Senate Engrossed House Bill

 

solid waste; sludge; water quality

(now: prohibition; biosolids; land application)

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature

First Regular Session

2023

 

 

 

 

CHAPTER 167

 

HOUSE BILL 2669

 

An Act

 

amending section 49-255.03, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to sewage biosolids.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 49-255.03, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE49-255.03. Sewage sludge program; rules and requirements

A. The director shall adopt rules to establish a sewage sludge program that is consistent with the requirements of sections 402 and 405 of the clean water act.  Except as otherwise required by this article, the director shall not adopt any requirement that is more stringent than any requirements of the clean water act. The director shall not adopt any requirement that conflicts with any requirement of the clean water act.

B. The rules adopted by the director shall provide for the regulation of all sewage sludge use or disposal practices used in this state.

C. Notwithstanding any other law or rule, the director shall require any land application of a substance that contains sewage or septage to comply with the rules established pursuant to subsection A of this section, including pathogen reduction requirements that is consistent with the clean water act.

d. Notwithstanding any other law or rule, a biosolid combined with a solid waste shall be regulated as a solid waste pursuant to chapter 4 of this title. END_STATUTE


 

 

 

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR JUNE 16, 2023.

 

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 16, 2023.