Utah Code § 19-6-104 Powers of Board - Creation of Statewide Solid Waste Management Plan

LibraryUtah Statutes
Edition2023
CurrencyCurrent through the 2023 Second Special Session
Year2023
CitationUtah Code § 19-6-104

[(1) The board may:]

[(a) make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, that are necessary to implement the provisions of the Radiation Control Act;]

[(b) recommend that the director:]

[(i) issue orders necessary to enforce the provisions of the Radiation Control Act;]

[(ii) enforce the orders by appropriate administrative and judicial proceedings; or]

[(iii) institute judicial proceedings to secure compliance with this part;]

[(c) (i) hold a hearing that is not an adjudicative proceeding; or]

[(ii) appoint hearing officers to conduct a hearing that is not an adjudicative proceeding;]

[(d) accept, receive, and administer grants or other funds or gifts from public and private agencies, including the federal government, for the purpose of carrying out any of the functions of the Radiation Control Act; or]

[(e) order the director to impound radioactive material in accordance with Section 19-3-111.]

[(2) (a) The board shall promote the planning and application of pollution prevention and radioactive waste minimization measures to prevent the unnecessary waste and depletion of natural resources; and]

[(b) review the qualifications of, and issue certificates of approval to, individuals who:]

[(i) survey mammography equipment; or]

[(ii) oversee quality assurance practices at mammography facilities.]

[(3)] (1) The board shall:

(a) survey solid and hazardous waste generation and management practices within this state and, after public hearing and after providing opportunities for comment by local governmental entities, industry, and other interested persons, prepare and revise, as necessary, a waste management plan for the state;

[(b) order the director to:]

[(i) issue orders necessary to effectuate the provisions of this part and rules made under this part;]

[(ii) enforce the orders by administrative and judicial proceedings; or]

[(iii) initiate judicial proceedings to secure compliance with this part;]

[(c)] (b) promote the planning and application of resource recovery systems to prevent the unnecessary waste and depletion of natural resources;

[(d)] (c) meet the requirements of federal law related to solid and hazardous wastes to [insure] ensure that the solid and hazardous wastes program provided for in this part is qualified to assume primacy from the federal government in control over solid and hazardous waste;

[(e)] (d)

(i) require [any] a facility, including [those] a facility listed in Subsection [(3)(e)(ii)] (1)(d)(ii), to submit plans, specifications, and other information required by the board to the director [prior to] before construction, modification, installation, or establishment of a facility to allow the director to determine whether the proposed construction, modification, installation, or establishment of the facility will be in accordance with rules made under this part;

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