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Current as of May 05, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
As used in this part:
(1) “Board” means the Waste Management and Radiation Control Board created in Section 19-1-106.
(2) “Disposal” means the final disposition of hazardous wastes into or onto the lands, waters, and air of this state.
(3) “Hazardous wastes” means hazardous waste as defined in Section 19-6-102.
(4) “Hazardous waste treatment, disposal, and storage facility” means a facility or site used or intended to be used for the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste materials, including physical, chemical, or thermal processing systems, incinerators, and secure landfills.
(5) “Site” means land used for the treatment, disposal, or storage of hazardous wastes.
(6) “Siting plan” means the state hazardous waste facilities siting plan adopted by the board pursuant to Sections 19-6-204 and 19-6-205.
(7) “Storage” means the containment of hazardous wastes for a period of more than 90 days.
(8) “Treatment” means any method, technique, or process designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste to neutralize or render it nonhazardous, safer for transport, amenable to recovery or storage, convertible to another usable material, or reduced in volume and suitable for ultimate disposal.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Utah Code Title 19. Environmental Quality Code § 19-6-202. Definitions - last updated May 05, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ut/title-19-environmental-quality-code/ut-code-sect-19-6-202/
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