analyses performed during the review, and

e. Other reasonable and necessary review-related expenses documented in writing by the Department and agreed to by an applicant.

8. "Standard modification" means an amendment to an individual Aquifer Protection Permit that is not a complex modification.

9. "UIC" means Arizona's Underground Injection Control Program.

10. "Water quality protection service" means:

a. Reviewing a request for an APP determination of applicability;

b. Pre-application consultation, issuing, renewing, amending, modifying, transferring, or denying an aquifer protection permit, an AZPDES permit, a UIC permit, a UIC application for an aquifer exemption or an injection depth waiver or a reclaimed water permit;

c. Reviewing supplemental information required by a permit condition, including annual reports and closure for an APP;

d. Performing an APP clean closure plan review;

e. Issuing or denying a Certificate of Approval for Sanitary Facilities for a Subdivision;

f. Registering or transferring registration of a dry well;

g. Conducting a site visit;

h. Reviewing proprietary and other reviewed products under A.A.C. R18-9-A309(E);

i. Reviewing, processing, and managing documentation related to an AZPDES general permit, including a notice of intent, notice of termination, certificate of no exposure, and waiver;

j. Registering and reporting land application of biosolids; or

k. Pretreatment program review, inspection, or audit.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-14-101

Adopted effective November 15, 1996 (Supp. 96-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 7 A.A.R. 564, effective January 2, 2001 (Supp. 01-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 17 A.A.R. 568, effective July 1, 2011 (Supp. 11-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 28 A.A.R. 1811, effective 9/6/2022. Amended by final rulemaking at 29 A.A.R. 1869, effective 8/4/2023.