{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-49-172","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 49-172","heading":"Applicability","body":"A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, any person may request the department to review and approve work to be performed or already performed that addresses or has addressed a release of a contaminant to the environment by submitting an application to participate in the voluntary remediation program established by this article.\n\nB. This article shall not apply to any of the following activities:\n\n1. Corrective action at or closure of a facility that has qualified for interim status or to which a permit has been issued pursuant to section 49-922.\n\n2. Corrective action pursuant to section 49-1005, unless the person waives any right to reimbursement of costs from the state assurance fund.\n\n3. Remedial actions required by the terms of any of the following:\n\n(a) A written agreement between the applicant and the director entered into before the date of an application under this article.\n\n(b) A judicial judgment or decree.\n\n(c) An administrative order issued before the date of an application under this article.\n\n4. Remedial actions sought to be required in the complaint in a judicial action filed and served by the state before the date of the application under this article.\n\n5. Remedial actions at a site or portion of a site listed on the registry maintained pursuant to section 49-287.01, subsection D that address a contaminant of concern at that site, except that the department may accept an application under this article for remediation of a site or a portion of a site for which a preliminary investigation has been commenced or completed pursuant to section 49-287.01 but that has not been listed on the registry maintained pursuant to section 49-287.01, subsection D.","path":["Title 49 The Environment"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/49/00172.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"d4a752e58bc36645fa676fabd45b4b63b9697253938f6f8ff8bb3c27b0608085","source_id":"us-az","stale":true,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-49-171","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-49-173"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}