19-6-1301. Definitions.

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Effective 5/6/2026

As used in this part:

(1)"Account" means the Solar Panel Waste Restricted Account created in Section 19-6-1303 .

(2)"Board" means the Waste Management and Radiation Control Board created in Section 19-1-106 .

(3)"Hazardous solar panel waste" means solar panel waste that is hazardous waste in accordance with 40 C.F.R. Sec. 261.3.

(4)"Hazardous waste analysis" means a test to determine whether solar panel waste is hazardous solar panel waste that is:

(a)approved by the board; and

(b)consistent with 40 C.F.R. Part 261, Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste.

(5)"Landfill" means a solid waste treatment, storage, or disposal facility.

(6)"Nameplate capacity" means the same as that term is defined in Section 79-6-1101 .

(7)"Small-scale solar entity" means the seller of a solar energy system with a nameplate capacity of less than 20 megawatts.

(8)"Solar panel" means a device that is:

(a)rated to generate at least 200 watts of electric energy from solar energy; and

(b)designed for long-term residential, commercial, or utility-scale installation.

(9)"Solar panel installer" means a person that installs a solar panel for:

(a)residential use; or

(b)commercial use.

(10)"Solar panel waste" means a solar panel that is discarded or rejected as being spent, useless, worthless, or in excess of the solar panel owner's or operator's needs at the time of discard or rejection.

(11)"Solar panel waste disposal site" means a landfill or other disposal site that the director has approved for hazardous solar panel waste in accordance with Section 19-6-1306 .

(12)"Utility-scale solar facility" means a commercial facility that:

(a)has a capacity to generate electricity from solar energy;

(b)has not reached the end of the facility's operational life; and

(c)uses solar equipment with a nameplate capacity of at least 20 megawatts.

Enacted by Chapter 415 , 2026 General Session