Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-13-2103 - [Effective 12/3/2025] Landfill Closure and Post-Closure Care Obligations; Fees

A. An operator of a new solid waste landfill shall register the solid waste landfill and pay the landfill registration fee as follows:

1. The operator shall pay the initial landfill registration fee within 30 days of the date that the Department approves the facility plan. The initial landfill registration fee is $1,250.

2. Registration is valid for one year, except if the landfill is initially registered during October, November, or December of a calendar year, the next landfill registration due date is December 31 of the following calendar year and each calendar year thereafter unless released from the annual landfill registration requirement as specified in subsection (C).

3. The annual registration fee remains $1,250 until the first annual registration period after the first full quarter of the defined time period.

B.A. The Department shall calculate and the solid waste landfill shall pay the annual landfill registration fee until the first defined time period after the solid waste landfill stops accepting waste.

C.B. From the time a solid waste landfill stops accepting waste as specified in subsection (A), until the owner or operator of the solid waste landfill has completed closure and is released from its obligation for post-closure care as required by A.R.S. §§ 49-761 or 49-770, the annual registration fee is $3,500.

C. 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.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-13-2103

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. Repealed by Emergency Rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 1897, effective 6/6/2025, exp. 12/3/2025 (Emergency).