HB2580 - Environmental Quality Omnibus

• Repeals sections of Arizona Revised Statutes relating to hazardous waste disposal at state sites (sections 49-902, 49-903, 49-904, 49-905) and removes reporting requirements for carbon dioxide emissions state plans (section 49-459).

• Amends water quality certification requirements under the Clean Water Act by streamlining the application review process, limiting certification conditions to water quality standards compliance, and automatically granting certifications for certain mining and remedial activities.

• Modifies recycling program definitions by eliminating specialized definitions for newsprint, recycled paper, paper products, and recycling equipment, and renumbers remaining definitions in section 49-831.

• Eliminates the requirement for emissions inspection program contracts to undergo prior review by the joint legislative budget committee and allows the director to modify contracts for regulatory compliance without public bidding.

• Makes technical corrections to environmental statutes including grammar updates, clarifications to rulemaking provisions for hazardous air pollutant controls, and streamlined community involvement procedures for remedial action sites.