Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-13-1606 - [Effective until 12/3/2025] Fees

A. In accordance with A.R.S. §§ 49-855(C)(2) and 49-863, the treatment, storage, or disposal facility in this state that first receives a shipment of PCS shall remit to the Department a fee of $6.68 per ton but not more than $66,835.67 per generator site per year for PCS that is transported to the facility.

B. Initial registration fee. Upon making a request for a special waste identification number on a form as provided by the Director pursuant to Article 13, A generator of PCS shall submit to the Department an initial registration fee of $900.

C. Annual registration fee. The Department shall bill an annual registration fee to a generator of PCS or special waste receiving facility that has received facility approval under R18-13-1607 that has not filed a notice of termination of registration with the Department as follows:

1. For a generator of PCS, $750; and

2. For a special waste receiving facility, $5,000.

D. The generator of PCS or special waste receiving facility shall pay the annual registration fee within 30 days of invoice receipt.

E. In accordance with A.R.S. § 49-855(G), a solid waste landfill that pays registration fees under A.R.S. § 49-747 is exempt from the annual registration fee under subsection (C) of this Section.

F.B. Beginning July 1, 2026, the Director shall adjust the fee amounts in subsection (A) of this Section annually by the following method, except that no adjustment in any year shall exceed four percent of the fee amount of the preceding year:

1. Multiply the amount by the October CPI for the most recent year and then divide by the October CPI for the year 2024. The October CPI for any year is the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, all items, published by the United States Department of Labor at www.bls.gov/cpi/regionalresources.htm, for October of that year.

2. Round the result from subsection (F)(1) to the nearest cent. ADEQ shall post the new amounts on its webpage and install them in the billing software as soon as practicable.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-13-1606

Recodified from R18-8-1606 at 8 A.A.R. 5172, effective November 27, 2002 (Supp. 02-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 18 A.A.R. 1217, effective July 1, 2012 (Supp. 12-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 348, effective 12/24/2024. Amended by Emergency Rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 1897, effective 6/6/2025, exp. 12/3/2025 (Emergency).