§22-15-23. Water Treatment Plant Sludge
(a) Water treatment plant sludge determined by the secretary to have beneficial properties may be beneficially used in accordance with requirements determined necessary by the secretary to protect human health and the environment. Persons seeking to beneficially use water treatment plant sludge shall meet the requirements of this article and the rules promulgated under this […]
§22-15-24. Composting Authorized
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, composting of organic materials, including, but not limited to, yard waste, food scraps, food-processing residue, soiled or unrecyclable paper, animal carcasses, and agricultural waste may be disposed of by composting in this state. (b) Any products sold as a result of composting are required to […]
§22-15-13. Pre-Siting Notice
Any person investigating an area for the purpose of siting a commercial solid waste facility where no current solid waste permit exists, in order to determine a feasible, approximate location, shall prior to filing an application for a solid waste permit publish a Class II legal advertisement in a qualified newspaper serving the county where […]
§22-15-14. Limitations on Permits; Encouragement of Recycling
(a) The director shall by rules promulgated in accordance with chapter twenty-nine-a of this code establish standards and criteria applicable to commercial solid waste facilities for the visual screening of such facilities from any interstate highway, turnpike, federal and state primary highway or scenic parkway. The director shall not issue a permit under this article […]
§22-15-15. Orders, Inspections and Enforcement; Civil and Criminal Penalties
(a) If the secretary, upon inspection or investigation by duly authorized representatives or through other means observes, discovers or learns of a violation of this article, its rules, article eleven of this chapter or its rules, or any permit or order issued under this article, he or she shall: (1) Issue an order stating with […]
§22-15-16. Appeal Procedures
Any person having an interest which is or may be adversely affected, or who is aggrieved by an order of the director, or by the issuance or denial of a permit or by the permit's terms or conditions, may appeal to the environmental quality board as provided in article one, chapter twenty-two-b of this code.
§22-15-17. Limited Extension of Solid Waste Facility Closure Deadline
(a) The director may grant an extension of the closure deadline up to September 30, 1994, to a solid waste facility required under the terms of an extension granted pursuant to this subsection to close by June 30, 1993, or required by solid waste management rules to close by September 30, 1993, provided that the […]
§22-15-18. Condition on Receiving Permit
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a permit application for a solid waste landfill facility submitted by any person who has owned, operated or held a permit for a solid waste landfill upon which funds have been, or are to be, expended on pursuant to the provisions of article sixteen of this chapter, […]
§22-15-19. Municipal and Commercial Solid Waste Incineration and Backhauling Prohibited; Exceptions
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, it is unlawful to install, establish or construct a new municipal or commercial solid waste facility utilizing incineration technology for the purpose of solid waste incineration: Provided, That such prohibition does not include the development of pilot projects which may include tire or tire […]
§22-15-20. Sewage Sludge Management
(a) Within the limits imposed by section eight, article fifteen of this chapter, the division shall develop and implement a comprehensive program for the regulation and management of sewage sludge. The division is authorized to require permits for all facilities and activities which generate, process or dispose of sewage sludge by whatever means, including, but […]