1. (1) Refer to Section 19-6-902 for definitions not found in this rule.

2. (2) For the purposes of the Decontamination Specialist Certification Program rules:

   1. (a) "Applicant" means any individual who applies to become a Certified Decontamination Specialist or applies to renew the existing certificate.
   2. (b) "Board" means the Solid and Hazardous Waste Control Board.
   3. (c) "Certificate" means a document that evidences certification.
   4. (d) "Certification" means approval by the Director or the Board to perform decontamination of contaminated property under Title 19 Chapter 6, Illegal Drug Operations Site Reporting and Decontamination Act.
   5. (e) "Certification Program" means the Division's process for issuing and revoking the Certification.
   6. (f) "Confirmation Sampling" means collecting samples during a preliminary assessment or upon completion of decontamination activities to confirm that contamination is below the decontamination standards outlined in R392-600, Illegal Drug Operations Decontamination Standards.
   7. (g) "Decontamination" means treatment or removal of contamination by a decontamination specialist or as otherwise allowed in the Illegal Drug Operations Site Reporting and Decontamination Act to reduce concentrations below the decontamination standards defined in R392-600 and to remove property from the contamination list specified in Subsection 19-6-903(3)(b).

   8. (h) "Department" means the Utah Department of Environmental Quality.

      1. (i) "Director" means the Director of the Division of Environmental Response and Remediation or the Director's designated representative.
   9. (j) "Division" means the Division of Environmental Response and Remediation.

   10. (k) "Lapse" in reference to the Certification, means to terminate automatically.

       1. (l) "UAPA" means the Utah Administrative Procedures Act, Title 63 Chapter 46b.

KEY: meth lab contractor certification, adjudicative proceedings, administrative proceedings, revocation procedures

Date of Last Change: August 29, 2011

Notice of Continuation: September 17, 2024

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 19-1-301; 19-6-901 et seq.; 63G-4-201 through 205; 63G-4-503