Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-13-2102 - [Effective 12/3/2025] Solid Waste Landfill Registration; Annual Registration Fee

A. An operator of a new solid waste landfill shall register the solid waste landfill with the Department on a form approved by the Department.

B. An existing solid waste landfill shall pay an annual registration fee within 30 days of receipt of an invoice from the Department according to the following:

1. For solid waste landfills that received less than 60,000 tons during the defined time period, $5,000.

2. For solid waste landfills that received at least 60,000 tons but less than 225,000 tons during the defined time period, $10,000.

3. For solid waste landfills that received 225,000 tons or more during the defined time period, $18,565.

4. For municipal solid waste landfills that received 225,000 tons or more during the defined time period, $12,500.

5. Non-municipal solid waste landfills shall pay a flat fee of $3,750.

6. Solid waste landfills that are closed to the public and that accept nonhazardous waste only shall pay a flat fee of $3,750.

B.C. The Department shall determine the amount of waste received by a solid waste landfill by one of the following methods:

1. For a municipal solid waste landfill that accepted waste over the entire defined time period:

a.1. As the reported tons of solid waste received on the disposal fee invoices over the defined time period; or

b.2. As the reported units of compacted or uncompacted solid waste received on the disposal fee invoices and reported under R18-13-2104 over the defined time period.

2. For a municipal solid waste landfill that accepted waste for only a portion of the defined time period, but no less than a full quarter, the Department shall project the total amount of waste that would have been received by the landfill over the entire defined time period, using one of the following methods:

a. For a municipal solid waste landfill that reported receiving waste for at least a full three quarters but less than the entire defined period, the amount of waste for the remaining quarter is the total amount of the waste reported for the full three quarters divided by three;

b. For a municipal solid waste landfill that reported receiving waste for at least a full two quarters but less than three quarters, the amount of waste for the remaining two quarters is the same as the total amount of waste reported for the two full quarters; or

c. For a municipal solid waste landfill that reported receiving waste for at least one full quarter but less than two quarters, the amount of waste for the remaining three quarters is the total of the amount of the waste reported for the full quarter multiplied by three.

C. For a municipal solid waste landfill that accepted waste for less than a full quarter, the annual landfill registration fee is $1,250.

D. Beginning July 1, 2026, the Director shall adjust the fee amounts in subsection (B) 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/regional-resources.htm, for October of that year.

2. Round the result from subsection (C)(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.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-13-2102

New Section made by final rulemaking at 9 A.A.R. 1770, effective July 14, 2003 (Supp. 03-2). 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).