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§ 10.1-1402.1:1. Annual fees for nonhazardous solid waste management facilities.

A. In addition to the permit fees assessed and collected pursuant to § 10.1-1402.1, the Board shall collect an annual fee from any person operating a sanitary landfill or other facility permitted under this chapter for the disposal, storage, or treatment of nonhazardous solid waste. The fees shall be exempt from statewide indirect cost charged and assessed by the Department of Accounts. Annual fees shall reflect the time and complexity of inspecting and monitoring the different categories of facilities. Any annual fee that is based on volume shall be calculated using the tonnage reported by each facility pursuant to § 10.1-1413.1 for the preceding year. The annual fee shall be assessed as follows:

1. Noncaptive industrial landfills                         $8,000

2. Construction and demolition debris landfills            $4,000

3. Sanitary landfills shall be assessed a fee based on their annual tonnage as

 follows:

Annual Tonnage                Base Fee          Fee per ton

over base fee

Up to 10,000                  $ 1,000

10,001 to 100,000             $ 1,000           $.09

100,001 to 250,000            $10,000           $.09

250,001 to 500,000            $23,500           $.075

500,001 to 1,000,000          $42,250           $.06

1,000,001 to 1,500,000        $72,250           $.05

Over 1,500,000                $97,250            $.04

4. Incinerators and energy recovery facilities shall be assessed a fee based

upon their annual tonnage as follows:

Annual Tonnage                   Fee

10,000 or less                   $2,000

10,001 to 50,000                 $3,000

50,001 to 100,000                $4,000

100,001 or more                  $5,000

5. Other types of facilities shall be assessed an annual fee as follows:

Composting                        $500

Regulated medical waste         $1,000

Materials recovery              $2,000

Transfer station                $2,000

Facilities in post-

closure care                      $500

B. The Board shall by regulation prescribe the manner and schedule for remitting fees imposed by this section and may allow for the quarterly payment of any such fees. The payment of any annual fee amounts owed shall be deferred until January 1, 2005, if the person subject to those fees submits a written request to the Department prior to October 1, 2004. The selection of this deferred payment option shall not reduce the amount owed.

C. The regulation shall include provisions allowing the Director to waive or reduce fees assessed during a state of emergency or for waste resulting from emergency response actions.

D. The Board may promulgate regulations establishing a schedule of reduced permit fees for facilities that have established a record of compliance with the terms and requirements of their permits and shall establish criteria, by regulation, to provide for reductions in the annual fee amount assessed for facilities based upon acceptance into the Department's programs to recognize excellent environmental performance.

E. The operator of a facility owned by a private entity and subject to any fee imposed pursuant to this section shall collect such fee as a surcharge on any fee schedule established pursuant to law, ordinance, resolution or contract for solid waste processing or disposal operations at the facility.

(2004, cc. 249, 324.)