Section R315-311-1 - General Requirements(1) Unless otherwise stated in Rules R315-301 through R315-320, permit actions taken by the director are subject to Rules R315-311 and R315-124. Upon submittal of the complete information required by Rule R315-310 the application will be reviewed in accordance with Section R315-124-3 and a draft permit or permit denial will be prepared in accordance with Sections R315-124-5 through R315-124-6. (a) After meeting the requirements of the public comment period and public hearing as stipulated in Section R315-311-3, the owner or operator may be issued a permit that will include appropriate conditions and limitations on operation and types of waste to be accepted at the facility.(b) Construction may not begin before the receipt of the permit.(3) A permit can be granted for up to ten years by the director, except as allowed in Subsection R315-311-1(5).(4) The owner or operator, or both, if the owner and the operator are not the same person, of each solid waste facility shall:(a) apply for a permit renewal, as required by Section R315-310-9, 180 days before the expiration date of the current permit if the permit holder intends to continue operations after the current permit expires; and(b) for facilities that require financial assurance in accordance with Section R315-309-1, submit, for review and approval by the director on a schedule of no less than five years, a complete update of the financial assurance required in Rule R315-309 that shall contain:(i) a calculation of the current costs of closure as required by Subsection R315-309-2(3); and(ii) a calculation that is not based on a closure cost that has been received by applying an inflation factor to past cost estimates.(5) A permit for a facility in post-closure care:(a) may be issued for the life of the post-closure care period; and(b) the holder of the post-closure care permit shall comply with Subsection R315-311-1(4)(b).Utah Admin. Code R315-311-1
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2024-03, effective 1/16/2024