{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-49-252","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 49-252","heading":"Closure notification and approval","body":"A. A person who owns or operates a dry well subject to this article or a groundwater protection permit facility as defined in section 49-241.01, subsection C or a person who has been issued a permit pursuant to this article shall notify the director of the intent to permanently cease an activity for which the facility or a portion of the facility was designed or operated.\n\nB. Within ninety days of the notification in subsection A of this section, the owner or operator shall submit a closure plan to the director.\n\nC. Within sixty days of submittal of a complete closure plan, the director shall determine whether or not the closure plan is for a clean closure.\n\nD. If the director determines that the closure plan is for a clean closure, the director shall send a letter of approval to the owner or operator and no aquifer protection permit shall be required.\n\nE. If the director determines that the proposed closure plan achieves a closure condition other than clean closure, the owner or operator shall submit either an application for an aquifer protection permit or a request to modify a current aquifer protection permit in order to address closure activities and postclosure monitoring and maintenance at the facility. The director shall require submittal of a permit application or a request to modify a permit within ninety days or a reasonable time not to exceed one year, if the applicant can supply a scope of work justifying a schedule for collecting the technical information necessary to apply.","path":["Title 49 The Environment"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/49/00252.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"a2770eae5c6594c6b77530c9ea19e90c89229a0ca72c8604f9b432fe58da9350","source_id":"us-az","stale":true,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-49-251","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-49-255"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}