Section R315-301-4 - Prohibition of Illegal Disposal or Incineration of Solid Waste(1) No person shall incinerate, burn, or otherwise dispose of any solid waste in any place except at a facility which is in compliance with the requirements of Rules R315-301 through R315-320 and other applicable rules.(2) If any solid waste is disposed in a manner not in compliance with the requirements of Rules R315-301 through R315-320, or other applicable rules, the property owner of the disposal site or the person responsible for the illegal disposal or both:(a) shall remove the solid waste from the illegal disposal site to a permitted solid waste disposal facility and, if necessary, shall remediate the site; or(b) shall apply for a permit from the director and shall meet each of the following: (i) submit the required permit application in the time frame specified by the director and respond promptly to any requests for information from the director related to the permit application;(ii) shall immediately meet the operational monitoring and waste handling criteria of Rules R315-301 through R315-320; and(iii) shall follow the requirements of Subsection R315-301-4(2)(a) if a permit is not granted.(3) Any person disposing of solid waste in a manner not in compliance with the requirements of Rules R315-301 through R315-320, or other applicable rules, may be subject to enforcement action in addition to meeting the requirements of Subsection R315-301-4(2).(4) If deposition or disposal of the following materials does not cause a hazard to human health or the environment or cause a public nuisance, the requirements of Rules R315-301 through R315-320 do not apply to: (a) inert waste used as fill material;(b) the disposal of mine tailings and overburden at the site of generation;(c) the disposal of vegetative material generated as a result of land clearing;(d) the disposal of vegetative agricultural waste;(e) the following waste if managed at a facility that is solely for recycling, reuse, or reprocessing: (iv) flue gas emission control waste generated primarily from the combustion of coal or other fossil fuels; or(f) the following wastes if disposal occurs at an on-site location owned and operated by the generator:(i) waste from the extraction, beneficiation, and processing of ores and minerals listed in Subsection R315-261-4(b)(7)(ii); orUtah Admin. Code R315-301-4
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-03, effective 1/16/2024