Wis. Admin. Code Department of Natural Resources § NR 520.14 - Environmental fees
(1) ENVIRONMENTAL REPAIR FUND.
(a) All owners or operators of licensed solid
waste land disposal facilities shall pay to the department an environmental
repair fee for each ton of solid waste received and disposed of at the
facility, until the facility no longer receives waste and begins closure
activities. The environmental repair fee shall be as specified in s.
289.67(1),
Stats.
(b) All licensed nonapproved
facilities shall pay to the department an environmental repair base fee for
each calendar year until the facility no longer receives waste and begins
closure activities. The environmental repair base fees shall be as specified in
s.
289.67(3)
(b), Stats. The environmental repair base
fees may be reduced in accordance with s.
289.67(3)
(d), Stats. The environmental repair
surcharge shall be as specified in s.
289.67(4),
Stats.
(c) The department shall
deposit all environmental repair fees, environmental repair base fees, and
environmental repair surcharge fees into the environmental repair fund provided
for in s.
25.46, Stats.
The monies in the environmental repair fund shall be expended exclusively as
set forth in s.
292.31(3) and
(4), Stats.
(2) GROUNDWATER FUND. All owners or operators
of licensed solid waste land disposal facilities shall pay to the department a
groundwater fee for each ton of solid waste received and disposed of at the
facility, until the facility no longer receives wastes and begins closure
activities. The amount of the groundwater fee shall be as specified in s.
289.63(3),
Stats. The department shall deposit all groundwater fees into the groundwater
fund as provided for in s.
25.48,
Stats. The monies in the groundwater fund shall be expended as set forth in ss.
20.115(1)
(s),
20.370(4)
(mq),
20.435(1)
(q), and
20.165(2)
(q), Stats.
(3) CERTIFICATION AND PAYMENT OF FEES.
(a)
Certification of waste
received. The owner or operator of a licensed solid waste land
disposal facility or a processing facility which converts solid waste to fuel,
or a municipal solid waste combustor, or a solid waste incinerator shall
certify, on a form provided by the department, the amount of solid waste
received and disposed of or converted into fuel or burned during the preceding
reporting period. The department shall specify the term of the reporting period
on the certification form. The department shall mail the certification form to
the owner or operator every January. The certification form shall be completed
and returned to the department if the tonnage or categories of solid waste
disposed of during the preceding reporting period are different from the year
immediately preceding the reporting period. The certification form shall be
returned to the department within 45 days after mailing of the form by the
department to the owner or operator.
(b)
Payment of fees. Based
on information certified by the owner or operator under par. (a), the
department shall mail notice of fees due in May and the owner or operator shall
within 30 days after mailing of the fees notice, remit the appropriate fees to
the department. An owner or operator failing to remit the appropriate fees
within 30 days after mailing of the fees notice to the owner or operator shall
pay a late processing fee of $50 in addition to the appropriate fees.
(c)
Certification of
remaining capacity and sources of waste. In addition to the
certification under par. (a), the owner or operator of a licensed solid waste
land disposal facility or a processing facility which converts solid waste to
fuel, or a municipal solid waste combustor, or a solid waste incinerator shall
certify to the department on a form provided by April 1 of each year the
following information for the previous calendar year:
1. The name of the owner of the
facility.
2. The location of the
facility.
3. For a solid waste
disposal facility, the remaining capacity available for disposal.
4. A list of all licensed haulers
transporting waste to the facility for disposal or treatment in the previous
year.
5. A list of the states of
origin of solid waste disposed of or treated at the facility in the previous
year and the amount, by weight, of that solid waste originating in each
state.
6. For waste received from
outside of Wisconsin, the following additional information shall be provided:
a. The out-of-state unit, as defined under s.
287.01(5),
Stats., where the waste was generated.
Note: Section 287.01(5), Stats., was repealed by 2011 Act 32.
b. Name and address of the out-of-state solid
waste generator. If multiple generators are included, identification of the
out-of-state units in which the solid waste was generated is
acceptable.
c. Location of
out-of-state unit where solid waste was originally generated, if different from
subd. 6. a.
d. Description and
weight of out-of-state waste accepted, including the solid waste type, as
specified by the department, and the weight of each type by state.
e. Name and collection and transportation
license number issued by the department for the transporter who delivered the
solid waste to the Wisconsin facility.
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